THE STRUGGLE CONTINUES

In previous posts, It may be noted that there seems to be a lack of interpersonal communication . There is a problem of either people not listening , or people listening but not comprehending. It could also be people listening but to busy to care.
It seems we hear only what is of interest to us, and anything that may be in antigermain to our base of thought, is filtered away. I write on forums and very little is picked up on. I write here and nothing is ever seen.
But we shall persevere.

LOSS OF COMMUNICATION

Sadly I must accept the fact that the art of communication is lost. The finding of old 'friends' and trying to begin a dialog with them takes on a reality in that my 'friendship' with them years ago was tenuous at best, and at this point isn't going to change.
I look back at my past and I realize that ,not having lived in any one place for more that a year, didn't allow such luxuries as friends, only aquaintences. But we shall continue to look for them and try to establish a line at best. But keeping in mind most don't remember me anyway.

DEALING WITH UNPLEASANTRIES

There are times when we must face the job of dealing with recalcitrant people, and the first order of business is : just how much of the infraction should have , could have, or could not have been prevented to begin with. The next issue to deal with, is how to handle the problem in a Christlike manner. Third is, in dealing with someone, are you really committed to seeing the situation through.
I personally do not wish to become that involved, but to maintain unity within the group, I must respond to the unpleasantries in a proper and sound manner, maintaining cool demeaner, and not allow the conversations of others become too raucus and confrontive.

THE ARTICULATOR

In the continuation of the thought from last evening; as the Christian as lost momentum in maintaining the atmosphere of Righteousness. The community of believers has faded under the onslought of worldliness, the spokesman has also disappeared.
I had spoken with fellow believers about the need for the figurehead who would stand in the breach, as a Falwell or Kennedy, but so far no one has come forward. It was suggested that we no longer need this leader wherein WE our selves can spread the movement through word of mouth and developing cell groupsto spread the word.
So do we have a need of an articulator whoshines the flashlight down the road for others to see the way?

NEVER BEND NEVER BREAK

Just a start to some thoughts that have been on my mind.
For too long the 'Church' has been faced with many outside influences and many have been softening their stance in world ideologies. The 'Church' has become a part of the world and the 'Church' has heard the cock crow twice. the third is soon to come and the 'Church' will have forsaken the Savior once again.
Tonight I sat at Dinner with some wonderful friends and fellow children in Christ, and a couple of us began the seed of this conversation I hold now. Those of us who say that we are strong in the Lord, have to begin to look at what our stance is to be in the coming trial as the Children of the Living God are to be assailed, by the world and it's attitudes. Will the cock crow for us too?

HOPEFULNESS?

With the lousy weather we have had here, I was able to sit much of the day and view the coronation of king Obama. If I sound grinched, I am somewhat. I do not wish to let this blog become political, but here we have a man who promised the world to everybody. To the rich he promised prosperity, to the poor he promised to take from the rich and give it to them. [colloquially speaking] Lots of promises to each level of constituency.
Now prior to the inauguration he was already telling folks , well somethings won't be done. Full well knowing that it wouldn't be done anyway, in other words he spoke in error while on the campaign trail.
I have had a real problem with a overfawning press who basically slavered over this person. To the detriment of other candidates. Was I a McCain follower? no ; actually I had a real problem with the level of presidential timber on both the democrat and republican candidates. The closest I saw to true potential leadership for the republicans was Sarah Palin. [ and we all know the press will pretty much ruin her in the future]
Obama is our president . Not our savior. I hope the press doesn't lift him that high. And then we'll see just what he will do for the next 4 years.

WHAT TO SAY

Each night I sit here at this infernal machine trying to think of something eridite to say, something pithy or salient to the subject of the day, and nothing comes to mind at that time. During the day, I will have all sorts of things floating through my brain and by the night all have flown. I was not much of a diary writer when I was young and that little habit seems to have followed,
Tonight I listened to a cd of Dr. Jeremiah explaining the history of the muslim and the relationship to the prophesies from his book " What in the wrold is going on" which our Wed night group is studying. The one thing I note is that the muslim, though, having two base factions with a few minor ones, is committed to spreading the Muslim religion all over the world via their unique and lethal methods, whereas the Christian has become so splintered and fractious, the Salvation message seems in danger of being deluted and misinterpreted by the particular messinger.
Until the Christian message and the Church itself becomes a viable vehicle of Salvation, the muslim growth has nothing to slow it's progress. And the muslim message is, IS a message of hate! make no mistake about that.
We MUST redouble our efforts to take this Salvation message ,FIRST to the [socalled] Christian Churches, who have left their first love, STRENGTHEN our own Churches, and THEN take the message to the outermost parts of the world.

God Bless