Ξ August 30th, 2007 | → Comments Off | ∇ End Times |
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This is just another sign of the end of the age. Normally, I take time in the morning to pray and study before I put something up here but this is burning inside me and I must say something about it. In the state that I was born and raised, Iowa, a county judge decided that the ten year ban on same sex marriage had to be lifted and ordered several couples’ licenses to be released to them. I am sick at heart. Only one other state, Mass., has done this. Other states have allowed unions but not marriage. Frankly, I do not see much difference there. That smacks of being some type of appeasement to everyone.
It is so wrong for this to happen. God is so against it. I put a post up on another of my blogs about this. I suspect I will receive some heat on this subject on both blogs. I cannot allow this to stand without me saying anything. Too much of this is hurting me in the spirit right now. God says:
(Rom 1:26-27) For this cause, God gave them up to dishonorable affections. For even their women changed the natural use into that which is against nature. And likewise also the men, leaving the natural use of the woman, burned in their lust toward one another; males with males working out shamefulness, and receiving in themselves the recompense which was fitting for their error.
Maybe this is not as clear as you would like it to be but it is very clear to me. God is very against the acts that the state condones. This is so very wrong. The state is going down a path that they do not want to go.
Christian, please pray for that judge, for the couples who even now are rejoicing in the win they received today and for all of those who see this as something okay, something that should be allowed because of “tolerance”. How many times have Christians been subjected to hate because we were not “tolerant” enough? You know, live and let live. God did not say that we should sit back as couch potatoes and let things be. NO! He told us to go out into the world and preach the Gospel of Jesus Christ. This we must do.
(Mar 16:15-16) And He said to them, Go into all the world, proclaim the gospel to all the creation. He who believes and is baptized will be saved, but he who does not believe will be condemned.
Now THERE is how “tolerant” God is. He is not a bit tolerant of sin in any form. He is not telling us to live and let live, is He. He is saying that we must go tell it on the mountain! Share our faith to anyone who will listen.
I have seen those gay pride parades. Those folks are not going to listen…or are they? You do not know that!!! We need to show our faith. Seek God’s face. Pray and study. And share your faith with someone soon. This is just another sign that we don’t have much time left.
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How often have you heard a child say that or an adult say it, for that matter? If we are honest, we know that we ourselves have said a form of that quite often. First thing I think of there is the boss on the Superman series in the 50s with George Reeves. Perry White always wanted something right now. It was in his nature as an editor of the paper. But aren’t we living in the “want it now” generation?
Patience is a virtue. If I ever hear that again, I will scream. That was one phrase I heard so much of my life. GRRRR!! Oh, and another one happened every time I wanted to do something that my parents didn’t. I would get a little upset with them because I wanted it (whatever IT was at the time) and I wanted it right now. Then Dad would say “Let’s don’t and say we did”. (screaming as we speak) I hated that phrase. Why? Because it always happened when I wanted something now. But the problem was that I was being impatient because I didn’t get what I wanted. At the time, I was not willing to wait for things. You’d think that we would grow out of that as we get older, wouldn’t you. Not necessarily.
Hmmm, I see a pattern here. Selfishness and impatience seem to go together. You know, we live in a world where it all comes fast. Information, food, FedEx, overnight shipping. When something isn’t as fast as we expect it to show, we get impatient and upset sometimes….like a small child that does not get what he wants. I remember the screams and crying that usually happened when my child didn’t get her toy when she wanted it.
Can you see that this type of thinking causes major problems? I like to call it “fast food” thinking. We live in a generation of fast food thinkers. It all has to happen right now or else. Or else what? Do you see that impatience causes real problems? For instance, road rage comes from impatience. Bad attitudes often come from impatience. Think about the last time you got upset because something did not happen as soon as you wanted it to happen. And it’s all wrapped up in a sort of self centered, want it now, have to have type thinking.
But God says that we need to be patient. Trust me here, this is one lesson I would love to have forgotten but I know that we must learn this. This is what God has to say about the subject:
(James 1:2-4) My brothers, count it all joy when you fall into different kinds of temptations, knowing that the trying of your faith works patience. But let patience have its perfect work, so that you may be perfect and entire, lacking nothing.
I’m not sure we want to get into the idea that we should feel joyful at trials that end up causing us to learn patience but I will do it anyway. Just think. God wants us to be full of the joy of the Lord because we face a trial. Why? Because that’s when we learn patience. There is one little thing here that you should know, just in case you have not noticed this already, God tends to keep us on the lesson until we learn it thoroughly. Meaning, if He is teaching patience, until it’s learned, we may be seeing trials that will allow us to grow in patience. If we can see that this is God at work, we win, don’t we? Now THAT is worth some joy. By the way, the word “joy” does not necessarily mean happiness. It means to be full of the joy of the Lord. You can be content in the Lord and not be happy about a situation.
Frankly, I always wanted to believe that the word “patience” was a dirty word. The problem is that I have been and, at times am impatient, and I do not want to have to wait. Like so many others, I want it NOW too! Did you ever notice yourself getting a little bit antsy when the fast food order doesn’t show up as soon as you think you need it? HA! I knew I wasn’t the only one!
One thing needs to be notice here too. Impatience is a form of selfishness. It is something we want and make it fast! No wonder God is wanting us to learn to wait. I know kids that think the word “wait” is a four letter word. Well, it is but not like that. We can get wrapped up in selfishness so fast…hence the fast food thinking.
The caution here is that we need to teach the kids to learn patience, to wait for things, from the beginning. However, I do think that we teach them to be impatient. The child is crying in the crib. You rush to see what the problem is. It’s the usual thing, diaper needs work, he’s hungry, nothing earth shaking. But you got there right after the child started to cry. That signals the baby that if I cry, I get something I want.
When they get older, in toddler years, for convenience sake, we give them what they’re crying for so that we can find some peace. It might not be much but we want that peace. But see, that teaches the child to be impatient. Sometimes, it does not hurt the child to wait. In fact, it helps a kid if they do have to wait for things occasionally. Most spoiled rotten kids never have to wait for anything because their parents are being run by the kid.
Yes, we do need to teach patience now. That’s a tough one in these times but it is a must. God considers this important so we need to do the same and start exercising our patience especially when we would really rather scream and demand it happen now or else. From God’s point of view, the “or else” will likely be another lesson on the same subject. Okay, moving on now. 
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