Thursday, October 29, 2020

A Prayer for America

   Lord I pray for our nation. May a tidal wave the size of which could never have been imagined, rise up and wash over this land. May a wave of truth wash the land clean. A wave swelling full of the greatness that made this mighty nation who we are. May the cleansing waters remove the filth of all those who deal in hate.  

  Spare your flock Father from the ignorance of their egos. The entire world is in turmoil, and it has affected us also. We have been duped as a people, lied to, and had the truth of certain events untold, or rearranged. Who are these people? How dare them speak of this great land as an evil thing. How dare they think that only they, not ourselves, have the intelligence necessary to carry out our lives in a meaningful way. But what moral compass do they follow, who are the ones in which they put their trust? They are confused at best, or down right fools. What is it that makes them see themselves as superior, money? Having a lot of money makes you rich, not smart, the things they hold precious will rot and fade away. May you seal shut the mouth of the haters, may your people choose good and not evil, life, and not death. 

  Stop the haters and the evil doers hard in their tracks, may your people hand them a resounding defeat, a crystal clear message. That we, the people, the heart of this land reject you and all you stand on. Restore righteousness in your people, and may they be gracious in victory. Our jobs won't end with the election. After the dust settles, may it be your people who lead the way to healing. Our part is simple at this stage, but never, never in our history has each one of us held in our hands, the power to defeat those who want only to destroy us. The monster is not at the gate, he is right here among us. Vote to reelect Donald J. Trump as President. There is no way to soften the truth, a vote for Donald Trump and we maintain our Democratic Republic. Vote for what the Democrats have offered, and open the door to Socialism, followed closely by tyranny 

  For you are our God, and upon you this fact, this land was settled. We follow no man, we follow no group or government. They look to remove You from our country, please Father, protect us from ourselves, and wash clean whatever the need be in each of us. This we pray in Jesus' name, Amen.   

Tuesday, October 20, 2020

Acts (author: Luke)

   The bible being a living entity, is like all things, cyclical in nature. It is the Words of God in a book. Hence the life, because He is Life. They are his words directly at times, and though we do not know his thoughts, we can see the logic of his thinking, as we look back with 20/20 hindsight. As with all life, there must be a beginning, and so the bible begins with its first book, Genesis. Moses is the author of this book, as he transcribes what God tells him about the beginnings of all, and the beginnings of civilization. Jesus' disciple John pens one of the gospels, as did Luke, the writer of Acts, but this John also wrote the book that tells of the ends, the Revelations of Jesus Christ. Hint; If the bible were to be a belt, Jesus would be the belt's buckle. 

  For those of you who have read this far, and are still not sure what I'm talking about, I apologize. Acts is a book in the bible. Why they call it Acts I don't know, but I think of it as an abbreviation for action. For in this book, we are formally introduced to the Holy Spirit, and in this book with its telling of the upper room scene, we see the first steps of the church that Jesus established. So back to the belt analogy, A belt unworn is flat and straight, but to make it round, cyclical, it must have a fastened belt. By buckling that belt, we tie the old to the new, Jesus is the centerpiece of this belt. The true triune nature of God becomes clear in Luke's short book. You see, without Jesus, the cycle, or the circle of life of the living bible makes no sense, and we that follow His teachings are wasting our time. Though the book of Acts is not physically in the center of the bible, being as a buckle it is. It ties what was before to what is, and what it is, to that which is to come, and so in my mind at least, the book of Acts is the center of the bible. The time that transpires between the beginning and the end is by far the longest, and it is still going on today, as Jesus promises after his death as he ascended into heaven, that he would one, leave himself as the Holy Spirit to teach us, and that two: He will come back, returning to the earth in glory, strength, and Power.