Life Goes On

I have a page on Facebook that I go to every now and then. Nobody ever writes on my wall, I just go there to see what everybody is saying to each other. I can catch up on things, without having to carry on a conversation. I have noticed that some very bored, sneaky people are hacking into members accounts, and using their identities, sending messages to unsuspecting friends. Most people will put up with this, and just keep adding more 'friends', not caring about the hacking. They probably think it's relatively harmless.

I was on my page tonight, and just decided to unload some of my 'friends'. I started out with 106 friends, and when I was done, I had 57 left. Out of those 57, I probably ever talk to about 5 of them. The rest, I just use to catch up on friends and family. Sad. Some people live on Facebook, playing all the silly games, tending to their 'farms', and such. I have heard of some people setting an alarm, just so they could get up and water their plants. Wow.

I am letting go of this present world, a little at a time. There will come a day, very soon, that most of my stuff will be taken away anyway. The things of this world will burn up, with a fervent heat, so says the Bible. And I believe it. I can't take it with me, so I will give away what I can, and use up what's left. When I leave this world, whether by death, or the rapture, I expect that I won't have much down here with my name on it.

When Jesus walked this earth, He didn't own anything. He said 'the foxes have holes, and the birds have nests, but the Son of Man has no place to lay His head'. He knew the importance of distancing oneself from the trappings of this present world. We can get too comfortable with our stuff, and make it a part of our identity. When we love some material thing so much, that we can't let go of it, then we have forgotten our purpose for being here. We are not here to gather as much stuff as we can get our hands on. We are here to gather souls for God's Kingdom.

Love people, not things. Pastor Larry Delon always said, don't love anything, that can't love you back. Amen.

Your Opinion

I recently read on another blog, that blogging was so 2008. In other words, it was a passing fad, no longer useful. They couldn't be more wrong. I personally think the blog is one of the best tools, for the average person on the street, to voice their opinion to the masses, no matter how controversial. Blogging may seem like a relatively new experience, but people have been voicing their opinions, in one way or another, for centuries.

When the printing press was invented, they had the opportunity to do what I am doing right now. Back then, though, I would have to write down what I wanted to say, find a local printer's shop, pay to have my fliers printed, and walk around, passing them out to whoever I could. If I was very fortunate, they might actually get taken to a nearby town. When we think about what we have now, we should feel very blessed.

We all have a God-given right to express ourselves. He has given us a mind to gather facts, to reason, and form an opinion. Everyone SHOULD be able to have their own opinion about anything they like. As a matter of fact, two people can take the same facts, and come to two totally different opinions. It all depends on their worldview. In some parts of the world, the government tries to suppress the ideas of their people. I suppose their reasoning is, if the people think too much, the government might lose control of them. In our country, we still have enough freedom to be able to constructively argue our point, and not be thrown in prison. How long that will last, is anybody's guess, though.

If the day comes that the Internet disappears, or goes out of style, (it could happen), men will come up with another way of spreading their views. The day we become silent on popular issues of the day, issues that affect our personal lives, will be the day we cease to be the thinking, civilized people, God created us to be. Edmund Burke is quoted as saying, "It is necessary only for the good man to do nothing for evil to triumph". How true.

I thank God that I have the ability to type these few words, my opinions, and send them out for anyone to read. Even if these words only reach a few people, they are MY words, and MY thoughts. God gives me ideas, I filter them through the brain He has given me, and I distribute them.

In the beginning was the Word. The Word created the world by speaking it into existence. The spoken word is powerful, and in the end, the Word will triumph. amen.