Skiff of snow this morning, and we are supposed to be getting a bit more.  I would much rather deal with the snow than the havoc so many of our countrymen are having to work with in the Texas and mid-west areas.

I recently heard a man say, it isn’t the weather that kills you, it is the lack of preparation.  Most of the time he is correct, but when you have tornados coming your way there is little time to avoid it.  There is some protection, but very little and the planning has to be done for the results of those winds, not the prevention.

I look about me and I see cats on pillows, and back of daveno and the cat tree – looking out at the cold dark outside.  Meanwhile, Blaze rests comfortably in his kennel in the corner.

John 12:39-41 Therefore they could not believe, because that Esaias said again,

⁴⁰ He hath blinded their eyes, and hardened their heart; that they should not see with their eyes, nor understand with their heart, and be converted, and I should heal them.

⁴¹ These things said Esaias, when he saw his glory, and spake of him.

The other day I read a post from a woman that was forwarded from another person.  I don’t recall all of it, it was like the venom of the spitting cobra it was so vitriol.

But two things did stick with me, because they were just another example of the irony that comes from those that cannot see.  It said, I am a supporter of Black lives matter; I am a supporter of Pro-choice.

The death of infants from abortion has the highest percentage, if not the highest number, within the black population.

But, it is the sign of the times.  People hang their hats on empty platitudes; they no longer think for themselves and are so full of hate for those that disagree with them it is impossible to come to any kind of middle ground.

Several years ago I realized that many of the people I talked to about America had not only a different vision of what America was, but that it should become a country of those that demand those that earn money should support those that choose not to work.

We have become a country of enablers.  Signs in Zoos and parks countrywide tell us not to feed the animals – part of it is because they have strict diets and the wrong food can make them sick, but a large part of the danger of feeding animals in the wild is that they become dependent on man for their food and stop foraging for food as they should.

It isn’t a new philosophy – one of the greatest lies perpetuated on the Indians was, after the population was decimate and their way of life virtually destroyed, our White Father in Washington will take care of you.

It isn’t hard to look around and see how that worked.  We destroyed their pride and self-sufficiency and when we gave them anything at all that we promised them, we made them beg for it.

Now, we have those that would say to anyone who wishes to live off the work of others and not strive to maintain their own dignity and pride – that’s okay, the Government will take care of you and we will give you things ‘free’ for the rest of your lives.

As I read that post, I all but cried.  I prayed for the original poster and for the woman who forwarded the post. 

America is a house divided against itself and unless those that deny the Word of God and the Salvation of Christ open their hearts, we will go the way of those that fell and are only a historical note in the pages of time. 

Used as an example of what man became when they denied God’s providence and, unfortunately, what happens when man doesn’t look at history and learn from it.

Still and all, our Savior is there for everyone if they but listen – our prayers must be lifted up for the salvation of our country, starting with individuals.

Jesus healed the blind, He will do it again if His people have faith.

Later, Art :-)

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