In our neck of the woods we still have fog.  Yesterday the temperature varied by one degree, 33 -34, but today we are supposed to be warmer – into the 40’s – then low 30’s tonight and the rest of the week into next week.

It was raining today, not real hard, but it helps to break down the snow that is still all around us and as long as the temperatures stay low and the rain is not hard we shouldn’t have too much flooding.

Carla was supposed to close the shop tonight, but someone asked her to change and she now gets off at 1630 instead of going to work at that time.  We both prefer that.

Just pulled a pie out of the oven.  Teresa puts the dry ingredients, for the crust, in a bag then I just add salad oil and milk, mix it together in the pie plate and put the ingredients in.

I usually use a can of pie filling and finish it off with an equal amount of fresh or frozen berries without adding any sugar.  Then, because the dough isn’t very good to roll out I add a store bought crust – or more often a crunchy top of oat meal, butter, flour, cinnamon and some brown sugar.

They come out great and sum up the meals very well.

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“Each generation of people tends to regard its own times as the most significant of all, toward which all past history has been merely a preparation. The fact is, however, that God has “been our dwelling place in all generations” (90:1), and He is equally concerned about any generations yet to come.” – Our Daily Bread

Psalm 78:5-7  For he established a testimony in Jacob, and appointed a law in Israel, which he commanded our fathers, that they should make them known to their children:

⁶ That the generation to come might know them, even the children which should be born; who should arise and declare them to their children:

⁷ That they might set their hope in God, and not forget the works of God, but keep his commandments:

Right now there is turmoil in our country that we haven’t seen in a long time. 

The left attacks the right, the right attacks the left and almost everyone forgets the responsibility we have as Christians to continue to share God’s Word; share His Promise of redemption. 

Especially to our children.

Anger still wells up within me as I watch the news, to the point where I watch the weather and that is about it.

I do read articles, but I have to admit I am careful there also, there is no point in listening to views that in the end turn out to be headline ‘fluff’ with no real substance within it, other than to spread hate and discontent.

While my fingers burn with the desire to strike out I know it will virtually do absolutely no good to do it.  No one cares about my point of view, other than wanting to attack it.

I know there are millions of Americans feeling the same way.  There are millions of Christians also feeling that way, and some are striking out, not so much from love as their anger is welling up inside so deep they can’t contain it any longer.

It is more important today than ever before that Christians pray and witness to God’s Power.  It is more important today that people understand that God is in control, no matter how we may think it looks.

We need to maintain an above the fracas mentality, expressing a desire to see our country healed no matter our political beliefs.

So much energy is being consumed by this hatred that we are forgetting the need to help others.  Too many of us are spending time being angry and not enough time in prayer and reading God’s Word.

Many countries in the past have gone through what we are now experiencing and many were destroyed because of it.  Rather than re-evaluate their dedication to God, they found as many ways as possible to undermine their fellow citizens that do not share their views – and in the process destroy not only that person or group, but the principles that God has told us to follow.

Instead of honesty, we find deliberate lies or twists on someone’s behavior or comments to make it look foul and disgusting. 

Christians, while vilified by some, have the answers to this burning destruction and somehow we need to get that message out to those that hate us and each other.

I don’t know if it will make a difference, I don’t know if God has finally said “it is enough America, I am lifting my blessing from you” but we cannot allow ourselves to travel in the gutters that lead down to the cesspools in this country – and that only comes with accepting guidance from the Holy Spirit.

I have children and grandchildren, I don’t know if I will be around when my grandchildren have children – but generations continue on long after we are gone, and they deserve as peaceful an earth as peaceful America as we can give them.

God cares for them, and so should we.

Later, Art (-: