Star Wars is White.

Have you ever noticed Star Wars is very white? Except for Lando Calrissian, I don't think there's any people of color. Now with Nazi inspired Stormtroopers, representing of course, the "dark side," we could assume things, but I don't know if we need to. How would African Americans be from galaxies far, far away? Or would there be any Chinese except from...China? You won't find any indigenous Mexicans whose ancestry is from another planet, because...they are from, Mexico! I guess we can't find many normal "minorities" so instead we have aliens. Evolutionary inspired "space people" from other planets. So Star Wars could be called White Wars...White People Strike Back, Return of Whitey. Star Trek blazed the anti just white trail back n the 60's with as many minorities as possible. But not White Wars. Now we can't forget the great voice of James Earl Jones as Darth...but once he's unveiled (did I just say unveiled like when a kkk guy takes off his hoodie..) then Darth is fully white, and he looses his very cool voice. (Of course for the newer series they changed the actor! Who is still white) So what's my point? THAT I NEVER NOTICED! I'm so used to just whites on screen it wasn't weird to me. Strange. I grew up in a black neighborhood, and was one of the only white people, so color has never meant anything different to me other than I thought all races were seriously cool, and that God is amazing in His creative ability! (I wanted to be a Native American when I was a kid because I thought they looked the coolest!) So back to titles, White Wars, The Whites Awaken, The Last White Person...

PTSD Posing as Truth, Satan's Disguise

Posing as Truth, Satan's Disguise; that's what PTSD is. One man can see the same exact things in the same foxhole, and yet he does not suffer from PTSD, while the other, right next to him, seeing the same things, kills himself because of PTSD. Unbroken the book, not the movie that falls short of the truth, tells the story of Louis, "Louie" Zamperini, a man who was tortured, and for many years suffered from PTSD. Louie turns to alcohol to try and numb the pain, but nothing can take away the horrors of what he saw, what people did to him. Until Jesus came in and set him free. The day Louie gave into Christ, Jesus set him free. Free from unforgiveness, pain, memories, and instantly from all effects of PTSD. No more nightmares, no more PTSD, overnight. Jesus set him free. No more of satan's lies, Jesus set Louie free, and Jesus can set you free. Satan is the father of lies, but Jesus is the Way, the Truth and the Life. Two men each build a house, one on sand, the other on the Rock. When the storms came, the memories, the attacks, the rains descended, the floods arose of terror, the man who did not listen the Jesus, his house fell, and great was it's fall. The other man did listen and obey what Jesus said, he built his life on the Rock, on Christ. The same rains came, the same storms of life, but his house stood, because he stood on Christ Jesus, the Rock. You too can stand on Christ, and believe what He says is true. Or you can believe the sands of time can heal you, but they never will, only Christ. He alone is truth, and He alone can set you free. Love covers the multitude of sins that people will, and have, put on you. Love forgives, and yes, forgets, even as Jesus will remember your sins no more. Love takes into account no wrong. (1 Corinthians 13) Ask and you will receive, seek and you will find, knock and the door will be opened to you. (Matthew 7) Forgive, love, know Jesus has all of this, Jesus died for all our sins, so don't let them effect you any more. They are all lies, satan's lies to keep you in his evil grasp, of pain, torture, nightmares and misery. Jesus takes all that away. It's what He died for, our sins. Unforgiveness is a sin. The evil you saw, the evil they did to you, was their sin. Unforgiveness is your sin. They can, and need to be forgiven, but so do you. Their sin opened the door for you to sin, for you to let the devil in, and through that process, you have opened the door to your enemy, who only comes to kill, steal and destroy, he is the father of lies, and the truth is, Jesus set you free. Only listening to Jesus, only building your life in Him can set you free. He is the only way. Pray, "Lord forgive me, I have sinned and fallen short of Your glory. Please forgive me of all my sins. I believe You died and rose again. By faith, through grace, I receive You now. Please fill me with Your Holy Spirit. In Jesus name, Amen." Let His Word renew your mind, through the washing of the water of His Word. In Jesus name, Amen.

Love, that's it.

There was one original don't. "Adam, Eve, don't eat this fruit, or you will die." Seriously, you will die. Then, because they didn't do the 1 don't, God added 10 more don'ts, Thou shall not's they were called, "No killing, stealing, coveting..." Then Jesus came and filled all the don'ts and added two do's: Love the Lord your God with all your heart, mind, soul and strength, and love your neighbor as yourself. To do or not to do, that is the question. But we can do this because He also gave us of His Spirit, to teach us in all things and bring back to remembrance all that He said. We're covered, we're ready, and through Christ who strengthens us, we are able . So, let's do.

Thinking

For 22 years I have sat here, praying, reading, watching. Little has changed. Snowmen have come and gone. Different cars. God has been so good to me. How can I complain? I love watching the world go buy, and yet still being a part of it; sometimes in big ways, sometimes in small ways. My gets have changed a lot over the years. I used to want different things, so I'd get those things. Now one of my favorite things is just to sit, relax, stare! In the Summer I love to lay right here and watch the pretty trees blow above me head. In the winter I love to see the same 1800's white church across the street. It's all so pretty and sweet. Thank Your Lord for 2016, 15, 14, 13, 12...and all those years that have come and gone. How wonderful You are in them. Thank You Lord, thank You very much.

How chipotle got it wrong and how we are getting it wrong.

People got sick in 14 states and no one knows why. Welcome to chipotle restaurants. Volkswagen and now Mitsubishi lied to the government about emissions. People are being beheaded, Christians are suffering persecution in the last five years more than the last 500 combined. The world seems to be losing it's mind. "As in the days of Noah so shall it be when the Son of Man returns" this is what the Bible says will happen before Jesus comes back. "The love of many will grow cold" is another verse that talks about the end times. I believe firmly Jesus is coming back very soon and that we are living in those last days the Bible prophesied about. So the Christian response must always be love. God's love covers a multitude of sins and it's in showing love that we will show that we are one of His. Don't let your love grow cold.

Death in Good Thunder

A chapel is "a small building for Christian worship, typically one attached to an institution or private house." Two people died yesterday on Chapel Street here in our little city of Good Thunder. Chapel is another name to describe a "church" building where Christians meet for worship. The Bible tells us that we, as Christians, are the Temple of the Holy Spirit, where God actually resides. "The angel of death came and visited our city" was the thought that came to me this morning when I went out to pray. He came and carried them away to God's throne. As I walked I prayed for the police who had a long night, still on duty from a sleepless night. I prayed for the family who have been left behind, who did not get a lot of sleep either. In bother cases the Lord had me pray for peace. He even had me pray for joy. As a Christian "The joy of the Lord is our strength." Lord, You be glorified, even in death. In Jesus name, Amen.

Miracles From Heaven

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CldGTG6iVrU I was invited last night to see this. It was very good. Comes out in March. Great story about our God who still does miracles! When I was a kid I took my future wife to a Hollywood premier, a bad Matt Dillion movie called Rumble Fish. I paid $50 per ticket, and didn't like the experience much, except for the company. The best part was that a carriage awaited us outside, something I had arranged beforehand, it was very sweet. Last night we were treated to this special screening, given free t-shirts, and a gift bag. When God provides, He opens the doors, He does the paying for. In the movie, God speaks to this little girl. This morning God spoke my name, and woke me up. I have never heard God's voice like this. God, still, speaks. It felt like nothing I had ever experienced. He told me too that when we become loud, people taste our flavor, but when God speaks they taste His. God's flavor tastes like Love, Joy, Peace, Mercy and Grace. Miracles From Heaven - Official Trailer (ft. Jennifer Garner) From the studio that brought you Heaven Is For Real, don't miss the incredible true story coming March 16, 2016. From today's study, interesting huh? January 29, 2016 ICR.org Thanks to Answers In Genesis. Children in Heaven “And [David] said, While the child was yet alive, I fasted and wept: for I said, Who can tell whether GOD will be gracious to me, that the child may live? But now he is dead, wherefore should I fast? can I bring him back again? I shall go to him, but he shall not return to me.” (2 Samuel 12:22-23) The death of a loved one is always a time of great sorrow, but the death of a beloved child is perhaps the keenest sorrow of all. Nevertheless, for the Christian believer, we “sorrow not, even as others which have no hope” (1 Thessalonians 4:13). Our text verse makes it clear that, when a child dies (even one born of a sinful relationship such as this child of David and Bathsheba), that child goes to be with the Lord in heaven. Jesus said: “Suffer little children, and forbid them not, to come unto me: for of such is the kingdom of heaven” (Matthew 19:14).