Where Have All The Christians Gone?

Those opposed to everything are here, the people who are throwing stones at store windows and take what they want inside! Others are busy burning our American flag or setting fire to automobiles. They are carrying home made posters saying all kinds of things and they scream out pornographic words. They seem to do this in most of our American cities. Why? If folks ask them why they are doing what they are doing, most of them say: “The Professors let us out of class,” or “Who wouldn’t do this? I’m paid pretty good.” Most of them say, “I don’t like Trump.” I believe they are organized by some American haters who seem willing to use their wealth in this way.

Most of the rest of the folks are Christians, or they are good Americans, but where are they? We, and I put myself in that category, would never throw stones at store windows burn the American flag, set fire to automobiles or scream out pornographic words. Shouldn’t we do something? We could be organized by someone who is greater than the whole bunch of protesters and that is God. The Bible tells us that he has whittled down armies of men to less than 300, in order to fight big armies.

Now, I don’t think we should go out and fight those protesters. Even though we would be a much larger army, we wouldn’t want a civil war on our hands, would we? We should all be praying for America and ask God for guidance as to what we should do. Let’s stand up for the things that are right and get down on our knees and pray, right away. there is no time to lose!

Why Pray?

My elder son is lying in bed suffering from Gout. It’s a terrible disease that comes, then is gone for a while but always comes back, each time leaving a part of it permanently. He is a Lutheran pastor and  has had to retire except for preaching once in awhile.He and his wife live at Rio Rancho, New Mexico, quite a distance from my home in the Pacific Northwest so I can’t see him very often. However I can pray and the distance does not seem as far. Do you pray? It’s important to God, the person you are praying for and yourself.

Some don’t see that prayer is very important because God knows what we will say anyhow, so why pray? Some don’t pray because the person we should pray for knows we care. Some people don’t pray because they don’t have the time. God has given us 24 hours every day, don’t you think you could use a few minutes to pray for that loved one who could use the prayer?

However, some pray because they don’t believe in God. That’s sad. All they have to do is look out their window. They will see the blue or cloudy sky or the moon and stars at night. Don’t you ever wonder who made that? The trees now have little buds on them and soon the trees will be sporting green leaves. Why? last fall we saw all the  leaves falling dead on our lawns. Who makes sure that we have four seasons? Oh I know, some bad things happen but they happen for a reason, or God says, “It is time for this person to come home.”

You must have something to pray for. Why not take the time to pray? And if you can’t think of anyone there is always my son who is lying in bed suffering from Gout!