The flames must be doused - that is the fire that burns bridges that connect family and friends and carry them over troubled waters. Those waters are roiling and raging a bit more each day as this summer's Storm of Thundersnow and upheaval grows in dimension; even while many American's live life in a semi-catatonic state.
This is not a time to let petty disagreements and defaulted loans tear us apart. We must not leave our family's black sheep stranded on that burning bridge as the Storm grows and will manifest its many shades of violent nature during the last quarter of 2010. No, friends, this is not a time for pride, prejudice, and self-righteousness. Christ's love will ultimately prevail and that manifestation must begin in us this very day.
We must bury our hatchets in the old, dead Oak tree out back. You know what tree I am referring to; the one from which a tire swing used to hang and your father would push you higher and higher while you giggled gleefully. As you grew, you and your dad disagreed on petty things that seemed of the ultimate importance and you drifted away from him in your biological adulthood. He may be alone now and in poor health in his twilight years. The Storm is more intense yesterday than today and will be yet more intense tomorrow. Don't leave stranded on that burning bridge the dad who would never push you higher in that tire swing than you could safely go. Remember the love you shared when you were a child; the love that lays buried in animus that is like a pile of dirty laundry. Remember that love and please run out onto the burning bridge and rescue your dad as he won't make it on his own. He was your hero once and now it is time for you to be his.
God is love. It was love that brought about the ultimate sacrifice as His son was hung on a tree to redeem each and every one of us. It is now as tumultuous days are ahead that we must be human manifestations of that love. We must do this! We will not survive the Storm without that perfect love. What is coming will be devastating I can assure you as I have seen it. Your current family is a gift from God that must not be rejected in prideful spite; no matter what has happened within the confines of personal relationships. Be willing to be wrong if that is required to restore a relationship. The fire that is engulfing our bridges over troubled water must be extinguished...please!
As this writer has written on past occasions: we need each other now more than ever before. We need Jesus most of all, as He is the calmer of the Storm.
Gracious and merciful Lord - we as mortal humans with indignant flesh will often sever relationships because other mortal humans don't meet our self-created codes of conduct or meet our self-imposed standards. Very often, friends and families are the victims of this undignified treatment. Please Lord, grow us so that we can rise above the petty and insignificant. And, if more serious issues have developed, please give us the maturity, patience, and diplomacy work through these stressful situations so that bridges won't need to remain burning.
The worst of this multi-faceted and highly-dynamic Storm is coming quickly upon us, and we will need our friends and families more than ever; and in that we will add to our friendships and familial relationships. And most of all Lord Jesus, we will need You. Teach us how to love like You love, and please give us the strength and leadership to persevere.
You are the Alpha and Omega and the Beginning and the End. In Your glorious name we pray, amen.
OBAMA AVOIDS BIBLE VERSES
ReplyDeleteHere are some Bible verses that Pres. Obama avoids:
Proverbs 19:10 (NIV): "It is not fitting for a fool to live in luxury - how much worse for a slave to rule over princes!"
Also Proverbs 30:22 (NIV) which says that the earth cannot bear up under "a servant who becomes king."
And Ecclesiastes 5:2-3 (KJV) advises: "let thy words be few...a fool's voice is known by multitude of words."
Although Obama is not descended from slaves, he may feel that he's destined to become a black-slavery avenger.
Or maybe an enslaver of all free citizens!
For the brain-dead, pro-murder politicians in Washington DeCeased who fix Social Security by voting to abort millions who otherwise could be paying into SS (!), I have two pro-life slogans I thought up:
"Unborn babies should have the right to keep and bear arms - and legs and ears and eyes etc.!" and "Unborn babies should have the same right to be born alive that abortionists had!"
For more insights, Google "Obama Supports Public Depravity" and "Mayor 'Napoleon' Bloomberg." Also Google "Pretrib Rapture Secrecy" and "Pretrib Rapture Dishonesty."