HAVING A PROPHETIC VIEW Why are there so many suicides especially among young people today? What would be so horrible that a person would actually take their own life? What problem would be so unsolvable that a young person could not see that things do get better with time and that we just have to hang in there until we see light at the end of the tunnel? I think that we can live through many horrible things if there is a greater context in which we live. The bad thing we are going through right now is not the end of the world. It is not the sum total of our lives or our purposes in this life… if we have a greater context… a greater purpose than mere existence. I think that young peopl...
GOD SEES In Job chapter one, we see that the sons of God came to present themselves to the Lord and Satan came in among them. We notice right off that while Satan seems big and formidable on earth, he seems very small in the presence of God, and while God knows everything, he more or less pretends not to know where Satan has come from. It’s like God is saying, “Oh yeah, that’s right, you are that guy that hijacked that tiny little planet on the outskirts of nowhere.” We can also notice here that God did not greet him as” Lucifer, son of the morning.” He lost that title in the fall. He is now known as Satan (The Adversary) the one blemish in God’s otherwise perfect creation. Nevertheles...
ONE OF THOSE THINGS (PART 2) I guess I shouldn’t keep you in suspense. The Colonoscopy was a success. It was by far the easiest part of my 4 day ordeal. I, along with those who now know me more than most, watched the whole procedure on the screen in full HD color. Doc told me that my colon was in good health. I had two little polyps which they removed painlessly and it was all over in about 20 minutes. To ally some of your fears, they weren’t staring at my caboose. They were all watching the screen along with me. I was covered with a pre-warmed blanket, festooned with 5 heart monitors, an oxygen measurer on my finger, and an IV pouring comfort and ease into my veins. ...
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