As I sit here Christmas morning and reflect on all the things I have to be grateful for, the obvious being my beautiful wife and my son’s wonderful legacy, our beautiful granddaughter London. I of course am grateful for my health, family and our many friends who seem to surround and shelter us just when we need it most. But this morning it dawned on me that even though I am surrounded by beautiful and wondrous things I am also bombarded daily by evil.
Anyone who hasn’t been living under a toadstool for the last couple of years knows that the United States is going through some trying and troubling times of late. Due to a major lapse in judgment on the part of the electorate we are now faced with an out of control Washington. Politicians who took an oath to govern by the bounds of the Constitution are disregarding the will of the people and spending our Grandchildrens’ grandchildren into the poor house. Continued »
Washington D.C. – President Barack Obama is expected to announce a new Afghanistan war strategy Tuesday, 1 December, in an address from the U.S. Military Academy at West Point, New York.
He has said the new detailed plan will address every aspect of U.S. strategy in the war and put the United States and its NATO allies on a path to victory.
Were it not for my strong belief in God and the fore-knowledge given to me in Revelation about how this is all going to play out, maybe not in my life time, but a just and righteous end just the same, I might waste another 1200 words placing arguments on the table and turning this post into something political and ugly. That is not my wish, I am not going to argue any of the merits of the war, frankly my family has had quit enough of this war. Instead I will Pray for the conversion of hearts. It’s not ours to judge even though we know something is evil. Continued »
I’m learning a lot about trust lately. So many messages I’ve listened to this week and so many passages I’ve read in the Bible have reminded me this week what trust in the Lord is all about.
Trusting in a plan we cannot see is hard. I don’t understand the plan where my son never reaches 21, where I never get to see him again, where he doesn’t get to hug his little girl. But seriously, if I understood everything about God, wouldn’t that make him a very small God? I am certainly not one of the brilliant minds in the universe, so my understanding of God and his plan would just put Him into the “man behind the curtain” category; no omniscience, no omnipresence, no omnipotence…just some guy behind the curtain. Continued »