Heaven Bound

I’ve been feeling a little melancoly lately, feeling a little like something near and dear to me is slipping away.  Its the kind of feeling I had when my marriage had come in to its final days.  The tighter I tried to hold onto it, the faster it slipped away; kind of like trying to hold sand in a fist, the tighter you hold it, the faster it slips through your grasp.   As I read the daily news, my heart breaks at what I see.  Part of the pain that grips me, is knowing that I, along with my generation, are greatly responsible for what we are seeing fall upon our children, we are reaping what we have sown and our children and grandchildren are paying the price.

From all appearances, God is in the process of giving us over to our enemies. That he has done so, should come as no surprise, given the course we have allowed this country to take in the last forty years or so.  As individuals, I know that as long as we have breath there is hope, salvation and mercy before God, but, as a nation, I don’t think so.  I believe his judgment is set and we are in the final process of reaping what we have sown.   After all, is anyone really paying attention anyway?

Yesterday, I read an excellent article that I would like to pass on.  I encourage you, if at all possible, to take the time to read it.  The writer, Bill Cloud from Shoreshim ministries does a superb job likening what is happening in our country to the sinking of the RMS Titanic. (You can get to it, by clicking on Shoreshim ministries listed on the right side of my page under blogroll,-  once its up, look for the heading in the middle left of the page titled ” a word from Bill”), I promise, you’ll be glad you did!  Like the Titanic, few realized, as the boat took on water, that the great ship was irrevocably doomed. The many warnings of dangerous icebergs ahead had went unheeded, until in the end, it was impossible for the great ship to recover from the damage that had been done.

When the flag of a communist country, (China)  flies over the capital of our great land, do our people not find that disturbing? When the President can’t find time to make the national prayer breakfast, but, has plenty of time to host a dinner in honor of Ramadan, does that not give us pause for thought?  When states like Michigan are unable or unwilling any longer to help support historic events such as the annual state fair, but, have money enough to fund groups like Access (Arab Community Center for Economic and Social Services) are we not just a little bit bothered? 

Europe has already put its neck in the noose, by allowing one set of laws for muslims and another for non-muslims.  In other words, making exceptions to the law for those who live under sharia law and those who do not. For instance, in some European countries where polygamy is illegal, it is now, (for fear of offending or causing trouble with the muslim community) been made legal – for muslims, not Europeans.  In our own schools, here in the United States, children are encouraged to learn about the muslim faith and religious observances such as Ramadan are touted, while Christian and Jewish holidays are banned, except for in the most secular sense i.e. Santa Claus and Easter Bunny, okay, – but, no Jesus, God or ten commandments, thank you!

For those with their heads in the sand, it will be a rude awakening, when they discover that Islam means exactly what they say, when they say, “death to the infidels“.  Islam is not and never has been a benign religion. What they are not able to accomplish peaceably, will in the end, be done by force.  I now understand those mysterious words from Revelation chapter 20 verse 4 “And I saw the souls of them that had been beheaded for their testimony of Jesus and because of the word of God.” Beheading is still the favored method of Islam for dealing with infidels (those who refuse to convert to the faith).

As I feel the tilt of this great ship as she begins her slide beneath the water to her final resting place, I think my greatest remorse is for those whose ears remain deaf to the warnings being sounded all around them. The din from the clinking of the china and the strains of the orchestra making merry, give the false impression to those unaware, that everything is alright, when its not.    For me, I think my grip on this world just got a little bit looser – even so, come Lord Jesus, your children are ready to go home.