First,
let us pray for our country. We can love our president or hate him, but
it is clear to me that republican and democrats alike are lacking in
sound judgment and have lost their way. As a result, we find ourselves
all in the same situation that was present in ancient Israel. They had
no king. No true godly leader who was willing to take and move the
nation into the right direction. Judges 21: 25 says, "In those days Israel had no king; all the people did whatever seemed right in their own eyes."
Right now, we have so many issues, gay marriage, gun control, border
control, bombings, sexual immorality, drug problems, pedophiles, No
jobs, No equal protection, and freedom of speech only if you say the
right things, Christian's being treated as terrorists, and Terrorists
treated as good Americans seeking tolerance.
Our nation is
facing God's Judgment, and it is not going to be pretty. Droughts,
tornadoes, hurricanes, massive snowfalls that cripple and kill, and heat
that does the same. Our freedoms are lost, our values compromised. Each
side is name-calling and no one is looking to God for the answerers.
I know I am preaching a bit, but I worry for the future of our
children, and the golden years of our seniors. I am heartbroken at all
of the stupid corruption I am seeing every day. Just yesterday, a school
told a 3-year-old, deaf boy’s parents, that they were going to have to
change the boy’s legal name because the approved, legal sign for his
name looks too much like a gun.
My own family has had the last
three of my grandchildren taken by CPS. Now, if CPS had a proven case it
would be one thing, but they are making stuff up and no one can tell
them they are wrong. Yet children are being slaughtered by the millions,
in the name of women’s health, and everyone says it’s great. But don't
step on that beetle, because it is endangered and we might upset the
balance of nature, not to mention you will have to pay a hefty fine and
spend the rest of your life in jail, meanwhile non Americans are allowed
to receive the benefits of homes , food, and money, while those of us
who live here legally are told we don't qualify for because we make too
much money.
I am sad. Nevertheless, I know that my God is
great, and that he has a plan. I thank God that our instructor and
family rode out the storm safely. I am glad that I am still married to
my wife of 26 years, and that I have 6 children and 5 healthy
grandchildren even if I may never see some of them again the rest of
their lives. I thank God that there are places I can still stand in line
waiting for a box of food that I can at least feed my family for a day
on. I thank God that for the moment, I can still go to church and
worship my savior without being shot for doing so.
Now, please
pray for max, and his mommy Amy. He was taken from her at birth because
someone claimed she was on drugs, even though she is and has been clean.
Please pray for Zoe, whose mommy attacked her daddy and myself, putting
holes in our walls and destroying the family structure all because she
wanted to get high and try and kidnap her child, and who still does
drugs.
Please pray for Spencer and Chynna. another child whose
mother was taken from him because someone claimed she was on Meth at his
birth, when she was not, and who at her age, fearing the system that
failed her did not jump high enough through all of their hoops, and now
Spencer lives thousands of miles away in Alaska. While his mother, my
youngest daughter cries, yearning to hold her son in her arms once
again.
Pray for my wife who has suffered from mental health
problems for 13 years now. And who cries herself to sleep at night
because of a world that labeled her a bad grandmother because a CPS
worker broke into our home and falsely accused us of cruelties that
never existed all because I told her to leave my home or deal with the
sheriff’s office for breaking and entering.
And finally pray
for me as I try to hold this family together in such a mixed up world
where wrong is right, and doing the right thing can get you killed. I
stood in line the other day for 30 minutes just to get a grocery bag of
food to feed six people. By the time I got home, I could not even hold
myself in an upright position from the pain running through my spine. 13
years I have lived without being able to work, 13 years without the
benefit of government assistance even though I worked all my adult life
and paid into their pockets. 13 years without being able to go for a
walk without falling to the ground unable to take another step. 13 years
without being able to hold my children in my arms unless someone else
picked them up and placed them there while I was sitting down, and even
then only for a short time.
I am not bitter or even angry. I am
sad, and yet God promises in his word that if I do one thing, he will
work all things for good. James chapter 1 verses 2-4 says "Count it all
joy, my brethren, when you meet various trials, 3 for you know that the
testing of your faith produces steadfastness. 4 And let steadfastness
have its full effect, that you may be perfect and complete, lacking in
nothing."
So today, I am joyful, I praise the name of God, and
His son Jesus. I praise the Holy Spirit who gives us comfort in times of
need, and I thank all of you who read to this last word.
