Dark gray skies cover our part of the world this morning. I am anxiously waiting to see the sun. I didn’t have to wait long. As I look out my window now, I can see the sky is getting brighter. Isn’t this just like our God? He knows just what we need. Oh, how I love Him more each day.
This Sunday morning I am at home caring for Rick. He is doing better each day, but still has a ways to go. He ate a good breakfast for the first time since he’s been home from the hospital. He thinks he is beginning to get his taste buds back. He is feeling well enough to have vigorous, political, discussions with me. That is a game we both like to play. It got pretty boring around here for awhile. We are back in full swing with this political war among American citizens. I believe that we are facing the biggest civil war that America has ever known. “A war of religion.” Many of us may lose our lives, but we won’t lose our souls. That is if we have dedicated our lives to Jesus. Prayer is our greatest tool, and it cannot be taken from our hearts. I love my comfortable home, and all the privileges that go with it, but I am ready to trade it anytime for a eternal home in heaven. By God’s grace the deal has already been made. I just ask God for peace until that time.
I am totally convinced that disastrous times are ahead of us, because of the soaring, sinning nation we have become. The fools multiplied faster than the wise. Why did this happen? Because God wanted His own to be thoroughly tested and tried. He would not accept seconds. What should that mean to you and me? Face the fire and trust God to shield us. He said He was our shield and our buckler. He also said, the battle was His, and not ours. That does not mean we are free from the battle. It means while we put our best effort into winning this war, the end results will be decided by Him. I believe we are expected to ask, and trust Him for guidance before we take a stand for the ones we want to put into our leadership offices‘. We must remember our feeble minds are nothing but trash without His direction. How many times can we look back at our track record and decide that God wasn’t really the one who led us into some situations. Maybe we should admit that fact and be more positive the next time we make a big decision. God makes no mistakes, and if we are not sure after a short time of oppression, that we made the right decision, then it probably was not God directing us. I would rather stay in my fox hole than act upon my own feelings. In fact I would wait until I was assured that it was safe to come out. Am I saying that God will let us know for sure what our next move should be? Absolutely, but we must be directly in touch with Him. If so, He will not fail to hear us when we ask.
God Bless
Myrtle Jean Sharp
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