Is it too late? Is there hope?

Therefore, brothers, since we have confidence to enter the Most Holy Place by the blood of Jesus, by a new and living way opened for us through the curtain, that is, his body, and since we have a great priest over the house of God, let us draw near to God with a sincere heart in full assurance of faith, having our hearts sprinkled to cleanse us from a guilty conscience and having our bodies washed with pure water. Let us hold unswervingly to the hope we profess, for he who promised is faithful. And let us consider how we may spur one another on toward love and good deeds. Let us not give up meeting together, as some are in the habit of doing, but let us encourage one another- and all the more as you see the Day approaching.

If we deliberately keep on sinning after we have received the knowledge of the truth, no sacrifice for sins is left, but only a fearful expectation of judgement and of  raging fire that will consume the enemies of God. Anyone who rejected the law of Moses died without mercy on the testimony of two or three witnesses. How much more severely do you think a man who deserves to be punished who has trampled the Son of God under foot, who has treated as an unholy thing the blood of the covenant that sanctified him, and who has insulted the Spirit of grace? For we know him who said, "It is mine to avenge; I will repay, and again , "The Lord will judge his own people." It is a dreadful thing to fall into the hands of the living God.

Remember those earlier days after you had received the light, when you stood your ground in a great contest in the face of suffering. Sometimes you were publicly exposed to insult and persecution; at other times stood  side by side with those who were so treated. You sympathized with those in prison and joyfully accepted the confiscation of your property, because you knew that you yourselves  had better and lasting possessions. So do not throw away your confidence, it will be richly rewarded. You need to persevere so that when you have done the will of God, you will receive what he has promised. For in just a little while,  "He who is coming will come and will not delay. But my righteous one will live by faith. And if he shrinks back I will not be pleased  with him." 

But we are not  of those who shrink back and are destroyed, but of  those who believe and are saved.

Hebrews chap 10 vs 19 - 39

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I will do my best to explain and give you what the Lord has shown me in the last 3 months. Much of what I understand and see is also shown to others. Most of us know that the days of the United States of America are numbered. If it is six months or 60 years, our time as a great empire is coming to an end. In the latter days of the Roman empire, the Roman government had run the debt of the empire up so much, that the Roman senate would not tell the general public what they had done. The people of Rome just wanted to go to the Coliseum and watch the Gladiators kill each other and watch as Christians were being fed to lions. That is an over simplification of history, but none the less is true, your average Roman citizen could have cared less about the debt created by the government, they just wanted to go to the coliseum and be left alone. They kept their heads stuck in the sand and refused to see the truth. The parallels of the Roman citizen and to a degree a majority of our population and the most of the so called main stream media is shocking. Many citizens of the United States of America have stuck their heads in the sand and when confronted with the facts they refuse to believe any of it. They choose the lie instead of the truth.

The man they choose as their leader is a reflection of them, he has printed worthless dollars to  pay for his out of control budgets that we as a country cannot afford. To make matters worse  the US Senate has gone right along with him, The democrats and republicans have sold the United States of America out to the lowest bidder. This once great place called the land of opportunity is on the verge of becoming the land of despair and starvation. You might ask was this done on purpose, the answer is yes, it has been done with complete disregard of our constitution and of the men and women who fought for this country,  We have a society that is run by fools who seek the change the church and Christians into a bunch of compromising fools. Churches who actually preach the truth of the Gospel and are not ashamed are told you must change, this is not allowed anymore. When the Roman empire was in power they would take the bishop of the local church and burn him at the stake because he preached that we bow to Jesus and he is  King. The Romans called this treason, would burn him at the stake. 

Understand I could write hundreds of pages of what our government and Obama has done to bring our nation to its knees and on the verge of ruin. Even the man who has his head in the sand and refuses to see the truth has to admit that our once great nation that was a shining light of liberty to the world now is starting to become like Nazi Germany. Freedoms that people enjoy are being taking away by government bureaucrats who have no right to do so. They only stop when taken to court and a judge tells them that they cannot do this. Our freedoms guaranteed by the constitution are slowly disappearing. The main steam media, with the exception of a couple are nothing but a shill for Obama's agenda, The main steam media who were supposed to inform the American people of the truth instead fill them with lies and news of the latest in Hollywood, people are more interested  in Bruce Jenner's sex change operation then the budget in Washington DC.  Sex perversion and filth fill the airwaves and people just stay on the same course never changing, refusing to listen to the voice of the Holy Spirit imploring them to come away from their sin and come back to the God who loved you  so much that he put His only Son upon a cross and sacrificed him for our sin. For it was our sin who put him on that cross, he took that punishment and death for us and the very least we can do is beg for forgiveness and turn back to him that truly loves us.

Those of us who are believers understand what the Lord requires of us, no compromise, no turning back, only looking forward to when we go home to be with him. For our reward is not in this life but in a place the Lord has prepared for us. Each of us will have our own place that we do not have to pay
taxes on and if we want to add to it we can and do not have pay the local government a fee. Each of us will have all of our questions answered in an instant. Most of all we shall see Jesus and then we will understand how much he really loves us. You see his love is as real as the chair you are sitting on and as real as your child you hold. 

If you read the whole of the scripture that I put at the first part of this, You will see, compromise is not of God. If man can gain the world and lose his soul, and end up in hell fire, he has gained nothing but death. Christ promises us life and life eternal in heaven. 

Goodbye

Isiah 46 vs 4. I will be your God throughout your lifetime--until your hair is white with age. I made you, and I will care for you. I will carry you along and save you.

NIV Isiah 46 vs 4:Even to your old age and gray hairs. I  am  he, I am he who will sustain you. I have made you and I will carry you: I will sustain you and rescue you.

It was 14 years ago in November, my mom was on her death bed. I went to the hospital and made phone calls to the family, asking them to come and say "goodbye" ,my nephews made it, and my sister and my brother and his wife. It was quite a process, fighting back tears and trying to act normal. The last thing I said to my mom was, " I love you mom", her answer was I love you too, That answer  was what I needed all my life and at that very moment.  My mom on her best days was aloof and impersonal to me. She had finally let her guard down, and showed some honest emotion. She was my mom and I loved her, it is  as simple as that. Every bad or good thing she had done for me or to me did not matter. She was getting ready to step into Eternity. As scripture says  a place made by God not by hands. 


The problem with the death of someone you love is this thing called grief, it affects your life in so many ways. My wife tells me I watch to much TV, and  she is right, but it helps me to put things away in my head so that what ever is bothering me that day goes to the back ground and becomes a whimper instead of a constant roaring in my heart and soul. Now that sounds like I am trying to escape reality that I want to be off in my own little world and try to cope there, instead of reality.  Well not quite, but there is some value in that concept. The reality of the world we live in bites us every day. We are forced to lay aside our grief and our wants and desires and end up catering to a system that drags us down into a hole of despair and ruin. Then we have to claw and fight our way out and most of the time it takes a toll on us emotionally, physically and financially.



So the question is , how do we cope how do we manage to come out of this hole that life has put us in and at times we scream at God and tell him what we think.Then at times we fall on our face before the Lord and beg his forgiveness and ask him to rescue us from the situation. The rescue comes in many forms, most of the time its the peace that takes over your mind, body and soul. The Bible calls it the peace that passes all understanding. What I wonder about is why after 14 years I still feel the grief like it was just yesterday. Today I thought about it and then came up with some answers, do not know if the they are the right answers, but they seem to be the answers I needed this morning.

Number 1, I was a horrible son and I feel guilty about the things I did not do. Number 2 I feel guilty about the things I did. Number 3 , it was all her fault and not mine , there were things that happened that were beyond my control and beside I was a kid. Number 4, the divorce between mom and dad was some how my  fault. A long time ago I quit blaming myself for it. They were adults and it was their doing not mine. Yet it left a vacuum in my heart, some would call it a large hole. The thing that stands out in my mind that I was a scared little boy a good part of my life, and it was beyond my control. 

All of the above reasons numbers one through three are things that Satan uses to drag you down. In case you are wondering who Satan is , well he is the devil and he is real, Jesus told Peter,  Satan is like a roaring Lion seeking to devour your soul. All of us were most likely bad sons or daughters at times in our life causing our parents lots of anguish and turmoil. If you blame your parents for some of the stuff that happened to you , which was real and not imagined,, you have every right to But let it go and ask God to help you to forgive them and then asked God to forgive you of your unforgiving.

Grief is a funny thing, it helps you and yet it drags you down. I know I miss my mom and I talk to her and I talk to God and I can see her standing there asking God to help me, because like everyone else stuck in this. fallen world  I need it. I pray today for each who read this and ask the Lord to rescue you from your despair and your grief, and if you are resentful or angry , I pray that the Lord brings you out  of this. God bless you and keep you this glorious day.