My Ramblings Continue...

I am about to ramble.  I am about to vent a tad bit.  Why?  Because I must!

I came upon two paintings today.  I was moved.  Perhaps you will be moved as well. Take a look for yourself.  I then suggest that you pass it along to your friends.  It is an interactive painting.  Very insightful as well as very painful.
http://www.mcnaughtonart.com/artwork/view_zoom/423

Let me now say that I am 100% aware that the only hope for America is the Lord Jesus Christ; but does it disturb you as much as it disturbs me that Christian’s, thousands of them, will complain, but do nothing? They will not even register to vote...and many thousands more are registered to vote but they will not vote! Over the years that I have been saved (it has been almost 39 years) I have heard so called “Bible Believer’s” say, “I am not voting!”  Okay, this is still a free country (for the time being) so you have the “right” to abstain.  I disagree 100%.  That is my right also!

NOT VOTING is simply another vote for FOUR MORE YEARS of the destruction of the America we all knew, loved, grew up in, and defended by our service in the military.  The America God established upon the word of God and the Lord Jesus Christ!  I have heard Christian’s say, “I am not voting for a Mormon.” Okay, then don’t vote, and by doing so you ARE voting for a Muslim sympathizer, a Constitution obliterator, a Bible mocker, a Christian hater, an “I am above the law” man to be YOUR president and representative in government.  Nice choice, Christian!

Personally, I am praying, fasting, and daily interceding before the Throne of Grace for my country. I pray for all those in authority. I will continue to do so. I will do all I can to be filled by the holy Spirit of God, obey the word of God with all of my heart, soul, spirit and mind; to act like a Christian, to live like a Christian every day of my life by the grace of God...and to do all I can to leave this world DOING something that is RIGHT, rather than sitting on my behind DOING NOTHING.  BOB JONES SR SAID, “DO RIGHT! DO RIGHT UNTIL THE STARS FALL FROM THE HEAVENS!”

I have a godly, spiritual wife (I love you, Bonnie), four godly spiritual children (I love you, Tim, Shari, Kelly and Tina), my children’s four wonderful, spiritual spouses (I love you Stephanie, Pete, Mauro and Eric), and in just a few more months, 14 grandchildren (I love you, Jared, Andrea, Brandon, Alexander, Hannah, Julianna, Eric Jr., Nick, Connor, Ben, Derek, Josiah, Brady, and the next arrival coming in February). Thank you Lord!

However, I refuse to be a “do nothing” deadbeat husband, Dad, grandfather, Christian, who, like Hezekiah, said in Isaiah 39:8  “Then said Hezekiah to Isaiah, Good is the word of the LORD which thou hast spoken. He said moreover, For there shall be peace and truth in my days”. His statement is also recorded in 2 KI 20:16-19  “And Isaiah said unto Hezekiah, Hear the word of the LORD. 17  Behold, the days come, that all that is in thine house, and that which thy fathers have laid up in store unto this day, shall be carried into Babylon: nothing shall be left, saith the LORD. 18  And of thy sons that shall issue from thee, which thou shalt beget, shall they take away; and they shall be eunuchs in the palace of the king of Babylon. 19  Then said Hezekiah unto Isaiah, Good is the word of the LORD which thou hast spoken. And he said, Is it not good, if peace and truth be in my days?

What Hezekiah was really saying was, “It’s too bad about the next generation, but as long as it’s okay for ME that’s all that matters!” He sounds like some lost folks and Christian’s in America today! They don’t care that a future generation (our families) will be carried off into “captivity”, just so long as THEY will be okay as they live their life in a “Disneyland” mentality.  They will walk by lost folks without so much as a blink of and eye, and never say a word about the HOPE we have in Jesus Christ.  They will sit on their hands and complain about how wicked the world is, yet do nothing to positively affect it, and effect it, for the Lord Jesus Christ, for good, and for righteousness.  Help yourself if that is your mindset. On second thought, I say to you, No, please get up, arise from sleep, pursue righteousness, go forward, please do something for the Lord and others will you!

Will I vote?  YES!  Will I vote for a Mormon? As opposed to the alternative? YES!  Will I be an ACTIVE CHRISTIAN?  YES!  YES! YES!  The question is, Will YOU?  Fill in the answer yourself! ______ .

Joshua 24:14-15  Now therefore fear the LORD, and serve him in sincerity and in truth: and put away the gods which your fathers served on the other side of the flood, and in Egypt; and serve ye the LORD. 15  And if it seem evil unto you to serve the LORD, choose you this day whom ye will serve; whether the gods which your fathers served that were on the other side of the flood, or the gods of the Amorites, in whose land ye dwell: but as for me and my house, we will serve the LORD.

EVERY DAY I am praying for just one more day for my God to extend His mercy upon my nation, America.  That is my prayer each and every day! And, I am not just praying, I intend to DO all I can to keep what God has given to me as a citizen of the country, and the government HE established here in the United States of America!

Lastly, you might also like to take a look at this site as well.
 http://www.mcnaughtonart.com/artwork/view_zoom/353  It is another of his interactive paintings. Again, just place your cursor over different parts of the painting and read what the artist says about why he placed it in the painting.