Waxing on Civil Liberties

Pro-life protesters, peacefully demonstrating, are arrested in Maryland. Street preachers, lawfully practicing free speech are issued citations in Richmond. Virginia State Police Chaplains are forbidden to pray in the name of Jesus. The Governor of Colorado signs into law, legislation that effectively makes the distribution of Bibles illegal.

Meanwhile, a Multanomah County Judge in Washington State throws out a charge of nude bicycling stating that it is a "well established tradition" and understood as a "symbolic form of protest." Homosexual activists pull off a well-coordinated invasion of a Michigan Church, interrupting their worship service with shouts and expressions to declare that it is "OK to be gay!" And in Roanoke VA, the ACLU has once again, come running to protect anyone from hearing that, oh so offensive name of Jesus as the Vice Mayor of Roanoke is sued for "mentioning" the name of Christ in his prayer.


Also, Tom Hanks declares that anyone who voted for Proposition 8 that protected the definition of marriage (which is a pretty "well established tradition" in this country) is UN-American....so the ACLU protects civil liberties as long as they do not stray from their own ideology and Tom Hanks supports allowing people to vote as long as they vote according to his ideology. Yeah, I know people care what I think about as much as I care what Tom Hanks and the ACLU think but I figure I better blog while I still have the civil liberties to do so...besides it just feels better to vent. I like free speech!

Why do the nations rage and the peoples plot in vain?The kings of the earth set themselves,and the rulers take counsel together,against the Lord and against his Anointed, saying, “Let us burst their bonds apart and cast away their cords from us.”
He who sits in the heavens laughs;the Lord holds them in derision. Then he will speak to them in his wrath,and terrify them in his fury, saying, “As for me, I have set my King on Zion, my holy hill.”
I will tell of the decree:The Lord said to me, “You are my Son;today I have begotten you. Ask of me, and I will make the nations your heritage,and the ends of the earth your possession. You shall break them with a rod of iron and dash them in pieces like a potter's vessel.”
Now therefore, O kings, be wise;be warned, O rulers of the earth. Serve the Lord with fear,and rejoice with trembling. Kiss the Son,lest he be angry, and you perish in the way,for his wrath is quickly kindled.Blessed are all who take refuge in him.
Psalm 2

Waxing on Woeful Days

Woe to those who call evil good and good evil,who put darkness for light and light for darkness,who put bitter for sweet and sweet for bitter! (Isaiah 5:20)
As our nation already begins to see the results of the economic collapse of 2008...as billions of dollars are poured into the same vessel that cannot hold water ...as plans are made to attack this country and the goal of our destruction is announced in public by world leaders while our media cries for the release of our combatants...as Bibles are forbidden in Public School on "Religious Freedom Day" and Christians are forbidden to talk to people in a public park without a permit...as America continues its free fall into the insanity of the moral abyss...the big celebration is almost here!
A 95 million dollar extravaganza complete with all the coolest of entertainers and even a "Gay Bishop!" What a proud day for America! As Gay Activist Groups plan to "party on Inauguration Day" and even have their very own marching band in the Inauguration Parade,the President-Elect promises to do away with any restriction on gays in the military. "Don't Ask, Don't Tell" will be changed so that open gay lifestyle can be practiced while one serves in the Armed Forces of the United States of America (that is sure to make us stronger!).

As we see the end result of years of rejecting God, Who made this nation, do we still foolishly think that He will lower His standards to our ideas? Would the Lord of the Heavens and the Earth suddenly become less Holy? Less Righteous? Is God Almighty bound to be "Politically Correct?" Is He influenced by lobbyists, activists and ultra-liberal secular progressives? Is He impressed by the demands of the perverse?
It is beyond foolishness to think such things. In Him there is absolutely no shadow of turning. We can make Him to be anything we want in our vain imaginations but it does not move Him in the least. America has one hope and that is repentance. A mourning of our wickedness and a return to obedience to God. It is not time to celebrate. It is time to repent America.
"Unless you repent, you all likewise shall perish."- Jesus Christ

For the wrath of God is revealed from heaven against all ungodliness and unrighteousness of men, who by their unrighteousness suppress the truth. For what can be known about God is plain to them, because God has shown it to them. For his invisible attributes, namely, his eternal power and divine nature, have been clearly perceived, ever since the creation of the world, in the things that have been made. So they are without excuse. For although they knew God, they did not honor him as God or give thanks to him, but they became futile in their thinking, and their foolish hearts were darkened.Claiming to be wise, they became fools, and exchanged the glory of the immortal God for images resembling mortal man and birds and animals and creeping things.
Therefore God gave them up in the lusts of their hearts to impurity, to the dishonoring of their bodies among themselves, because they exchanged the truth about God for a lie and worshiped and served the creature rather than the Creator, who is blessed forever! Amen.
For this reason God gave them up to dishonorable passions. For their women exchanged natural relations for those that are contrary to nature; and the men likewise gave up natural relations with women and were consumed with passion for one another, men committing shameless acts with men and receiving in themselves the due penalty for their error.
And since they did not see fit to acknowledge God, God gave them up to a debased mind to do what ought not to be done. They were filled with all manner of unrighteousness, evil, covetousness, malice. They are full of envy, murder, strife, deceit, maliciousness. They are gossips, slanderers, haters of God, insolent, haughty, boastful, inventors of evil, disobedient to parents, foolish, faithless, heartless, ruthless. Though they know God's decree that those who practice such things deserve to die, they not only do them but give approval to those who practice them.
(Romans 1:18-27)

Waxing on 2009

2009? The 10th year of the New Millineum and I still think it sounds weird...guess I still have alot of the 20th century in me. Ah but time...no way to stop it. So what will 2009 bring? We will have to wait and see.

As always, I look forward to the New Year knowing that along with blessing will come trial, maybe more than ever. But the more I search the scriptures, the more I see the promise of trials and tribulations for the believer and the incredible value found in such tests. Looking back on 2008, I realize that the trials are what strengthened my faith. I pray for His grace to endure whatever comes our way and I pray that the tested genuineness of my faith will result in praise and glory and honor at the revelation of Jesus Christ my Lord! Happy New Year!

1 Peter 1:3-9
3 Blessed be the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ! According to his great mercy, he has caused us to be born again to a living hope through the resurrection of Jesus Christ from the dead, 4 to an inheritance that is imperishable, undefiled, and unfading, kept in heaven for you, 5 who by God's power are being guarded through faith for a salvation ready to be revealed in the last time. 6 In this you rejoice, though now for a little while, if necessary, you have been grieved by various trials, 7 so that the tested genuineness of your faith—more precious than gold that perishes though it is tested by fire—may be found to result in praise and glory and honor at the revelation of Jesus Christ. 8 Though you have not seen him, you love him. Though you do not now see him, you believe in him and rejoice with joy that is inexpressible and filled with glory, 9 obtaining the outcome of your faith, the salvation of your souls.