Where are we going?
I recently received a letter from a friend who has returned to school substituting after home schooling for 22 years...she asked her class of 40, "why do we have Christmas?" A fair question as "winter break" was coming soon......not one child knew even the historical reason for Christmas .....a sad commentary...it was for presents, winter weather, etc....no mention of Christ...
Cal Thomas "-The late British diplomat Sir John Glubb wrote a book called "The Fate of Empires and Search For Survival." Glubb noted the average age of empires since the time of ancient Assyria (859-612 B.C.) is 250 years. Only the Mameluke Empire in Egypt and the Levant (1250-1517) made it as far as 267 years. America is 238 years old and is exhibiting signs of decline.
All empires begin, writes Glubb, with the age of pioneers, followed by ages of conquest, commerce, affluence, intellect and decadence. America appears to have reached the age of decadence, which Glubb defines as marked by "defensiveness, pessimism, materialism, frivolity, an influx of foreigners, the welfare state, (and) a weakening of religion.""
Theses two quotes have touched my heart in the last day or so.....what are my children and grandchildren and on....going to face in their world?
God is still on the throne, and is ever present, but there may not be the comfortable, acceptable, the unpersecuted Christianity for them as we know it today...our country may not look like it does today....the "rules" may change...I pray that they will stand strong in their faith...through whatever they face...
Thank YOU, God, for the generations to come, for Your watchcare, Your strength. You promise never to leave or forsake...
Hebrews 13:5-6 Keep your lives free from the love of money and be content with what you have, because God has said,“Never will I leave you; never will I forsake you.” So we say with confidence,“The Lord is my helper; I will not be afraid. What can mere mortals do to me?”
Psalm 94:1-23 The Lord is a God who avenges.O God who avenges, shine forth. Rise up, Judge of the earth;pay back to the proud what they deserve. How long, Lord, will the wicked,how long will the wicked be jubilant? They pour out arrogant words;all the evildoers are full of boasting. They crush your people, Lord;they oppress your inheritance. They slay the widow and the foreigner;they murder the fatherless. They say, “The Lord does not see;the God of Jacob takes no notice.” Take notice, you senseless ones among the people;you fools, when will you become wise? Does he who fashioned the ear not hear?Does he who formed the eye not see? Does he who disciplines nations not punish?Does he who teaches mankind lack knowledge? The Lord knows all human plans;he knows that they are futile. Blessed is the one you discipline, Lord,the one you teach from your law; you grant them relief from days of trouble,till a pit is dug for the wicked. For the Lord will not reject his people;he will never forsake his inheritance. Judgment will again be founded on righteousness,and all the upright in heart will follow it. Who will rise up for me against the wicked?Who will take a stand for me against evildoers? Unless the Lord had given me help,I would soon have dwelt in the silence of death. When I said, “My foot is slipping,”your unfailing love, Lord, supported me. When anxiety was great within me,your consolation brought me joy. Can a corrupt throne be allied with you—a throne that brings on misery by its decrees? The wicked band together against the righteousand condemn the innocent to death. But the Lord has become my fortress,and my God the rock in whom I take refuge. He will repay them for their sinsand destroy them for their wickedness;the Lord our God will destroy them.
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