9/26/2019
Upon awakening this morning (actually, the 25th), I thought of the SIMH and just shook my head. What a wacko mind I must have. “Run, Run Away!” (Here I am, 700 miles from home and that song comes into my head. I have run almost as far as I can go. Tomorrow, I turn around and head back home! I was remembering the Ukulele Orchestra of Great Britain’s version and this may not be the correct title (just a phrase at the end of the chorus, or something.) I tried to find it, but couldn’t, so who cares, right?
This is going to be a full day in Greenville, TX and this evening visiting friends in McKinney, TX—just up the road a ways. Had a great dinner, last night with more friends and I’m sorry to say, I am going to miss seeing other friends. Hmm, so many friends here, maybe we should have moved here…. Naw.
It’s now Thursday. Wednesday (25th) went really well with the new store owners in Greenville, TX. I believe this is going to be a wonderful Alkaline water store, becoming very helpful to the residents of the area and beneficial to their health. The water coming out of the system is extremely good—good tasting, good alkalinity, good anti-oxidant value. This means people will love drinking it, which means they’ll drink more and their bodies will react well to it. )That’s why we do this folks, water is our #2 need for good health, so we make the good(est) water we can!
“Don’t confuse me with facts! My mind is made up!” When I first went to a bible class in 1974, someone used this cliche to explain why others wouldn’t listen to how the Scripture explained things. If a person has learned their religion takes a particular stand or establishes a tenet which is not truly provable by Scripture, when they are confronted with Scripture to the contrary, this becomes their cry—don’t confuse me with facts, my mind is made up. So, they will prefer their particular religion to the bible, saying, in effect, “Well, you believe your way and I’ll believe mine!” If you think about that just a moment, can this conclusion be OK with the Author and Finisher of our faith? No, it cannot. Perhaps, they’ll come up with another reason to cling to something non provable: like, “I think you’re taking that out of context!”
So, let’s examine everything we believe for its validity and verity. YOU say, well, that’ll take a long time! Take all the time you need (eternity is a long time to have been wrong about some vital point, right? OR, you say, well, my church “fathers” surely wouldn’t be wrong about this, they’ve been believed long before you and your belief came along—so many millions (the number of members of your church) can’t be wrong! (Millions, even billions follow a man named Mohammed about what’s in a book attributed to him, but which he did not write and which is filled with more hate for the race of man than any other thing and has not worthwhile content at all.) OR, you say, I’m just not going to talk with you about this anymore. Well, OK, this isn’t about me and you. This is about truth, cannot feelings and personality be removed from the examination of the truth? Shall we succumb to our emotional position as though it represents us? When we ultimately face the righteous Judge, shall His conclusions be based on our successful emotional reaction? or on our indifference? or our choice to ignore?
Come on, people, let’s face some things: 1.) Our mortality, we are going to die and there will be judgment about our lives. 2.) The God of Heaven and Earth did indeed write the guideline in a book for us to use. 3.) There will be an end with a verdict at this judgment. Not funny, not happenstance, nor circumstance: judgment. We will not be able to say, “yeah, but I didn’t know, or I didn’t look at the guidelines, or I listened to this expert or this church father or my favorite preacher didn’t tell me…..” In Romans 14, the bible plainly says “So then every one of us shall give account of himself to God.” You and I will face this Righteous Creator and there will be a consequence.
If you, as I, have placed your trust in Jesus Christ as your Savior, believing He died for your sins, was buried, and was raised again for your justification, you are saved eternally from what awaits non-believers. But, there is a judgment of all things in your life from the moment you trusted Him till you go to be with Him, as to those things in agreement with His word or in disagreement. And, there is a consequence.
Well, the rest of this day, I will be in Dallas for the memorial service and then, as far as I can get on the road toward home. Pray for the Lord’s will to be obvious in each situation (and pray for all those people on the road — some of them are not as good a driver as I am, the might do something wrong—chuckle.)
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