THINK YOU’RE STANDING ?

“Let anyone who thinks he is standing, take heed, lest he fall.”
“Pride goes before a fall, and a haughty spirit before destruction.”
“God resists the proud, but gives grace to the humble.”
“Humble yourselves before the mighty hand of God, that He may exalt you in due time; [how?] casting all your care upon Him, because He cares for you.”


Read HUMBLE on this site (type in search bar).

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Since there is over a decade of writing on AWordforThought.com, here are a few key words to type in the search bar (feel free to enter your own topics as well).
Some searches will bring up older articles for you to compare with more recent ones.
Please pay attention to the dates when they were posted.

— document the disaster
— freedom
— half slave
— oppressed
— senior
— goodness
— abortion
— xi xi ping pong
— all things trans
— humble
— hurry up and wait
— my part
— God what are You waiting for
— sacrifice [lots of articles include this word]
— trinity [if you dare]
— comfortable

THIS IS (ONLY) A TEST . . .

This is a test of the “EMERGENCY UN-BROADCAST SYSTEM”.
If this had been a real ’emergency’, American Family Radio would not come back on the air again after a few minutes off air.

SENIOR MOMENT/OXYMORONS (4)

As time goes by, I find it interesting to compare functioning of the brain to a computer—sometimes similar, sometimes not.

— Memory upgrades or additions become unavailable.
— The hard disc seems to rotate slower, which explains why it takes longer reviewing stored information, to find what you’re looking for.
— You just can’t have as many files open at one time, like in the past, or like other people.
— What used to work well in your life, you are told is out of date–and upgrades simply don’t fit.
— Pressure does not increase productivity—another crisis blows another circuit—can’t afford that.
— Older systems are no longer supported, and everything you do takes so much longer.
— The cost of inefficiency and failure of logical function, add up in real dollars, with no reprogramming to correct the damage.
— Thinking about another better system is not helpful—actually, that kills your own system, almost like it has personality and gets offended. Yes, it does, because it’s you, a person and not a technical machine like a computer.

SENIOR MOMENT/OXYMORONS (3)

What you really need as you get older:

You need younger folks who will do two things—
— Appreciate your wisdom
and
— Do your manual labor

WELL-WORN – – – WORN WELL

There is an apt saying:
A Bible that is falling apart probably belongs to a person whose spiritual life is not falling apart.

I can’t help but do some wishful thinking when I reach in my pocket, that the following saying would be true as well:
A wallet that is falling apart probably belongs to a person whose financial life is not falling apart.

Well, at least that person is using his money, and not hiding it.

SENIOR MOMENT/OXYMORONS (2)

Top oxymoron for seniors:

“HURRY UP”

SENIOR MOMENT/OXYMORONS (1)

I have occasional senior moments when my memory works.

“BE STILL . . .”

“Be still, and know that I am God.”

One day, someday, I will truly be still, and know that You are God, for real, for good, forever.

In the mean-time, I accept Your frequent reminders to be still—and remember that You are God, in charge and in complete control of every detail of my life right now.

+TO LEARN OR -NOT TO LEARN

– or + GOVERNMENT OR GOD
– or + SOCIALISM OR CHRISTIANITY
– or + POWER OR PEOPLE
– or + DEPENDENCE OR INDEPENDENCE
– or + WELFARE OR WORK
– or + OUR FATHER WHO ART IN WASHINGTON OR OUR FATHER WHO ART IN HEAVEN
– or + DESTROY HISTORY OR LEARN FROM HISTORY
– or + From the above partial list, we see America currently taking the ‘minus’ over the ‘plus’ in most areas—which means choosing “NOT TO LEARN”.
– – –
Can we learn from history, or not ?
– – –
LESSONS FROM OUR COUNTRY’S HISTORY OR _____:
+ or – REMEMBER OR REST IN ?PEACE?
+ or – REVIVAL OR REVOLUTION
+ or – RETURN OR ‘RESET’
+ or – FOUNDATION OR “FUNDAMENTALLY CHANGE”
+ or – BLESSED, BIBLE BASIS OR MISERABLE, MURDEROUS MARXISM
+ or – PEACE FROM GOD OR RIOTS FROM RACISM

— God’s peace in our hearts has been the source of peace in our culture.
— We overcame our divisions of color, and we continued to overcome, until recently.
— Wokeism is nothing but a new label marketing racism, with lots of eager salesmen in media, government, and education.
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– – –
FACT:
DESTROY HISTORY and BE DESTROYED BY HISTORY

It is obvious to read, and see that history repeats itself—except when we are the ones repeating history, now, because we’ve been trying to get rid of any conscious memory of our history.
We can’t continue to overcome if we erase the record of how we overcame in the past, and prevent our children from learning that very truth.
Sow discontent into a generation, and very soon unrest will spread in the streets with violence.

HISTORY IS REALITY
History is good, bad, and ugly.
History does not filter itself.

The Bible records history—good, bad, ugly—good people, bad people, God’s people—just as it happened—truth, honestly.
It is HisStory, perfect creation seriously desecrated by man.
So, man (Adam) ruined creation for himself, for them (Adam and Eve), and for us.
Did man ruin it, for God ?
Certainly not.
HisStory continued as planned.
– – –
Does the current flood of disastrous ideas and practices by man ruin things for God ?
Certainly not.
Does it ruin things for God’s people ?
No.
Anyone who comes to God in humility and repentance will find mercy, even in today’s evil world.
Anyone who refuses God’s offer in Jesus, will wipe out with all the other people shaking their fists in God’s face today.

“And whoever falls on this stone will be broken; but on whomever it falls, it will grind him to powder.”

Fall on Jesus, today.