THE TEN COMMANDMENTS REMOVAL FROM COURTHOUSES

Having the Ten commandments removed from courthouse walls, who came up with that idea? The Ten Commandments say what? How dare us ask the world to read God's word. After all he asked such impossible feats. What was it he asked us to do?

• How dare him ask us not to kill, lie and steal. Isn't it our God given right to do these things.
• Shouldn't we all be able to covet our neighbor's processions heck , even steal them if we won't to.
• We should be able to hate our neighbor just because he has worked harder than us and achieved more processions.
• We should all be sleeping with each other's spouse. We should be spreading venereal diseases to everyone.
• We should all have the right to carry guns and murder whom ever we please.
• We should be able to let our teens have sex whenever they want and they should be able to kill the fetus just because they don't want to be bothered with raising a child.
• We should all be able to do drugs and drink alcohol and lay in a drunken stupor ain't that what life's all about.
• We should all not work, be afraid to go outside for fear of our neighbors, stay wasted so we can hide the fact that we are all cowards and the world is such a hell for us all.

Did you say hell for us all ? Wasn't that what the ten commandments were all about avoiding all the above and maybe avoiding hell on earth. How can having ten little rules hanging on a wall to remind us what we should all be doing to make our life better be so intimidating to someone.

DEPRESSION MEET YOUR MATCH

As I sit here alone staring at the sky,
I really don't exactly know why,
My brain is flying up and down,
sometimes kicking off the ground.

No form to my way of thinking
No sense as my emotions keep sinking,
Depression has took hold of my mind,
My flight plan has took no path of any kind.

Collisions happening all around,
destruction in my path abound.
Sadness,nothingness,empty as can be,
No future, no hope, can I see.

My soul keeps crying out, you see
For only my Bible can save me,
So Bible hurry take me away,
Help me to make it one more day.

IDEAS ON HE BOOK OF JUBLEES

I RESERVED THIS SPACE TO DISCUSS IDEAS ON THE FALLEN ANGELS AND THE BOOK OF JUBLEES. I AM VERY INTERESTED IN YOUR OPINION.

HANDING PROBLEMS TO GOD

I WAS THINKING ABOUT HOW DIFFERENT I AM TO MY GRAND CHILDREN THAN I WAS TO MY SONS. I DON'T PUNISH THE SAME AND OVERLOOK QUITE A BIT MORE. I AM MORE PATIENT AND MORE DEDICATED TO CHRISTIAN VALUES. I WAS WONDERING WHAT THE DIFFERENCE IS.





THINKING ABOUT THE OLD TESTAMENT AND HOW GOD WAS SO DIFFERENT THEN. HE HAD TO TEACH DRASTIC LESSONS AND LISTEN TO THE CONSTANT COMPLAINING OF HIS PEOPLE. GOD IS SO DIFFERENT NOW AND EVEN THOUGH HE STILL TEACHES LESSONS HE SEEMS MORE PATIENT AND UNDERSTANDING ABOUT HIS CREATION. ALL THIS BECAUSE OF HIS SON JESUS CHRIST. ARE WE THE GRAND KIDS OF GOD? HE DISCIPLINES US LESS BECAUSE OF HIS SON WHO PAID THE PRICE FOR OUR SIN.



I WAS DIFFERENT AS A PARENT I EXPECTED PERFECTION AND THERE WAS A PRICE TO PAY FOR DISOBEDIENCE. OF COURSE I NEVER GOT PERFECTION ALL I GOT WAS A LOT OF FAILURES IN MY MARRIAGE ,IN MY PARENTING, AND IN MY FINANCES. I FELT LIKE A FLOP AND JUST WANTED TO HIDE SOMEWHERE SO I DIDN'T HAVE TO FACE THE REAL ME.







THINKING BACK I KNOW WHAT THE DIFFERENCE IS. I WAS SO WRAPPED UP IN FINDING MY HAPPINESS I COULDN'T SEE WHAT GOD HAD PLACED RIGHT IN FRONT OF ME. I WAS SO MISERABLE THAT I MADE MY CHILDREN'S LIFE MISERABLE ALSO. I LOVED THEM WITH ALL MY HEART BUT I FELT I WAS MISSING SOMETHING AND YES I PROBABLY BLAMED MY CHILDREN BECAUSE ALL THE FUN WAS GONE IN MY LIFE. I SPENT ENDLESS DAYS TRYING TO FIND A BABY SITTER JUST S I COULD WREAK MY LIFE SOME MORE. I ALSO WAS FULL OF GUILT FOR MY FAILURES THAT I KNOW I SEWED THAT IN MY SON'S LIFE. I THOUGHT GOD HAD TURNED HIS FACE FROM ME AND I WAS PAYING THE PRICE TAG.







YEARS LATER AFTER LOSING A SON AND GAINING MY GRAND CHILDREN TO RAISE I BEGAN TO NOTICE I WAS DIFFERENT. GOD WAS BACK, THE PROBLEMS WERE STILL THERE BUT I DIDN'T FEEL THE SAME. I HAD CAME TO REALIZE THAT EVERYTHING I NEED FOR HAPPINESS WAS RIGHT IN FRONT OF ME . NOTHING IS AS GREAT AS A PAIR OF LITTLE ARMS GIVING YOU A HUG EVERY MORNING. SEEING THE SMILES ON EACH OF MY GRAND CHILDREN'S FACES AS THEY EXCEL THROUGH LIFE. TEACHING THEM ABOUT GOD AND HOPING THAT WHEN THE TIME COMES THAT THE LORD WILL HOLD THEM CLOSE AND PROTECT THEM FROM SOME OF LIFE'S UNPREDICTABLE EVENTS.





I SUDDENLY HAD A THOUGHT ALL THE DEPRESSION AND SADNESS I WENT THROUGH ALL THAT WAS BECAUSE I WANTED TO SET MYSELF UP AS SOMETHING ABOVE ALL ELSE. I WANTED TO BE AT THE HEAD OF HE TABLE. I WANTED TO BE SOMEBODY. THE TRUTH IS : I WAS ALWAYS SOMEBODY BUT I FELT LIKE I WAS NOTHING. IT WASN'T UNTIL LATER YEARS THAT I REALIZED THAT ALL THAT PRIDE MEANT NOTHING. THE ONLY REAL MEANINGS COME FROM YOUR FAMILY. THE PAIN I FELT, AS I FELT LIKE A FAILURE AS A MOTHER YET I DID NOTHING ABOUT IT. ALL THE WASTED TEARS AND WASTED YEARS I GAVE TO SATAN. HE ROLLED ME AROUND LIKE A BALL OF YARN MY MISERY GROWING AS I ADDED THE GUILT LAYER AFTER LAYER. I CAN SEE THAT NOW BUT THE BLINDERS WERE WAY TO THICK BACK THEN.





IT WASN'T UNTIL I SET DOWN ONE DAY AND SAID "WHAT AM I DOING?" I'VE ALWAYS SAID I TRUSTED GOD YET I NEVER ONCE TURNED OVER MY LIFE TO HIM. I WAS TRYING TO FIX THINGS MYSELF ,BE IN CONTROL, BE SOMETHING I'M NOT. THE WORST EMBARRASSMENT I EVER HAD WAS TO ADMIT I CAN'T HANDLE MY LIFE AND THAT I AM A COMPLETE FAILURE AT MY ATTEMPTS. I STILL TRY TO CONTROL THINGS. IF I HAVE A PROBLEM I STILL SPEND MANY HOURS TRYING TO FIND A SOLUTION. IT IS WHEN I FINALLY GIVE UP THAT GOD SAYS "WATCH THIS" AND FIXES IT WITH THE GREATEST OF EASE.





WHEN A FRIEND WAS SUFFERING SO MUCH AND I HEARD HIM TRYING TO ANALYZE HIS PROBLEM THAT I REALIZED THAT HE WASN'T LETTING GO AND LETTING GOD TAKE CARE OF IT. HE WAS STILL PUTTING A HUMAN FACTOR IN THE EQUATION AND SADLY I KNEW GOD WAS WAITING ON HIM TO GIVE UP AND HAND IT TO HIM.





I DON'T THINK WE REALIZE THAT AS LONG A WE INTERVENE GOD WILL LET US TRY TO SOLVE THE PUZZLE. A FRIEND TOLD ME ONCE THAT GOD WAS CRUEL IF HE LET PEOPLE SUFFER SO, BUT I BELIEVE THAT IT'S A LEARNING PROCESS AND WE USUALLY WALK AWAY WITH A BETTER UNDERSTANDING OF HOW GOD WORKS. OF COURSE I DON'T JUST SET BACK AND SAY ITS YOUR PROBLEM GOD BECAUSE I AM HUMAN AND PUTTING IN THE HUMAN FACTOR IS WHAT HUMANS DO. I STILL SPEND MANY HOURS TRYING TO SOLVE EVERYTHING INCLUDING HOW THE UNIVERSE WORKS. I MAY AS WELL AIM HIGH AFTER ALL WHO KNOWS GOD MIGHT JUST ANSWER THAT PROBLEM FOR ME ONE DAY TOO.

THINKING ABOUT THE FOOT OFTHE CROSS

SINCE I WROTE MY ARTICLE THE OTHER DAY I HAVE PONDERED ON WHAT ALL THIS MEANT TO ME. WHY DID SUDDENLY OUT OF THE BLUE DID I BEGIN TO BE INTERESTED IN THE FOOT OF THE CROSS? WHAT COULD IT ALL MEAN TO ME?
WELL I MENTALLY PUT MYSELF THERE AND WHAT I SAW WAS HORRIFYING. I WONDERED HOW THIS MADE A DIFFERENCE. IT WASN'T UNTIL I LOOKED AT SOME OF THE PICTURES OF JESUS ON THE CROSS THAT SUDDENLY IT HIT ME. HOW WE TAMED DOWN THE TONE OF THIS GRUESOME ACT SO THAT IT DOESN'T INTIMIDATE US TO MUCH. I HAVE HEARD PEOPLE SPEAK ABOUT THE MOVIE THE PASSION AND HOW GHASTLY IT IS. WELL THE REAL TRUTH IS THAT MOVIE DID NOT DO JUSTICE TO THE BRUTALITY THAT JESUS ENDURED. AS UNMERCIFUL AS IT WAS JESUS ENDURED TEN FOLD THE BRUTALITY.
IT CAME TO ME THAT MAYBE IF WE HAVE TAMED DOWN THE DEATH OF CHRIST IN OUR MIND MAYBE WE ALSO HAVE MEDDLED WITH OUR PERCEPTION OF SIN. THAT WE RECREATED OUR OWN INTERPRETATION OF SIN SO THAT IT WOULDN'T SO DOMINEERING IN OUR LIVES. THAT EVERYTHING JESUS DIED FOR MAY BE CHANGED TO A TENTH OF WHAT WE PERCEIVE AS SIN. THAT WOULD MAKE US NINETY PERCENT SINNERS AND WE DON'T EVEN PERCEIVE IT. THAT IS REALLY A SCARY THOUGHT.

AT THE FOOT OF THE CROSS

I AWOKE THIS MORNING WITH SOMETHING ON MY MIND SO POWERFUL I HAD TO WRITE IT DOWN BEFORE I COULD EVEN START MY DAY.

I KNEW THERE MUST BE SOME REASON WHY THE FOOT OF THE CROSS COULD BE SO IMPORTANT. I KNOW WHY IT IS ,IN A SENSE , BECAUSE THIS IS WHERE YOU LAY ALL YOUR SINS. BUT THINGS LIKE JESUS SPEAKING ABOUT THE FOOT OF THE TABLE KEEP CREEPING UP IN MY MIND. THERE HAD TO BE A REASON WHY JESUS KELP REFERRING TO THE FOOT OF THE TABLE. I KNEW IMMEDIATELY JESUS WAS SPEAKING ABOUT HIMSELF WHEN HE TOLD THIS PARABLE. AFTER ALL WHOM WAS MORE HUMBLE THAN JESUS.

IN MY MIND I DEBATE THIS FACT OVER AND OVER. IS THAT HOW WE COME INTO THIS WORLD AT TH FOOT OF THE TABLE? AFTER ALL WE ARE BORN WITHOUT SIN OR ARE WE? I AWAYS HEARD THAT WE DON'T HAVE TO TEACH A CHILD TO BE A SINNER BUT WE DO HAVE TO TEACH THEM HOW NOT TO. IF WE ARE BORN NATURAL SINNERS THEN HOW DID JESUS ESCAPE THE TENDENCIES TO SIN THAT WE ARE ALL BORN WITH? WE ALL KNOW THAT HE DIED WITHOUT EVER SINNING.

HE NEVER EXALTED HIMSELF OVER ANY THING AND FACED FEAR IN A MIGHTY HUMBLE WAY. HE ALWAYS SEATED HIMSELF SO THAT HE WAS JUST A GUEST AND WAITED TO BE INVITED TO THE HEAD OF THE TABLE. HE STILL SITS AT THE BOTTOM OF EACH OF OUR TABLES AND WAITS ON US TO INVITE HIM TO THE HEAD OF OUR TABLE. THE SHEAR MAGNITUDE OF HIS INNOCENCE SOMETIMES EVADES ALL UNDERSTANDING. WHY WOULD ANY HUMANE BEING GO THROUGH WHAT HE WENT THROUGH FOR A WEAK MINDED PERSON LIKE ME.

IF YOU HAD BEEN AT THE FOOT OF THE CROSS AND LOOKED UP WHAT YOU SAW WOULD HAVE TERRIFIED YOU SO THAT THAT SLEEP MIGHT NEVER COME AGAIN. TO SEE A FRAIL AND NUB OF A MAN HANGING BREATHING HIS LAST BREATHE, BLEEDING PROFUSELY, AND TORTURED BEYOND OUR COMPREHENSION. YOU CAN BELIEVE THAT HIS FLESH WAS SCULPTURED TO HORRIFY ONLOOKERS SO THEY WOULD FLEE IN TERROR. THIS MAN WOULD HAVE BEEN CARVED UP SO BAD, SO THAT THE ROMANS COULD MAKE A POINT TO THE PEOPLE, THAT REVOLT WAS FUTILE. THE NAILS OR SPIKES WERE USED TO STRIKE SHOCK AND HORROR IN THE HEARTS OF ALL WHO SAW OR HEARD ABOUT HIS DEATH . THIS EXECUTION WAS DESIGNED TO STRIKE FEAR IN THE STRONGEST OF HEARTS. JESUS BEING MUCH MORE OF A THREAT THAN ANY ORDINARY THIEF. THEY WOULD HAVE MADE A EXAMPLE OF HIM SO ALL HOPE WOULD DIE WITH HIM. TORTURING HIM BEYOND ANY ORDINARY MAN, KEEPING HIM ALIVE AS LONG AS THEY COULD TO PARADE HIM BEFORE THE PEOPLE AS AN EXAMPLE OF THEIR POWER. I CAN IMAGINE THAT THE DEVIL WAS LAUGHING UNCONTROLLABLY THINKING HE HAD WON AND DEFEATED THE GREAT AND POWERFUL GOD.

ALL THAT MEN HAD DEDICATED, EVERY THING THEY OWNED , AND MENTALLY PRAISED WAS DIEING BEFORE THEIR EYES. THEIR SAVIOUR WAS SUDDENLY JUST A MAN. HOW THEY MUST HAVE GRIEVED. HOW GLOOMY THE EARTH MUST HAVE SEEMED AS DREAMS WERE BEFORE THE ON LOOKER'S EYES AND SUDDENLY AT THE FOOT OF THE CROSS THE MOST MELANCHOLY DAY IN THE HISTORY OF MAN.

THE MOVIE THE PASSION PROBABLY ONLY SCRATCHED THE SURFACE OF THIS MAN'S TORTURE AND TORMENT. IF ONLY THE ROMANS COULD SEE THE FUTURE THEY WOULD HAVE SAW THAT THIS VERY DISPLAY OF THEIR POWER AND MIGHTY FORM OF PUNISHMENT, WOULD BE A TOOL, THAT REACHES OUT THROUGH SO MANY GENERATIONS DOING EXACTLY THE OPPOSITE OF WHAT THEY HAD HOPED TO ACHIEVE. THE CROSS BEING THE SYMBOL OF HOPE AND PROSPERITY. WHO COULD HAVE ENGINEERED SUCH A PLAN? WHAT WAS MAN'S MOST DISPIRITED DAY BECAME THE MOST SPIRITED DAY IN MANKIND'S EXISTENCE. THREE DAYS OF PAIN, TORTURE, AND DEATH COMES THE HOLY SPIRIT, THE COMFORTER, NEW HOPE, RENEWED GLORY, NEW POWER, AS THE PROMISES OF GOD BECOME ALIVE.

BED OF FLOWERS

I WAS RIDING TO BREVARD THE OTHER DAY AND WE PASSED THIS FIELD OF FLOWERS. A MAN HAD SET UP A CAMERA AND A VERY GORGEOUS LADY SAT IN THE THE MIDDLE OF THE FLOWERS. WHAT AN ALLURING BACKGROUND FOR ANY ONE.

GOD SPOKE TO ME AND SAID YOU SEE ,THIS IS WHAT I WANT FOR ALL MY CHILDREN TO SIT IN THE MIDDLE OF THE MOST BEAUTIFUL OF MY CREATIONS AND STAND OUT AS THE MOST ELEGANT OF MY CREATIONS. TO SHINE ABOVE THE THE VIVID AND LOVELY LAYOUT OF MY BLANKET OF COLOR . I COULD THINK OF NOTHING ELSE FOR QUITE A WHILE. WHAT A WONDERFUL IDEA GOD CREATED, WHAT AN AWESOME PLAN.

IF I THOUGHT THAT THE LESSON WAS OVER I WAS VERY MISTAKEN. AS WE CAME BACK I SAW THE SAME MAN IN THE SAME FIELD OF FLOWERS, HE WAS ALONE AND HE HAD HIS CAMERA ON ONE FLOWER. OUT OF THOUSANDS OF FLOWERS SOME PURPLE, SOME YELLOW, AND SOME WHITE ,HE FOCUSED ON ONE FLOWER. GOD SPOKE TO ME AGAIN AND SAID "DID YOU NOTICE THAT ALL THE FLOWERS WERE JUST AS EXQUISITE AS THE ONE HE WAS FOCUSED ON? THEY ALL WERE JUST AS APPEALING ,EVEN THOUGH THEY WERE DIFFERENT IN COLOR, IN SIZE, AND IN LOCATIONS, THEY ALL WERE JUST AS MARVELOUS AND ASTOUNDING. THIS IS HOW I VIEW A PERSON, I SINGLE YOU OUT AND CREATE A IMAGE THAT IS ENTICING AND ELEGANT. THAT EVEN THOUGH YOU ARE ONE OF THE THOUSANDS ,YOU ARE THE ONE CHOSEN TO BE THE PERFECT PICTURE. THIS IS HOW I ALWAYS HOPE TO SEE YOU EVEN IF YOU WITHER AWAY, YOU WILL ALWAYS BE THIS ONE PERFECT FLOWER IN THE FIELD OF FLOWERS."

LIFE CHANGES

I WAS PONDERING ABOUT SOME OF MY CHANGES I HAVE BEEN THROUGH IN MY LIFE AND WHEN I LOOK BACK I SUDDENLY REALIZE GOD HAS ALWAYS WORKED THINGS OUT FOR ME. THE WORSE THINGS THAT HAS HAPPENED TO ME STEERED ME RIGHT INTO THE CORRECT PATH.

I REMEMBER ONE TIME WHEN MY LIFE HAD SUNKEN INTO AN ALL TIME LOW WHEN I WAS ABOUT 26. I HAD STARTED DRINKING JUST TO COPE. I HAD BECOME SO PARANOID THAT I WOULDN'T EVEN STEP OUT OF MY HOUSE FOR FEAR SOMEONE WOULD SEE ME. MY ANSWER WAS TO STAY DRUNK SO I COULD ASSOCIATE WITH PEOPLE. I HAD TO BE DRUNK JUST TO GO WHERE PEOPLE WERE. I REALLY SUNK BELOW THE SURFACE AND DROWNING EVEN SOUNDED DESIRABLE TO THE LIFE I WAS LIVING.

TO ESCALATE MATTERS MORE TOWARDS HELL, I GOT EVICTED FROM THE TRAILER PARK I LIVED IN 4 MONTHS BEFORE FINAL PAYOFF ON MY TRAILER ,WHICH I FELT WAS REAL UNFAIR SINCE THE EVICTION HAD NOTHING TO DO WITH ANYTHING I HAD DONE. TO MAKE MATTERS WORSE I BURNED BOTH HANDS AND BOTH FEET TWO DAYS AFTER THE EVICTION. NO ONE COULD HELP ME MOVE, NO ONE HAD ANY MONEY AND I FELT THE AS IF MY WORLD HAD EXPLODED AROUND ME. HERE I WAS WITH THREE CHILDREN, NO JOB, NO HOME AND NO ONE TO HELP ME.

I COULD HAVE COMMITTED SUICIDE IT WOULD HAVE BEEN THE EASIEST THING TO DO AND YOU CAN BELIEVE I FELT LIKE IT. THE DEVIL HAD A FIELD DAY TELLING ME WHAT A LOW DOWN PIECE OF SCUM I WAS. WHAT A FAILURE I WAS AS A PARENT AND EVEN AS A HUMAN BEING. I ROLLED AROUND IN SELF PITY AND PULLED IN EVERYBODY I COULD INTO MY PITY WORLD. I DEPRESSED MYSELF WITH ALL MY PITY STORIES.

GOD KNEW THAT LIKE SWIMMING WHEN I GOT TO THE BOTTOM I WOULD KICK BACK OFF AND HEAD BACK TO THE TOP. HE KNEW I COULDN'T STAY UNDER FOR LONG THAT I'M A NATURAL FLOATER. HE KNEW THAT ONE DAY I WOULD WAGE WAR ON THE DEVIL AND START SWINGING. I FLOATED AROUND WITH MY CHILDREN FOR A WHILE AND WATCHED THE FEAR IN THEIR EYES THAT THIS WAS THE LIFE THAT THEY WERE GOING TO LIVE. I HAD ENOUGH AND REACHED INSIDE MYSELF AND PULLED OUT THE BAT AND SWUNG WITH ALL MY MIGHT AND KNOCKED THAT DEVIL OFF HIS FEET.

I GOT ME A PLACE TO LIVE AND WENT BACK TO WORK. I STOPPED DRINKING AND WATCHED THE SMILES OF MY CHILDREN AS I GAVE THANKS FOR EACH AND EVERY ONE. EVERY HUG WAS A TREASURE AND I WONDERED HOW I COULD HAVE BEEN SO BLIND THAT I COULDN'T SEE THAT IN FRONT OF ME WAS THE MOST PRECIOUS THING GOD COULD EVER GIVE A PERSON ,MY CHILDREN. I KNEW THAT THIS IS HOW GOD FEELS WHEN WE SMILE KNOWING HE IS CARING FOR US AND MEETING OUR NEEDS .
THE JOY OF UNCONDITIONAL LOVE SHARED THROUGH UNCONDITIONAL HEARTS.

AS I LOOK BACK I SEE HOW GOD HAD TO KICK MY ASS JUST TO GET ME TO WAKE UP. I WAS SO EVOLVED AROUND MYSELF THAT I COULDN'T EVEN SEE THAT ALL I NEEDED WAS ALWAYS THERE. HOW HE FORCED ME TO CHANGE, BY MAKING ME FACE ,MY ULTIMATE ENEMY ,ME! TO TAKE A LONG LOOK AT THE MONSTER I HAD BECOME. HE FORCED ME TO EXPELLED THE DEMONS THAT HAD CAME RIGHT OUT OF HELL TO PROCESS ME.

EVERYDAY I PRAY THANKS TO GOD THAT I CAN WAKE UP AND TAKE A LONG LOOK AT THAT PERSON I WAS AND BE GRATEFUL THAT HE MADE ME SUCH A GREAT SWIMMER THAT I CAN TREAD WATER FOR AS LONG AS IT TAKES AND THAT HE GIVES ME THE INSIGHT TO LOOK FOR LAND WHEN I AM STRANDED IN THE THE OCEAN OF LIFE.

I WAS THINKING TODAY ABOUT LOSING OUR WORSHIP LEADER IN OUR CHURCH AGAIN. I DON'T ENVY THE PERSON WHO GETS TO TAKE HIS PLACE. I DON'T KNOW IF YOU EVER THOUGHT ABOUT IT BUT THIS MUST BE THE WORSE POSITION TO HAVE IN THE CHURCH. FIRST HERE'S THAT THIN LINE BETWEEN LEADING WORSHIP AND BEING WORSHIPED. I HAVE SEEN SO MANY WORSHIP LEADERS WHO THINK THAT IF EVERYONE IS NOT INTO THE WORSHIP MODE ,THAT ITS ALL THEIR FAULT. YOU KNOW SATAN TAKES ADVANTAGE OF PEOPLES DOUBT AND FEEDS ON THIS AND REALLY CAN BRING DOWN THE CONGREGATION JUST BY WHISPERING INTO THE WORSHIP LEADERS HEAD.

AFTER ALL SATAN WAS GOD'S WORSHIP LEADER AND LOOK WHERE HE LED THE ANGELS IN HEAVEN. HE FELT HE SHOULD BE WORSHIPED FOR HIS ABILITIES ,AND SO HE WAS, BY A THIRD OF THE HEAVENLY HOST. YOU SEE WHERE IT GOT HIM AND HE SURE DON'T WANT TO BE THERE ALONE ,AFTER ALL, WHO WOULD WORSHIP HIM AND MAKE HIM FEEL BETTER ABOUT HOW HE WAS REJECTED BY GOD.

SURE LIVING FOR GOD IS HARD, AND IF SATAN IS NOT PUTTING UP A FUSS AND MAKING YOUR LIFE DIFFICULT ,THEN YOU, BETTER REEVALUATE YOUR BELIEFS. IF YOU TRULY BELIEVE IN GOD THEN YOU NEED BATTLE SATAN ON A DAILY BASIS. THE TRICK IS TO KNOW WHEN ITS SATAN OR JUST GOD TESTING YOU. I FIND LOOKING AT THE END RESULTS USUALLY MAKE IT CLEAR AS GOD STEERS YOU TO SOMETHING BETTER AND SATAN STEERS YOU AS FAR FROM GOD AS HE CAN.

I WOULD SURE BE WORRIED IF SATAN WASN'T PUTTING UP A FIGHT THEN I WOULD KNOW THAT EITHER I AM NO THREAT TO HIM OR I HAVE DRIFTED SO FAR AWAY FROM GOD THAT HE HAS NO INTEREST IN ME. IF I AM TRYING TO DO SOMETHING FOR GOD AND EVERY THING IS COMING AGAINST ME THEN I FEEL ELATED . I KNOW THAT WHAT I AM DOING WILL BENEFIT GOD IN ALL HIS GLORY BECAUSE SATAN IS SO AGAINST THE END RESULT.

CATERPILLARS AND TADPOLES

SOMETIMES WHEN WE TRY TO TEACH OUR CHILDREN THE SIMPLEST THINGS ARE RIGHT IN FRONT OF US. THE OTHER DAY WHILE WATCHING TV A SIMPLE CARTOON MADE A LESSON COME TO LIFE.

THE CARTOON WAS ABOUT A CATERPILLAR THAT THOUGHT SHE WAS SO UGLY. WHEN SHE LEARNED SHE WOULD SOMEDAY BE VERY BEAUTIFUL AND HER LIFE WOULD CHANGE IN A MARVELOUS WAY. ALL SHE COULD DO WAS BRAG. SHE WENT AROUND THE POND BRAGGING AND EVERYONE TOLD HER HOW GREAT IT WAS THAT ONE DAY SHE WOULD BE VERY BEAUTIFUL AND GRACEFUL.

WHEN SHE CAME TO THE TADPOLE SHE BRAGGED AND HE WAS SO JEALOUS. HE BOMBARDED HER WITH QUESTIONS. HOW, WHEN AND CAN YOU BE SURE. SHE ANSWERED THEM ALL IN A VERY PROUD WAY. HE BECAME OBSESSED WITH HER STORY AND QUESTIONED HER OVER AND OVER. SO SHE SAID JUST WATCH, AND AND I WILL SHOW YOU. SHE BEGAN SPINNING A CACOON AS HE ASKED WHY, SHE TOLD HIM JUST TO WATCH. SOON SHE FINISHED HER JOB AFTER SHE TOLD THE TADPOLE THAT SHE WOULD RETURN SOON. SHE DISAPPEARED INSIDE. HE WATCHED AND WATCHED AND WAITED ON HER DAILY TO RETURN.

FINALLY THE DAY CAME AND SHE EMERGED AND AS SHE HAD PREDICTED SHE WAS MORE BEAUTIFUL THAN HE HAD IMAGINED AND HER LIFE HAD CHANGED. NOW SHE COULD FLY AND SHE FLEW GRACEFULLY AROUND AND AROUND SHOWING OFF. THE TADPOLE HAD NEVER IMAGINED THAT SHE WOULD BE SO BEAUTIFUL AND SO CHANGED . HE WAS SO HAPPY THAT HE JUMPED UP ON THE BANK.

HOW DID I DO THAT? HE ASKED AND HE LOOKED DOWN , HE HAD LEGS. WHERE DID THESE COME FROM?. HE HAD BEEN SO CONSUMED WITH THE CATERPILLAR AND HER CHANGE HE HAD NOT EVEN NOTICED THAT HE HAD CHANGED TO AND HIS LIFE WOULD BE CHANGING BECAUSE HE HIMSELF HAD CHANGED . NOW HE WAS ON THE LAND AND ABLE TO JUMP AROUND AND LIVE A WHOLE NEW LIFE.

SOMETIMES WE BECOME SO CONSUMED WITH HOW OTHERS ARE CHANGING AND SO JEALOUS THAT WE DON'T NOTICE THAT WE ARE LOSING OUR TAILS. THAT OUR CHANGES ARE JUST AS IMPORTANT AS THOSE OF THE OTHER PEOPLE. THAT IF WE LOOK MORE AT OURSELVES THAT WE WOULD REALIZE THAT OUR JOURNEY IS JUST AS IMPORTANT AS THE PEOPLE WE ADMIRE. THAT WE ARE GROWING LEGS THAT WILL SET US FREE IN THE WORLD THAT WE LIVE IN.