HIGHER POWER—LIMITED CHOICES

What is your higher power?  I know what mine is.

We all need a higher power—whether you’re dealing with an addiction or a dictator, a job or the IRS, making ends meet or meeting your maker, people or loneliness, pride or depression, overbooked or bored, racing on life’s freeway or searching for the narrow way, world by the tail or the tail of the world, or just plain “Why?”

Please take time to read more on this site.  Take as much time as it takes, to find some answers to the most important questions.

We are not designed to handle all the answers to all of life.  But all the answers we must have are available.

STOP BULLYING—PLEASE

Please stop beating up on me.

Bully, you need to be nice.

Iran, you know you need to give up making nuclear weapons.  (actually spoken by US senator about new Iran leader)

Syria, you need to stop killing people.

Iran and Russia, you need to stop arming Syria.

Muslim Brotherhood, you need to stop revealing your true identity.

USA, you need to stop siding with the Muslim Brotherhood and those they side with—such as Syrian rebels.

USA, you need to stop making deals with Al Qaeda.

Muslims, you need to stop following the Koran where it says kill or enslave everybody else.

IRS, you need to stop bothering (bullying) Americans.

US government, you need to stop threatening us by stockpiling ammunition to use against us.

BHOB*, you need to obey the Constitution you swore to uphold.

BHOB*, you need to stop trashing the Constitution with executive orders and czars.

BHOB*, you need to stop catering to Muslims and Islam.

BHOB*, you need to stop throwing Israel under the bus.

BHOB*, you need to stop trashing Christianity.

BHOB*, you need to stop being in the White House.

Congress, you need to stop BHOB*.

Christians, you need to stop being passive, before it’s too late to act.

+++++What do all above statements have in common?+++++

They are not going to happen.  When weighed against reality, they are all as laughable as the first two.

In 2008, when people saw what might happen and said, “Oh my gosh, what can we do?”, we were told to get informed, by conservative talk shows.  It didn’t help.

In 2010, when people saw what was happening and said, “Oh my gosh, this is very bad,” we were told to get fired up, by the Tea Party.  It helped.

In 2012, when people saw what was going to happen and said, “Oh my gosh, this can’t happen,” we were told to shut up, by the IRS.  It worked, for BHOB*.

By the way, in perspective, when Hitler’s power grabbing was underway, he actually met with a group of very concerned church leaders.  They shared their concerns openly, and Hitler listened.  He put his arm around them and said, “Don’t worry, I’ll take care of the church.”  They believed him, and he did “take care of” the church—and the Jews—and all opposition—and the neighbors—and thousands of Americans—and . . .

Bullies bully, until they are stopped by somebody they can’t bully.

I wish every person in Congress, every governor, every talk show host, and every preacher would come to grips with the above truth before they talk or preach.

I despise the idea of just going about our business as usual to survive as long as we can, and then deal with the coming calamity the best way we can when it comes.

I wish I could inspire and fire up and motivate Americans to action that will make a difference, like the writers who inspired people in the American Revolution.  We need it, now.

 

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

WHAT MONEY CAN’T BUY

Money can’t buy a righteous man.

Money can’t buy a virtuous woman.

Money can’t buy a personal God (the real One).

Money can’t buy a customized (“constructed or altered according to individual specifications”) Bible.

Money can’t buy peace.

Money can’t buy love.

Money can’t buy a debate.

Money can’t buy truth—or create alternative truth.

Money can’t buy life.

Money can’t buy the “abundant life.”

Jesus said a lot about what money can’t buy.  And most people say, by their life, “I don’t buy it.”

“The thief (the devil) comes to kill, steal, and destroy; I came that you may have life, and have it more abundantly.”

“He who saves his life will lose it; he who loses his life for my sake will find it.”

“I am the Way, the Truth, and the Life.  No one comes to the Father except through me.”

“It is hard for a rich man to enter the kingdom of heaven . . .  but with God all things are possible.”

Then, if you do buy that much of Jesus’ words, He adds this for those who follow Him:

“You cannot serve God and mammon (all the world’s stuff that money can buy).”

“Where your treasure is, there your heart will be also.”

“Do not lay up treasure on earth, where moth and rust corrupt, and where thieves break through and steal.”

“Do lay up treasure in heaven, where moth and rust do not corrupt, and where thieves do not break through and steal.”

How do you “lay up treasure in heaven”?

—Money can’t buy treasure in heaven if you maintain control of it.

—Money can buy treasure in heaven if you give it away.

—Treasure in heaven doesn’t count if you didn’t sacrifice to give it away.

—Bottom line test, in two parts:

.     Part One—Jesus, I love you from the bottom of my heart.

.     Part Two—Jesus, I love you from the bottom of my wallet.

 

WHAT’S WRONG WITH A FENCE?

What’s wrong with a fence?

A fence is working fine for Israel.

So is their system of airline security.

So is their readiness for war, for defense.

So is their willingness to stand against world opinion.

All because they care about their country.

What’s wrong with a fence on our border?

It’s not there—that’s what is wrong.

We’ve lost our willingness for defense—that’s what is wrong.

We’re losing our readiness for defense—that’s what is wrong.

Texas once took over the border problem and formed the Texas Rangers to do so—that’s what is right.

Texas needs to take over a few other things as well—and that is right.

INTOXICATED BY TYRANNY

Why would anyone want to be intoxicated?

Because it gives a new, altered experience.

Once you’ve tasted it you’ve got to have it.

Early Americans came here to escape intolerable conditions.

They tasted spiritual courage, and they had to have it.

They tasted freedom, and they had to have it.

They tasted the concept of a unique government, and they had to have it.

Then,

They tasted God’s blessing, and they had to have it.

They tasted expansion, and they had to have it.

They tasted soul-searching revival, and they had to have it.

They tasted recovery, and they had to have it.

They tasted courage and leadership and sacrifice, and they had to have it.

They tasted prosperity, and they had to have it.

They tasted leisure, and they had to have it.

They tasted handouts, and they had to vote for more.

You see, they tasted intoxication at each point, and it drove them on for more—some good, some bad.

And now, America has tasted welfare for 50%+ of Americans, and we can’t go back.  We are intoxicated with government doing for us.

So, what is next—what is new—to intoxicate?

In the world of drugs and alcohol, intoxication usually calls for a more powerful chemical, or more of it.

In the world of politics and power, intoxication also calls for something more powerful, and more of it.

Enter, the dictator.

Only those intoxicated with welfare handouts, can find appeal in the smooth words and free stuff promised by the dictator.

Like all good drug dealing, the stuff is free at first.

Now, America finds itself fascinated with the novelty of a new experience—change.

Very soon, all will see our intoxication with tyranny.  And it’s not pretty.

The lure of lust for power drives the tyrant.

The lure of lust for promised stuff drives the people to their death.

“SURELY I COME QUICKLY . . .”

“It would be great if He would just thump this old watermelon for ripe and come on back.”     —–Texas listener to AFR talk

Three times in the very last chapter, Jesus says, “I come quickly.”

We watch and wait—He won’t be late.

COMMUNICATION FOR RELATIONSHIP—EYE TO EYE, NOT SCREEN TO SCREEN

NOTE:  Please stop and first read article on “THE CASE FOR DAYDREAMING, AND BOREDOM, AND . . .”  It prepares you for this one.

Communication in a relationship is not a transfer of information.

A relationship missing eye contact by choice or habit is incomplete and unsustainable.

And, human relationships starve without touch.

I promised my son a powerful punch line for this one:

What can you absolutely not do when you have eye contact and touch in a real person relationship?

YOU CAN’T USE TECHNOLOGY !

AND, YOU DON’T NEED IT !

WOW !

That’s wonderful.

Now you’ve arrived.

Can’t beat that.

Can’t touch that.

Can’t improve on that.

Can’t rush that—that rush surpasses a tech rush any day.

THE CASE FOR DAYDREAMING, AND BOREDOM, AND . . .

. . . AND SILENCE, AND UNPLUGGED, AND . . .

I’m quite sure that last one made my point.  But there is more.

There is a case for a break—a break from most of what runs our lives today.  But let me just continue the list right now.  I’m aware it’s quite a list, but I’ve never written it down.

The case for . . .

+ DAYDREAMING

+ BOREDOM

+ SILENCE

+ QUIET

+ UNPLUGGED

+ REST

+ STOP

+ ALONE

+ THOUGHT

+ REFLECTION

+ UNHURRIED

+ UNDISTURBED

+ CREATIVITY

+ SENSITIVITY

+ CONSCIOUS INACTIVITY

+ SACRED SUNDAY AFTERNOON NAPS

+ SPECIAL UNTOUCHABLE FRIDAY NIGHTS

+ “CAN’T HEAR YOU NOW”

+ DEFRAG THE HARD DRIVE OF LIFE (I asked my son for that one)

+ UNDIVIDED ATTENTION—ALL BY YOURSELF

+ DON’T ANSWER THAT

+ DON’T EVEN LOOK

+ KEEP YOUR EYES ON THE ROAD

+ EYE TO EYE—NOT SCREEN TO SCREEN

+ TECH FAST—FROM FAST TECH

+ FIVE MINUTE TUMMY BREAK AFTER MEALS

+ LAST THOUGHT OF THE DAY—LET IT GO

+ FIRST THOUGHT OF THE DAY—LET IT WAIT

+ LOOKED AT THE STARS LATELY?

+ LOOKED AT THE CLOUDS LATELY?

+ LOOKED AT ONE BIBLE VERSE LATELY?

+ BE STILL (step one)

+ KNOW (step two)

+ I AM GOD

 

(If you can, now go through this list and add “by choice” [except the last line] and reflect on each one.  You may be pleasantly surprised—and we need that.)

ZERO TOLERANCE FOR DIVIDED ATTENTION

Join the campaign—see article on 6-3-13 “I WAS RIGHT—TO REBEL.”

I WAS RIGHT – – – TO REBEL (our limits with technology)

Top Gun Flight School rejects multi-taskers.

Top Gun wants Sequential-Tasking, not Multi-Tasking.

 

Just Google It—just don’t bother me.

Just The Facts—but not relationships.

 

With the internet, you can do it yourself—you don’t need me.

With the internet, you don’t have to waste my time—I’m busy, on my own tech gadgets.

 

If you want to offend (be a rebel and be right), try this:  If you are talking with someone, or watching a movie together, and that person looks at their phone, then you need to stop the conversation or the movie immediately.  Silence on your part, and the other person will, without fail, tell you to continue.  Stick to your guns, and you will do a favor for both of you.

Join the campaign—

ZERO TOLERANCE FOR DIVIDED ATTENTION ! ! !

 

Absolute must listen—James Dobson’s Family Talk with Arch Hart, today.