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Standard Double Standards in The Modern World

When we read about the recent tragedies in Las Vegas and New Orleans, the media cries to high Heaven, and don’t get me wrong – these are indeed horrible occurrences in our troubled nation – but all the fatalities in those two incidents don’t even begin to equal the human toll on an average day in Gaza, so where’s all the concern for human life over there? The cracks grow wider every day in the foundation of trust on which our mainstream media once built their reputations. It’s almost like they’re not the least bit concerned anymore that they’ve lost public confidence, they just keep on bleating out whatever they are told to offer, typically in their more and more transparent “Operation Mockingbird” instructions. For instance, all mainstream organizations were instructed, almost in unison, almost like some kind of evil chant, to repeat what the Congresspeople were also carefully trained to say, “Israel has a right to defend itself.”, When, in reality that’s a big misdirection in and of itself – what the Zionists are doing to the Palestinians is nothing even resembling self-defense and everyone knows it, so why don’t they just stop squawking?

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No one from the government, especially the spook agencies instructed them to sing that the Palestinians have a right to defend themselves, so they don’t dare. Neither do they hysterically chant that Afghanistan, Vietnam, Venezuela, Russia, nor (especially) Iran etc. have that same “right”. The only ones. it seems on whom “the right to defend themselves” is conferred are those directly connected to the ownership of the media, the halls of congress, and even the white house. When the objective reader takes into consideration who owns the media and the government, the double standard concerning those who have a right to defend themselves and those who apparently do not, becomes painfully obvious.

Every day, even on alternative media, we are kept apprised of every Zionist military service member who is killed, along with his name, rank, hobbies, etc. When we hear of Gazan civilians who have been murdered by the occupation, in another glaring double standard, we just hear numbers. Horrific numbers that are typically in the hundreds every horrifying day. It’s like, as (evil ex “Defense” Minister) Yoav Gallant named them, human animals, they don’t have names. Neither the US government nor the media is interested in who they were. Who they are. But the Palestinian mothers mourn their dead children every bit as painfully as the mothers of slain Israeli soldiers. Hunger pains gnaw at the insides of barefooted Gaza children the same as they would “real” humans.

The sacred right to defend themselves – from these.

When the media informs us of anything to do with the Houthis, they always say the “Iran-backed” Houthi rebels, or Iran-backed Hezbollah, but they never say the US-backed Zionists. Apparently from the perspective of western mainstream media, it’s only abhorrent when it’s Iran, China, or Russia backing some entity and never the US-backed Saudis or the NATO-backed regime in the Ukraine. How about the US-backed HTS terrorists? Same concept for supplying weapons – the Houthis get most of their weapon support from Iran, true enough, but it is invariably mentioned in news reports, whereas the American bombs being dispensed from American made jets by the Zionist Air Force, US backing rarely is admitted with the same emphasis. So, we are left to believe that it’s against “the rules-based order” for any proxy entity to be armed or supported by anyone outside the American Military Industrial Complex, at least according to our news media here in the west.

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Nikki Haley practicing penmanship – “Finish them” – what a gal!

One of the saddest parts of this, at least to me, is that the majority of my fellow countrymen just stare with a blank look on their faces when someone say things like Operation Mockingbird, or the 9/11 false flag, or the Gaza holocaust, and even worse, they would never work up the curiosity to look it up for themselves. If I was a gambling man, I’d bet money that 1 in 100 Americans have never even heard of Operation Condor. Is it any wonder they approvingly gulp down then regurgitate ad nauseum everything the Rupert Murdoch-backed Fox News shovels to them? Is it any wonder the American politicians feel free to eat drivel from Zionist’s hands and do their bidding – while their constituents, most of them with no clue of what’s happening, remain oblivious to the fact that their government and their media has been taken over and predominantly serve Zionist interests? Average citizens of other countries keep up with international politics, but not here in the land of the “free”. So average Americans, ignorant by choice, get the honor of being considered supporters of the genocide and murder of innocent people in the Middle East, whether they know it or not. And if they don’t know it, it’s their own fault for only watching mainstream news and believing their lies. Not knowing whom they serve isn’t going to be an excuse later when they have to answer to a Higher Power when it really counts.

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It once was an innocent looking peacock…

Now we get to the similarity of double standards in other arenas of American life, and if you are among the regular readership of Folkpotpourri, you know where this is going – yes, to the double standards of what passes for churches in this country. Starting with one of the ten commandments that says, [Exodus :13] “Thou shalt not kill (murder)”, however, preachers in many congregations allude that it’s ok for the occupation forces to conduct genocide on the Palestinians, not only for them to do it, but these charlatans tell their congregations that Christians must support them, following Netanyahu’s grossly inapplicable Old-Testament narrative of the Amalekites. These same guys feign shock and recoil from the horror of someone committing an act of terrorism on American soil and go on to rave and rant about how evil it is to kill innocent people (think 9/11) and it is truly evil, no doubt, but way too often that same preacher tells his congregation it’s their Christian duty to support the slaughter going on in Gaza. This is blatant hypocrisy! Murder, especially of innocents, is NEVER justifiable, and if you attend a church that even hints that it’s acceptable you need to change your place of worship – period. When some following or the other arrives at any point where murder is advocated, or even excused, especially in our churches, Satan has truly won the battle there.

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How can church-going Americans be ok with this?

I, as a Christian American, will never believe we owe it to the Zionist entity to rationalize or justify the slaughter they are conducting, regardless of how many American politicians and/or pastors they own. Regardless of how much money defense contractors make from it. Zionist soldiers and civilians make videos and laugh as they blow up people’s homes. They make fun of the Palestinians not having water, or bereaved mothers crying as they hold the lifeless bodies of their precious children. They ransack Palestinian homes, laughing and video recording themselves sporting women’s underwear. There was a case where a Palestinian man in a Zionist prison was sodomized with a broom (he died from internal injuries because of it) and when someone suggested the soldiers who did it be prosecuted the civilian population and regulars in the army rose up and rioted in defense of them. That kind of behavior is obviously acceptable for Zionists. These people are demon-possessed, evil monsters and amply demonstrate why the sane world doesn’t want them in their countries. They constantly whine and bawl because the world hates them and kicks them out of their countries, but when they got their own country and were given the opportunity to show the world they could fit in, this is how they truly behave, for the world to see. More and more, even the most secular of nations want nothing to do with them. In their Satanic mockery of the plight they impose on their fellow human beings, they bear no resemblance – physical or spiritual – to the ancient and honorable Hebraic peoples of the lineage of Abraham or King David. They mock Jesus Christ, to Whom Christians are forever indebted, and I, for one, am repulsed by their disrespect for my Savior and for their demonic behavior. I try my best not to hate anyone, but I find myself obliged to exercise my God-given right to anger at their atrocities. I feel the same, and if the truth was known I’d bet I’m not alone, towards the pathetic whores in Washington who have (almost all – hang in there, Rep Massey) sold their souls to the Zionists who crack the whip on them in OUR capitol. I think most of all, I’m repulsed by how the so-called pastors in this country’s Christian churches, teaching their flocks to support demons who commit murder and genocide in the name of Jesus.

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Same murderous mindset – different Victim

Why can’t we get this over to MAGA Americans, or to the thousands who fill the pews of the mega churches that support the Zionists? Surely, they’re not that thick-headed, but then the Bible does say, [Mark 4:12]
“so that ‘Seeing they may see and not perceive, And hearing they may hear and not understand; Lest they should turn, And their sins be forgiven them.’ ” The Christian Churches of the United States have the numbers to make a difference, if only the members weren’t being misled by the Satanic influence of liars behind the pulpit. The gate is wide indeed. We, as followers of Christ must pray incessantly that God will open their eyes so they can turn to obedience to Jesus Christ – and become the Christian numbers needed for the end of the slaughter of innocents of Gaza.

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May the blessings of the Almighty God find and keep us as we enter into these dark times.

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MK

A Raft of Truth in a Sea of Deception

You’d think the state of affairs in the world today would at last reveal who the servants of evil actually are, but it looks like even here in America a lot of people are able to read about the horrors that are Gaza while they eat breakfast, because they are sufficiently misled to believe “God’s Chosen People” are committing it. There are actually so-called pastors of huge flocks that stand in front of their assemblies and spout absolute lies to the flocks about how we (America) must stand with Israel because of God’s promise to Abraham that He would bless those who bless his progeny and curse those who curse them. The way modern pastors have twisted this promise into these monstrous falsehoods by omitting relevant changes from one covenant to another beggars belief. These lies, mostly of omission, which are eagerly consumed by thousands of people who put on a righteous show but actually prefer not to serve God, are used to justify their choice to support the ongoing tragedy that is Palestine. In fact, it is precisely the reality that “evangelical Christians” so steadfastly support the monsters that call themselves “God’s chosen” that allow their genocide to continue. If the American political world were to realize that this huge bloc of constituents was against the massacre of Gazans, it would no doubt cease. For your information – and do not forget this – God’s chosen people under the new Covenant are those – Jew and Gentile – who believe and have chosen to follow Jesus Christ, God’s beloved Son. The spiritual descendants of Abraham. That’s right – even if one happens to be a genetic descendant of Abraham, if he is a nonbeliever in the New Covenant that Jesus Christ is the Son of God and does not live his life accordingly, he cannot legitimately make the claim to be of God’s Chosen People, but it would be nigh impossible to convince the patrons of Judas Hagee of this truth. Please remember that because it makes for easier understanding of who God’s people really are.

If the reader is a fence-sitter, or even someone who is torn over the notion that God’s people could be committing the atrocities that are happening in occupied Palestine, remember when John the Baptist was baptizing people in anticipation of Christ’s arrival and he was approached by Pharisees and Sadducees and he said [Matthew 3:7].“You brood of vipers! Who warned you to flee from the coming wrath?” Consider this carefully – here is John the Baptist whom Jesus Himself declared to be one of the greatest men to have ever been born of woman, [Matt 11:11], “Truly I tell you, among those born of women there has not risen anyone greater than John the Baptist…” speaking to those who considered themselves – as do Israelis of today – to be God’s Chosen, calling them a brood of vipers! What an antisemite!

First of all, and as foretold by Jesus, the people who call themselves Jews in the last days (now) are not even Jews at all. There are ample articles that point out the inconvenient truth that the occupation is populated by descendants of Eastern European ancestry and are not Hebraic at all, but this post does not go into them. Jesus says in His letter to the church of Smyrna [Revelation 2:9] “…I know about the blasphemy of those who say they are Jews and are not, but are a synagogue of Satan”. And what did He say of the claim to be Jews? Blasphemy! This verse is extremely important and applicable today. These people are not Jews, neither genetically nor spiritually, but actually are servants of Satan claiming to be Jews! If one chooses to believe Jesus, they must recognize this fact. Secondly, and this is also a very important point to keep in mind, the title of – and promises to – “God’s Chosen” has passed to Abraham’s spiritual descendants, and this includes all peoples of all nations who have accepted the Son of God, and never let those charlatans who pose as preachers tell you any different, there’s just too much evidence in the Bible, old and new Testaments, that support that fact. Once again, look at what John the Baptist says to the Pharisees, [Matt 3:9] “and do not think to say to yourselves, ‘We have Abraham as our father.’ For I say to you that God is able to raise up children to Abraham from these stones.” The implication here is that God is able to raise up servants to Himself from other places (nations) than the physical lineage of Abraham – it’s quite clear and in the same vein as [1 Corinthians 1:2] “To the church of God which is at Corinth, to those who are sanctified in Christ Jesus, called to be saints, with all who in every place call on the name of Jesus Christ our Lord, both theirs and ours…” Corinth was a gentile city, but the apostle says they are called to be saints (His holy people), showing that the title of God’s Chosen has been passed to all who believe in Jesus in every place. There are countless other scriptures in the Word of God that support the title of God’s Chosen being (exclusively) extended to all who follow Christ, with clear warnings in some of them to those who reject the Son, regardless of who they claim to be. Why does that have to be so hard to understand? The bellwether of being one of God’s people is whether or not he believes in and follows Christ and not whether or not he is of genetic lineage to Abraham, even if he was actually of that lineage instead of just claiming to be, as do those in occupied Palestine today.

As for how these arguments are shaping world events, I believe there are a whole bunch of people who are in for the shock of their lives when they find out for sure the “chosen” ones not only aren’t who they claim to be, but also when it sinks in that they have been intentionally supportive of a rogue and murderous regime. Not everyone who thinks these people are really Godly do so because they are evil people themselves, but due to close-mindedness, and/or being too lazy to study the Word of God, they choose to support a Satanic nation. It is extremely important to understand, however that on that great Day when Jesus separates the sheep from the goats, the claim that they were deceived isn’t going to cut them any slack. Those people are deceived because they choose to be deceived! They are deceived because they got all their information from sources like mainstream news, where deep down they know is a never-ending stream of lies. They watched evangelists who make tons of money from preaching the “gotta support Israel” sermons knowing these guys are swindlers and charlatans. And on that Day, Jesus will say the most heart-rending and terrifying words ever to have been heard, to the everlasting condemnation of the soul, [Matthew 7:23] “And then I will declare to them, ‘I never knew you; depart from Me, you who practice lawlessness!’” My friends whom I try with all my heart to convince, you do not want to find yourself on the receiving end of those words! The absolute shock, the utter horror that will come upon the heart will be unimaginable – to hear Him say, “I never knew you”, and it will reverberate in that soul for all of eternity, made more horrific by the knowledge that it could have so easily been avoided – simply by standing in the shelter of the Rock and refusing to listen to Satan’s lies coming from evil governments through the news and from millionaire preachers who lie to us for their own riches . We all need to open our eyes and our hearts before it is too late, and the time is near.

I just watched a video that claimed China is now supplying the Houthis with weapons they can and are using to hit the occupied territories. Even though the Houthis continue to surprise everyone with their tenacity, bravery, their unabashed loyalty to the Palestinians, and their willingness to go toe to toe with the military might of Israel, the UK, and the US, it has been a stretch to believe they possess the technical expertise to develop hypersonic missiles without outside help. Once they launch the missile towards Tel Aviv though, it really doesn’t matter whether they made it themselves or got it from an ally. It looks like Xi might be sufficiently disgusted with the genocide in Gaza to be willing to back the Ansar Allah (Houthis). There’s a verse in the Bible prophecy in Revelation that mentions something happening to the Euphrates River to cause it to stop running and make it possible for the “kings of the east” (Asian countries like China?) to pass through enroute to the gathering of armies for a great battle, so it’s not inconceivable – in fact it’s quite likely – that China will get involved. It will be a big event, and I believe all the world powers will eventually get involved. Two hundred million of the armies will be killed. That’s a lot of soldiers!

When the big battle happens, it’s going to be the greatest loss in all of history for humanity, but it will also be the seminal point in which we can begin to look for the long-awaited return of our Lord Jesus. At some point either prior to or during that consummate battle, people whose riches are tied up in arms manufacturing will reach that point where they realize their wealth can do them no good in a world that has been, or will be completely destroyed. When that reality hits home, their own panic will ensue, but until that time, they will cheer on the war and destruction. So enjoy your Raytheon, Lockheed, Boeing, et.al. profits while they last. These stockholders will vote for AIPAC sponsored, warmongering politicians in their headlong rush to satisfy Satan, and ever pursue the blood of (non-wealthy) humankind, and meanwhile, the soon-to-be pointless money will continue to pour in, but in the end, Wall Street will not avail them.

If you are currently under the spell of Zionist-supporting evangelists, this post is for you. If you have not yet considered looking into the gospel of salvation through Jesus Christ, this post is likewise for you. For reasons of His own, God has blessed this site with a readership that extends into many other nations, so as far as I’m concerned, it doesn’t matter if you are a banker, a butcher, a baker, a candlestick maker or a crew member on a ship. If you are a rickshaw driver in Mumbai, a shopkeeper in Haifa, or a tent maker in a Cairo suburb, or a fisherman in Madagascar, remember the Kingdom of Jesus Christ is a big tent and you are warmly welcomed into His fold. By all means, get right with the Lord before the bottom falls out of this world we live in. There are Christian ministries in every corner of the world, find one and join it. Learn about Jesus, you’ll be eternally glad you did.

Don’t believe everything they say – a key point to look for is whether they support the ministry of Christ and His teachings, if they do not, they are headed in the wrong direction, do not give them the time of day – no matter how much money they have or represent. Also be wary of those who try to hide their deceit behind false claims of serving Christ. He said, [John 14:6], “I am the Way, the Truth, and the Life. No one comes to the Father except through me.” Pay attention to what He said – He did not say “A Truth”, He said “The Truth” – there is only one.

May the blessings of God the Father find and keep us until that Day.

MK

A Wayward Maniac and an Icy Ozark Night

Mama guinea giving camera the evil eye

We have some critters on the farm not everyone might be familiar with called Guinea fowl. As long as we’ve had them (around five years), you’d think we’d know more about them, but we really don’t. In fact, even if you did study them, I don’t think you’d ever get to where you could predict what they will do. From their name, I’d expect they are from the African nation of Guinea, or perhaps the Pacific Island nation of New Guinea. Either way, they have got to be among the craziest of all domestic (and I use that word lightly) animals that people raise. They are far from stupid, at least they can learn things that they seem to want to learn, but some of the antics they perform are beyond human concepts of insanity.

We keep them in a large coop inside a raccoon-proof pen, and early in the morning let them out to forage, this time of the year there’s not much provender out there, so we supplement their diet with corn and hen scratch. Just feeding these creatures can be an adventure and is not for the faint of heart. Every evening it has become a ritual here for me and one or both of my daughters to round up the “crazy birds” and put them in their coop for the night. This routine has itself become a rather entertaining event because, as mentioned, you never know what to expect from those maniacs.

No matter how many times we go through the exact same process, they never seem to learn – or at least some of them (and it’s not always the same ones). When you’re trying to drive them, one or more insist on going the wrong way, it’s just that there are times when they simply aren’t ready to go to bed (roost) and they can become a gigantic pain in the neck, especially on evenings when it’s beginning to rain or there’s some other situation going on where we need to promptly get them put away. First of all, guineas don’t drive, or herd, very well. Most of them will go the way you need them to, but a few always try to outrun you and go another way – usually the wrong way. Once in a while, I allow myself to believe that my trusty old dog, Dusty, might be of some help, after all she’s a mix of Border Collie and Australian Shepherd, a herding dog if there ever was one – dream on. Problem is, she’s old now and has never been trained to herd anything, so she thinks she’s supposed to go full speed right into the flock, and of course, this gives them the excuse they need to burst out in every direction, making it take much longer to gather them back up, but Dusty believes she’s doing a great job, and always looks back at me for approval and I don’t have the heart to tell her any different. She’s old and very hard of hearing, so when I yell at her to stop or come to me, she can’t hear so continues about her misdirecting. Most times, though, I try my best to get out of the house and go to the guinea roundup without her, and she just cannot understand why, since she is convinced she is of such great help.

For another twist in the experience, some evenings we go out and there’s nary a guinea in sight so we have to set about finding them, and once in a while they’ll end up being in a tree or in the barn, ready to roost just as if that’s where they always go, and you’d think they would know better, but no. Often enough, when we get them together and are driving them to the pen they run right past the gate screaming, “We’re not ready for bed yet!” Ever so often, they congregate in the goat pen next door, and it can be a challenge to get them over the little 3-foot-high fence. They absolutely forget they can fly, and I have personally watched them for hours racing back and forth up and down that fence trying to get to the other side, stopping to quickly poke their head through ever so often as though a hole is going to magically appear in the fence – all the way up and down the fence – for hours. And the goat just stands there watching them and shaking his head. I’ve learned that if you run towards them waving your arms and shouting, they suddenly remember how to fly and will sail over the fence in a blind panic, to regroup on the other side and plot how they will cause further mayhem.

Guineas exhibit traits of wild animals and are impossible to tame. No matter how many times you put food in their coop, as soon as you open the door, all havoc breaks loose. They start honking and screaming to make sure everyone is in a state of avian madness, flying into the opposite side of the coop, screeching and flopping, with tornadoes of feathers everywhere. I put food and water in their cage every day, and you’d think they’d get used to it, but each time they are fully convinced that this is the day I’m going to make guinea buffalo wings, and they freak out accordingly.

A few years ago, we had a white guinea rooster who liked to harass the chicken roosters, and he could put on a show. It wasn’t uncommon to see one of the roosters running full speed across the yard with that guinea right behind him, usually hanging on with a beak full of tail feathers. He broke his leg somehow, and earned the name “Hopalong”, and I figured when he got wounded that his rooster fighting days were over, but boy was I wrong! He could run almost as fast on that one leg and would still chase and viciously attack the rooster. Someone forgot to tell the maniac that his leg was broken. No one needed to tell the poor rooster this thing was insane, though. I have absolutely no doubt that guinea would have murdered the rooster and probably drank his blood if he could have. Can you imagine being a rooster and having to live in a yard with a terroristic monster like Hopalong?

There are two coops in the pen, one in which we keep a couple of younger guineas to prevent them from being slaughtered and eaten by the grown ones. The other coop is where we keep the adult mindless savages. The coops are parallel to each other with a narrow passage between them, and when we try to get them to go into the right coop, if there is only one person trying to do the deed, my daughter said it’s like playing a game of Lolo. If you don’t know what Lolo is, it’s a tricky old-school Nintendo game where you try and make the characters go places and they try to go to other places. Our guineas are masterful at Lolo.

What prompted this post was a guinea last night that I ran out of patience trying to get into the coop. He was bound and determined not to even go in the pen, so I finally resolved to let him camp out. We got freezing rain last night and he had to roost under the shed we keep the chicken roosters in. I went out first thing this morning to try and locate him and as I approached the chicken yard, I heard the roosters laughing and taunting the unfortunate guinea under them. He was icy from the freezing rain and did not offer any resistance to going where he belonged into the guinea coop, whereas the night before he breathlessly ran past the gate several times to avoid bedtime. Amazing what a cold night alone does for the attitude, of even the most hardened villain.

Later,

MK

Recovering Control in a Skid

This time of the year here in the Ozarks, when the wind gets out of the north, and as in most places, we instinctively hunker down for some cold weather. We see the clouds building on cold days and expect things like slick roads, frozen livestock water, and power outages, especially when the rain falls wet and freezes on things. I’ve noticed that red skies in the morning indeed means there’s a change coming in the weather. It’s odd, isn’t it, that something a truly wise man many years ago, still rings true: [Matt 16:3] ‘Today it will be stormy, for the sky is red and overcast.’ You know how to interpret the appearance of the sky, but you cannot interpret the signs of the times.

The weather is referenced in this passage, but only as an example so people might understand that we are usually unable to connect the dots from the events taking place in the world around us to the actions being taken by God in the Spirit world. Not only are we unable to see the connections, but Spiritual matters are also meticulously avoided in discussions about current affairs, possibly due to the reluctance of many of us to undertake the discomfit upon our worldly reputation for revealing ourselves as believers in Christ. That ain’t no way to be. In one place He said [Luke 9:26] Whoever is ashamed of me and my words, the Son of Man will be ashamed of them when he comes in his glory and in the glory of the Father and of the holy angels. I don’t know about anyone else, but for me, the last thing I want while standing before the throne of God is to find myself in the unfortunate happenstance that I had been ashamed of our glorious and loving savior, because He said He will be ashamed of those who were embarrassed to speak of Him in their lives. That’s going to be a sad situation to be in. Jesus went to the extreme act of giving His life at the tender age of around 33 years, just so we could be saved from this horrific world and the torment awaiting nonbelievers. We have opportunity to have eternal life with Him in His glory – how does it make sense that we would avoid talking about Him or intimating that we believed in Him? Why on earth do we refuse to give Him the Glory He deserves for that ultimate act of love, grace and kindness?

Lots of red oak waiting to be split

I’ve got a ton of firewood to split and stack, and from the weather reports, we are supposed to get some beastly winter storms this weekend. When black ice builds up on the road, it’s a lot different than just normal snow. There are places out here where the roads have slopes that are hard to move on when they are covered with it. What makes black ice a problem is that it’s so hard to see, and if you don’t know it’s there and are going too fast, by the time you realize how slick it is, you could easily be headed for the ditch – or a big old doe out there slipping and pitching trying to get traction to run. If you think about it, it’s kind of an analogy to many of our problems and pitfalls in life. How many times have you caught yourself neck-deep in mire before you even realized there was a problem? If you trace the situation back to where it started, it was invariably because of some choice(s) you made earlier, like stepping into the mud in the first place, or driving too fast and only realizing it when your car lets go of the road because you touched your brake pedal.

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Life is like that, for instance if one is prone to drink too much and too often, the choice to have a beer might seem innocuous enough, and true, it would be if he were a casual drinker, but for the heavy drinker, to pop a top is invariably the beginning of another perilous experience. The person should know full well that to imbibe is for him, a no-no, and sure enough he will end up paying whatever price is to be exacted for his slip up, so he once again becomes neck-deep in a mire of his own choosing. Like finding yourself flying down an ice-covered hill with no way of even slowing down. If a crash is to ensue, well God only knows how bad it might be. There are many other examples of bad choices creating havoc in our lives, but most folks know ahead of time what misfortune might be the result of a bad choice.

Even though we have some weather coming, today it’s not so bad. It’s around 45 degrees and that bright yellow object is high in the afternoon sky, probably trying to decide whether to hammer us with a CME, or just duck behind the clouds again and let the storm do its thing this weekend. This weather is getting fickle, and I’m talking about everywhere – floods, ice storms, landslides, tornadoes, you name it. Now a sane person might begin to think that He who controls the weather might be troubled about our behavior, since we have it on good information that He indeed became angered in times past and used His supremacy over the elements to reset human behavior. There are many who believe that mankind has developed ways to interfere with natural weather patterns and are themselves causing a lot of the weather-related issues, and they might be right to an extent, but God has the final say on the matter. Maybe He is just sitting back for now and watching men get involved in things that are way over their heads and letting them (us) suffer the consequences.

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All in all, I believe we are approaching the end of life as we have known it. From now on, we will increasingly find ourselves in uncharted places. God lives in the spiritual domain, but He knows where humanity is headed here in the world we occupy, but we – and I’m growing more and more convinced that scientists, medical professionals, and political leaders – don’t have a clue. Oh, except for the people in the “think tanks”, they belong to that elite group of human beings who know everything. For real, I honestly believe the “fellows” in think tanks are just men and women with connections who could never be trusted with any position where they might pose a risk to the order of things, so wealthy relatives or other associates give them a seat in a think tank to keep them away from the fire, but also to placate their desire for power so they don’t throw hissy fits. Problem is a lot of politicians who don’t know better actually listen to them and make decisions based on their recommendations. Then we get back to being neck-deep in the mire because of bad choices, ad infinitum, (i.e. Vietnam war, sanctions that invariably backfire, the incredible ignorance of sending weapons to bad guys, etc.). When you hear some politician speaking highly of some think tank or another, just be apprised that they are merely stroking the egos of some folks who didn’t have the moxie to be leaders or politicians – and are making them feel important. And like I said, fellows in think tanks always have connections that can funnel dollars or shekels in said politicians’ direction, which often weighs heavily on decisions concerning national policy, so there’s that. I did a post on think tanks here.

As we fumble and stumble around trying to get through this crazy world, there is a Way to do it right. No matter how crazy -or evil – things get, we have a Friend who is willing to help us navigate this perilous journey. He is the only Way through it, at least the only Way to a desirable outcome, and He waits for you to contact Him. Jesus Christ loves you, and that’s certainly not something you can say about very many people in this world. The enemy hates and seeks to destroy everything and everyone that God has created, and unfortunately, he has many people in his service, but Jesus Christ has and will continue to overcome all of them. The Lord also has (and gives us the resources we need to) overcome the evils of this world, if we but seek Him. Don’t wait for life’s threats like that that dark highway ice to cause you problems you can’t escape – slow down – get to know Him now. You’ll forever be glad you did. [1 Corinthians 2:9] “What no eye has seen, what no ear has heard, and what no human mind has conceived”— the things God has prepared for those who love him—” “What no human mind has conceived” means we never have, so we cannot even imagine what a joyful experience that life will be. Remember such promises – He will.

May the abundant blessings of God find and keep you.

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MK