As we arrive at the end of another year one can only wonder how fast the days, week, months and years go by. It has been a year where there have been wonderful adventures and really good fellowship with fellow RV'rs. When we reflect on the recent events that occurred in Newtown, CT, we are filled with deep sorrow as we try to make some sense out of a senseless act that claimed so many innocent lives. I have tried to relate to it is the following blog. It is impossible to make sense out of such a horrible event and my heart grieves for the victims and their family. We can hope and pray that these events will cease to happen. Maybe if each one of us will strive to live a Christ-like life, the country will return to normalcy. Each one of us will have to do his/her part to make a difference.
God Bless America and the families in Newtown, CT.
But Jesus said , Suffer little children, and forbid them not, to come unto me: for of such is the kingdom of heaven.
This is the verse that came to my mind as the terrible event in Newtown, Ct unfolded. I saw my Lord and Savior,
Jesus Christ, with His arms open wide, welcoming the 20 young children of His into His arms. I also saw a tear in His eye as he took the suffering of the children and their parents and loved ones into His being. He cares for
us. He cares for all the children of the world no matter their age.
I have always believed garbage in garbage out. Today our society is constantly exposed to violence and carnage.
The video games that are played have one thing in common - what can be more violent and vile. Our TV programs have come a long way since “Name That Tune”, “Leave it to Beaver”, The “Hit Parade”, “Lassie” and
other programs of the ’60’s. It is hard to believe that young people would pay hundreds of dollars to buy “paint guns” so they can “kill” each other in fun. Where does that lead??
I am sure each one of you reading this have noticed the great polarization that is taking place in our society.
We face great times of peril. The debt will not sole itself. We need to agree on a course of action and work together to restore our financial freedom.
Twenty children brutally murdered and the nation mourns.
Nearly half of pregnancies among American women are unintended; about 4 in 10 of these are terminated by abortion. Twenty-two percent of all U.S. pregnancies end in abortion. (AGI).
In 2008, approximately 1.21 million abortions took place in the U.S., down from an estimated 1.29
million in 2002, 1.31 million in 2000 and 1.36 million in 1996. From 1973 through 2008, nearly 50 million legal abortions have occurred in the U.S. (AGI).
The population of the US was 311,591,917 in Jul. 2011.
Source: U.S. Census Bureau
50 million would be about 1/6 of the US population.
Who is grieving for these children? I am sure Jesus welcomed these children into His loving
arms also.
How long will God allow our inhumanity to man to continue? How long will He continue to bless
this great country as we turn our backs on all that is pleasing to Him?
I don’t have an answer. I only have sorrow in my heart for the loss of those twenty children
and the loss they bring to our country.
This is the time of year for rejoicing as a King was born to us. A Redeemer to heal us and save
us from our sins. Even saying “Merry Christmas” is restricted in our society. My Granddaughter took her school class out caroling. They were instructed to sing no songs that mentioned anything to do with the reason for
Christmas! How much lower can we decend into the devil’s kingdom. It certainly feels as if we are as low as we can go.
I would like to think we have gone through periods in our history like this and came out the
other side even stronger. If you have evidence that things are better now than they were even 50 years ago, please publish those tidings of great joy so the rest of us can sleep a little easier.
And GOD saw that the wickedness of man was great in the earth, and that every imagination of the thoughts of his heart was only evil continually.
1 And it shall come to pass, when all these things are come upon thee, the blessing and thecurse, which I have set before thee,
and thou shalt call them to mind among all the nations, whither the LORD thy God hath driven thee, 2 And shalt return unto the LORD thy God, and shalt obeyhis voice according
to all that I command thee this day, thou and thy children, with all thine heart, and with all thy soul; 3 That then the LORD thy God will turn thy captivity, and
have compassion upon thee, and will return and gather thee from all the nations, whither the LORD thy God hathscattered thee. 4 If any of thine be driven out unto the outmost parts of heaven, from
thence will the LORD thy God gather thee, and from thence will he fetch thee: 5 And the LORD thy God willbring thee into the land which
thy fathers possessed , and thou shalt possess it; and he will do thee good , and multiply thee above thy fathers. 6 And the LORD thy God will circumcise thineheart, and
the heart of thy seed, to love the LORD thy God with all thine heart, and with all thysoul, that thou mayest live. 7 And the LORD thy God will put all these curses upon
thine enemies , and on them that hate thee, which persecuted thee. 8 And thou shalt return and obey the voice of the LORD, and do all his commandments which I command thee
this day. 9 And the LORD thyGod will make thee plenteous in
every work of thine hand, in the fruit of thy body, and in the fruit of thy cattle, and in the fruit of thy land, for good: for the LORD will again rejoice over
thee for good, as he rejoiced over thy fathers: 10 If thou shalt hearken unto the voice of the LORD thy God, tokeep his commandments and his statutes which
are written in this book of the law, and if thou turnunto the LORD thy God with all thine heart, and with all thy soul. 11 For this commandment which I command thee this day, it is not hidden from
thee, neither is it far off. 12 It is not in heaven, that thou shouldest say , Who shall go up for us to heaven, and bring it unto us, that we may hear it,
and do it? 13 Neither is it beyond the sea, that thou shouldest say , Who shall go over the sea for us, and bring it unto
us, that we may hear it, and do it? 14 But the word is very nigh unto thee, in thy mouth, and in thy heart, that thou mayest do it. 15 See , I have set before thee this day lifeand good, and death and evil; 16 In that I command thee this day to love the LORD thy God, to
walk in his ways, and to keep his commandments and his statutes and his judgments, that thou mayest live and multiply : and the LORD thy God shall bless thee
in the land whither thou goest topossess it. 17 But if thine heart turn away , so that thou wilt not hear , but shalt be drawn away , and worship other gods, and serve them; 18 I denounce unto you this day, that ye shall surelyperish ,
and that ye shall not prolong your days upon the land, whither thou passest over Jordan to go to possess it. 19 I call heaven and earth to record this day against
you, that I have setbefore you life and death, blessing and cursing: therefore choose life, that both thou and thy seedmay live : 20 That thou mayest love the LORD thy God, and that thou mayest obey his voice, and
that thou mayest cleave unto him: for he is thy life, and the length of thy days: that thou mayestdwell in the land which the LORD sware unto thy fathers, to Abraham, to Isaac, and
to Jacob, togive them.
We do have a way that God has shown us. Do we go His way or do we continue to do it our way? I think we all know where our way has taken us and where this
path will certainly lead.
And if it seem evil unto you to serve the LORD, choose you this day whom ye will serve ; whether
the gods which your fathers served that were on the other side of the flood, or the gods of the Amorites, in whose land ye dwell : but as for me and my house, we will serve the LORD.
Merry Christmas to all and may God continue to Bless the United States of America
Otis and Linda
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