THOUGHT OF – – – OR THOUGHT UP

When Newton observed gravity, he did not invent gravity or create it.  He “thought of” gravity, not “thought up” gravity.

When science describes the world, it cannot explain everything it describes.  Science discovers new stuff in this phenomenal world all the time, and science explains how some of it works.  But one thing is constant about scientific advancement—ever-increasing complexity observed, ever-increasingly unexplainable.

Science describes.  Science cannot explain.

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As knowledge and technology multiply by leaps and bounds, we vainly imagine that we can come up with answers to everything.  And we have seven billion different answers.

Something is missing.  But no, it is not missing.  It is just ignored.

Instead of continuing the futile search for the missing link to prove evolution (biggest failure of “science”), we have the Missing Link clearly written in three places for all to see, regardless of intelligence, fame, or fortune.

God explained everything we need to know—written in the grandeur of the universe, written in the heart of every human, and written in the Bible.

First, God is thrilled when man discovers all kinds of amazing new stuff, with more guaranteed to be found.  He put it all together with just enough secrecy to keep us searching—from the gold prospector to the psychiatrist to the physicist.

To put the second in human terms, God has a clear conscience because He put into our conscience a clear awareness of right and wrong and His sovereignty.

Third, the Bible explains very clearly how this whole world got made, how it got messed up, how it gets fixed, and how it ends.

Check it out—now, while you have time.

 

StrongStableLives.com

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You will be glad you did.

Solid encouragement, commitment, and truth, from a life of sacrifice, testing, and miracles.

SOMETIMES A BREAK IS GOOD

Plenty to say—Plenty to write.

I’ll start with this:

“What God ordains is always good;

His Will abideth holy.

As He directs my life for me,

I follow meek and lowly.

My God, indeed,

In ev’ry need

Does well know how to shield me;

To Him then I will yield me.”

 

I want to encourage you to look at my friend’s site    StrongStableLives.com

You will be glad you did.  Solid encouragement, commitment, and truth, from a life of sacrifice, testing, and miracles.

ATTRACTION – ACTION – RIGHTS – DEMANDS – DOMINANCE

The militant homosexual agenda is not about health, happiness, love, and equality, because it never stops there.  It is about power and control, and it destroys anyone and anything that is not supportive.

But the individual who is sincerely struggling with same-sex attraction, needs people who care enough to make a meaningful difference in his/her life, outside of sex.  That is the ingredient in success stories—identity as a person, not as gay.

Feelings—emotions—are not a stable basis for actions that endanger life and health and true love and blessed marriage with children.

Facts—truth—are clearly the foundation for stable families and cultures.

The benefit of any movement is whether it can stand up to reason and history and the well-being of righteous people.

FUN WITH BIBLE VERSES AND . . . (edited with permission, i hope)

I choose to believe that humor is part of the image of God that we were made in before the fall, rather than part of the consequences we were cursed with after the fall.

“A merry heart does good like medicine, but a broken spirit dries up the bones.”  (you can take that to the bank, and skip the doctor most of the time)

“Whatever your hand finds to do, do it with all your might.”  Reflection on growing up on the farm—“Whatever your dad’s hand finds for you to do, do it with all your might.”

“Therefore a man shall leave his father and mother-in-law, and shall cleave unto his wife, and the two shall become one.”  (I added the  “-in-law” part—true, true, true)

Now, the risky one about an ox falling into a ditch on the Sabbath, and of course you pull it out even if it means working on the Sabbath.  I take it to the edge when I work on Sunday on rare occasions, and say that someone has to make the ditch for the ox to fall into.  (I drive a bobcat loader that can dig ditches among other things)  No theology here, please, just humor.

And what about the animals, like giraffes, and ostriches, and platypuses—you can’t tell me God didn’t have some extracurricular fun coming up with those.

And for the fairy tale believers in unicorns—they were real, in the Bible.

And for the dinosaur lovers (those who are sincere and those who think dinosaurs were gone before man—that is, believers in the invention of the evolution religion)—dinosaurs were real, in the Bible, with man.  Check out the leviathan and behemoth in the book of Job.

It’s real fun to discover and believe the accuracy of the Bible, especially when you know the Author, personally.

Fools say there is no God—obvious when they substitute evolution for God.  I just discovered that Psalm 14 and Psalm 53 repeat this truth nearly word for word verse after verse.  That tells us something, twice, underlined, exclamation point.

Let me end with some ‘serious laughter’—just one more of the divine oxymorons that show we’re not God.

“He who sits in the heavens will laugh; the Lord shall have them in derision.”  (check the context of that one—Psalm 2)

“A time to weep, and a time to laugh.”

Indeed.

SIC ‘EM, TED

Thank you, Ted Cruz, in all sincerity, for making waves in Washington.

We need a tsunami to save us soon.

I just learned that Senator Ted Cruz from Texas believes in the Constitution so strongly that he memorized the whole thing.

Meanwhile, BHOB* and Attorney General Eric Holder are members of the organization to have a new constitutional convention and get rid of this foundation of our country.

Trash it and then rewrite it—or memorize it and fight for it.

 

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

COMPUTERIZED ACCOUNTABILITY

We’ve all heard the analogy between computers and humans that says simply “Garbage In—Garbage Out.”

Can the computer be used to control garbage coming into our mind and garbage going out through our words?

We have filters that monitor and limit what comes into our computer—to protect the computer from viruses, and to protect the user from some of the bad stuff for humans.

But filters are voluntary, unless you are a child with conscientious parents.  So we’re back to self-control to guard ourselves.

But wait a minute.  We can learn a profoundly sobering lesson on accountability from our “super” computers of today.

Computers record and remember everything, including everything we do on the internet.  We know that someone could review all of it.  Add to that the potential of the government tracking our entire life, unseen and unknown to us.

Now consider computerized accountability that is perfect, thorough, and includes all our thoughts as well as our words and actions.  If we stop and think about it, we have a sense that this is true and real for each of us.

We have no control over the recording.  But we do have control over what we choose to do and say and live—and get recorded.

“As I live, says the Lord, every knee shall bow to me, and every tongue shall confess to God.

So then every one of us shall give account of himself to God.”

“It is appointed unto man once to die, and after that the judgment.”

“Every idle word that men shall speak, they shall give account for it in the day of judgment.”

 

There is a song that says,

“One day every knee will bow,

One day every tongue will confess,

‘You Are Lord.’

Still the greatest treasure remains

For those who gladly choose You now.”

 

How about you?  How about now?  How about choosing Jesus?

Absolute Accountability.

It’s just a matter of when.

GUARANTEED ! ! ! GUARANTEED ? ? ? PERMANENT ! ? ! ? ! ?

Guaranteed Permanent Income—I hear that expression frequently.

Guaranteed Permanent Income—People offer that sincerely.

Guaranteed Permanent Income—Many believe in it.

Guaranteed Permanent Income—Unless . . .

Lifetime Guarantee—It’s promised on a lot of products.

Lifetime Guarantee—Good for the life of the buyer.

Lifetime Guarantee—Good till the product dies.

Lifetime Guarantee—Good till the seller dies.

So, what is “a sure thing” in this whole wide world?

Death and taxes—tell me something new.

If I’m going to live on this earth,

and get up every morning,

and go to work,

eat and go to bed—

tell me something will last,

tell me something really counts,

tell me something has permanent value,

tell me something has permanent meaning.

We all know life on this earth is not permanent—guaranteed.

We also know there has to be meaning in this life—and beyond.

We all pursue answers to life’s questions—and our life reflects that.

We have to find answers—then we are satisfied.

We invent answers that we like—then we live with lingering doubt.

We naturally focus on this life—and almost kill ourselves to be comfortable.

We diligently plan and prepare for the future—as though it is guaranteed.

We invest everything in this life for “someday”—and miss something in this life “today.”

We invest everything in this life for “someday”—and miss something in the next life “forever”.

Are you one of the people who have come up with your own answers to suit your thinking?

Do you think we are free to choose any one of a thousand ideas for a meaningful life?

Do we have freedom to live this life as we please?

Do all roads lead to the same place after this life?

I am writing this to catch you—to stop you for a moment—to think what really matters in the end, and now.

You will find a few more words for thought right here, and answers, starting with 3-6-13, 2-28-13, 2-25-13, 2-20-13, and going back for one year.

FALLING THROUGH THE CRACKS – – – SOMEONE YOU KNOW?

When I shared this with some friends today, it struck such a responsive note, that I decided to post it here.

 

Professional Counselors

Professional Counselees

We never hear about the families who try to get professional help, and still fall through the cracks.  Far too many fail needlessly.  Why?  Here is part of the answer—what happens too often:

The professional counselor gets what he/she wants—money for well-worded analysis and advice.

The professional counselee gets what he/she wants—support and understanding—while the crack widens.

LEADERSHIP FOR THE RESISTANCE

“It’s time for pastors to stop preaching about Dietrich Bonhoeffer, and start acting like Bonhoeffer.”     —–Jim Garlow (Skyline Church, La Mesa, CA)