Voice of the Introverts

Let’s get this thing back on track. This is not supposed to be a mostly political blog. We have been delving too deep into feelings and reactions. On this week of Thanksgiving, let’s just pause and get into that mode – a mode of thankfulness. Can we do that please? We will just let the LORD deal with all the social mess in His timing.

  “For the time will come when they will not endure sound doctrine; but after their own lusts shall they heap to themselves teachers, having itching ears;” 

   “And they shall turn away their ears from the truth, and shall be turned into fables.”      2 Timothy 4:3-4

   “The time has come! The time is now! – Dr. Suess

Let me preface by saying that we are writing this article 2 weeks before the presidential election. Let me also play a game that my wife plays with me sometimes (which I am not too fond of) called what if’n. What if’n you would say this or that to me, what if’n we would have done this instead of that. We can what if’n ’til the cows come home, but it will not change the outcome of anything. Grace and I are going to play what if’n with the election, and we will see which is the closer to the eventual outcome of this slugfest that is going on that we call an election.

“Get wisdom, get understanding: forget it not; neither decline from the words of my mouth. Forsake her not, and she shall preserve thee: love her, and she shall keep thee. Wisdom is the principal thing; therefore get wisdom: and with all thy getting get understanding.”     Proverbs 5:5-7

We Americans are so used to messing things up we don’t even remember what and why we mess things up. For instance, we continue to butcher our own language. Beautiful words that made up part of our language have been relegated to the gutter. The word gay used to mean lighted and carefree, now of course, the number one definition in the dictionary is homosexual. I guess gay sounds better than sodomite.

Since Adam took a bite of that first piece of fruit, Satan has been trying to eliminate all the works of God. Satan has always been jealous of the things of God and the people of God. People are not as willing to worship Satan as they naturally aspire to find God. So Satan is jealous, and since time began, Satan has been bribing people with stuff. He even tried to bribe Jesus Christ with stuff. When Christ went out into the wilderness to prepare for his ministry, Satan came along and offered to give Christ all the kingdoms of the world. Christ refused. 

This year, as it happens, my daughter’s history focuses on the Eastern Hemisphere.  I don’t know how much you know about China, the four olds, Mao, and the implementation of Communism, but if you haven’t researched it you really should.  We are also focusing on reading and watching current events, and discussing the cultural and political events in America today.  My eleven year old doesn’t need me to point out the similarities.  They are blatantly obvious.  

A very wise pastor told me once that when nothing else will come to you and you are having trouble figuring it out in your mind, look to the cross.  There are a wide range of topics to choose from for these articles, but every once in a while, I need to step back and look up. Look up with me. Look up to the cross.

Presidential debates? It was not a debate. There was just arguments going back and forth. I will not tell you which side I am pulling for, you will probably guess as I continue on.

Sometimes, like this week, our thoughts go in two different directions. Somehow, someway our thoughts have to come together. If you study on the two different ideas though, they do converge. If you are not willing to take time out to attend a church service, if you are so scared of what the world is throwing at you – you just might not be ready.