Shame On Bush

Shame on Bush? The people living in the U.S.ofA. are going to put all the blame of a God-executed disaster on a measely little man simply because he possesses the title that bears the authority to oversee the affairs of this nation?

Shame on you.
Shame on you believers and self-professed Christians who participated in blaming Bush for anything regarding this disaster.
Shame on you.
Shame on you for trusting in the hand of man to deliver rather than the hand of our Creator.
Shame on you.
Shame on you for leaning on your own understanding rather than trusting in God.
Shame on you.

It is very clear that man cannot create a hurricane, is it not? Is it sound logic to reason that? Man cannot create hurricanes.

Then in knowing that simple truth, how is it that flesh and blood would ever think that mercy could come at the hand of a man -- or group of men -- when man was never the source of the disaster?

"Oh waaaaah, poor us! Precautions should have been taken! Precautions could have been taken! This would have NEVER happened if WE/THEY did this and WE/THEY did that! It's OUR/THEIR fault! We are poor! We are rich! We are hungry! We are in pain! We are without shelter! We are miserable and want others to be miserable with us! We want to blame others for our losses! We don't have transportation! We can't get jobs! It's too hot! It's too cold! We have no water! We have TOO MUCH water! The water is poisonous! The white President is to blame! The black Mayor is to blame! The brown enemies are to blame! The green paper is to blame! The black oil is to blame! The brown water is to blame!"

BUT WE ARE NEVER TO BE BLAMED RIGHT???

We, the people of the United States, are never to be blamed for the transgression of our lives against our Almighty Creator who watches down from Heaven on His glorious throne...
...as we indulge ourselves in riches that we cannot even haul on our backs in the face of danger, whether it is man-made (i.e. World Trade Towers) or God-made (i.e. Hurricane Katrina), but rather watch become value-less in our eyes and hearts despite how valuable they were when we FIRST wanted them.
...as we turn our backs on Him as a nation because He never answers us HOW we want, WHEN we want, WHERE we want in a day and age where we can get things right now, right here with all our nifty gadgets that are created with the brains God gave us and the resources God gave us. We want what we want, when we want it, and we don't want to wait for it. So if we can get it by stealing, manipulating, bypassing, or speeding up the system/process, then "Thank God!", huh?
...as we turn our backs on Him because we have no control over Him, since He does what He wants and has a way of life for us that we just cannot buy, let alone bypass, and we don't like a lot of what His book (that was translated & re-translated - one of our excuses for not reading it) says, plus it is as boring as the Lord of the Rings or the Chronicles of Narnia...or hey, even the Harry Potter series...so rather than read it, hear about it, look at it, know of it -- if we can just remain ignorant to God's laws, then maybe He'll leave us alone, right? (Ignorance of the law is no excuse.)

And didn't this hurricane manifest what is really in this nation's heart of hearts?

-People were just grateful for the cold meals they got weren't they? ("They didn't even give us warm meals!! WAAAAAH!")
-People have matured and their limited minds no longer revealed they were seeing in colors or classes, huh? ("It was the rich white people's fault because the poor black people couldn't escape or get the help they needed! WAAAAAAH!!! If this was in a white neighborhood as opposed to a black neighborhood, then....!!! If the President was black and the mayor was white, then.....!!! If the people in Iraq were actually black, red, purple or green... and the people of the United States were violet, maroon, orange or light blue, then we wouldn't have all these wars and more attention would be focused in this God-executed disaster area!!!!")

***UNFINISHED, STAY TUNED***

Not hardly a terrorist

Watching the news the other day, I heard it said that someone was upset because the U.S. was "harboring a terrorist". This was in reference to Pat Robertson.

Granted I did not like the words that came from his lips -- for even if he thought it, he should not have spoke it: "I think we should go ahead and..." -- the plain truth of the matter is Pat Robertson is not a terrorist. So get off that bandwagon.

Mr. Robertson has apologized for his statement. He knows now that he should have never uttered those words from his lips. Whether or not the other party wishes to forgive him for the statement is up to that party. But I do believe Mr. Robertson repents for speaking those words.

The history of Mr. Robertson does not bear any testimony to him being (as he is being falsely accused) a "terrorist". He is far from that. He inappropriately made an inappropriate statement from a thought that entered into his mind and he would never, by the grace and spirit of God, encourage the United States and its leadership to maim, kill, and destroy another person or people. For that spirit is not of God. And he repents of it.

Let it go.

Mr. Robertson be reminded: We war not with flesh and blood, but against principalities, against powers, against the rulers of the darkness of this world, against spiritual wickedness in high places. Though the flesh manifests these, the war is in the spirit. So choose either salt water or fresh water to spew from the fountain in you. Not both.

James 3

1 My brethren, be not many masters, knowing that we shall receive the greater condemnation. 2 For in many things we offend all. If any man offend not in word, the same is a perfect man, and able also to bridle the whole body. 3 Behold, we put bits in the horses' mouths, that they may obey us; and we turn about their whole body. 4 Behold also the ships, which though they be so great, and are driven of fierce winds, yet are they turned about with a very small helm, whithersoever the governor listeth. 5 Even so the tongue is a little member, and boasteth great things. Behold, how great a matter a little fire kindleth! 6 And the tongue is a fire, a world of iniquity: so is the tongue among our members, that it defileth the whole body, and setteth on fire the course of nature; and it is set on fire of hell. 7 For every kind of beasts, and of birds, and of serpents, and of things in the sea, is tamed, and hath been tamed of mankind: 8 But the tongue can no man tame; it is an unruly evil, full of deadly poison. 9 Therewith bless we God, even the Father; and therewith curse we men, which are made after the similitude of God. 10 Out of the same mouth proceedeth blessing and cursing. My brethren, these things ought not so to be. 11 Doth a fountain send forth at the same place sweet water and bitter? 12 Can the fig tree, my brethren, bear olive berries? either a vine, figs? so can no fountain both yield salt water and fresh. 13 Who is a wise man and endued with knowledge among you? let him shew out of a good conversation his works with meekness of wisdom. 14 But if ye have bitter envying and strife in your hearts, glory not, and lie not against the truth. 15 This wisdom descendeth not from above, but is earthly, sensual, devilish. 16 For where envying and strife is, there is confusion and every evil work. 17 But the wisdom that is from above is first pure, then peaceable, gentle, and easy to be intreated, full of mercy and good fruits, without partiality, and without hypocrisy. 18 And the fruit of righteousness is sown in peace of them that make peace.

Gaza Strip

It was wrong to give the Palestinians this strip of land. The one who made the decision to do this obviously does not know the history between God & Abraham regarding everywhere Abraham's feet were to tread.

Today's headlines declare that the Palestinian leader is accusing the Israelis for deaths of Palestinian teenagers... whom the Israelis claim are part of an Islamic Jihad. I read and I think:

"Peace? Where is it? When will there be peace in the Middle East?"

The answer comes: Not in this present age.
And knowing that answer - which is an obvious one - the Gaza Strip should have never been an option for negotiations on the side of Israel. But what is done is done.

Habakkuk 2:3 - For the vision is yet for an appointed time, but at the end it shall speak, and not lie: though it tarry, wait for it; because it will surely come, it will not tarry.