Life Lessons

My heart is hurting today.  I woke up at 4:00am and came up to check my email.  I had gotten one of the many that are forwarded around the world... you know the kind ....  "If you Really love Jesus you'll pass this to 10 people." (gotta tell you, I won't pass anything that says that.. I hate to have my love for Jesus brought down to that level)
This particular email was talking about the current person in office canceling the National Day of Prayer "because it might offend"...but in the same year participating in a Muslim prayer event in Washington DC..... the sickness begins.....
....but ..... that's not what makes me so  heart sick ....
the originator of the email (???) quotes
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2 Chronicles 7:14  
"If my people, Who are called by my Name,
Will humble themselves And pray,
And seek my face, and Turn from their Wicked ways,
Then will I hear from Heaven
And will forgive their Sin and will heal Their land."

We must pray for Our nation, our communities,
Our families, and especially our children.
They are the ones who are going to suffer the most.
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If  we  don't  PRAY
May  God  have  Mercy.
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That is the quote from their email.  PLEASE NOTE...once again, everyone is called to prayer.  YES!!!  THAT IS REQUIRED!!!  ABSOLUTELY!!!!  But PEOPLE... there are FOUR REQUIREMENTS THERE not just prayer!!!  Why do people always ignore what that scripture says???

"If my people, Who are called by my Name,  (this is OUR RESPONSIBILITY)

1. Will humble themselves
2. And pray,  
3. And seek my face,
4. and Turn from their Wicked ways,

Then will I hear from Heaven
And will forgive their Sin and will heal Their land."

The Bible is kinda like a computer program full of "If/Then" statements.  In a computer program where there is an "If/Then" condition like


"If "x" happens THEN "z" will happen.  Nothing happens until you do "x". (It is just words)

When the code has an "AND" in it, like:
"If "x" AND "y" then "z" will happen,
then nothing happens until both conditions are met.... you can do "x" all day long but "z" will never happen happen until you do "y" as well...all conditions must be met.

When you just pray... only one of the four conditions to a "healed land" is met.
We are in the mess we are in because people continue to believe that they can live like they want to and ignore the Bible...as long as they pray, everything should be alright!  "Pastors" are committing adultery (with women and men!), stealing the tithe monies and preaching "feel good" messages trying not to offend!!!  ARGH!!! 

So now we have "Christians" clueless about what the Bible actually says because they have never read the WHOLE thing themselves....sure, they can quote the "feel good" scriptures taken out of context....but have no clue what the context is or the conditions of the "If/then".  They do whatever the heck they want to, based on what "they believe, THEIR GOD would or wouldn't do" (not having a real clue because they are hearing partial truths and not actually reading the WHOLE Bible for themselves).  Or worse, they choose to ignore what it says!  (2 Chronicles 7:14  is a prime example)

Whew!  SORRY!  Can you tell I take this particular topic very seriously?!?  It is a serious topic!  The future of our nation depends on it!!!  NOT how you vote!!!  IT WILL ONLY GET WORSE as long as we (Christians) only meet 1 of the 4 conditions! 
There are FOUR CONDITIONS PEOPLE!!!

Mathew 6:19 -34-  has always bothered me a little bit...Yes, they are great provision scriptures with lots of promise but NOBODY...really, NOBODY does what they say!!!  At least nobody I know!

•  ¹⁹"Do not store up for yourselves treasures on earth, where moth and rust destroy, and where thieves break in and steal. ²⁰But store up for yourselves treasures in heaven, where moth and rust do not destroy, and where thieves do not break in and steal. ²¹For where your treasure is, there your heart will be also.
• ²⁵"Therefore I tell you, do not worry about your life, what you will eat or drink; or about your body, what you will wear. Is not life more important than food, and the body more important than clothes? ²⁶Look at the birds of the air; they do not sow or reap or store away in barns, and yet your heavenly Father feeds them. Are you not much more valuable than they? ²⁷Who of you by worrying can add a single hour to his life^[b]?  
• ²⁸"And why do you worry about clothes? See how the lilies of the field grow. They do not labor or spin. ²⁹Yet I tell you that not even Solomon in all his splendor was dressed like one of these. ³⁰If that is how God clothes the grass of the field, which is here today and tomorrow is thrown into the fire, will he not much more clothe you, O you of little faith? ³¹So do not worry, saying, 'What shall we eat?' or 'What shall we drink?' or 'What shall we wear?' ³²For the pagans run after all these things, and your heavenly Father knows that you need them.
• ³³But seek first his kingdom and his righteousness, and all these things will be given to you as well.
• ³⁴Therefore do not worry about tomorrow, for tomorrow will worry about itself. Each day has enough trouble of its own.

Seriously!  Who does any of those these days?  We do just the opposite!  We are so self focused and fearful of the future that OF COURSE we save!  IRAs, savings, "retirement plans", fret over the health of Social Security, "will it even be there when I need it???"  On and on and on...

But JESUS said... don't worry about it... He has us, why should we worry???  We have a choice, we can 'go in and take the land' of peace and joy, no worry or fear...or, we can be like the Isrealites and fear the giants and spend the rest of our lives living in that fear.

You know, we can either "believe and receive" ... or not.  I'm tired of people saying they are Christians (myself included) and living like pagans! (verse 32)  I am determining right now, during my God test, to BELIEVE THE BIBLE! and live like it!

I know that I have been very quiet this Summer.  But, I have to tell you life has been pretty brutal and I've just tried to stay quiet, watch and see what is up.  I have known all summer that something big was coming and boy is it ever HUGE! 

I have actually been wrtting a lot lately but only saving as a draft each time.  The Lord has started me on a really big adventure and I want to get to the end... or at least further into it before I actually "Publish" the process.  Now is too soon.  I am doing something that would definitely be considered CRAZY in "world" terms but I'm use to that now.  The Lord has gotten me to do some things that no human would ever approve of in the natural and they have always been the right decision.  As a matter of a fact, I tend to make a lot of decisions and get confirmation when things are exactly opposite of what "the world" would do....

ANYWAY, I just wanted to say, I am here, just growing.... the hard way...... :-)  ..... more eventually.