CURSE OF FAMILIARITY

October 31, 2026 By Leave a Comment

“familiarity breeds contempt”

Bible stories and lessons can become familiar in such a way that we miss some of the fresh impact.

Psalm 23
Comforting in the very worst time(s).
Read Psalm 23 also when you’re not in a disaster, and let familiarity breed inspiration to walk close to The Shepherd.

Psalm 51
Take time to deal with sin‐‐‐we must not get so familiar that we miss the gravity of sin.
Pleas of repentance:
‐‐‐reality, truth,
—broken, desperate, restored,
—clean, right, free, forgiven.
Then,
It’s not a one-time deal—because we fall again, we sin again.
Read Psalm 51 also when you’re not in a disaster, and let familiarity breed inspiration and conviction to walk close with His Spirit.

“Create in me a clean heart, O God; and renew a Right Spirit within me.

Cast me not away from Your Presence; and take not Your Holy Spirit from me.

Restore unto me the joy of Your Salvation; and uphold me with Your Free Spirit.”

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JESUS WAS A COOL PSYCHOLOGIST

October 29, 2026 By Leave a Comment

. . think of what Jesus said, so spiritually wonderful and enlightening

. . . so much savvy psychology

Maybe Jesus was before his time, but look at all we have come to understand about how people operate.

Jesus already put it in concise language.

Can’t believe so many things we understand in psychology today, Jesus agreed, long time ago.
And the Bible matches as well.

So the Bible and Jesus are pretty cool—matches what we know.

OR, MAYBE it’s cool that God allows us to ‘discover’ wisdom He already gave us—and that in writing in black and white.

Man catches up to truth eventually, sometimes—sometimes not.

(Sometimes a bit of sarcasm to make the point.)

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BRAIN NOT DEVELOPED

October 29, 2026 By Leave a Comment

Even insurance rates go down if a young driver makes it to 25.

Decisions that require a fully functioning brain can’t be processed until age 25.

How about age 76, to finally learn basics of life and death and following God’s plan, God’s rules !

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WOKE CHICK-FIL-A – – – WAKE UP

October 29, 2026 By Leave a Comment

How many more corporations, Christians, leaders will go up in woke smoke ?

Like dominoes in a row, it’s happening faster and faster.

Thank God for companies like Tractor Supply that officially canceled DEI.

Thank God for more high profile corporations that canceled DEI.

Thank God for states canceling DEI in state educational institutions.

Thank God for Texas’ Governor Abbot establishing TPUSA in all public schools.

Filed Under: Education, Educational, Faith Based, Inspirational, Political---Cultural, Time

WHEN THEOLOGIANS SAY, “I THINK”

October 26, 2026 By Leave a Comment

Be wary.
Be on guard.
Be careful.

If a teacher or a preacher or a writer (myself included) does not clearly communicate that the words of the Bible are sufficient, and adds, “I think . . .”, then it becomes a matter of following the person, not the Word of God.

Did you ever hear Billy Graham say, “I think” ?
NO

Did you ever hear Billy Graham say, “The Bible says, . . . ?
YES, OVER AND OVER ! ! !

There is power in the Word of God, when used as is.
The Bible does need any sharpening or modifications, or protection, to be effective in the war with evil.

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Examples (illustrating the risk of triggering perennial debates, and missing the point):

● Teaching on end times is riddled with teachers mentioning other interpretations (seemingly to appear open and fair, but intended to sway listeners), then dominating the rest of the session by what they think and convey as fact.

● Likewise, a ready answer to every question and every issue, unresolved, with conclusions the listeners accept because they follow this person, rather than search for themselves.

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Why ?
How come ?

Because Americans are so busy, they save time by picking a teacher and taking his ‘I think’ as the gospel truth (which may or may not be The Gospel Truth).

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FASCINATION – or – JUSTIFICATION

October 26, 2026 By Leave a Comment

The execution of the mass murderer at Ft. Hood.

The execution by firing squad.

The public execution.

Guaranteed instant death.

Guaranteed no messed or botched execution.

Public Crime = Public Execution.

Justice for all to see.

Deterrent to crime—punishment for all to see (whether they watch live or not).

Valid—Biblical execution—by government:

“Submit to all human authority, as those sent by God to punish those who do evil, and praise those who do right.”

Missing part, missing ingredient, also Biblical—swift punishment.

“When the sentence for a crime is not speedily executed, the hearts of men become fully set on doing evil.”

Laborious delays in justice = injustice.

Trial/Re-trial by jury of public opinion.

Trial/Re-trial by jury of prolonged
news media.

Never-ending discussions of every un-imaginable question takes public focus and awareness away from justice for a crime.

REPEAT:
Missing part, the missing ingredient, also Biblical—swift punishment.

“When the sentence for a crime is not speedily executed, the hearts of men become fully set on doing evil.”

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FIFTEEN YEARS LATER

October 25, 2026 By Leave a Comment

I write a lot about what I am passionate about. And I write to remember, when I read articles from years ago. My first year on this site God gave me a masterpiece, and I wrote it and posted it. A brief comment at the end refers to something one year before. That was day one of a wonderful, four-month trip in space. It was supernatural, completely in the Will of God. The space shuttle did not make it safely back to earth.

Read LOVE PRAYER, be blessed.

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PERSECUTION BY DDS

October 24, 2026 By Leave a Comment

Persecution by governments.

Persecution be ideologies.

Persecution by religions.

Persecution by people.

Persecution by family.

Persecution by ‘god’.

Persecution by dds.

Persecution by all.

● Persecution by governments.
Many countries outlaw Christianity, threaten Christians, persecute Christians, imprison Christians, kill Christians.

● Persecution be ideologies.
Jihadism seeks power to control by any means, and cannot tolerate non-submission from Christians standing in their way—persecution to eliminate Christians by every device.
Evolution, by defintion, invented to avoid God, takes over education, to require belief, and persecute Christians who believe in Creation.

● Persecution by religions.
Atheism, Islam, Hinduism, Buddhism, Socialism, Marxism, etc.’—some heralded as political, some proclaimed as peaceful, some condoned under Diversity, Equity, Inclusion—all these so-called religions, are ALL bent to oppose Christianity because they hate the God of Christians so deeply that they persecute His people every way they can

● Persecution by people.
Christians are persecuted and martyred because nothing is more offensive and despised than the name of Jesus, and anyone who names the Name of Jesus publicly.

● Persecution by family.
In many religions, when someone turns away their religion and turns to Jesus, that new Christian is disowned by their family as though they were dead (sometimes literally so).

● Persecution by ‘god’.
That is god with a little ‘g’, substitute for the True God of the Bible.
All gods are from the devil, at war with Christians, with persecution by every means and every degree.

● Persecution by dds.
Donald Derangement Syndrome fuels persecution of Trump across the board.
Daddy Derangement Syndrome fuels persecution of fathers, from default doubt to coverup for murder.

● Persecution by all.
Christians are the universal enemy.
Everybody hates Christians.
Persecute Christians across the board.
Eliminate all Christians.

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SENIOR REFLECTIONS

October 24, 2026 By Leave a Comment

Getting older (yearly, daily)
Getting cloudier (mentally)
Getting weaker (physically)
Getting stronger (spiritually)
Getting clearer (what’s important)
Getting easier? (understanding)
Getting discernment (good vs evil)
Getting reflections (that matter)

Hoping something I write may matter to someone else.

I wish I could collect all my senior thoughts in one place, as in get it all together to share.

“Get it all together” is not a reality for me—and so, is not a goal.

I write, and I share, as meaning comes during this time (time that often does not include understanding, for a time).

And I become more comfortable accepting each day for what it offers, and for what I have to offer.
Now that takes time, including other ingredients uncomfortable at the time.

76 is not an excuse, but it is a fact.

“Teach us to number our days, and apply our hearts to wisdom.”

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OUR PART IN GOD’S HELP

October 23, 2026 By Leave a Comment

XXX “God helps those who help themselves.”

XXX “You can’t (God can’t) steer a parked car.”

XXX “God expects us to do some things ourselves.”

XXX “We solve our problems ourselves.”

XXX “I say to myself, ‘You have much saved for many years, to eat and drink and enjoy yourself’.” *

XXX “I am rich; I have grown wealthy and need nothing.” **

XXX “And so on and so on, etc.”

And now, the rest of the story—the TRUTH, from God—His Word.

+++ “A very present help in times of trouble.”

+++ “God is our refuge in trouble.”

+++ *”I say to myself, ‘You have much saved for many years, to eat and drink and enjoy yourself’.’ BUT GOD said, ‘You fool—tonight your soul will be taken from you.
Then who will get all your stuff.
This is how it will be with whoever stores up things for themselves but is not rich toward God.’ “

** “I am rich; I have grown wealthy and need nothing.” But you do not realize that you are wretched, pitiful, poor, blind, and naked.”

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