There are times, lately, I wish I could put my head in the sand and not see what is happening in the world around me...you know, "ignorance is bliss"...but that doesn't make the bad things go away or make them any better...and my ignorance is not peaceful or blissful...
It seems that the world around is crumbling in my generation, or did all generations think that? Were other generations offended, dismayed by issues around them?
The printing of the Bible? That was offensive to some, heretical even...to let the masses read scripture...that was unheard of...
The "upbeat" music of the Wesleyans, wow, that was over the top...
Freedom of religion....aha...
Centuries of ridicule, enslavement, death to Jews, Christians, ....and that has not stopped...even in our "enlightened" modern times...hatred has not "evolved" away and kindness has not taken over the world without God...like some would wish...
What is Good is sometimes looked upon as bad and visa versa..are we in the end times? That is not a question we can answer...it just feels like it ....when will God be tired of the wickedness as he was in Noah's time or Sodom and Gomorrah ?... He knows...
In the meantime, I am to pray for my government, love those around me, hate what is evil, cling to that is good...be devoted...be prepared in season...live peaceably...
thank YOU...that Your Love covers all...that revenge is Yours....Judgement is sure...You know the times...
Psalm 5:5-6 The arrogant cannot stand in your presence. You hate all who do wrong; you destroy those who tell lies.The bloodthirsty and deceitful you, Lord, detest.
Psalm 11:5 The Lord examines the righteous, but the wicked, those who love violence, he hates with a passion.
Psalm 36:1-6 I have a message from God in my heart concerning the sinfulness of the wicked:There is no fear of God Before their eyes. In their own eyes they flatter themselves too much to detect or hate their sin.
The words of their mouths are wicked and deceitful;they fail to act wisely or do good.
Even on their beds they plot evil; they commit themselves to a sinful course and do not reject what is wrong.
Your love, Lord, reaches to the heavens, your faithfulness to the skies. Your righteousness is like the highest mountains,your justice like the great deep.You, Lord, preserve both people and animals.
Psalm 97:10 Let those who love the Lord hate evil, for he guards the lives of his faithful ones and delivers them from the hand of the wicked.
Proverbs 6:16-19 There are six things the Lord hates,
seven that are detestable to him:
haughty eyes,
a lying tongue,
hands that shed innocent blood,
a heart that devises wicked schemes,
feet that are quick to rush into evil,
a false witness who pours out lies and a person who stirs up conflict in the community.
Romans 12:9-13 Love must be sincere.
Hate what is evil; cling to what is good.
Be devoted to one another in love.
Honor one another above yourselves.
Never be lacking in zeal, but keep your spiritual fervor, serving the Lord.
Be joyful in hope, patient in affliction, faithful in prayer.
Share with the Lord’s people who are in need. Practice hospitality.
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