JUST LIKE THAT IT IS THE NEW YEAR. Wanted 2020 to vaporize into thin air. It vanished. Full of memories and thoughts about life and death. Prayers for protection and prayers for the hurting.
In December, my sister-in-law's baby brother died from covid. Twas horrible. Yesterday, I found out a friend of mine had died from covid. I'm so saddened it hurts. Sally died. She was diagnosed on Friday with covid with no symptoms. Within hours she was so ill she died suddenly on Sunday. I am stunned.
Stunned. Please wear your mask, social distance and wash your hands often. Please. We have no way of knowing how long a virus like this will torment the earth. God help us.
I don't live in fear. I do live, breathe and have my being in the LORD and desire to walk in wisdom. Wearing a seatbelt is a precaution that I do not protest against. Locking my doors is another. Not walking about outside in the dark, another. I don't crawl into a cage with lions, tigers and bears...oh my. Though I am a Christian, I do not handle rattlesnakes and quote, "No weapon formed against me shall prosper." I can see how many think that Christians are crazy. Crazy and not balanced. The truth be known, crazy comes in all shapes and sizes and crosses over denominational barriers Christian and not.
January 6th is just around the corner. In about 24 hours the unknown will materialize in Washington DC at the Capitol where the counting will take place for the electoral vote. What will transpire concerning the counting of the electoral votes? Will there be upheaval, rioting, martial law? Shut down America while living in Trump's America?
In wanting freedoms so badly they may lose them. Some are willing to walk right into a den of thieves with their eyes wide open thinking they are being patriotic. Get snagged in a web of lies coming from the Commander in Chief. It reminds me of when I did not want to get involved with a cult because my oldest brother was snared into one called THE WAY. He'd have a nervous breakdown and his life altered due to drugs and wrong thinking. I was determined to stay out of cults and like a fool I'd walk right into one in the religious realm when I was in my thirties. I am now 65. As much as I didn't want to be in a cult, I didn't see it happening while it was going on. I walked smack dab into a cult willingly.
After much hurt and devastation in my marriage, I was determined to be a stronger Christian that was full of determination to be POWERFUL so I wouldn't get hurt anymore. I thought I was doing the right thing concerning strength and honor.
I walked right into the WORD OF FAITH MOVEMENT willingly and devoured their teachings. Believing everything they said and took it as truth. When I began to come out of this cult, it was painful because I was so heavily saturated in it. My thinking had to be changed. I wanted to know how God wanted me to believe and not what so many high profile preachers, pastors and teachers taught. I wanted to know for myself and so I dug in. Praying. God delivered me out of this cult. Slowly I gained ground and had my eyes opened to God's truth. I can see now how false teachings have invaded the present day churches. Nondenominational to denominational alike.
At the time that I was being shown the light, it hurt my feelings and didn't feel so good. It stung that I was so off the mark concerning the Christian life and how to live it. I hung in there and continued to let God minister to my spirit and can now say that I am so very thankful that I survived the cleansing. It is better to walk in the light then to dance in the dark. It is far healthier and wiser.
Whenever one ignores the importance of being born again and thinks that there must be far more to this being saved thing then the devil will not disappoint you and will usher in delusion to feed your unappreciative soul with gobbly goop that's easy going down and taste good. You will eagerly believe Satan's lies. The showy becomes marvelous and the simple things of life aren't good enough for the ones so hungry for power. Pride shows up and sings a melodious song easy on the ears which are itching for more about self than God. It becomes glamorous and enticing to embrace the power.
Now to a different subject matter, but similar to how people can get into believing lies. Some call it the trump culture.
Why do so many trust and believe everything our President says? Mainly because they want to. He is now tweeting that the Vice President has the power to reject fraudulently chosen electors. Pence does not have the power to do this. He doesn't. For a President that says he is a law and order President, he fails to honor the constitution. This is disturbing.
