For those of you on the eastern part of the country, my thoughts and prayers are with you – from the looks of it you are in for another huge snow storm.

We are still getting snow on the mountains, but not much in our neck of the woods.  While things are calm, right now, we will be receiving rain over the next few days.  Bit dreary, but acceptable. 

Not a lot going on, although I do have someone on my list – a good friend – who is getting an opportunity for a new job and we are joining him and his family in prayer for God’s will to be done in this; I will let you know what is happening when I am free to expound, but your prayers are also coveted.

Galatians 6:7-8  Be not deceived; God is not mocked: for whatsoever a man soweth, that shall he also reap.

⁸ For he that soweth to his flesh shall of the flesh reap corruption; but he that soweth to the Spirit shall of the Spirit reap life everlasting.

More and more television programs are promoting themes that mock God – including the name of the program – Lucifer – where being bad looks good or some such phrase and Bad Angel from Hell are just the newest mocking of God’s Word.

We see it every day, of course, in many programs and movies, in the advertisements, in commentaries by news people – it has become fashionable to mock God and His people and promote an agenda that is riddled with the lies satan has been proclaiming since Adam accepted the forbidden fruit.

This nation has taken under its wing people with low or no moral values in this anything goes society.  And when those that would challenge them speak up they are labeled as ‘haters’ or even terrorists – not withstanding much of what they are concerned about is the terrorists that are being supported by the media and government.

We are reaping what has been sown and will continue to do so until this nation is either completely brought to its knees as so many have in the past, or come to its senses and turns back to God and asks forgiveness.

There is much to be proud of in our nation.  Millions of people are working hard to build a life for themselves, worshiping and following God and helping the needy.  Millions more, are also trying to lift those that are in trouble up and help them become productive adults.

Unfortunately, there are those that don’t care at all and are more interested in the life of the rich and famous than any others.  There are those who do not understand that to help people is to help them learn how to work for themselves, not use the system to garner ‘free’ money, housing, food, etc. while spending it on material things – and deciding they are better off not trying to work, just accepting the ‘free’ stuff that government gives them.

And why should they change, many of them are living a lifestyle above those that are making above the average salary in their area.  They have no pride in themselves, their family or country.  The only thing they are interested in is what they can get for ‘free.’

We are reaping what we have sown, and it isn’t pretty.

What is sad is that we have millions of young people who understand and have the self-pride to study and improve themselves, getting jobs that will provide a decent living but are going to be minimized because they are doing so well.

We use to honor those that stood out as being above the average, now they are being chastised and marginalized by making sure those that either do not have the ability or are too lazy to accomplish anything are given the same ‘participation’ treatment.

We have become a nation of crybabies where everyone seems to owe everyone a living – except for those that are actually making a living – they are too be exploited not thanked.

We are reaping what we have sown.

I haven’t given up on America, I haven’t thrown in the towel but I stand with millions of others who say if this trend is not broken, if this trend continues, we will end up as the great countries in the past.

God loves His chosen people, and always has, but even these people have been chastised and placed into bondage over the millenniums because the fell from and disobeyed God.

We don’t have that same standing with God – we had a good account with God and He has blessed this nation, mightily.  He loves us enough that He is calling us out and to repent with reminders as to what happens when we do not – but once He decides we are no longer worthy of His grace, He will allow us to be completely destroyed – and unlike Israel, we will not be able to rise up.

We need to pray for our country and admit we, too, have failed God and ask forgiveness for ourselves and the nation as a whole.

God can intervene at any time, He can lift us back up – but He wants a commitment that when He does, we will serve Him.

Isaiah 30:14-15  And he shall break it as the breaking of the potters' vessel that is broken in pieces; he shall not spare: so that there shall not be found in the bursting of it a sherd to take fire from the hearth, or to take water withal out of the pit.

¹⁵ For thus saith the Lord God, the Holy One of Israel; In returning and rest shall ye be saved; in quietness and in confidence shall be your strength: and ye would not.

America is being broken right now, are we willing to return to God and rest in His strength understanding that the only salvation for this country is God?

Later, Art :-)