IT'S A LONG LONG ROAD

1 Timothy 14
Do not neglect the gift that is in you,
which was given you by prophecy with the
laying on of the hands of the eldership.
NKJV - spirit filled bible.

The road is long, with many a winding turn, opening lyrics of that evergreen song "He ain't heavy" by that famous Manchester group the Hollies.    The lyrics of that particular song released in the U.K. on the 1st September 1969 are as relevant today as they were in the 60s.   Did the writers realise what an impact this would have on so many hearts and how if we could all learn to sing from our creator God's hymn sheet it would be a better world.    

Even more amazing is the source of that particular lyric "He ain't heavy.  He's my brother."
   

In 1884 James Well, Moderator of the United Free Church of Scotland in his book "The parables of Jesus" tells of a little girl carrying a big baby boy.   When someone suggested to the child how heavy the baby must have been for her to carry she replied "He's na (not) heavy.   He's mi (my) brother and the rest is history.   The finger of God inspires the artist and immortalises their gift.   Not literary excellence just a simple message for the common man performed by gifted musicians and singers.

Travel just a short distance from my home city and yet another young man, Gerry Marsden lead singer in Gerry and the Pacemakers recorded my favourite version of "You'll never walk alone"  Once again research led to the background of the lyricist.

Oscar Greeley Clendenning Hammerstein II born in New York, U.S.A. to a Jewish father and a mother of Scottish/English parentage was the famous lyricist.    Richard Rodgers also born into a prosperous Jewish family in New York wrote the music for this beautiful song and together their aesthetically clean family movies loved by so many remain a positive encouragement for the road ahead.    

In 1839 Sir Edward George Earle Bulwer Lytton, first Baron of Lytton* in his play "Richelieu or Conspiracy wrote "the pen is mightier than the sword" his melodramatic style was considered "kitsch and risible.

The loud earth breathless!
Take away the sword
States can be saved without it.

Perhaps the simplest interpretation:
"it is said to emphasise that thinking and writing have more influence on people and events than the use of force or violence.*

Every gift, albeit singer, song or artist is heaven sent we are merely the instrument and those that remain humble and focused will weather whatever celebrity status brings with it.  

At the end of the day both pen and the internet can reach billions and be used to influence the mind for good or evil.    Man has free will.   Let's pray "good" prevails lest we invoke the wrath of God.
Nevertheless we go around in circles, never learning from past mistakes until the day we might all just disappear down that "giant sink hole" after all mother nature is clearly screaming revenge.

Its easy to hold on when the road is straight ahead but when tragedy strikes leaving you helpless and struggling to keep your head above water, then and only then you realise how deep or shallow your christian roots really are.   Like Peter we have to learn to keep our focus on Jesus and not the violent waves that surround our fragile craft.

There are many crippled christians, some victims of the prosperity preachers, never expecting their path to be anything but blessed, totally misunderstanding that any blessing is "spiritual" certainly not material.

The apostate church is synthetic and ritualistic.   The discerning  will never set foot over an earthly church threshold, their compass firmly fixed on the narrow gate and their shepherd's welcome home.   As they approach their final destination they will turn and as far as the eye can see the road behind them will be filled with fellow pilgrims from around the globe. 

When you know the Lord you follow Him, not the guy in the pulpit.   When you know your Lord you sing for Him.   Its not a performance or promotion of self, those are by products or sometimes the price paid for those in the spotlight.   Those that can handle the limelight know that their talent is a very special gift of God to be used for His glory.   God sees the heart and ambitions of man.   Nothing is hidden.   

Amos 5 - 21 - 23 - 24

I hate, I despise your feast days,

And I do not savor your sacred assemblies.

23 - Take away from Me the noise of your songs.

24 - But let justice run down like water, 

and righteousness like a mighty stream. 

When you hit potholes on the road, you can get dragged down.     We have to heave ourselves on to higher ground.   Somewhere in my study bible a text was explained as  "sometimes God will take a life rather than lose a soul."   Like the pilgrim Faithful** we get the short cut home.

Perhaps if our brother/sister's welfare was our concern we wouldn't be in the unholy state in which we now find ourselves.   Many expressing a total lack of concern and accountability for their actions.   The appalling trail of blood and devastation evil men leave behind them is just another news report.     Now more than ever we need to turn back to the God most deny.

2 Chronicles 7 - 14
"if My people who are called by My name will humble themselves, and pray and seek My face, and turn from their wicked ways, then I will hear from heaven, and will forgive their sin and heal their land.

Slowly the stars of the 60s are going out one by one but when the finger of God inspires the lyrics, the singer and the song never die and that is reward enough.  

It is said this simple Irish blessing was written by St. Patrick.   The authorship is unimportant, but the message is eternal.

May the road rise to meet you,

May the wind always be at your back,

May the sun shine warm against your face,

May the rains fall soft upon your fields,

And, until we meet again

May God hold you in the hollow of His hand.

*     Sir Edward George Earle Bulwer-Lytton, 1st Baron of Lytton.
       English novelist, playright, poet and politician. 

*     Cambridge advanced Learner's Dictionary and Thesauras.

**   John Bunyan's - Pilgrims Progress.

        

   

     

SHOUT TO THE WIND

EZEKIEL 33 - 11

Say to them 'As I live' says the Lord God  "I have no pleasure in the death of the wicked,

but that the wicked turn from his way and live.

Turn, turn from your evil ways.   

For why should you die O house of Israel.*

In every work place and profession there are children of God, shining the light of their Saviour into the increasing darkness.   Often ridiculed, mocked and tempted.   Sometimes victim of an organised backlash as they stand on God's Word.   Many imprisoned, brutalised and butchered.

Jesus warned this would happen "John 14 - 30*

"I will no longer talk much with you, for the ruler of this world (Satan) is coming, and he has nothing in me.

There is an overwhelming tendency to assume when a man or woman reaches a position of power, albeit in the political, religious, legal or medical profession, that they are squeaky clean.   Sadly evil is alive and well in the church and political system.    Satan's cohorts are active everywhere indoctrinating the innocents, changing laws and encouraging the love of self.

Never consider dreams irrelevant.   Sometimes they don't make sense but often God uses dreams to illustrate his point or give warnings.   Many genuine christians around the globe are experiencing vivid dreams of global catastrophe.   In 2003 a modern day Josephine, minus a coat of many colours, had a short but vivid dream which at the time made little sense.   She was looking down on a barren desert landscape.   Out of a hole in the sand swarmed millions of creatures, a rolling sea of black spreading across the sand as far as the eye could see.   Twelve years on and that could only be ISIS.

In biblical history when God's chosen people went off the rails He raised their enemy.

Deuteronomy: 28 - 47*

Because you did not serve the Lord your God with joy and gladness of heart, for the abundance of everything.

48 "therefore you shall serve your enemies, whom the Lord will send against you, in hunger, in thirst, in nakedness, in need of everything and He will put a yoke of iron on your neck until He has destroyed you.

49 - "The Lord will bring a nation against you from afar, from the end of the earth, as swift as the eagle flies, a nation whose language you will not understand.

Of course this was directed at the Jewish people, but one can't help considering once christian nations that have turned away from God, removed Him from the school curriculum and teach a very different morality.

If you can believe a report in a U.K. broadsheet on the 24th January 2012 "Tel Aviv trumps New York to be named the world's best gay city.   In a You-tube report on the 11th July 2015 the Prime Minister of Israel is quoted as promising one day "the rocket risk south will become Israel's Las Vegas.    Heaven help them.

There is the last chance saloon.   When you meet your Saviour it is life changing and what the world needs now is peace.    But realistically Yeshua (Jesus) will have to return to "rule with a rod of iron"

Micah 4 - 2*

For out of Zion the law shall go forth,
And the word of the Lord from Jerusalem.
He shall judge between many peoples,
And rebuke strong nations from afar off.
They shall beat their swords into plowshares,
And their spears into pruning hooks;
Nation shall not lift up sword against nation,
Neither shall they learn war anymore.

In scripture when good Kings or leaders led the country there was relative peace.  In the mix good prophets and bad prophets and we all know the chaos they can bring.

Sadly the crimes of the political leaders in the West are comparable with the wicked Kings and are bringing a very unwelcome harvest, a suffering mass of displaced peoples, lives destroyed by their agenda.

In a godless society death is jokingly referred to as the "big sleep" and a popular song at the crematorium "I did it my way".   Perhaps they might give a second thought as to their eternal destination and exactly where they might end up.

Luke 16 - 32 *

And being in torment in Hades (abode of the dead) he lifted up his eyes and saw Abraham afar off, and Lazarus in his bosom. 
The rich man was obviously taken by surprise.  He's not alone.   Many believe when you are dead that is it.  But may be Abraham would pass a message to his living relatives.   He didn't want them to end up in the same place.

Abraham replied "If they do not hear Moses and the prophets neither will they be persuaded though one rise from the dead"*

TIME TO HEAD FOR THE LAST CHANCE SALOON.    

FOCUS

I'm not listening any more,

their machinations by the score.

I come to you my Lord and King,

My Hope, my peace, my everything.

The safest place is at your feet,

when fear takes hold and leaves me weak.

Satan roars, evil abounds,

the blood of martyrs soaks the ground.

The world I see holds no appeal,

Your Kingdom come salvation's seal.

T.Hills

2015

* NKJV New Spirit Filled Bible

FAITH, TRUST, HOPE

Matthew 10 - 14

And whoever will not receive you, nor heard your words,

when you depart from that house or city, shake the dust from your feet

Assuredly, I say to you, it will be more tolerable for the land of 

Sodom and Gomorrah in the day of judgment than for that city.

A true child of God must always turn to His Word and listen for His voice - NO OTHER and TRUST.   When the Lord opens a door and requires you move from your comfort zone and end up a stranger in a strange place that is when you learn to pray night and day for the courage and strength to endure whatever lies ahead.

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"Okay Lord" Megan prayed silently "HELP - I am facing a big upheaval here, couldn't I just take the short cut home to be with You"   But there was no answer.  

Megan was used to flitting from one place to another.   Her gypsy gene soon got bored with familiar surroundings.  She pondered the many times she had packed her belongings to move home, sometimes a step up the property ladder, latterly down, or with a new job.   Now stuck firmly in a rut and using age as her latest excuse, it would have been easier to stay put in familiar surroundings.

Megan's constant companion, a small intelligent furry bundle of affection anticipating her every emotion anxiously observed as the contents of their shared home disappeared into large cardboard boxes.   Why the Lord had opened a door in that particular place?  she had no idea.   Very strange.   But often she was lost to understand exactly His purpose, but knew she had to accept His will.

Everything went according to plan but she then found herself in silence.   No phone, no computer and interference on radio stations due to poor reception.  She was hardly a "spring chicken" and the move left her exhausted, she needed to rest and recover and deal with the technicalities later.

Megan always thanked the Lord for a sense of humour which seemed to bring any issues sharply into focus but now she was dangerously close to the Slough of Despond.*   Walking through the village one morning her gift momentarily returned as she considered this place had much in common with the village in a well known Disney classic a "little town, full of little people, waking up to say bon jour"

On the street most people smiled and said "good morning" to the stranger in town.   The shop keepers offered a warm welcome but there the comparison ended as a rather jaded senior wandered round the wrong corner trying to find her way back to her new abode which still felt very strange.    

When everything seemed to go wrong "heavens above" was her frequent frustrated cry.   She was rapidly turning into a certain Victor Meldrew and yes - she certainly had one foot in the grave.  The pity pit opened its yawning mouth ready to swallow her.   She wanted to run, feeling an incredible restlessness.  Had she got it wrong yet again, always the expert at reading sign posts, prone to gallop off in the wrong direction.   Her daughter encouraged.   "Mum, this is just a stepping stone, the Lord works in mysterious ways"   Megan had to agree.   

It was in her darkest hour that the Lord opened her eyes to the beauty of a small National Trust Wildlife Reserve nearby.   It was now early spring and the trees were budding.   The winter winds had been cruel but whatever the weather her quadruped needed daily exercise.   It was a case of wrap up and get out there.

A stream swelled with the heavy rains rushed down the valley and through the wood refreshing the small lakes that lay in its path.   The birds sang, the sun shone through the branches of the ancient woodland, for a brief moment heaven invaded earth and she gave thanks to her God for this place, a refuge for quiet reflection.

She had little contact with the outside world on arrival.  Her computer simply refused to work,  a technical glitch which would remain unsolved for months.   She had long discarded any need for a television and its corrupting influence.  

Perhaps the answer to her prayer for help took longer than expected.   After all patience was not one of her virtues, it was sadly lacking, but she kept pestering her Lord.   Could he open another door, take her home at last, either way, she felt like a wild rabbit trapped in a snare. 

When you persist (Luke 18) the Lord moves.    Megan can't remember exactly when this happened but suddenly her battle was over and she was filled with His incredible peace.   She had to trust, wait on the Lord and leave everything in His hands.   

There is nothing amazing about Megan's story.    She is just one of His sheep blessed to have received the gift of faith, saved by the blood of Christ, trusting in His Word longing for His return.

Megan has a passion for the lost sheep and her Lord's teaching.   Perhaps you might say she became a sheep watcher.

The good sheep raises her lambs, feeds and protects them and then has to let them go.
Then there are the sheep who abandon their young.   If they are lucky the farmer will hand feed them, if they wander away they can starve.
And sadly the trapped sheep.

Megan remembered the large pregnant ewe she found trapped in a shallow ditch, the more the sheep struggled the tighter the brambles wrapped around her neck and body.   Safely tethering her dogs at a distance she took off her plastic mac and wrapped the sleeve around one hand using the body of the mac as best she could to protect the other hand.   The brambles didn't want to let go of their victim.

It was hard work and the struggling ewe made matters worse.   The thorns penetrated the thin plastic mac and by the time she had tugged at the last bramble the ewe pulled free and ran across the field to find the flock.  

Later that night she prayed for the captives struggling with addiction, victims of people trafficking,
those imprisoned for their witness, ordinary men and women suffering at the hands of greedy employers struggling to feed their families.  Those who through no fault of their own were suffering diseases inflicted by pollution others with self inflicted wounds.  The list was endless.    A suffering mass of humanity that needs to respond to the shepherd's call.

John 10 - 9
I AM THE DOOR.   IF ANYONE ENTERS BY ME, HE WILL BE SAVED, AND WILL GO IN AND OUT AND FIND PASTURE.

When you speak His Truth you offend.

When you stand on His Truth often you lose the love of family and friends who happily dance to the  music of this world.  You are considered opinionated and merely tolerated at social events.

BUT FOR A GENUINE CHRISTIAN THERE IS NO COMPROMISE.
Eternity in a right place is their goal.   

Those who ridicule and scoff are in a very dangerous place.   They refuse to see the warning signs so vividly prophesied in historical hebrew scripture their heads firmly buried in the sand of blissful ignorance.   They have all they will ever need and more so why worry about a sick and dying world in the control of a greedy few.

The God of the Old Testament never suggested to any of His people that killing your enemies was justified.   In the ten commandments He said "thou shalt not slay" (correct translation).   Genesis 4 - 10 And He said "What have you done?  The voice of your brother's blood cries out to Me from the ground.

The son of God instructed His followers in Matthew 5 - 43 - You have heard that it was said "You shall love your neighbour and hate your enemy.  But I say to you "love your enemies and bless those who curse you.   Megan knew with absolute certainty that her God is mighty and He could wipe every living creature off the planet should He so desire.

Until we learn to live in peace with our neighbour and take serious responsibility as guardians of the earth the future looks bleak and judgement will surely come. 

Matthew 13.30
Yeshua (Jesus) spoke this parable.

Let them both grow together until the harvest,
and at the time of the harvest I will say to the reapers,
"First gather the tares and bind them in bundles to burn them,
but gather the wheat into my barn."

Sadly not many people take the time to study prophecy, much less the fact that Jesus spoke in parables and hyperboles. (Exaggerated examples to stress the urgency)  but put simply this means His children and the sons/daughters of the Evil One live together in human society until the end.

Hopefully Megan and her brothers and sisters in Christ will see His Kingdom come.

Megan's Prayer

Thank you Lord for each blessing,

every moment this child moves closer to her eternal destiny.

Thank you Lord for a glimpse of eternity,

how truly blessed am I.

A gift more precious than any this world can offer

that brings with it Your peace in a world rapidly falling apart.

Thank you Abba (Father) for forgiving my human weaknesses,

picking me up every time I stumble,

often a result of my struggle through the quagmire of this life.

Your cleansing healing touch renews my spirit each day,

truly unworthy my heart fills with joy.

Use me in the days that remain,

then in Your gracious mercy guide this little boat safely to harbour.

SHEMA KOLENU

(Hear my prayer)  

*  Pilgrims Progress - John Bunyan.

IDIOCY

Job 33 - 12 - 14

Look, in this you are not righteous,
I will answer you,
For God is greater than man.
Why do you contend with Him?
For He does not give an accounting of 
any of His words.
For God may speak on one way, or in another,
Yet man does not perceive it.

The contradiction of Job by Eilhu

Put simply you have neither the right or authority to require an explanation of God.  Change your attitude to one of humility.    Sound advice for Stephen Fry http://huff/to/1JVUBjB

no doubt the guy has received more than his fair share of hate mail after an amazing display of hiss and venom toward a God he obviously needs to know.

We have our fair share of idiots in the U.K. from the mindless ranting of Stephen Fry to the maniacal assumptions of Stephen Sizer all pointing to the fact that there are those amongst us who just love the sound of their own voice.

Despite being birthed on a beautiful planet with everything we need for survival, man has put every effort into destroying his environment along with the creatures and plants that share our home.   All in the name of progress and greed and yet Fry has the gall to blame God.

Greenpeace tries to make a difference alerting people to the activities of various industrial giants but just how do the governments deal with protesting public.   Arrest them.   Now kids can have a criminal record for saying 'NO - NOT IN MY NAME'

The environmental catastrophe that was Chernobyl continues to blight the fields in North Wales although it is reported restrictions were lifted in some areas in 2011.  Twenty plus years after the event an amazing 355 farms and 180,000 sheep are still affected.  The writer was working in the area at that time and it was reported many people would die from cancer because of the radioactive cloud.   Sheep were contaminated and had to be slaughtered, lambs were born with horrific birth defects.   So what did it do to the population of North Wales.   I doubt we will ever find out.   What people can't see with their eyes certainly doesn't seem to worry them.

One morning I had decided to walk my dogs on the beach.   A man was busy with a Geiger counter.   As I passed by he said "perhaps if you knew exactly what was on this beach you would realise it's safer to walk on the promenade.   The sand didn't look any different, but his meter was recording higher than usual levels of radioactivity.

If tomorrow I had that dreaded diagnosis "bone cancer" would I blame God.   ABSOLUTELY NOT.   I lay the blame at the feet of men who by their actions knowingly plan nuclear power stations with all that implies.   Medications prescribed for trusting patients only to find somewhere down the line drugs manufactured for one illness were dangerous and swiftly carried them to door of the crematorium.  The drug companies make billions.   Still they add fluoride to our water supply but hey no matter YOU WILL DIE WITH NICE TEETH.  

When you pollute the atmosphere children get sick and die.
When you start wars people die.
When a chemical factory explodes shooting dangerous chemicals into the air, there is a sudden rise of cancer deaths.
When you turn the earth into a giant sieve and pollute the water table with chemicals - just one of the dangers of  FRACKING - people get sick.   CAUSE AND EFFECT.

So here's a little poem for the Fry fraternity written in 2003 by a child who knows her God.

BLAME

The world we share, sad, but true,

is troubled Lord and some blame You.

They blame You for the killer car,

disease and pain, their lives turned sour.

Children choke on poisoned fumes,

death leaves quietly empty rooms.

Metal snakes crawl concrete streams,

dying seas still haunt our dreams.

Forests burn and rivers flood,

crushing snow, consuming mud.

Nature screams her swift reply,

covers all and people cry.

Forgive us Lord for all we've done,

our planet dying in the sun.

This precious earth that gives so much,

raped and pillaged by man's touch.

Some call it progress, others greed,

we share the guilt and plead our need.

The blame is man's and we must teach,

we care for life within our reach.

Talitha Hills.

Copyright 200

Perhaps someone should explain to that tormented soul the meaning of free will and consequences.   We are not robots controlled by an unseen operator.   We are allowed to choose between good and evil.     

Nevertheless we pray for his enlightenment along with Stephen Sizer who should be removed from a denomination in the throes of its death rattle along with all those who twist doctrine and preach anti.semitism.

Yeshua HaMashiach - Jesus the Messiah - WILL return to His people (whether they know Him or not) to the Mount of Olives in Jerusalem.   Heaven help Sizer and company.


JEREMIAH 23 - 1 - 2

"Woe to the shepherds who destroy and scatter the sheep of My pasture!" says the Lord.

Therefore thus says the Lord God of Israel against the shepherds who feed My people:  "You have scattered My flock, driven them away, and not attended to them.  "Behold, I will attend to you for the evil of your doings," says the Lord.  

JEREMIAH 31 - 33

But this is the covenant that I will make with the house of Israel after those days,

says the Lord: I will put my law in their minds,

and write it on their hearts;

and I will be their God, and they shall be My people. 

SHALOM 

    

THE TESTING

JOB - 34 - 21

For His eyes are on the ways of man

and He sees all his steps.

Precisely, yes, well where are you Lord thought Sam as the car slowly slid to a halt on the busy motor way.

Something tells me there's a jinx on this journey someone is eager to stop me reaching my destination this morning.   He grabbed his mobile phone  "sorry Paul, I'm afraid the car's broken down on the motor way, I'll phone you back with the latest when the rescue service arrives.    

Plan B then is it Lord?   No response.  

Your eye is on the sparrow sang Sam jumping up and down trying to keep warm in the middle of a patch of brambles.   The breakdown service had been called but that was over thirty minutes ago.

He glanced at his young son shivering in the cold.  "Where's your coat boy" he said exasperated by his son's usual reply "I forgot it"

"Right" said Sam "you stay here and I'll climb down the bank and get it out of the car"   

"It's not in the car, I forgot it" repeated his son.

"Great" said Sam now half way down the grass bank.

Sam climbed back up the banking to safety and the bramble patch.  "Okay Lord" he challenged "I am not br'er rabbit, give me a break.   Where are you?  If your eye is on the sparrow, surely it can't miss me.

HELP!!!!!" 

"Nice one pal" muttered Sam utterly frustrated by his young son's total lack of concentration other than on something that literally grabbed his attention.  "Here have my coat".

Thirty minutes passed and the cold started to seep through Sam's thin shirt.   Oh boy - where is that emergency service I will have frozen to death by the time it gets here they'll need an ambulance as well.

And the still small voice said "put your arm in one sleeve and your other arm around the boy with his arm in the other sleeve and hold him close."

Job - 34 - 29

When He gives quietness, who then can make trouble.?

Forty minutes later the Rescue Service arrived.   "Ah!!!!  said the man "you're chirpy.   Sorry about the delay we had the wrong motor way."

Sam struggled stiffly down the banking and got into the driver's cab.   "Flask of coffee in there sir - help yourself and we'll have this baby on the road in no time"

Unfortunately the mechanic did not appear to know why the car had suddenly slid to a halt and it was loaded on to the recovery vehicle and dumped unceremoniously on Sam's driveway.   At least they were safely home.

Sam considered it could have been worse.   Snow, fog, freezing rain after all it was still mid winter.

He glanced down at his young son, a child who was always somewhere else in space, losing coats, bags, possessions.    It's my fault thought Sam before we set out on any journey on the motor way we should be prepared especially in the winter.   One spade, one huge bar of chocolate, two blankets and a flask of hot coffee, nuts, crisps and a few bottles of water.  

"Right" said Joanne "what have I told you about your coats, you could have been in serious trouble."

"Its over now" said Sam "we're safely home.   Hey that roast lamb smells lovely"   

Later that night as the kids slept soundly Joanne said "Strange, that's the third unexplainable incident this week.  What do you think the Lord is doing Sam.?"  

"No idea" replied Sam "but with everything that has gone wrong I was beginning to feel like Job"

Sam grinned "it could just have been old nick trying to block this, or perhaps I was being tested."

"Then perhaps we had better pray PLAN B" said Joanne "but now we have no transport and that will be the first job tomorrow to organise four wheels."

The following morning Sam climbed into the driving seat turned the key and the engine started without a problem.

Job 34 - 29

And when He hides His face,

who then can see Him,

Whether it is against a nation

or man alone?

SHALOM

   

BASICS

Psalm 37 - 31

The law of his God is in his heart,

None of his steps shall slide.

A recent newspaper report stated "in one children's hospital toys were tied to the cots with bike cable locks.    Surprised.   You shouldn't be.   Years ago it used to be sheepskin rugs and the curtains around the beds that walked off the ward.  Another sign of a godless society.

One of the ten commandments.   THOU SHALT NOT STEAL and that includes the pen you walked off with, prescription drugs, toilet seats the list is endless.   Fiddled tax returns justified by "oh well everyone does it from the top down."   May be,  but as a christian you profess to follow Christ.

The Law in this country was once based on christian values.   Now its the Law of the modern jungle.   Survival of the richest and fittest and heaven help you if you upset the status quo and protest.

They'll fix a charge, arrest, sentence and bang you inside.

Best not to even try, far better to run for the mountain and keep going pilgrim.   The God of the bible WILL have His revenge on a decadent society and a disobedient nation.

Ruth Graham is quoted as saying "if God doesn't deal with America (and we can include the so called considered alliance with the U.K.) He'll have to apologise to Sodom and Gomorrah. 

If you even try to express your opinion regarding the almost spoon fed daily diet of of kissing homosexuals and lesbians in virtually every popular soap on T.V. you are hash tagged homophobic.
Don't use a service that dictates your values.   You can decide what you watch on D.V.D.'s and the internet.

Don't even mention the bible and your christian values where this subject is concerned even the religious protagonists appear to be mocking the very God they profess to follow.

Leviticus 18 - 22  Laws of sexual morality.

You shall not lie with a male as with a woman.  It is an abomination.   

On the other hand if I do not profess to follow Christ anything goes and doubtless it will be a case of "make hay while the sun shines"

Any form of violence regarding this behaviour is against the commandment to love one's neighbour as one's self.    That does not mean we approve or rubber stamp the latest fashion of same sex marriage.   Like every other fleshy sin we are required to control the flesh, not have the flesh control us.      
   

However,  if I call myself a Christian then I should be following Yeshua (Jesus) who was very clear about the Law of Moses in MATTHEW 5 - 17 - 18

"Do not think I came to destroy the Law or the Prophets.  I did not come to destroy but to fulfill.

For assuredly, I say to you, till heaven and earth pass away, one jot or tittle will by no means pass from the law till all is fulfilled."

Such righteousness is only possible by the Messiah's personal reign in a Christian.   In other words you are not just a church goer needing to be seen in charge of this and that you have to truly know Jesus to know that breaking all God's commandments is wrong.    No one can argue that it would be a much better world if we attempted to keep just one,  THOU SHALT NOT SLAY (KILL)  

If you have been called to lead the sheep you should at least be attempting a shot at holiness preaching His Word not some twisted version in a vain attempt to fill the empty pews.

Jacob Prasch on You.Tube.   God's Final Warning to the Clergy.    Well worth listening to this great man's teaching.

If  I speak your Truth and people object to my views how is that any different to how the people treated Jesus.

JOHN 15 - 18 - 19

Jesus said "If the world hates you, you know that it hated Me before it hated you. 

If you were of the world, the world would love its own.  Yet because you are not of the world but I chose you out of the world, therefore the world hates you.

If  I turn the other cheek it does not mean I am weak - it means I will not fight with you,  my God will judge.

If  you consider you have the answers to ALL things - wait and see.

One thing is abundantly clear, sooner or later one will be proved right, the other wrong.

TIME TO REPENT BEFORE ITS TOO LATE - GOD IS MERCIFUL AND FORGIVING.    

Knowing you Lord assures me of my future home no matter how hated or violent my exit from this world as a true christian may be.   All I can do is pray for those led astray by false doctrine and satanic warfare. 

No where does Satan tempt so successfully than at the foot of the altar.   C.S.Lewis.  Screwtape.     

Malachi

4 - 2

But to you who fear My name

The Sun of Righteousness shall arise

With healing in His wings;

Isaiah - 3 

You shall also be a crown of glory

In the hand of the LORD,

And a royal diadem

In the hand of your God.




His children,
Precious jewels of a Holy God.
SHALOM

RETRIBUTION

1 Kings 18 - 24

Elijah said "Then you call on the name of your Gods,

and I will call on the name of the Lord;

and the God who answers by fire,

HE IS GOD.

SO ALL THE PEOPLE ANSWERED AND SAID

It is well spoken.

There is something incredibly sad about a person lacking a sense of humour.   The ability to laugh at self and others.   To see how incredibly pathetic and stupid the human race can be, but how amazingly compassionate and loving when needs be.

If you're in the public arena you are income for the cartoonists.   Most intelligent people realise this is satire.   At times its wickedly funny but no one takes offence.   The spotlight falls on politicans, royalty and so called celebrities.  Remember the famous t.v. series in the U.K.  "Spitting Image" it was incredibly funny, how could anyone take offence and yes if my memory serves me right religious leaders were not excluded.   And for those who proudly bear freckles, yes, they had a go at a princess.     

Can't speak for other belief systems, but my God has a sense of humour.   He made me for a start.   He also created a rather messy method of procreation.   But He also made it fun and pleasurable.  

Perhaps this will be the turning point, when man in his despair at the appalling carnage actually seeks the face of GOD - not religion or its wicked protagonists.    Scripture tells us clearly that God deals with a disobedient people.  He raises up our enemy, then, and only then, he destroys the enemy.  Hopefully that will be sooner rather than later otherwise we will all be blind.

The perpetrators of the blood bath in France will receive His judgement and His punishment.   Who has the greater God.  Wait and see.

It's a cold, cold place that you get to,

but your body's burning with fire.

It's a dark, dark place that you get to

tormented with hopeless desire.

It's forever and ever, eternal, the prison of your soul, 

you executed your target and finally achieved your goal. 

Terror surrounds you the blood of your victims

drips forever on your head.

Welcome to hell. 

JE SUIS CHARLIE