Author Archives: Mike K

Turned 66 in August of 2019, a little over a year into retirement. Now live on my farm in southern Missouri Ozarks. At this point I have 4 daughters and 8 grandchildren and 3 dogs.

How to Survive as the Clock Winds Down

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Last night I read a couple of chapters starting with the first of the book of Ezekiel. I’m for sure he gave it his very best to try and describe what he was shown in the Great Beyond, but to be perfectly honest, it just ain’t possible for me to wrap this old noggin around those creatures he described, and to speculate further, I’d have a hard time believing anyone in this world of flesh and blood could put together a reasonable picture of what they looked like. That is, without the help of the same Spirit that revealed those beings to Ezekiel. And the wheels that accompanied them, and how their spirits resided in the wheels that were also full of eyes. In my estimation, that old Prophet saw something that was intended to remain a mystery to mankind and indeed, the Bible has other peculiar passages that arouse our curiosity – like the voices of the seven thunders in Revelation that John heard but was told not to write down what they said, so why even mention it? We have to understand, or maybe we should at least try to understand, that there are mysteries God has decided to keep as such until the time arrives for them to be solved or revealed to people, and then it’s probably not for all people, just the ones He chooses to show.

Today is as good an example of revelation of some of the things hitherto kept under wraps that one can imagine. We are living in a time where endeavors of evil human beings long held secretive are becoming openly manifested for the whole world to see and yet we simultaneously witness a whole world of people trying with all their being to ignore these evil happenings in the hopeless mind that things will go back to “normal” if we but look the other way a while longer. For instance, we watched in horror as passenger jets smashed into buildings which had so painfully obviously been pre-detonated and subsequently crashed to the ground. Everyone in America and throughout the world saw those things happen with their own eyes, giant skyscrapers full of people destroyed in a few hours of an otherwise peaceful September morning, and yet everyone dutifully waited for a government narrative to dispel from our minds what we saw with our own eyes so we could begin the arduous journey back to “normalcy”. It would have been absolutely unacceptable to our collective mindset to admit to the truth of what we actually saw! After all, this is America! There’s no way, even with Satan incarnate, Dick Cheney in charge of the US, that our government could do something that evil!

Even with all the abundant evidence, the dancing Israelis sent to “record the event” when no one should have expected any such event to occur (unless of course the event was foreknown; fore-planned), with “Lucky Larry” Silverstein erroneously saying that building 7 would be “pulled” (such a statement of an event that could not have reasonably been expected without prior knowledge that the building had been pre-detonated, as had the two towers), and the myriad other mountains of evidence of an inside job, people still to this day strain credulity in their minds to (erroneously) believe the government narrative. Truth is, there are a few people, a select cadre of Satanic, wealthy individuals who control almost everything that happens in this deteriorating world we live in, and almost everyone knows it, it’s just too painful to find oneself among those who are willing to admit we have become slaves to an incredibly evil system, and it’s worldwide.

There are far more incriminating examples of the deviousness and duplicity being committed by those in control than that of 9/11, all the mysteries surrounding the Lockerbie crash, the Kennedy assassination, the fake Trump assassination attempt, Charilie Kirk murder, you name it – each and every one with its own (prepackaged) government narrative, and even today when something goes south, there are plenty of gullible people around to eat up the story, no matter how ridiculous it sounds.

In the Bible, there’s a place where Jesus admonishes us to refrain from calling another person a fool, and as hard as that sometimes is, we have to remember He said it. In a way I don’t really understand and as fervid a believer as I am in Deitrich Bonhoeffer and the ordeal he went through in service to Christ, ultimately paying the highest price for his faith, Bonhoeffer repeatedly warned Christians of what he called stupidity and how it can wreck our faith. Maybe a person can be stupid without being a fool, or at least one can be recognized as someone who is stupid, but cannot be called a fool by the Christian, I don’t know. I do believe the stupidity to which he referred is what I think of as chosen ignorance. In itself, there’s no shame in ignorance – it’s a trait everyone has when they do not know something. Stupidity, however, is when there’s something that’s important enough for us that we should know about it but we choose not to know – chosen ignorance – and I think that’s a sin that’s maybe among some of the worst ones we can commit.

I’m voting for this politician that I really want to get into office, but there’s a mounting heap of evidence that points to him being a sex offender and that he’s been involved in trafficking underaged girls, but I’m just going to ignore all that evidence and vote for him anyway. It’s the same principle as being a rabid Cowboys fan and watching a play where there’s obvious pass interference (by a Cowboys player) and instead of admitting your player did something wrong, the first thing you think is I hope the referee didn’t see that. That’s where our politics are today – we are just as apt to pull for a known criminal, liar, fraud, sexual molester, etc., as long as he wears a “D” or an “R”, whichever is your preferred color, and that’s just flat wrong! That’s where stupidity comes into play. If we are willing to accept a total breakdown of our established system as long as one of our own can get away with something illegal, then how can we be surprised and start clutching our pearls when someone on the other side does the same thing? Again, that’s where stupidity comes in! George Washington, in his God-given wisdom, warned us about allowing political parties into our republic, and it should be painfully obvious why today!

Today is election day for the US midterms and almost all of the Democratic news outlets and social media platforms are ecstatic that it’s looking like Democrats are going to retake the house and maybe the Senate-like that’s going to solve all of our problems. I don’t suppose any of them can remember two plus years ago when we had a Democrat in the White House, dutifully sending bombs and money and missiles to Israel in the midst of the genocide in Gaza. Those who hold onto party affiliation like it’s something sacred are demonstrating the very stupidity that has brought us to where we are. It doesn’t matter which party is in power, this country isn’t going to get any better until we decide to get back to God and in a big way. I’m not sure what it was that old Ezekiel saw in those visions, but you can be absolutely sure if they were near the throne of God, they were among the most righteous beings in all creation. They would not belong to any affiliation other than the holiness of the Almighty – the same as we should try to be.

That return to God isn’t a choice before America only. There are countries all over the world in the same shape, facing the same threats of nuclear annihilation, water scarcity, enslavement of the populaces, you name it. Jesus Christ appeared on this earth two thousand years ago and told us of the Way to get out of this mess we are in today. There’s nothing new now, it’s been the same through these millennia – Jesus Christ is our hope and our redemption. If you are one of the multitudes of people who are trying to stock up on beans and rice to survive the coming tribulations, you might prolong your existence on this rotting earth for a few days longer, but in the end you’ll go the way of everyone else who has schemed to survive an upcoming tragedy without coming to the grace that Jesus offers. You just might Spiritually develop sufficiently to find yourself finally understanding that it’s a waste of your time to take measures to prolong your life of misery and travail in this world. Do you really want to survive to become a slave of some kind of Satanic technology that is designed to control the world? To see your kids have to swear an oath of allegiance to some Satanic entity? Seriously, just what do you imagine that lies ahead here on this earth to make it worthwhile for you to sacrifice and store up food and gold just to make it a few more days here? This place is not our home; since the failing in the garden of Eden, it has not been designed to be permanent for us. There is, however, another paradise awaiting us, but there is only one Way to get there, and that promise can only be realized by rejecting the stupidity that grounds your expectations in surviving in this world. There’s nothing here for you, and it would be the very least stupid thing you could do to start trying to understand that. Even if we all did realize what we’re up against and which direction to go, there’s still no guarantee we’ll understand all the mysteries of God in this life – like the things Ezekiel was trying to describe to us. Some day we will though, because we’ll be able to see the same things he saw way back then. For now however, we can know enough about the mysteries of God to get us where we need to go.

Stop clicking on those thumbnails that promise that you can survive if only you do x, y, or z, because nothing you can do here will provide a way to survive this world. For crying out loud, the world itself will not survive! There’s only one way to emerge successful from this experience we think of as our lives, and that is to reject the notion that this is our lives at all. Our lives start when we walk through the doorway at the end of this existence, and that is only if we have come to accept Jesus Christ as our savior. You will only understand that when you see it – when you get there. There’s not enough memory in all the computers in the world to write into words what it will be like to enter into the joy of our Lord. [1 Corinthians 2:9]: But as it is written: “Eye has not seen, nor ear heard, Nor have entered into the heart of man The things which God has prepared for those who love Him.” For now, don’t just take my word for it – I’m a simple old man who can barely communicate what I try to say – read your own Bibles and learn from the Master how to survive this world of tribulation. If you are truly concerned about survival – about the safety of yourself and your family, get to know Jesus before it’s too late. Can’t you see from all the things happening in the world that your time is growing very short to get right with God?

Until then, may the blessings of the Almighty Father find and keep us.

MK

The Greatest Culmination of All Time

Where will it find you? Will you at last be trying with all your might to pray, to belatedly cry out for that forgiveness, that repentance you always felt you had the luxury of postponing to a more opportune time? When the very heaven above your head becomes rent with the awesome power of the appearance of the Lord Jesus Christ Who finally manifests Himself to a world long gone astray, and many, having repeatedly ignored His gracious offer of forgiveness for those offences ever piled up in the darkest corner of their souls, it comes time to reckon with the ultimate King, where will your heart discover itself to abide?

When I woke up this morning, I had no intention of writing a post, but as with all things spiritual, our own intentions are found to be of lesser importance than what the Master has planned for us. His will is always of utmost priority in everything we undertake, so if my intention for today was to go out into the magnificent autumn wood here in the Ozarks and consume a feast of color and silent wonder, then I can still do that, but only after following this Spiritual task judged to be of greater import.

What a waste of my time and yours, dear reader, if my choice of words lacks of inspirational offering. Perhaps the Spirit will bless us with a succinct communication, a missive of hopeful vision for what lies ahead of us, the sordid condition of the world notwithstanding. It’s as if we find ourselves on some great ship sailing to an uncertain destination and only a few of us understand exactly where we are and where we are going, but the vast majority do not. Some of us by choice have laid hold of words of immense promise from the Scriptures and as a result have found we have an obligation of utmost importance to speak them as we are able to those who wander about the deck in listless confusion, to tell the lost of the very promise we have been privileged to embrace, though in such a way as to pique their interest and yet avoid offense.

These times in which we live offer much trepidation to those who are less informed of the very prophesy we have at our behest, those oracles so graciously bestowed on chosen men of long ago. Such fears of oncoming darkness and the evil it encompasses are easily put to rest with such Spiritual gifts as the Lord Jesus Christ has blessed His children with, primarily the love for God and the love of God. We are reminded in many places in scripture of the profound, unimaginable love that God has for His people and that nothing in all creation can come between us and our Father’s love. It is also made clear that if we possess that Godly love in our hearts, that we have no room for fear of any evil we might face. [1 John 4:18]: “There is no fear in love; but perfect love casts out fear, because fear involves torment. But he who fears has not been made perfect in love.” This is one of the greatest defenses against all of the threats of the enemy and one of the most comforting verses in the whole Bible. Pray therefore for that perfect love which is only available from the Holy Spirit of Jesus Christ. That perfect love was undoubtedly what buttressed the hearts of the early Christians who remained steadfast in their faith though they were being slaughtered by lions for the entertainment of people of the same bloodthirsty mindset of many of today’s leaders.

If we dwell too much on preparation on how to survive the coming tribulations, we can find that we are placing too much emphasis on surviving in this world, but “prepping” to survive in a world that has been completely taken over by Satan and that has become the realm of demonic principalities is a futile effort at best, at least for decent people. Who in their right mind would want to continue to exist in the darkness ruled by such evil entities? Jesus promised His followers that He would be with us to the very end if and when it comes upon us and that by avoidance of fear, we would earn a crown of life on the other side. [Revelation 2:10]: “Do not fear any of those things which you are about to suffer. Indeed, the devil is about to throw some of you into prison, that you may be tested, and you will have tribulation ten days. Be faithful until death, and I will give you the crown of life.” Since these are the words of the Lord and Savior, these things will assuredly happen, but remember that part about love casting out fear and it becomes easier to understand how we can remain faithful even as we face the end of this experience we erroneously consider to be our life. Our life starts the moment we emerge on the other side of that divide we allow ourselves to fear so much. That is the existence we should all be prepping for while we have the time.

Believers in Jesus Christ as the Son of God and Savior of the world are able to walk through this world without fear of AI or data centers or robot armies. We need not fear man-made plagues or cars that shut down when big brother says they must. We don’t have to worry about getting vaporized in a nuclear war, nor being shot nor beheaded by servants of the enemy. When we arrive at the level of our Spiritual development where we have that perfect love in our hearts that casts out fear, we have reached a point where we completely disarm the enemy, because fear is his greatest weapon which serves him well in a world of nonbelievers. Fear is always brandished; people always speak of coming plagues, theft of property and/or freedom by the “authorities”, etc. In our world today, most news and discussions of existential threats to humanity (mostly commoners, the rich face entirely different threats) are what folks like to think about. Again, too much worrying over what might happen in this life in this world long grown too evil for humanity anyway.

There will be some of us who survive through these troubled times and actually be here to greet Jesus when He comes back for His faithful. It doesn’t matter that much whether were here above the ground or not because the dead in Christ will rise first so those believers who’ve passed on will get to see Him first but we’ll all be gathered together to join Him in the clouds and then we’ll be with Him in Paradise forevermore. Those who rejected Him in this life will pass on to a really awful existence in a horrible place, so by all means get to know Jesus soon because there just isn’t much time left here and a lot of people are going to tragically miss the boat and end up relegated to everlasting torment. This ain’t my judgement, the Bible says it very plainly – get on the right side of God now!

May the blessings of the Almighty Father find and keep us.

MK

I Think This Picture is Worth a Thousand Words

The picture on my homepage isn’t AI. I don’t like AI – one bit. My daughter went out one day after a particularly heavy rain spell and took a bunch of pictures of the aftermath and that one caught my eye. The colors seemed perfect, at least to me, and as she always asks me what I want for Christmas and I can never think of anything – seems like it’s a thing to try and explain I don’t want anything that costs any money, but one always needs to consider other folks’ desire to give something, so I asked her if she’d get that picture blown up and mounted in a lighted frame so I could hang it in my old farmhouse, and lo and behold she did, it turned out really nice. My brother came over and commented on how much he likes the pic and ordered one just like it for his house, so I guess it’s pretty to others besides myself. The notion of giving gifts on Christmas has been – and is still being – debated as to whether or not it’s appropriate within the bounds of the New Covenant of Christ. Some point to the passages in the story of Jesus’ birth when the magi came bearing gifts for the newborn Savior as the origin of Christmas giving, and that’s plenty good enough for me as far as being an example of why folks like to give gifts in remembrance of that event, but on the other hand, Christmas has inarguably gotten out of hand in the context of commercialization with rich folks making money off people’s desire to give.

That landscape picture my daughter ordered up for me, and later for my brother, probably didn’t cost much in our valuation of money, so not a lot of cash changed hands, but a great deal of satisfaction was derived both from the giver and the recipient(s). I don’t know about anyone else, but I’m pretty sure that’s the reason, the spirit, if you will, of Christmas giving. There should be love on both ends of the transaction if the gift is to comport with the substance of the act, it has to be loving thy neighbor in it’s purest form. That said, I must go back to what I mentioned about the cost, because even though 30 bucks (or whatever it cost) might not seem like much to folks in our society, it is a fortune to people in some places and that’s a sad statement of the condition of our world. Even though here in our neck of the woods in the Ozarks, most of us don’t have a lot of money, even we lowly hillbillies live like royalty compared to a lot of places in the world. There are even places in this nation of abundance where many people don’t even have a roof over their head. In some of our biggest cities where rivers of wealth flow through skyscrapers, people down on the streets live in tents – the lucky ones have tents, others sleep on cardboard or in dumpsters.

In countries like India, Pakistan, and many Asian countries, people live in great slums, they don’t know of any other lifestyle. Children are raised sifting through garbage trying to find a little food. In the Philippines, night people prowl through the garbage bins for leftover scraps from fast food cafes. In some places there, they recook fried chicken scraps to make what they call pag pag, a cuisine of the truly destitute, but accepted as a source of sustenance by those who have nothing else. Whole families can be found in the refuse dumps at night prowling through garbage for some small bits of something, anything edible. Alongside most of these slums, across the tracks or whatever divides the universes of wealth and poverty, shiny skyscrapers stand brimming with champaign-guzzling rich people who haven’t spent one day of their lives worrying about the price of a bill of groceries. They’ve never experienced the struggle to pay an electric bill or had to watch a child endure a fight through some easily cured illness because they couldn’t afford to go to the doctor. Way too many people in our world have to leave this life entirely because of the exorbitant cost of medical care. Rich people have no concept of the spirit of Christmas, nor will they ever.

Famine and disease have become a way of life in way too many places in the world. There are way too many stories out there, way too many pictures of little emaciated African children with bellies swollen from starvation, so many flies on their tiny faces they have long stopped trying to swat them away. I’m not trying to say there is any easy solution to these woes of humanity, but how many people are even trying to help? There are some cash-strapped organizations, totally dependent on the generosity of Godly donors and organizations out there trying to help, but as always, the attention of the majority of the world that might otherwise be made aware and able to help is drawn to things and events of lesser importance – international soccer matches, unnecessary wars, stupid undertakings like the “Line” in Saudi Arabia, etc. How many starving kids in the world could have been fed for the price of that farce? Or how much sustenance could be made available for the price of an aircraft carrier? How many homeless people here in the US could be put in affordable housing for the wasted treasure expended on these damnable temples to demons they call data centers?

The US allocates over a trillion dollars a year on “defense”, i.e. the greatest scam of human history in which the stockholders of organizations like Raytheon, Lockheed Martin, McDonell Douglas etc. have grown unfathomably rich in the business of promulgating humans murdering each other. Wars are started precisely to enrich these soulless entities in which countless innocent people are murdered every day somewhere in the world. The US has privatized institutions like prisons so as to further enrich more of the already wealthy as more and more activities of the public are criminalized so as to increase the number of incarcerated. Wealthy men can rape and traffic minor children and get completely away with it – indeed, become president – but poor people risk being incarcerated in these private prisons for stealing food.

The real war going on in our world is not between immigrants and residents. It is not between blacks and whites. It’s not even between communists and capitalists. The real war, as everyone will someday understand, is between the rich and the not rich of the world and it always has been. But that’s just on this side of the great divide. This life. Satan has armed his servants with the wealth of the world and between those who have the wealth and those who desire to have it, Satan has near complete control of humankind. Men who desire wealth do not need to actually have it in order for Satan to capture and control them, the desire for it is plenty enough to get his work done. Things will be far different on the other side, for over there Satan doesn’t have any say in what goes on.

There’s just so much actual evil happening in the world right now that it should be obvious to even the folks who have made it their life’s mission to preach against giving gifts on Christmas that there are more important things to worry about than celebrating what a lot of folks think of as Jesus’ birthday with their own versions of frankincense and myrrh.

A lot of the thoughts in this article go through my head when I look at that beautiful picture my daughter gifted me for Christmas. It’s a complicated world, but Jesus has a great way of simplifying it. The only way to emerge from this existence victorious is to get right with Jesus Christ and if you haven’t done so, I implore you to – today, we don’t have much time left here, and the rich folks are going to crash and burn along with their master, so don’t look to them for help, they have no desire to see you on the winning side of this great battle.

May the blessings of the Almighty Father find and keep us.

MK

Serene Wonders of the Ozark Autumn

(If you’re a long-time reader here at Folkpotpourri.com, at this time of year you undoubtedly expect this, so without further ado…)

From somewhere down the one path come voices scarce to discern at first, then growing to clamor; from the other naught but silence, mist, and enveloping dark. Choose I must, but having only this moment arrived and come to understand this sudden and seminal path now demanding a choice at it’s bifurcation, each into destinations at odds with the other, I am confronted with invitations to follow one. Do I opt for a roiling avenue toward some familiar end whence I’m bidden to follow a tumultuous riot of temptation and merriment amid throngs of fellow travelers, or the serene, shady lane of nature’s offerings whence cool autumn peace and misty colors wind into a silent yet eerily boding woodland alone. A serene invitation of evening darkness and a bracing north wind make the choice for me. Yea, and the moss-covered hickory with gilded foliage of indescribable resplendence makes the choice for me.

As I proceed beyond the moment of my option, I’m at once greeted by a blush of deep-scarlet sumac abruptly thrust from the dark autumn mist offering its own feast of visual delight upon this table of an autumnal banquet. Ere I’m able to partake of a morsel comes to view a palette of green and heavy moss upon a weathered escarpment of limestone, impeccably strewn with ornate burgundy gum and pumpkin-colored sassafras discards. My eyes deliberately and eagerly trace a vine of crimson woodland ivy high into a stalwart red oak whose slowly changing hue of verdant summer proudly displays his early fall decor.

Far from regret at this choice of roads, and thus further from the din of a crowded city of men, I’m left in amaze of an autumn world of which few partake, a world of wild songbirds eagerly gleaning seeds from generous ocher grasses who sway in desiccated undulation as the northern breeze wafts first down wooded hillside then into an amber ocean of this silently awaiting evening dark, a world of hastily-gathered drops of yesterday’s rain gently meandering through burgeoning turves of earthen form. This choice of roads lead among exuberant tumbles of maple and black gum whose autumnal gowns beckon great envy of other woodland members who choose to await the onset of colder winds to alter their attire, which will of certainty be no less extravagant once they determine to do so. Indeed, where such beauty and magnificence abound, there is no time nor inclination to regret this path.

Among the browning jungles of the fen with her ripe throughout tule, rush, and cattail, jewelweed blossoms fall to bespeckle tiny sunsets among the briars – summer frogs have grown silent, the only noise to be heard here are the thumps of ripe walnuts escaping from lemon-yellow branches who race one another to shed plump burdens. Gently seeping clear waters from the spring ply this peaceful mire, slowly disappearing beneath discarded foliage of waning summer. Indeed, autumn seems in haste to conceal every vestige of summer – it is her season now and she harbors no inclination to share attention of her magnificence, her color, her silent arrest of nature.

Gold is in abundance here and is not to be confused with the lesser gold of value to men. Crimson also abides in increase as the trail progresses through the somber, wooded hills. Ebony flocks of complaining crows now flit listless and great columns of white geese sail aloft in rare open patches of a melancholy blue firmament, seen but by the keenest of eyes, but irascible honking of their clan heard plainly by all. Winding brakes of clearest cold streams carry golden leaf-drops away to drift on the sea or to rest alongside some lonely fallen sentinel of the forest as it floats to an unknown edifice. Soon, tendrils of winter cold will send ice to immobilize all who dwell on this exquisite water.

Until those grim and stolid warriors without leaf upon steeds ever alight on winter wind approach to take it all away, take the road less traveled – get out and enjoy the fall!

May the blessings of the Almighty Father find and keep us.

MK

Surviving in a Turbulent and Insane World

I’m sorry that I haven’t posted in several days, but the accident I mentioned in my last post turned out to be somewhat more serious than I thought and I had to break down and take a trip to the emergency room where a scan revealed a couple of broken ribs. There was considerable soft tissue damage as well and I’ve been laid up taking pain medication and not in any shape to be writing, but as always, God has brought me through what I hope to be the worst of it and though I still have a way to go, I finally feel good enough to make a post.

When we are overwhelmed with our problems, we should consider what He went through for us

It seems that every new day brings about its own challenges and the worst of humanity (in the service of the enemy of God and man) keeps resurfacing to create doubt and instability to this world in which we find ourselves trying to survive. There are, as prophesied, wars and rumors of wars taking place with new plagues and earthquakes happening at an astounding pace, leaving us little time to gravitate to those places where we may find peace and solace, but find the time we must. These are the very days for which we are admonished to watch as well as pray as Jesus Christ’s return draws nigh.

Although I’m adamantly against this confounded AI and the opprobrium it threatens to bring into our lives, I nevertheless attempt to use this weapon of the enemy against him and write articles on the internet in my own feeble ways and speech (I never use AI generated narratives, but sometimes find images online that may be AI generated due to the likelihood of unavailability of whatever image I need) in my own effort to get the Word of God out there. There are many others, especially videos made by influencers, who are doing similar work in the name of Jesus, but we have to be careful of whatever articles or videos we watch or allow ourselves to be guided by. Always weigh everything against the Scriptures and you’ll never go wrong. Satan certainly realizes the potential of the internet for growing his own following, in fact the whole thing is a creation of satanic billionaires attempting to turn away the faithful and that in itself is a pretty expansive project. In choosing to use the weapon of the enemy, I’m reminded of Matthew 10:16, where Jesus admonishes His disciples, “Behold, I send you out as sheep in the midst of wolves. Therefore be wise as serpents and harmless as doves.”

If people, organizations, societies, and even some churches are not deemed by the enemy to be a threat, i.e. promoting the Gospel of Jesus Christ, they are generally left alone and even if they started out to try and do the right thing, many of them typically decay into some iteration of sinful, lustful immorality that becomes more and more accepted as time passes. Satan knew this would happen hence he takes no action against them. However, when you see some pastor who appears to be stumbling or otherwise threatened you might want to take a second look at his ministry because Satan might well be at work trying to destroy him and his church. Most of the real ones are usually hanging on by a thread, but that’s the kind of people Jesus is after. Those who, despite the odds of being defeated, still hang on with all they have to live in the light. They are the ones Satan is after, too. His whole schtick is to try and take those who have chosen to follow the truth away from the Lord, but what did Jesus say of His people? [ John 10:27-30]: “My sheep hear My voice, and I know them, and they follow Me. 28 And I give them eternal life, and they shall never perish; neither shall anyone snatch them out of My hand. 29 My Father, who has given them to Me, is greater than all; and no one is able to snatch them out of My Father’s hand. 30 I and My Father are one.” There is no greater Scriptural example of Jesus’ protection of his “sheep”, so if your heart is in the right place, you are safe in His mighty hands, but that doesn’t mean Satan won’t try, that he won’t do everything in his power to turn us away from the faith, so always be prepared for his attacks – sometimes they are frightening, sometimes seemingly overwhelming, but we have One who is more powerful to protect us as long as we hang on.

Do not let the dark clouds of plagues, wars and rumors of wars dissuade you from God’s calling in your life. He promises that we will emerge from this tumultuous existence into a place of unimaginable joy and peace. I can share an experience I had many years ago in which I had a dream where I was falling from a great height, presumably to my demise, but during that long fall as I tumbled through the air, I experienced an indescribable peace that I could actually feel. I was about to say I have no idea where the unimaginable peace came from, but I really do. Although the sensation only lasted for the moment of the dream, it has been with me for my entire adult life and if I should live a hundred lives, I could never forget it, such was its impact on me. It was the most awesome experience I’ve ever had the blessing of going through. That peace, the peace of God, awaits us in His kingdom. I wish everyone could experience that feeling – there’d be many more followers of Christ if that were so, but alas, it is a seminal experience only for me to try and describe with fumbling words, but it is nevertheless true and that peace is there in the presence of the Almighty in His Kingdom waiting for us to enter into!

For all readers of this article, always remember this definition of success, for it is the only true success and it is not measured by the number of zeroes in some bank account (which will all burn). Success is standing before Jesus Christ, our Lord and Savior, and hearing these words, [Matthew 25:21]: “His lord said to him, ‘Well done, good and faithful servant; you were faithful over a few things, I will make you ruler over many things. Enter into the joy of your lord. The one thing of importance that can result from this life – everything else is a waste of your time. He patiently awaits to speak those very words to you and yours. Get to know Him if you have not yet done so and prepare to experience His unimaginable joy and peace.

May the blessings of the Almighty Father find and keep us.

MK

What Can Happen When Friends Get Mistaken for Enemies

Back when I used to find such things as movies to be entertaining, I saw a Tom Sellick movie about a sniper who ended up in Australia who had been hired for his shooting skills but he didn’t realize he was being hired to shoot the pesky black Aborigines for a character who was a big cattle rancher – the title was Quigley Down Under. As mentioned, Quigley did not realize he had been hired to murder innocent people until he arrived and as the good guy in the movie, of course he refused to kill them and ended up at odds with the whole ranch of bad guys. The antagonist rancher role was played by one of my favorite actors, the memorable British Alan Rickman (RIP) and he did an exceptional job of portraying the bad guy in this movie. At this point in this essay, I think it would be appropriate to mention that much of the racism which this post is really about actually is quite fundamentally portrayed in this particular movie and I didn’t even realize it until I started this paragraph, so the movie might just be recalled as demonstrating such abhorrent behavior in other ideations herein. In fact, I don’t think there is a better example to use.

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The movie part that I chose to point out was the line where the rancher, Marston (played by Rickman) said he’d been born in the wrong century, and after reading a particularly racist article on the internet – with many equally racist comments – that thought came to my mind – that I’d been born in the wrong time frame to be able to comprehend the dark hatred some folks harbor towards their fellow human beings of different skin tones. Maybe it has always been there and at some level I suspect it has, it’s just that by not sharing those sentiments of racial indignation by the commenters I had read, I was reaching for some reason why I couldn’t relate to such prejudice. I should have recognized it right away though, having come from a small mostly white town down in Texas, but it’s been a while… After giving it some thought however, it’s clear that racial prejudice has always been part of the human dynamic. It shouldn’t be, but there it is.

There are arguments afoot these days, and probably have been for longer than I realize, that Jesus Christ was a black man, or an Arab, or of whatever race happens to be someone’s particular need for Him to be. To those who make such speculations, it is apparent from His teachings that, if the color of Jesus Christ’s skin is important to your opinion of Him and His ministry, then you don’t know who He is at all. It should not make one whit of difference to us of what race or ethnic group Jesus belonged – He is the Savior of all humanity – the Son of God in whatever iteration of the human flesh God chose for Him to be clothed in.

Hatred is a particularly difficult emotion for us to comprehend and to deal with. There are instances of behavior that evoke such passionate emotions that we must take extreme care not to allow to become hatred in our hearts. These are real and present battles for even the most faithful believers – to keep our emotions in check for the enemy is ever aware of our thoughts as revealed by our behavior and he seeks every opportunity to trip us up and hatred of the “other” – it is his default trap. On the other hand, there is an innate racial rejection that can be present without our even being aware of it until we find ourselves agreeing with people like the commenters mentioned above. That kind of hatred can sneak into our hearts if we ignore the sources of it. If we don’t put up a fight, we might find ourselves pulling for the sniper who opts to shoot those pesky Aborigines – or Palestinians. Or black folks on a march for equal rights. I’m not necessarily writing here only about racial bias or hatred, but that hatred that sneaks in to our hearts when we become incensed at the racism of other people – it’s a clever trap of the enemy, he wins when people hate each other whether it be racism or abhorrence of those who are racist without being so oneself. It’s hatred either way, and although Heaven will undoubtedly be an expansive place, there won’t be any room in God’s Kingdom for a heart that has hatred inside.

For those of us who claim to be believers but also hold that our race is the one that God chooses over all the others, to those I say Jesus Christ died for every one of every race of human beings. The Bible says that God is not a respecter of persons, meaning He doesn’t prefer one human being over another due to any human status such as wealth or race. Furthermore, the biggest reason our country is plagued with Donald Trump right now is that part of his con was to appeal to the racial hatred of certain genres of neanderthal voters. These people are now paying the fiddler for allowing their racist attitudes to determine their vote and now they can’t afford groceries or to take their kids to the doctor. The Almighty always requires us to pay for our departure from His ways so people can’t get away with allowing their racism to guide their selection of leaders without answering for it somewhere down the road.

There is indeed a division in our country that matters, but it isn’t the one between blacks and whites or Hispanics or differing religions. We’ve never faced a time, at least in my life, in which all of us common folks needed each other more than we do now. The division, hence, the war, we should be fighting is between the rich and the poor, but the wealthy elites have the controls and are able to produce whatever propaganda it takes to keep us peons at each other’s throats. Just take note of all the “news” stories of late about white cops mistreating black people or black guys beating up old white people – it comes around like clockwork every time us proles start looking at the real source of our problems – be it Vietnam, or in this case, the elites. Can’t have a bunch of folks that can’t pay their electric bills threatening the Zuckerbergs and Thiels and Adelsons of the world, got to keep them to fighting amongst themselves and appealing to their racial hatred always works, so go for it! There’s nothing that could strike fear into the hearts of the wealthy and the politicians they own like a street filled with thousands of black, white, Mexican, Asian, Arabic, Catholic, Protestant, Jewish, Anglo European people that can no longer be turned against each other or otherwise deterred from an honorable goal of reforming our political and economic system toward fairness for all.

They (politicians and the wealthy who own them) are so afraid of any eventuality that might bring the common citizens of all races and religions together for common purpose that they have flock cameras and data centers all for the purpose of surveilling the citizenry so as to keep an eye on us and prevent our agglomeration into a fearless and determined army of multiracial, multireligious citizens demanding a new order. Old white men like me arm in arm with young black and/or Hispanic men and women, veterans who’ve had enough of creatures like Pete Hegseth, Trump and Rubio – marching on Washington with real change in mind. Demanding real change. I do not advocate violence but it might be hard to get some of the folks to refrain from it, especially some of those who’ve had relatives and loved ones kidnapped and tortured by “federal agents” of ICE and shipped off to some African country or other place where they don’t belong. Again, lest we forget or become persuaded to lose focus on the real enemies of humankind – it’s the rich men who’ve all sold their souls to Satan and therefore murder innocent (always innocent until proven guilty) Venezuelan men on boats and innocent little girls in schools. Whether they’re bombing hospitals in Gaza or making people take “vaccines” that end up killing them – it’s the rich men who profit from making clot shots and bombs and missiles with which they can slaughter innocent people, which is all done in pursuit of their service to Satan.

We were given our example of how we need to behave and how we need to believe from a man named Jesus Christ a couple of thousand years ago. Our (and God’s) greatest enemy, Satan, has had all of that time to come up with ways to deceive us, to persecute those of us who dare to believe there is a better way than what we are seeing in the world. Just as he did two thousand years ago with Jesus Christ, Satan has taken a select few men up on that mountain and promised them the world if only they agree to serve him, and unlike Jesus, a lot of them have taken him up on it. These are all the ones who have become the very wealthy, the same men who are building data centers, which I am convinced are nothing more than temples to demons requiring the sacrifice of our water and power – and who knows what may be required as sacrifices to them later on. The tech zillionaires actually expect the public to be willing to pay homage to their demons, they don’t give us any good reasons for the public benefit to build the demonic temples, they just expect the public to go along with them if for no other good reason than the fact that they are billionaires and they want data centers, therefore so should we. Same for those servants of Satan who frequent the Moloch rituals in the Bohemian Grove. Those guys are bound for hell – they’ve signed the deal and have all their wealth, they will die sooner or later (Googler Sheldon Adelson, Dick Cheney and Jacob Rothschild) it’s just a matter of time until they go down in the flames of hell fire – I promise you they will – and there’s no reason for good people to go with them because of envy of their wealth. Unfortunately, this same tactic is used on celebrities and sports heroes too and some of them even admit it, now most of those types don’t openly declare war on the poor, but selling one’s soul has the same results for the one doing it – you traded something precious for a few years of fame and wealth and now you belong to Satan and face eternal damnation. There’s serious consequences for backing out on the deal – Google Charlie Kirk.

We must stand with Jesus and with each other – there’s absolutely no hope any other way. Don’t allow the mockers of God to convince you to hate on your black brother – or your Latino brother. Conversely, even though there have been some major bumps in the road to how we got where we are, black fellows cannot win the battle without the majority of white folks – who are in the same boat – almost everyone who is not rich is in the same boat, no matter the color of the skin, and we MUST get past this stupid racism they use against us every time we threaten to join hands. Our enemies are not each other; they are the people who own the banks, the big corporations, insurance companies and with few exceptions, big rich law firms. Most of us don’t even want to know about the rich guys and their money – personally, I’d rather hear from the people out on the accursed reservations and the poor folks in the country, rural areas and to know they are doing okay or how we might be able to help them if they’re not. It’s simply shaping up to be a class war, but we can’t win it without each other. They pay good money to keep common people fighting each other – see ICE and recruiting bonuses. We cannot win it without Jesus Christ in our midst. If we could pull such a movement together, always keeping the underprivileged in mind and always keeping Jesus Christ out front as our real leader, we could be a formidable army indeed. In fact, that is exactly what is going to happen when Jesus leads His mighty army into the great battle The one thing we have to keep in mind is that such an organization can only win the war – if folks could just focus on Jesus and helping each other, I guarantee we could never be defeated by the minions of Satan, but for what it’s worth, we’ve ALL got to get past racism and hatred – as long as we insist on hanging on to sinful racist attitudes, we can never win this battle – guaranteed!

We’ve all become the Aborigines now and don’t forget it; don’t let anyone convince you otherwise. If you have any doubt, look at Gaza – and that’s just the beginning.

Someone was/is trying to prevent me from publishing this post. I just finished with that last line above when I took a break from writing and it’s a long story but I ended up with my 73-year-old self out in the woods on a motorcycle, against the better judgement of my daughter who had told me how hard that thing was to control on that road, and which I’ve never tried before. As soon as I got on the really rough section of the road with lots of limestone blocks the size of footballs, sure enough I lost it, and got flung off the thing and into a tree with my back. I hit just left of my spine or I have no doubt my back would be broken – I hit that thing with some terrific force! Literally, I’m beginning to believe the enemy has identified me – probably from my posts encouraging Godliness here. I think he sent something from somewhere else to snatch me off that bike and slam me into the tree – the bike had come to a complete stop and just laid over yet I practically flew backward, and I’ve never felt the like of pain I have going on. Even so, all I have to say is that if he wants me to stop speaking out for Jesus, he’s gonna have to shut me up for good, I’m not threatened by having to wobble around with a sore back for a few days, and I’m certainly not afraid to leave this abominable world to be with Jesus. Maybe it’s just my imagination and I’m giving myself too much credit for being a thorn in the enemy’s side, but I’m going to keep trying to be so as long as possible.

Me and my daughter prayed over it, and today I might talk myself into going to the clinic and get something for pain, but I’ve no doubt He heard our prayer and I’m getting better really fast. Anyways folks, welcome to what it’s like when you decide to follow Jesus – be prepared for anything – we have to be willing to give it our all. I’ve felt His presence like never before since this “accident” happened. If y’all feel the urge, I encourage your prayers, and not just for me, but for your own blessings as we face these end times.

May the blessings of the Almighty Father find and keep us.

MK

Critters, Experiences, and Ozark Farm Life Potpourri

Finally! We’re getting some cooler weather here in this part of the Ozarks! Been in the high nineties, even got over a hundred for a few days over the last five or six weeks and nary a bit of rain during that time either. Several trees died in the heat and drought, but I guess that’s the way nature works. Since the onset of the cooler air, we’ve actually gotten a few inches of precious rain, and you could almost hear the big old oaks sighing with relief around here. I think all of us living creatures get a little giddy when autumn comes around. I also think the heat might be the reason we haven’t had a very bad tick problem around the woods this year, but I also have guineas patrolling and those birds eat a lot of ticks, I read somewhere that an adult guinea fowl can eat a few thousand ticks every day!

We’ve had a fox around the farm and some mysterious AWOL guinea fowls. Piles of feathers here and there attest to the fox scoring dinner once in a while. Guineas select really well-hidden spots to lay their eggs and several hens will lay in the same nest until some magic alarm bell goes off that only a select guinea hen can hear and she suddenly starts setting on the whole clutch. There may be as many as twenty-five eggs and the old girl really has to spread herself out to cover all of them, but I’ve never witnessed a more dedicated animal than the mother guinea when it comes time to hatch and raise her young. We only know someone has started setting when we round them up at night to coop them for bed and one of them fails to show up. This also can mean the fox has scored, so it’s kind of tricky to determine which has happened – has the fox eaten one, or has one of the hens decided to set? Most times the setting hen will show up at the run in the mornings to join her friends for breakfast during a short break in the setting duties. Otherwise, it would take a four-wheel-drive truck to pull her away from that nest – or a dedicated raccoon or fox that finds her on the nest, but that’s pretty unusual – they find good hiding places for the nest. Sometimes it takes us humans a long time to find a nest, but we try not to disturb it when we do, or not to give her away to any predators who might be in sight. In the last couple of years we have lost two setting girls and their eggs, but as often as not, they make it to the hatch and then it’s a battle with Mama to catch all the babies and relocate them to a safe coop where they can survive until they get big enough to elude the four-legged critters, and that is surprisingly fast. Guinea babies – called keets – find their legs (and wings) in short order and are even hard to catch right out of the eggs. Right now we have a family of guinea babies that are about five weeks old and already can fly like quails.

When I say it’s a battle with Mama to collect the babies, I’m not kidding! Those gals are serious when it comes to protecting those little ones and will very gleefully leave nasty bruises and scratches anywhere on your body they can access if you grab one of the babies. They can beat you mercilessly with those wings too. She flies sorties at you while you’re trying to catch the little ones without hurting them, and she regularly lands punches and barbs – especially when you’re looking away at the baby. I remember on one occasion a couple of years ago when my daughter and I had fought the mother and had caught all the little ones and when I had the last one in my hand, she was standing facing me just a few feet from me. She had this totally rabid angry look on her face as she glared at me and it was like she was saying, “Okay, you got my babies, but now I’m gonna get you!” And she flew up straight into my face with her talons hitting first – I was able to turn aside somewhat, but she got my neck and left a couple of bloody canyons across it. What a maniac! She went for my face on purpose! I’m just thankful they don’t carry hellfire missiles! But that’s how mama guineas are, so if you ever have occasion to collect her keets, watch out! If they aren’t surprised and ambushed, I’m pretty sure they are quite capable of repelling a raccoon, and maybe even a fox too if he’s not starving and desperate.

We’ve been living here on this farm in the Ozarks for eight years now and we’ve only encountered a few copperheads but no other poisonous snakes. I’m sure there are some of those big old timber rattlers around, but so far, we’ve not ran across any. Someone smashed one on the road about a mile from here, so I know they’re around. We had a guinea hen get bitten by what I’m sure was one of those copperheads – we never saw the snake, but the guinea died with bite marks on her neck. From what I know about guineas, the crazy bird was probably pecking at the snake, that’s how they are. But I’ve only seen a couple or three copperheads around here. If the snake is near the house, I’ve been known to go to great lengths to catch it and take it off into the woods, but otherwise I usually dispose of it, if it’s in the woods, I leave it alone.

I had an encounter a couple of years back with a fairly big old black bear, right outside my back yard! The dogs were raising cane, and I went out to see what their problem was, and lo and behold, there was this black bear – standing on his hind legs looking at me like he expected me to bring him an order of chicken nuggets or a taco. He went to all fours and started traipsing off, not in a hurry whatsoever. I hustled into the house to grab my phone to try and get a pic, but with my typical 72-year-old fumbling and fidgeting to pull up the camera function and aim and shoot, he was so far out into the woods all I got was a big dark blob in the foliage, but what a rush! I have game cameras out in our woods and occasionally get a random black bear on video, but not all that often.

We have mountain lions in this neck of the woods, but I don’t think they stay here. When someone sees one it’s just passing through. I’ve read where those cats range for hundreds of miles, so when one is spotted, it’s probably a young male just passing through or maybe he’s looking for a suitable area to hang out in. I was deer hunting one cold November morning and I heard one of them, probably a quarter to a half mile away from me, but it was a real treat to hear a big cat in the wild! The sound was halfway between a growl and a scream – it didn’t sound like it was really excited or angry, maybe it was calling for another cat. That said, it could have been a bobcat, but I’ve heard both of them, and I’m almost sure it was a cougar.

The first few years we were here, there were pretty regular coyote parties down the holler on a section of our farm we call the south 40. A neighbor fellow raised beef cattle, and he often had problems with them taking his newborn calves. He had a really good cattle dog – maybe she was mostly border collie, but she came dragging home one night and was so mangled from being attacked by coyotes that he had to put her down. It was a really sad occasion because she was a remarkably smart and loyal dog – I liked her almost as much as my own dogs; she was just a great, friendly girl, and she died trying to protect her cattle. Probably badly outnumbered. Realizing what those coyotes are capable of, I keep my two dogs penned up in my backyard unless I’m out with them – it would break my heart to lose either one of my girls. September 30 it will be exactly one year ago that I had to say goodbye to my old Dusty girl – my best friend and sidekick for fourteen years – I’m not over losing her and probably never will be; I was really attached to her. The two girls I have now were her gifts to me and I treasure them like I did her.

Soon there will be great flocks of snow geese high up in an azure sea of northern air honking away to let the world down here know we need to check our water pipes and if we haven’t already done so, to get some firewood cut and split. I’m way ahead on that account – I’ve actually been working in the terrible heat to get ahead of that north wind, but then I’m one of those old hillbillies that simply can’t stay out of the woods with a chainsaw. Early this summer I was walking down the wet-weather creek that runs down the east side of our property and lo and behold – there was a beautiful red oak that had fallen (green) straight across the creek from bank to bank. The creek was a good twenty-five feet wide, and the tree was a good two feet in diameter, so there was enough wood to last the whole winter! Where the tree was located, it looked to be on a neighbor’s property, and as I’d never met him but knew where he lives, I took the occasion to go and meet him and see if he’d mind me harvesting the log. Turns out, he’s one of the nicest guys I ever met, and he was more than willing to let me have the firewood. Made me sorry I’d not gone to meet him sooner, but such is life! Now the wood is cut and split and waiting for some serious north wind so I can get the wood stove going.

Summer is winding down and we’re headed into autumn and the world is getting crazier every day. I fear for a lot of folks who might end up on the short end of heating fuel with all the nonsense going on in the Mideast. I guess we have a lot to be thankful for out here where survival is achievable if not always easy. Folks in the big cities might wind up having to cut corners where it hurts and my prayers are with them – the Lord always waits to hear from us and not just when we have problems, and I’m serious as a heart attack when I say we all need to get – and stay – in touch with the Lord. I personally believe from the intensity of the problems in the whole world that we are living in the last days of this human experiment, and I also believe the end is not going to be pretty nor very enjoyable for a lot of us. Learn about Jesus Christ. Learn about the Almighty Father Who makes the beautiful autumn colorful and tends the hearts of those who are willing to listen to His wisdom. He’s the One who grew that big old tree that’s going to keep my house warm this winter. He’s the One in the heart of the wonderful neighbor who cheerfully allowed me access to the wood. He’s the One taking care of old Dusty for a wonderful reunion someday – just as an example of His incomparable love.

When things wind down in this old world and if you happen to be a survivor who makes it to that glorious day when Jesus returns, make sure you are one of those who will be filled with indescribable joy and not one whose heart will quail from terror of His wrath upon all who rejected Him, who chose to live in this life without Him. We who love Him will have much to look forward to and if you are still reading this, be aware that God is speaking to you as you read – do not wait until it is too late to come to Jesus. I’m serious – time is so short now that I may not have time to burn up that firewood before the end. I would not be surprised if that turns out to be the case – seriously.

Enjoy the autumn wood if you live where you can. If not, stay in touch with this site and check back in -I’ll try to get some of those beautiful fall pictures posted now and then. Meanwhile get out that old Bible and start learning what’s in it. It’ll keep you warm inside your heart when it’s cold outside and you don’t have anything better to do, but don’t let that be the only reason you decide to learn about Jesus. He’ll be your best friend – He even loves you enough to have died for you. Get to know Him so you can love Him back.

May the blessings of the Almighty Father find and keep us.

All fall images in this post are from earlier autumns – will soon have new ones

MK

When an Undefeatable Army is Needed

We here in the US currently have the misfortune for our military to be under the collective “leadership” of some of the most dubious creatures ever to be allowed to operate under the guise of an established government. The secretary of deceit in charge of the military apparatus seems to be convinced that those serving under his leadership must be white, masculine he-men who should be allowed to operate with no constraints such as “rules of engagement” which might prevent such horrific events as sending a tomahawk missile into a young girls’ school. This did happen in the Iranian town of Minab, and some 160 children were massacred, sacrificed on the altar of service to the genocidal government of Israel. The secretary of deceit seemed to be pleased with the mass murder of children, he has shown no remorse, in fact at first he went so far as to try and blame other entities for it until someone found a capture showing the missile to be an American Tomahawk. Signed, sealed, and delivered by Trump, Hegseth, and the abominable liar Bradley Cooper. I blame Hegseth the most though, because of his dismissal attitude about rules of war. In his mind this was a necessary act which if anything, he thinks shows his power and bravery, his warrior attitude and in no way should be reviewed, much less condemned.

I served in the US Navy and am totally ashamed it is the same Navy in which incompetent, dishonest, fawning maggots like Bradley Cooper currently find themselves in leadership roles. Hegseth can only retain misfits like Cooper who will forever be listed in the annals of US Naval history as one of the most dismal, incompetent, abominable villains ever to serve under the US flag. I believe at some point Hegseth – and probably Cooper too when the girls’ school incident gets properly investigated – will finally be disposed of as Trump is wont to do with everyone who no longer benefits him politically. Trump keeps incompetent boobs like Hegseth and Cooper around for just that purpose – to throw under the bus at such time as it is convenient to divert the blame for his own incompetence. Admiral Holsey of the Southern Command knew this and left when it became obvious that to stay under Hegseth would be to commit war crimes and thereby blemish his distinguished career, but Cooper just simply ain’t that bright so he stays around to bomb schools and hospitals and generally do what he thinks is making points with Trump, but in reality he’s just presenting himself as a sacrificial scapegoat for a time of Trump’s choosing. What a pathetic failure of a Human being, much less a Navy flag officer. History and us Navy vets will remember him for the war criminal failure he is, too. He’s a total disgrace and humiliation to the US Navy. And like Trump, he’s so engrossed with himself he’s totally unaware of how everyone else plainly sees him.

The incompetence of Hegseth is amply demonstrated in his seemingly sexual attraction to he-men which he even would like to inject with hormones to increase their “manliness”, which he prioritizes like he’s secretly some kind of wanton nymphomaniac. In his arrogant stupidity, he would like for the public to see him as some kind of mindless (and fully racist) warrior, all tattooed and ready for his Samurai sword instead of pursuing what should be the more proper diplomatic and reserved role of a cabinet secretary who might otherwise be occupied with the rather mundane tasks of ensuring qualified personnel are in the necessary roles such as logistics to get food and ammunition out to soldiers and sailors who are engaged in his and Trump’s foolish (and completely unnecessary) wars. He should resign from the pentagon and join another national embarrassment, RFK Jr. (and Kid Rock) making their gay porn videos – that would doubtless be something to which he appears better suited.

Now that I’ve exposed my own vitriol at our military leadership in such a way that I will no doubt need to repent, I’ll get to the more pertinent issue of this post – that of how to build – or become a member of – a real army, one which will always emerge victorious. God knows how – He has known how to amass a superior army from the beginning. The first thing required for a truly winning army is a qualified heart. In fact, this is such a priority that it surpasses every other qualification – all of them. Given the right heart for battle, the frail little old lady who cannot even stand without a walker can be – and is – one of the most fearsome warriors the enemy can encounter, for the heart is where Jesus Christ lives, and He is the most powerful Being ever to occupy human flesh. But in the hearts of man (and woman) He is an awesome Spirit, one Who can never be defeated by any army – no matter how powerful – physical or spiritual. His very breath will defeat the greatest army of men which will have ever been assembled.

[Revelation 17:14]: These (The beast and the enemy kings) will make war with the Lamb, and the Lamb will overcome them, for He is Lord of lords and King of kings; and those who are with Him are called, chosen, and faithful.”

Those who are with Him are those in His army. The “called and chosen” are His invitation and acceptance to those of us who would be believers, but the “faithful” part is entirely on us. That’s the part that can make the most decrepit, physically helpless individuals like the disabled little old lady into a wholly fearsome warrior – these are the people Christ chooses for his army – testosterone be damned – He knows how to amass those with heart for spiritual warfare, and that’s the only war that counts in all of human history. He calls and He chooses – we become the faithful, and that fealty is to Him and Him only. No oath of allegiance to a human organization, a flag, or any other device of man, just true faithfulness to Jesus Christ and we can become members of the mightiest army ever assembled.

Unbelievers and blasphemous hypocrites like Trump and Pete Hegseth can amass a military – typically a group of people who have no viable choice due to the financial constraints the government has placed upon them – but such a grouping can but lack cohesion, especially once the group realizes they are serving a lawless and criminal organization, they see no moral imperative to serve with loyalty, with faithfulness. That kind of service comes from being led by example, being led by the heart. Those currently in power do not possess the necessary attraction nor qualifications to gain the required respect and obedience for a disciplined army – but Jesus does and has for hundreds of years and His army will emerge victorious over this agglomeration of witless beasts who call themselves “leaders”.

May the blessings of the Almighty Father find and keep us – make us able to fight the good fight for Him.

MK

An Autumn of Hope – for Color and Competent Leadership

Today is September 20 and in two more days if the Lord is willing, we will cross the autumnal equinox, a seminal time of the year that most of us here in the Ozarks anticipate with unrelenting anxiety. This year in particular has been exceptionally hot and miserable – it actually still is, the high temperature for today is forecast to be in the upper 90s as it has been for almost a month now and it has been bone dry! Water is rapidly becoming a scarce commodity all over the country and in many other places throughout the world. The fall colors are dependent on how much rain the forest gets as fall approaches, if there’s little rainfall and we enter autumn in drought conditions, the foliage just turns brown and withers absent the spectacular waxy colors some of us wait all year for.

With all the evil taking place in the country I don’t suppose we deserve the pleasurable experience of a beautiful fall, nor should we expect any other kind of blessings from the Almighty what with this malfeasance taking place. Somehow, we find ourselves being “led” by some of the most corrupt and evil creatures imaginable. Unfortunately, significant sums of money found their way into political campaigns so that we now have the worst possible choices of people in our highest government positions. This is the work of Satan and it is as plain as the nose on your face. If there are people who still doubt this, you need to pray for wisdom, so you are able to discern good from evil. We have as our president a man who has no appreciation for the truth, in fact I’d go so far as to say he is so far gone down the path of fabrications that he no longer is able to discern truth from whatever lies he has floating around in his head. He just flat doesn’t know the truth from a lie! The incredible part of this is that he still fully expects everyone to believe anything he says, yet fewer people believe him every day.

The Iranians won’t even negotiate with this administration due to Trump’s inability to even recognize the truth. To say he’s lost his credibility with the whole world would be to put it mildly. This is America, folks, and we’ve collectively been reduced from a great country to a sick joke. Putin knows how to play Trump. So does Xi. Most world and organizational leaders also know, from a sports leadership figure making up “peace” awards to the folks in his cabinet slavishly fawning over him, everyone knows how to play him and due to his fragile ego, he’s the only one who doesn’t realize they’re not for real. Somehow this pathetic creature actually imagines himself to be some kind of heroic leader who is loved by the whole world and he thinks everyone in the US despises Canada’s Carney for standing up to him.

This is not going to end well. Other leaders in the US shouldn’t be catering to some lunatic who has no business with access to the nuclear codes. Someone like a sitting president who takes every slight as a personal affront and is willing to create international havoc and destroy every relationship the US has with all countries – including formerly staunch allies – to get even with them for anything he perceives as a dig at him. Congressional Republicans are to blame for the situation we are in; I’m not saying this as a Democrat – I detest both parties equally, it’s just that the Repubs in Congress are the only ones who would be able at this time to stop this maniac from destroying our country but they’re too scared of his opprobrium to do anything that might upset him – even up to and including the destruction of the US. Now that we can see what they’re actually made of, we should take the opportunity of the midterms to get rid of the whole lot of them – Democrats who’ve sold out to PACs and special interests, too. These are all people who have sold their souls. Except a precious few like Thomas Massie and Ro Khanna and a few others who’ve been willing to risk their livelihoods to stand up and be counted – for America! I’m waiting for Massie to start a presidential campaign bid and see the country go all out to get him elected, but he would need some tight security because of his tendency to upset the apple cart.

This fall has the potential to be a spectacular event in many ways and with a little rainfall and a lot of determined voters, we might just have an autumn to remember – one that might just lift our spirits in a way to which we’ve not been accustomed of late. We might actually get some spectacular autumn colors and enough of the right folks elected into the Congress and Senate to reign in this out-of-control administration, maybe even impeach and get rid of this noisome stain on American government – and his corrupt cabinet. We can wish, can’t we? What we really need is some people in our leadership who are willing to practice what Jesus taught.

Pray for some rain in our dry places. Pray for that pretty fall we all would like to see. Pray for a new day in this nation. Pray that the Almighty is willing to forgive our lapse of judgement by allowing this mindless reign of evil into control of our government. Pray for the guidance of the Holy Spirit for our leaders to turn our destruction around and begin a new process of eliminating institutional evil everywhere it exists – like the evil ICE army of criminal misfits pillaging and destroying everyone’s confidence in equitable government. Other countries see this travesty of justice and want nothing to do with our system. You can’t blame them – it’s evil to the core! This ain’t the America I grew up in, folks – we took a wrong turn somewhere and electing a blithering, demon-possessed maniac to run the country might not be where it started, but it could well be where it ends!

Happy fall and may the blessings of the Almighty Father find and keep us.

MK

When You Have Criminal and Unaccountable Leadership

It’s hot outside here in the Ozarks! September the 15th and we’re staring down the barrel of a 100 degree Fahrenheit afternoon. It hasn’t rained but twice in at least two months, once we got .06″ and the other time it was .01″, so things are terribly dry and the danger of wildfire has increased tremendously. I found myself wondering where God is in all of this, especially as I’ve been praying a lot for rain lately.

My thoughts go to the time when the Apostle Paul prayed for God to fix a problem he was suffering with and instead of answering Paul’s prayer to alleviate his suffering, God told him that His grace was sufficient for Paul. He would have to deal with whatever problem he was facing, but God’s grace abounded in his life to the extent that the problem was relegated to something Paul could manage with. There are times when we look at a problem we have and are sure of what the solution should be, but in almost every case, God has His own solution in mind, and more often than not, it won’t be the remedy we requested.

I’m an old man now and I can’t think of a time in my life when there were so many things going awry with our world, awful things we see happening and we’re often sure that if only God would do this or that, many or all of those issues could be solved. If God would strike this person or that one with death or serious illness, the issues he or she has created would somehow disappear, but they seem to carry on even though we’d think normal people would be disabled or worse. The fact is that God will deal with those people in His own time and in His own way. God already knew the solution to every problem before it arose to our attention, He also knew what we would think to be the correct way to deal with it, but God has His own ways – thank God!

We are currently at war with a country that has not attacked another nation in our lifetimes. This country, Iran, was at war with Iraq some years ago, but it was a war fomented by the United States. Our government armed both sides in that conflict in which several hundreds of thousands of people were slaughtered. It boggles the mind to consider how evil the government of the US has been over the years. Even though Iran called the US “The Great Satan” for a long time, they never offered to attack us, and our whole nation should be ashamed of our government attacking them. Early in the conflict a girl’s school at a place called Minab was hit with a Tomahawk missile and scores of young girls were killed. Centcom, led by one of the most heinous liars in the world today, one Bradley Cooper, claimed it was a targeting error, but when an organization like Centcom which has turned it’s moral compass over to Satan, these kinds of “accidents” become commonplace. It was no accident, it was an act of fealty to Cooper’s overlords, Hegseth, Trump, and Satan in that order.

Hegseth and Trump are the same murderers who have been wantonly slaughtering Venezuelan men in boats off the coast of Venezuela. These murders are crimes, pure and simple – it does not matter what they say to try and justify them. If given the opportunity, every murderer who has ever murdered anybody would attempt to justify their acts, even Ted Bundy, it’s just that in most cases, murderers are subject to some form of law and do not have the luxury of a thoroughly corrupted legal system to hide behind. No law enforcement here on earth is of a powerful enough latitude to hold Trump and Hegseth to account, but that will not always be the case – you can trust that. For now, the whole nation of the US, and the rest of the world can see and understand this criminal behavior for what it is, and a time will come when they will be held accountable to the highest judicial Entity and the very one that no one wants to stand before – especially with blood on their hands. Especially with the blood of innocent schoolgirls on their hands. For all these cretins know, those guys on the Venezuela boats could be fishermen, and with no evidence to the contrary, they might as well have been and legally must be considered so. They were murdered. If there is a saving grace of any iteration to the Venezuelan murders, it’s that the honorable Admiral Holsey resigned his post of leader of Southern Command rather than commit murder on the high seas. Kudos to him and God bless him for understanding that no amount of attaboys from a crooked, evil creature would ever be worth having to live out his life as a war criminal and murderer.

There are a lot of malevolent undertakings in the US government right now, and I just would like to go on record as saying that for what it’s worth, there’s an old hillbilly in the Ozarks of southern Missouri who does not agree with: a) picking a fight, and starting a trade war with our much-beloved northern neighbor, Canada, a nation that has never given the US anything but support and whose friendship most of us value highly. b) Someone, a someone who has never served in the armed forces, a someone who is the least possible deserving of having his horrid name inscribed beside that of our former assassinated president John Kennedy, who was a beloved war hero. c) Instigating and pursuing an illegal war against Iran – a nation that has never threatened any other nation, especially any nation in our hemisphere. d) Having a purported president who cannot find the capacity within his evil constitution to speak the truth about anything. e) the efforts being undertaken as I write this article to undermine our democracy by attempting to interfere with the voting process. It is perfectly obvious that if the vote overturns the majorities in Congress, someone will be subjected to accountability for his high crimes and misdemeanors. This noisome creature is a liar by his very nature and cannot discern even a grain of truth from whatever surreality might exist in his decrepit imagination. As I’ve written elsewhere, every word that comes from this creature’s mouth is either a lie or a statement predicated on an earlier lie.

I’m assuming I’m only one of millions of Americans who hold these positions and since there are readers of this website in many other countries of the world, it behooves me to make sure foreign readers are aware this creature with his finger on the button does not represent any more than around a strongly deluded thirty percent of Americans, and most of their brains are pickled by cable news and they have no idea what’s going on outside whatever county they live in. Everything this man has ever touched, contacted or associated with in any way, has become putrid, bankrupted, or destroyed simply by having been associated with him. It behooves me to go on record for the Almighty to see at least one simple person who is unwilling to allow the reputation of the whole nation to be besmirched by loathsome, evil entities who only occupy their positions for the wealth they are able to steal for their own coffers. If we are to secure the blessings of Providence, we must declare our opposition to the “leadership” we find ourselves facing.

Congress has the tool kit necessary to rid the nation of this evil, horrid entity in the White House that is in the process of destroying everything in our country – including the White House itself! Call, text, and write Senators and Congress critters. Rep Greene has impeachment papers drawn up right now. This might be the avenue God has put before us to correct this abrogation of responsible leadership. Meanwhile, we must get ourselves realigned with our merciful God in order to get our country moving in the right direction again. Without His guidance, all efforts to right our ship will be in vain. Trust in Jesus Christ and pray for His blessings on our land.

May the blessings of the Almighty Father find and keep us.

MK