Voice of the Introverts

“And shall cast them into the furnace of fire: there shall be weeping and nashing of teeth.” Matthew 13:50

Over two thousand years ago humanity was finally given some direction. A star pointed to a place in Bethlehem where God sent to the world a Savior, His Son, to point us into the direction of eternal life. The curse of sin was, and is, still on this world, but we have been given a rare gift. It is our choice to receive or refuse, but it is the gift of eternal life. It is a gift, because it was freely given and it was first introduced to us by the simple sign of a star leading people to that gift. In the scriptures we are told the ones that followed that star for at least two years were wise men. Today, we should consider those that choose not to follow that star, if those that follow it are wise, what should we consider those that go the other direction to be (hint: the opposite is foolish). (Don’t come down on me, this is Scriptural).

“For unto us a child is born, unto us as son is given:…” Isaiah 9:6a.

Over two thousand years ago humanity was finally given some direction. A star pointed to a place in Bethlehem where God sent to the world a Savior, His Son, to point us into the direction of eternal life. The curse of sin was, and is, still on this world, but we have been given a rare gift. It is our choice to receive or refuse, but it is the gift of eternal life. It is a gift, because it was freely given and it was first introduced to us by the simple sign of a star leading people to that gift. In the scriptures we are told the ones that followed that star for at least two years were wise men. Today, we should consider those that choose to follow that star are wise men (and women) too.

 Time takes its toll, and like any normal person I run out of stuff to say; with this edition I will attempt to just write down random thoughts. When you read this and there is a title other than random stuff you can only assume a rational thought actually found its way into my head. I say normal person but that is on the scale of introvert normality, which in your opinion might be somewhat skewed. Normal people do not talk incessantly or dominate conversations or talk 90 miles an hour (you know who you are). Normal people listen for a while before something stupid comes out of their mouth (sometimes that can take months, or even years). This normal behavior does upset people sometimes; we are not trying to be rude, just trying to formulate in our heads what should come out that would not be too rude or thoughtless. The trouble is, we start the conversation before that process is fully developed which causes a lot of problems which we did not mean to put into motion.  I will start the motor running (disclaimer: when I write this the words come out quicker sometimes and it comes out in that fashion that has not been rummaging around in the head long enough and it could be offensive. Take the info coming with a grain of salt and don’t necessarily get your dander up.)

   On the Muslim being elected mayor of NYC:  We, as a nation were apparently not aware of Muslim infiltration in countries in Europe. We think to be a world class country we have to let everyone have a chance. Alice, we are now dropping down the rabbit hole. We have eaten the little tube of stuff that said ‘eat me’ and now have grown to such tremendous proportions that our body has overtaken our brains and we are stuck. We can’t move up or down. This was not the only tube we ate. Some states voted back in democrats because well, I presume that they like going down rabbit holes.  Get a grip people, hold on. The ride is about to get even bumpier.

   On President Trump: President Trump has been great, especially after the last four years we had. The President has been trying to get the economy back on track and pushing to take care of the problem of people illegally in this country who have been draining our economy. President Trump is great, he has been trying to steer the country back towards some resemblance of what our forefathers invisioned, but he is not the Savior of the world. If you are putting your trust in the President, you need someone to examine your principals and more than likely, your head.

   On the situation of the country after the assassination of Charlie Kirk:  I have to be very careful what I say here. The aftermath has created among Gen Xrs what appears to be a very large revival. This is a very good thing. I am not trying to put a damper on this, but am just praying that it is real, and it lasts. When 9-11 happened there was massive influx of people getting back into church and being ‘spiritual’. (It did not last long. Look where we are today – the ‘religion’ that took down the world trade center is now elected to mayor of the same city.) I am just saying, this looks like a revival of faith in the young people of today, just pray that it is real and not another 9-11 aftermath that loses steam in five years or so.

   On politics in general: I saw a meme recently that hit the nail on the head – in Latin, poly means many, and tics is a blood sucking insect – just compare that with Congress and you have your true definition. We see all sorts of weird concepts coming into fruition being recognized by our government as valid things, and all these valid things are leading the country down that rabbit hole away from God and everything the Christian faith stands for (a rabbit hole that we will be stuck in with no way of escape),

   On me, as an introvert (in general):  Well, I am generally in awe of people who can actually express themselves in a speaking capacity. I cannot get words out to actually talk to someone in a concise manner. Public speaking is hard to do but I seem to find that talking one on one can be just as difficult, if not worse. In having an actual conversation I am given a topic and it takes a bit for it to kick in and me to be able to respond in any recognition of an actual human voice. If I am with a group of people and a conversation is going on around me I, more often don’t join in. The thing that happens is, when I do think of something to add to the discussion, someone else is in mid-sentence and I have been told that it is rude to jump in when someone else is talking (this has happened before, several times). In order not to be rude I wait, and by the end of the other persons sentence I have forgotten what I was going to say. I presume at this point, if you have not tuned out already you realize my dilemma. I am saying this to let you know what a problem this is being a Christian and wanting to witness and tell others about Christ but nothing being able to come out of your math in a recognizable human interaction. In church when other men are praying, I feel like the Peanuts comic strip where others are very intelligent and seeing all sorts of elaborate scenes in the clouds, I am Charlie Brown and only see the ducky and the horsey.  That is being an introvert in a nutshell – not being able to communicate in the manner we would like. That is where this blog came in and how it came to be, to give me some voice that I can communicate things that are important and that I cannot get out any other way. 

   “Blessed are they that keep his testimonies, and that seek him with the whole heart.”    Psalm 119:2

~AE

While the country was sitting around twiddling its thumbs some really unholy and unhealthy things were going on behind the scenes. Unholy people were denying God, turning His grace into evil and evil into good.

Jude 4 says it this way: “For there are certain men crept in unawares, who were before of old ordained to this condemnation, ungodly men, turning the grace of our God into lasciviousness, and denying the only Lord God, and our Lord Jesus Christ.”

Forward: 

Several years ago when our grandkids were still pretty young, for some reason they kept asking me to write a story. I was not sure why, but I decided to give it a go. They kept wanting more, so more kept getting added to it until finally it engulfed the whole family. It wound up being pretty long but it was a good bedtime story after all. I decided to send it on to you so maybe it will put your kids or grandkids to sleep too! Put your kids names in the story when you read and put them on the spy trail that our grandkids were on at the time!

For those of you who went to public school, do you remember how cruel kids can be?  (Mind you, I am talking fifty years ago, before guns and major violence became a part of what seems to be everyday life now.) I am talking just general behavior of teens and even younger if they are not held in check. Scripture instructs us to keep our children close to God. Our government took God out of our education system. When that happened it created a Pandoras Box that eventually led to the confusion and violence that is going on in schools today.

“The days of our years are threescore years and ten; and if by reason of strength they be fourscore years, yet is their strength labor and sorrow; for it is soon cut off, and we fly away.”      Psalm 90:10.

     I have reached it. The gravy years. Some say it is the golden years, but gold does not interest me at all. What use is gold, other than it is worth a lot of money now, but at this age there would not be a lot that I could do with that. Gravy. Gravy is that extra something that you add to a meal to make the dry wet and the bland have some taste. You can hit me with all the gold you want, but I am no longer supposed to have much gravy. In gravy there is too much sodium, too much fat – too much of the good stuff that I am not supposed to partake in. 

Father, thank you first of all for the gift of your Son that provided me, and so many others, the gift of eternal life.  Thank you that because of that gift I know exactly what the ultimate outcome of all things will be. Help me, Lord to remember this in times of distress and discouragement, and, that in those times that those thoughts can be dispelled. They can be dispelled just by the fact of Your ultimate victory. I should not worry, and if I do, you are right beside me holding me up.