A Call to Action

One of the biggest mistakes we have made as a people is to trust that what need be done will be by someone else.

I believed this for decades; trusting that the slaughter of innocents would be ended, that God would be returned to His rightful place among us . . . in short that "the pendulum of insanity would swing back". Yet, all that got me is a nation further from God and sanity than ever before.

You can sit on the sidelines, but you will be left with what others would give... you -- more bloodshed, more godlessness, and less true freedom.

We MUST get past the "let someone else do it" attitude, and move on to active resistance. I'm not calling for violence here. I'm just saying we need to be less passive and more active. Otherwise, we've no real right to complain about how messed up our nation is.

Prolife/Abolitionism

It is true that Roe v Wade is not a law. It is a judicial ruling that has been treated as law, but it really isn't a law. It isn't any more binding than an executive order, but they are both enforced as law.

Some abolitionists are promoting the idea that Roe v Wade was treated like a law because of prolife organizations, or "faux-life" organizations as they call them. That simply is not true.

Prolife organizations reacted to what government officials and officers of the law did. Ruling officials took Roe v Wade as law, and enforced it as law -- many with a strong, unreasonable hand in favor of it as law. So, "faux-life movements" came out in opposition. They did not open death pits. No, they went to the pits to protest and offer help. They responded. They did not initiate the slaughter.

It was this movement that saved thousands of babies, and turned back as least as many mothers, offering help and assistance along the way -- long before abolition groups existed. The truth is many pro-lifers were actually abolitionists. We were working to end all abortion. Pro-life was merely the tag used to set us apart from the pro-aborts.

Opposition was stiff, too. Many in the prolife effort were arrested, abused, and imprisoned for their efforts. I'm not talking about those who broke the law, either. No, I'm talking about those who took up the children's case gently, but with sincerity, pleading for children's lives and offering help out of their own pockets. Even I, though my main thing for a time was offering free handmade baby blankets, was treated as public enemy number one. Officers assured me I deserved to be run over while standing on the sidewalk or have my children shot for holding balloons! This wasn't unusual, either. No, this is the way authorities treated this judicial ruling. It is the way some still do.

There is a unreasonable hatred for pro-life groups now, but there are a lot of mothers and children extremely glad we were out there doing something when most were doing nothing. Yes, some leaders, and, admittedly, some followers, were not set on ending the atrocity. And, yes, they took in funds that were more about supporting themselves, but you throw out the baby in the wash when you blame them for everything.

Give credit where credit is due. Prolife groups took up the children's case before there was an abolitionist movement. They motivated, organized, educated, and protested. Some did the very best they knew how. Instead of hating them, and calling on others to hate them, why don't abolitionists just do the work. If they're really interested in ending abortion, why don't they work to that end; rather than, expending so much energy to abolish the ones who've been hard at it all this time? Or do they have their own unholy agenda?

There is plenty of work to do and far too few workers. Yet, this new group of abolitionists would alienate those who have been working all this time. Seems a little counterproductive to me.

Safety

Behold, the eye of the LORD is upon them that fear Him, upon them who hope in His mercy, to deliver their soul from death, and to keep them alive in famine.  Psa 33:18, 19

If God is truly your Master, then you can be certain His eye is upon you. He sees you. He hears you, and He knows all that you're going through. One of the wonderful things about Him is that He is completely able to keep us even in the midst of the worst storm ever. Nations can collapse, but He remains.

The key is to first make certain you are truly His. Check yourself. Is your relationship alive? Does He commune with you? Do you know His guidance, and care? Has He filled you with His Spirit, and anointed you with gifts?

God is very much a "hands on" Master. Once we come to Him, His intent is to remake us in His image. So, there will be evidence of His work in our lives, making it essential that we take time to consider where we actually stand before Him.

While God is working on us, we are compelled to work, also. Faith that saves is faith that moves us to study His word, desire His presence, devote ourselves to prayer, and testify to how He has delivered us. He will become our priority, because His abiding presence is that important to us. 

If you don't have this kind of relationship with God, I plead with you to call upon Him now. Repent of your sins, and ask Him to change you into someone He sees. Commit yourself unto Him.

By the word of the LORD were the heavens made, and all the host of them by the breath of His mouth.  Psa 33:6

He has tens of thousands of angels at His beck and call. One can take out 165,000 warriors in one night. He is able, but we must be obediently His.

The Truth About Trials and Blessings

Come unto Me, all ye that labor and are heavy laden, and I will give you rest. Take My yoke upon you, and learn of Me; for I am meek and lowly in heart, and ye shall find rest unto your souls. For My yoke is easy, and My burden is light.  Mat 11:28-30

Everyone has troubles. If you work for God, you will be persecuted. It comes with the territory. If you belong to God, you will be persecuted, because those who are truly His do not keep Him to themselves. No, we need to share this wonderful Savior, because we want everyone to be saved.

Life itself is problematic. There is always something going wrong, something or someone that needs "fixing", or some mountain in our path that must be conquered. When we face these problems with Christ, He helps us in so many ways. When we face them without Him, we really are on our own.

I don't know about you, but I do know that every decision I made without Him turned out disastrous. All the major ones I remember were just epic fails. However, when I do as He wills, things work out. And, the more of myself I give over to Him, the better my life gets. His yoke really is light.

The thing is to determine before you encounter trials and troubles to stay with Him, regardless. The devil will do everything he can to separate you, to silence you . . . to make you ineffective, and God will let him test you to see if your heart is faithful. Hold fast, because the blessing are on the other side, and they are truly worth the effort.

True Happiness

Are you sad? Are you downtrodden? How much of yourself have you given over to God? The more of ourselves we devote to Him the more He comes to abide in us. With God "all things are possible". Therefore do not look at what the devil shows you, but look at what God has already done, and get busy about honoring Him. Therein lies true happiness.

Are You Grafted In?

Behold therefore the goodness and severity of God: on them which fell severity; but towards thee, goodness, IF thou continue in His goodness. Otherwise, thou also shalt be cut off. And they also, if they abide not in unbelief, shall be grafted in. For God is able to graft them in again. Rom 11:22, 23

Here Paul is talking about how God let go of the Jews who would not be obediently His.

When Christ came, many did not want to abandon the OT ways. They had expected a king who ...fit their concept of kings, but the LORD came as a sacrificial lamb. So, even knowing who He was, they still rejected Him; and were cut off from God.

Paul was the apostle to the gentiles, and the gentiles had no such preconceived notions. So, they accepted what they saw, and became God's children -- being grafted into the Family by belief.

The lesson is this: It really isn't enough to just know who He is, we must accept Him for the King He is, being obediently submissive to His will. Then we can be grafted into His family, whether we are gentile or Jew. But also, IF we will not take His LORDSHIP His way, then we will be cut off regardless of who we are.

First comes belief, but true belief is proven by diligent obedience.

Let Your Light Shine!

Do not let evil silence you. We can please man or we can please God, but we won't please both. Why? Because there's war going on for the souls of men. The evil one wants you to be quiet, or hide your light. Then only his lies will be heard, and more men will end up in hell.

God tells us to:

"Let your light shine before men that they might see your good works, and glorify your Father which is in heaven." Mat 5:16
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This is the LORD speaking. He calls us to be active witnesses for the truth. Did He not send out the 12 to the world? Of course He did, and if He had not the Gospel would not have spread.

Look at what Paul says:

How then shall they call on Him in whom they have not believed? And how shall they believe in Him of whom they have not heard? And how shall they hear without a preacher? Rom 10:14

Do you not know that when you speak of God, the world listens? You travel through homes/families/nations spreading seed when you witness on public venues. God sees to it. You are the hope of the world, because He lives in you. How many need that hope these days! Therefore, do not let the complaints of a few keep you from feeding the many.