“Speak these things”*

by chuckofish

“We live in a fallen world with decaying bodies in a crumbling culture that is increasingly turning away from absolute truth. As the world spirals farther and farther from perfection, the centrifugal force of sin pushes the edges and expands the boundaries of acceptability. And we feel the loss.” (Read the whole excellent article here.)

We see a lot of doom and gloom in the world and we worry about our grandchildren. We know that all the lost people striving for meaning in their lives will never find it looking inside themselves. The only balm in this world is Jesus, but to say so in mixed company is to invite raised eyebrows or even ridicule. C’est la vie. I am old enough that I don’t care. I will keep advising people to read the Bible (the whole thing) and to go to church. Find a good one where they follow God’s word and not their own feelings.

We are surrounded by blessings and beauty every day which we mostly don’t notice or appreciate. Be thankful and know to whom you are grateful. Jesus is coming back and in the meantime he promised that He is with us always, even to the end of the age.

For the grace of God that brings salvation has appeared to all men, 12 teaching us that, denying ungodliness and worldly lusts, we should live soberly, righteously, and godly in the present age, 13 looking for the blessed hope and glorious appearing of our great God and Savior Jesus Christ, 14 who gave Himself for us, that He might redeem us from every lawless deed and purify for Himself His own special people, zealous for good works.

(Titus 2:11-14)

*Titus 2:15