O-Dark-Thirty

Pastor John Morgan of Sagemont Church addressed “saved” Christians in his sermon Sunday (5/15/2016) . Too many Christians think they are “saved” - but are they? Firstly, you need to know that God has a plan for you. God says “For I know the plans I have for you,” declares the Lord, “plans to prosper you and not to harm you, plans to give you hope and a future.” [Jeremiah 29:11] * But, frankly, if you don't do what God called you to do, you'll have a miserable life, and everyone around you will be miserable too. You will always feel that emptiness inside you. God perfectly fills that emptiness, and that's what “salvation” is all about. It is a relationship, not a religion. You are not saved because your parents are. Everyone accounts to God for their own life. “Therefore, my dear friends, as you have always obeyed - not only in my presence, but now much more in my absence - continue to work out your salvation with fear and trembling.” [Phil 2:12] Yo...

Darling and I are binge watching West Wing. The show forces me to view political liberals in a new light, and gives me some insight into what liberals think of conservatives. I am not sure if the characterizations are always correct, but it does make me ponder. I ponder what the American people think. Betrayed. Our government uses statistics and news services like a great chef uses a fillet knife. When the government is finished, we have no idea what the real food was; we only know what they served us. We, the people, need real people in the House, in the Senate and in the White House. We need brilliant, capable minds in the Supreme Court. We might have the latter. I'm no longer sure of the former. I am afraid, as are most of we, the people , that our representatives are self-serving politicians who make laws for us that we don't understand but that somehow better the circumstances of the governing. From watching the primaries, I am afraid that all it takes to beco...