YOU DON’T SAY?

YOU DON’T SAY:  Hussein (protect his identity—and intention)

YOU DON’T SAY:  Terrorist (say nice things, or say nothing)

YOU DON’T SAY:  Dictator (not in America . . .)

YOU DON’T SAY:  Military Strength (promote international equality)

YOU DON’T SAY:  Less Government (government takes care of you—more . . . better)

YOU DON’T SAY:  Balanced Budget (no deal—debt is new deal)

YOU DON’T SAY:  Abortion (say women’s health)

YOU DON’T SAY:  Murder (say pro choice)

YOU DON’T SAY:  Pro Death (say pro choice)

YOU DON’T SAY:  Mother + Father + Children = Family (say anything else but . . .)

YOU DON’T SAY:  Intolerant (just agree)

YOU DON’T SAY:  Religious Freedom (say freedom from religion)

YOU DON’T SAY:  Jesus (anything else is okay)

YOU DON’T SAY:  Bible-Based (eliminate such extremists)

YOU DON’T SAY:  Christian (you want to die?)

TRAGEDIES – – – WHAT DOES GOD THINK?

Sometimes people much smarter and more educated than I, can give answers to the big “Why?” questions.  I have some of their books and dvd’s, and I listened to many who were giving words of comfort and hope yesterday.  It seems the most helpful answers included simple compassion and saying we don’t have all the answers now–just grief.

There is a truth that seems impossible at first.  In the worst tragedy and grief, we can have hope.

Our hope does not rest in what God thinks, and certainly not in what we think.  Our hope rests in what God says.  He doesn’t have to think, except when He thinks precious thoughts about us.

So,

TRAGEDIES – – – WHAT DOES GOD SAY?

(Please read it yourself, in your Bible.  It tells us what God says.  Here’s how it works:  I opened my own Bible right now to confirm the following verses.  It makes a difference for me.  Don’t take my word for it—get it straight from the Source, from the Strength, for yourself.)

“God is our Refuge and Strength—a very present Help in time of trouble.”     —–Psalm 46

“The thief (the devil) comes to steal, kill, and destroy; I come that you may have life, more abundantly.”      —–John 10

“These things I have spoken to you, that in me you might have peace.  In the world you will have tribulation:  but be of good cheer; I have overcome the world.”     —–John 16

Hope does not mean things are changed now—hope means they will be changed.

We need hope and comfort.

We need God’s Word, and we need people.

I am no stranger to tragedies.  I’ve been there.  I am there.  It’s hard.  But I have hope.

You can share with me if you need to.  If you ask me to not post your comment, I will honor that.

 

“FLAME ON”  is a short dvd by friends of mine who lost their only son at 5 years.  You can watch it on the internet or get it from AFA Store.

FISCAL CLIFF CARTOON

I need someone to draw political cartoons for some of my points.

In the meantime, I have to describe them with words, and hope you can picture them.

Side note—I once saw a peanuts cartoon in the elementary school of Nova University in South Florida.  “TV puts pictures in your eyes; books put pictures in your mind.”

I’m sure there are hundreds of cartoons on the fiscal cliff.  Here’s mine:

The cliff is real.

The cliff has no bottom.

The cliff has a few ledges on the way down.

The economy is a caravan with assorted sizes and shapes of vehicles, traveling on the large plain above the cliff.

There is plenty of room on the plain for everyone to build their vehicles, drive them around, test them for function, durability, and efficiency.  Some crash, others learn and change as needed.

Every good driver knows his vehicle best.  The rest don’t exist for long.

People who need what these vehicles have to offer, appreciate the choices for how they can spend their money.

Smart drivers in the caravan stay away from the cliff.

What could entice a driver of a vehicle in the caravan of the economy to drive toward the cliff?

Now we get to the point quickly . . .

The government is building a bridge across the cliff—a cantilevered bridge (as in leveraged?) . . .

The government’s goal is to build the cantilevered bridge long enough to extend beyond all the intermediate ledges on the way down the cliff.

The government promises shortcuts to success (superficial, fabricated) and handouts (stimulus to stupidity) for getting on the government’s bridge.

If the government’s promises are not inviting enough, welcome to the reality of second-term “flexibility.”

What motivates the government?

Several things—one is the government charging (taking, stealing) whatever it wants from the vehicles after they get on the one-way bridge (after they swallow the cool-aid promises with the stimulus handouts).

Another motivation (crazy, insane, evil) is someone in the government who can’t stand the awesome, successful vehicles in the caravan, and targets the best to force them onto the bridge first.

Now the truth comes out—only a few see it in time, ahead of time . . .

The cantilevered bridge is off of a cliff, not across a chasm.

The cantilevered bridge is indeed a bridge to nowhere.

The cantilevered bridge is a one-way bridge into a fog.

The cantilevered bridge has no roadblock or sign at the end.

The cantilevered bridge’s length is limited by its support on the cliff.

The cantilevered bridge is supported by taxes and debt.

Now you can see how we can appear to go over the cliff for awhile before the real crashes start.

Ominous end of all this . . .

Greedy governments and greedy people in power in the government are never satisfied with just “a little more” from the rich, followed by “a little more” from the poor, followed by . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

“It’s the economy, stupid.”

NO

IT’S OUR FREEDOM, STUPID.

I hate calling American voters “stupid.”

But I appeal to the other half of American voters who are not stupid . . .

Arm your vehicles against cooperating with the government cliff talk and bridge schemes.

Arm yourself.

Protect your family.

PRAY.

Read the Constitution.

Even if the Constitution is trashed, God will honor those who follow its principles based on Divine Wisdom.

Today we have access to the same Source of Wisdom that the founding fathers called on to write the Constitution.

We may have to start over, but we have history’s greatest example to follow—The United States of America.

AMERICANS REVOLT ? ? ?

When it was time for the American Revolution,

When it was time for America in WWI and WWII,

When it was time for America to win, or else,

America was different.

America remembered how we got here.

America has since forgotten how to revolt.

If elections don’t change things, we quit.

If elections don’t change things, we have no other options.

If elections don’t change things, we accept the consequences.

 

When Americans finally realize we have to revolt and get rid of BHOB* by force (which is true for all dictators), it will be too late.

 

Americans revolt ? ? ?

Everybody else does it.

We did it.

How do we do it now?

Where do we start?

We start by recognizing that all the talking and listening to leaders in Washington and their media is dangerous—a waste of time—a weapon of the enemy.

If only the alternate media would stop playing the enemy’s games, wasting our thinking time on their talking points and manipulated issues of the day, and start providing leadership for The Resistance instead, organizing a revolution that the other side can’t stop, . . .

The first “INSURMOUNTABLE OBSTACLE” (read 11-30-12) to overcome is this:

The average American worker, the average person in the Department of Media, the average person in the alternate media, the average politician, and the average preacher, all have in common a priority to be careful to keep their job.

How do you overcome that?

Fear of losing one’s job over speaking out and leading in a revolution is automatically overcome when that risk is superseded by the risk of losing one’s life, for freedom.

That, my friends, is just the way it always works in the end.  Or shall we say, in the beginning.  Right now we are spinning our wheels and sliding backward.  And BHOB* is laughing—he hardly has to push anymore—the momentum is all his.

 

*Barack Hussein OBama—Say BHHHOB aloud and it sounds like the warning for Christians in the 2008 election: “Beware of sheep’s clothing.”

LOVE – – – INTEGRITY – – – DISCIPLINE

Comedian Ken Davis shares seriously from the heart about his father’s way to show love, about his father’s profound endurance in WWII, and about his personal inspiration to successful self-discipline.

Listen to it on James Dobson’s “Family Talk” for 12-4-12.

MARRIAGE TAKES TWO

Marriage—takes two to make it.

Marriage—does not take two to break it.

ATHEISTS’ SADDEST DAY OF THE YEAR

I cannot imagine the sadness of Thanksgiving Day with no God to thank.

And even worse, if you admit your sadness, you lose the argument against God’s reality.

So, atheists become defensive or angry or intolerant of anyone who believes in and gives thanks to Someone they say doesn’t exist.

What does it really mean, then, when atheists try to stop the Christmas message and Christmas symbols?

Well, here’s how I like to think of Christmas celebration, and the war on Christmas.

EVERY YEAR WE GET TO ADD ANOTHER CANDLE ON JESUS’ BIRTHDAY CAKE, AND THE CELEBRATION JUST GETS BIGGER AND BETTER.  AND ALL 2000 PLUS CANDLES ARE THE KIND THAT LIGHT BACK UP EVERY TIME SOMEONE TRIES TO BLOW THEM OUT!!!!!!!!!!

(writers are supposed to use exclamation points sparingly, but this is an exception)

HALLELUJAH ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! !

GLORY TO GOD IN THE HIGHEST ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! !

PRODIGAL SON(S)

(deeper spiritual lesson here—perhaps for limited audience—but open invitation to all)

I would draw attention to the (s).

There are rightly two prodigal sons in the story.

There is one that gets the attention—but gets right when he gets on the road for home, before he gets the attention.

The other does not get right—even though he has been faithfully working “at home” all the time, he cannot enter his father’s house in response to his father’s pleading invitation.

 

How about you?

Are you a son or daughter of the Father?  Have you accepted Jesus as your King and surrendered everything?

Then what?

Decide which path of the two prodigal sons you will take.

As I said a few days ago (11-16-12 “THE REMNANT REVOLTS”), God’s true followers wander and need to return.

Some of us have wandered into “far countries” and done it all, and gotten broken, and come to our senses, and returned home.

Some of us have been “so good” working outside the house, and think we deserve something for it, and miss the invitation to the party.  We think we’re better than the “other”.

 

The older son had his reasons, and so do we.

Please, don’t miss the party.

BUSINESS AS USUAL

“I’ve got to keep giving everything to just put food on the table for my family.”

“What can we do now?”

“The democratic process gives Americans what they ask for.”

“Jesus will come someday soon and fix everything.”

“I dread the thought of persecution, but I’m not facing it yet.”

“Financial analysts tell us how to adjust, so we’ll get by, again.”

“History repeats itself, so it’s not really the end of the world.”

“Politics—that’s in Washington—I don’t live there.”

“Lots of product labels say things cause cancer—in California—I don’t live there.”

“Nothing changed in my life on November 7.”

“You win some—You lose some—I’ve got to go to work.”

“The re-elected ‘president’ said he’ll reach across the aisle, Nov.7”

“The Speaker of the House said he’ll reach across the aisle, Nov.7”

“Deficits are nothing new—nothing’s happened yet.”

“They haven’t blasted the Ten Commandments on the wall of the Supreme Court [just in their rulings].”

“We still hear ‘God Bless America’ at the end of speeches.”

“‘In God We Trust’ is still on our money—that should count for something.”

“We’re America—we should just get along with everybody.”

“Just tell everyone about Jesus—don’t worry about anything else.”

“What will be, will be—we can’t do anything about it.”

“When Martin Luther was asked if he would change his plans if he knew Jesus was coming back that day, he said he would still plant a tree as he had planned.”

“I’m just hanging onto my job”     —–average American worker

“I’m just hanging onto my job”     —–average American politician

 

I’ve written about “Business As Usual” before.

This time I’m leaving the above statements hanging, for thought.

If you identify with any, or have a comment, please reply.

PERSPECTIVES

[this article is under every category but fun]

What does a passionate American patriot write the day before this election when we choose democracy or dictatorship?

Where do we get perspective?  I’ll tell you where I get my perspective.  I have two sources that serve me well, and they overlap in confirmation.

FIRST—–The Bible is relevant, like reading the perfect daily newspaper.

SECOND—–American Family Radio Talk at afr.net, and OneNewsNow.com  (just this moment, I hear that Marvin Sanders of AFR went to heaven this morning—he always gave anointed commentary on the world, and the most beautiful Christian perspective)

 

PERSPECTIVES

ONE—–Starting with the final perspective for all of us, I use a common phrase and a pointed illustration.  “Time, and Time, Again—and Then—Eternity”  If a million dollar bills make a stack as tall as the Empire State Building, and if a billion dollar bills make a stack to the moon and back several times, and America’s debt is 16 trillion dollars, then time is like a penny and eternity is like all the dollars in the world doubling every second.  “the parts that are for keeps” means “get Jesus, get saved, get heaven, get on His terms, get Him in charge,now”

TWO—–Casualties of war—and holocausts.  Young American lives lost in the wars of the past decade are comparable to the American lives lost in one day here at home before they are born.  Who is doing the killing in each case?  We must hold them equally responsible.

There was certain vindication when the Nazi murderers were brought to justice on the battlefield and in court.  The Justices in America and the President who appoints them must be brought to justice for supporting 50 million murders here.

Vote accordingly.

THREE—–In China, Mao agitated Chinese workers, and millions died, furthering Communism.  “Never let a crisis go to waste,” especially a crisis you created, for a purpose.  In America, BHOB* agitates for class unrest, and many will die here when the intended frustration on both sides hits the boiling point, soon.  “History repeats itself” is the consistent perspective.

Vote accordingly.

FOUR—–Skin color is not a choice.  Racism is a choice.

The true colors of a person are not determined by the color of his skin.

Anyone who makes an issue of skin color only confirms his own character color.

Vote accordingly.

FIVE—–I wonder how many of the people who arrange for dead people to vote, also believe in the Resurrection of Jesus.

SIX—–When Islamists and gay activists become militant, they reveal their true agenda and faulty premise, for all to see.  They both proceed incrementally for awhile.  But neither stops short of absolute power.

Vote accordingly.

SEVEN—–We have ample warning, if we’re paying attention.

“Vote for Revenge” is a current ad by BHOB*.

“Vote for Love of Country” is a current response ad by Romney.

Vote accordingly.

EIGHT—–Perspective on all things financial—personal and national:

You can forget the economic issues if God is not pleased.

Vote accordingly.

 

PRAY     PRAY     PRAY     (often)

VOTE     (once)

 

*Barack Hussein OBama—Say BHHHOB aloud and it sounds like the warning for Christians in the 2008 election: “Beware of sheep’s clothing.”