(4) STAY ALIVE¿ – or – LIVE☆

Axioms of life

Lessons (learned?) from covid:

If you don’t do what the medical ‘experts’ tell you, you will DIE.

or

Common sense counts greater.

(3) STAY ALIVE¿ – or – LIVE☆

Axioms of life

Lessons learned from THE WORD:

Busy . . . Busy . . . Busy . . .

or

“Six days you shall do all your work—the seventh is a day of rest, to the Lord.”

(2) STAY ALIVE¿ – or – LIVE☆

Axioms of life

Lessons learned from THE WORD:

Plunge headlong from one disaster to another.

or

“Be still, and know that I AM God.”

(1) STAY ALIVE¿ – or – LIVE☆

Axioms of life

Lessons (learned ?) from covid:

“Don’t spend everything just to stay alive – – – and not live.”

or

“Stop, and smell the roses along the way.”

(1) ALIVE¿ – or – LIVE☆

Axiom of life

Lessons (learned ?) from covid:

“Don’t spend everything [just] to stay alive – – – and not live.”

THROWAWAY NATION

We have enormous man-made mountains outside our cities.
Impressive monuments—
to what ?—
to whom ?—
created wth what ?—

OUR TRASH !

We have become so accustomed to throwing away a dozen pieces of trash from a fast-food meal . . .

We have become so accustomed to throwing away food that hungry people would appreciate . . .

We have become so accustomed to throwing away what older folks have to offer, learned from a lifetime of experiencing reality . . .


All that—“becoming so accustomed to throwing away”—now we are ready and willing to throw away everything else, hanging in the balance, plus or minus:

  • or — our economy, based on capitalism
  • or — our history, based on the Declaration and the Constitution
  • or — our Godly heritage, from founders that openly stated dependence on “Divine Providence”
  • or — our family values, passed on to generations, essential to the strength of this nation
  • or — our very families, literally, and the emphasis to keep families intact at all cost
  • or — our children—our future as in every generation since our beginning, now thrown away to the demonic dogs of abortion and gay and transgender ideology

And,

  • or — just about everything that made this country great, by the blessing of God

AND NOW,
We have become so accustomed to throwing away . . .

We are ready to
THROW AWAY AMERICA


The more stuff, and people, we throw away, the less valuable everything becomes, and the more likely to see the trash can.

POWER OF A BILLBOARD

   AMERICA'S

NOT SEE HOLOCAUST

   PICTURE OF

ABORTED BABY PARTS

MY THREE NEMESES

FITNESS
Self-discipline
Doing what I must do

TEMPTATION
Self-control
Not doing what I must not do

WORRY
Self-resignation
Accepting what I cannot do7

SUCCESSFUL ? – – – REFLECTIONS

? Success ? – – – defined

? Success ? – – – my definition

? Success ? – – – your definition

Have you “arrived” ?

Are you blessed more than others ?

Do you take some of the credit for that ?

“I am the master of my fate;
I am the captain of my soul.”

I do not subscribe to the above.
I have sought to follow God for many decades, and depend on Jesus.

I have acknowledged the gifts and abilities God has given in abundance, and tried to use them.
For some I have been faithful, with great satisfaction.
Others remain ‘safely’ sitting on the shelf, as I pass my mid-70’s, with major physical and mental limitations (some gradual, some sudden, some lifelong).

Daily
—“Lord, what do You want ?”
—“Lord, what do You want me to do, today ?”
—That prayer, along with the reality

—What CAN I do ?

“As thy days, so shall thy strength be.”

How much accepting, and how much pushing, is God asking, for us to be counted faithful in later years?

“One thing is required of us as stewards—faithfulness” (So much emphasized by Don Wildmon of AFR)

What about the times when I was out of God’s Will, and He spared my life ?

Indeed,
“Through many dangers, toils, and snares,
I have already come.
‘Twas grace that brought me safe this far,
And grace will lead me home.”

ALL THINGS WORK TOGETHER FOR GOOD

And, sometimes, He let’s us see that.

The promise is not that we will always see all things working together for our good.

We do not have to create something, or condition ourselves to say something, to show that God is working things for good.

You see, we want the puzzle pieces to fit in our timetable and in our field of view.

“We know” even when we can’t see.

“We know that all things work together for good to those who love God, to those who are called according to His purpose.”