Tuesday, 11 September 2012

9/11/2001

Who of us can forget this very sad day 9/11/2001?  We were all in different places doing whatever, but I will remember that day for two reasons.  My son was exactly 3 months old on that day and I was at home watching the terrible events as they were happening in my home in South Africa.

I remember the images as they were coming through on the television and could not believe what my eyes were seeing.  It was like watching a Hollywood movie.  How could this be happening for real, but it was and it did.

I remember feeling heartbroken for the people who were on those planes and in the buildings, all who lost their lives that day.

The continuous news reports and the images being shown over and over again.  And something that I will remember were people crying saying things like "how could God let this happen" and "why did God not stop this"?  I would like to add that I am not in any way pointing fingers at America or the people, because this could have happened anywhere in the world.

Now remember that if you believe your Bible and every Word that is written there you will agree that things happen for different reasons and we might not always understand why, but there are reasons.

Exodus20:3-26 -  The 10 commandments as it is written in God's Holy Word

1.  You shall have not other gods before or besides Me.
2.  You shall not make yourself any graven image (to worship it) or any likeness of anything (or anyone) that is in the heavens above, or that is in the earth beneath, or that is in the water under the earth.
3.  You shall not use or repeat the name of the Lord your God in vain (lightly or frivolously) in false            affirmations or profanely;  for the Lord will not hold him guiltless who takes His name in vain.  (how many times have you said "oh my God" just like that)?
4.  (Earnestly) remember the Sabbath day, to keep it holy (withdrawn from common employment and be dedicated to God).  How people have to work on a Sunday?
5.  Regard (treat with honor, due obedience and courtesy) your father and mother, that your days may be long in the land the Lord your God gives you.
6.  You shall not commit murder.  (the Bible says that to hate someone is to murder them).
7.  You shall not commit adultery.  (how many families have been split by this evil)?
8.  You shall not steal.  (have you ever borrowed a pen from work and not taken it back)?
9.  You shall not witness falsely against your neighbor.  (have you ever gossiped about your friend and added an extra little tit bit to the story)?
10. You shall not covet your neighbor's house, his wife or his manservant, or maidservant or his ox or his donkey, or anything that is your neighbor's.
  
We have told God that He is not welcome in our schools.  How many times have we seen headlines on the news or read in the news papers of a child that has been killed or injured at school or a child that has killed other's at school.  Is it really working for us to move our children to "safer private schools" where there might not be killers in the form of a person, but there could be drugs?

He most definitely is not welcome in our governments!  We are so quick to disregard God, but we can allow Buddha and Allah and their other friends.  What have they ever done for you?  God has made it very clear that He is the only God.  You can choose not to believe in Him (He believes in you by the way) and live your life like there is no God or tomorrow, but remember this!  Look around you in the world today, there have been to many "predictions" in the Bible that have occurred. Are we really that foolish to ignore the one true Word!  God does promise us that when all comes to an end an it will we will all have to answer to Him.  Every knee will bow and every tongue will confess that He is God.  I'd rather take my chances with God!

Did our fore father's not have the right attitude when they read the Bible to their families every day and prayed?  Were our schools and governments not better off when God was allowed to be part of the meeting?  We have rejected the Bible and choose to read and believe any perverse nonsense just as long as it makes us "happy".

We need to get our heads out of the bubble of "maybe" God does not exist or He is an Alien or whatever nonsense we have heard or read and realize that satan (the one who messes with your mind) is real, this world is real, but so is God!  God will not be mocked!  Being a Christian is not hard we make it hard, because we do not study God's Word and believe everything it says.

If you reject someone long enough don't you think they will distance themselves from you and wait for you to invite them back into your life?  I think God has pretty much made that decision and He has given you free will so it is your choice, but for Heaven's sake make the right choice, because Hell is also real and there are no parties.

 
Lord help me to do something DYNAMIC for You today!































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