Friday, November 25, 2016

Black Friday Getting Darker

Black Friday headlines from Drudge Report… Chaos and crime…
Black Friday madness: Two people are killed outside a Macy's and a Walmart while customers fight over everything from TVs to towels as stores open their doors for record $3.1bn holiday splurge 

These were the headlines on the Drudge Report for Black Friday, November 25, 2016.  Each year there seems to be more and more mayhem for the "biggest" shopping day of the year.  This day typically marks the beginning of the Christmas shopping season.  I do believe we should take the "Christ" out of this Christmas and make it the "Mass Shopping Season"!?  After all, isn't that what Christmas is in our nation?

With the last Election (a very very bad joke), the climate or pulse of our nation towards the things God cares about, IE; murder of the unborn and partial born, sanctity of marriage and Israel is revealed on a large and viewable scale.  As the nation moves further away from God, we should not be surprised at the outcome - greed, lust, violence and self gratification to name a few.

2Timothy 3:1-5 NLT
(1)  You should know this, Timothy, that in the last days there will be very difficult times.
(2)  For people will love only themselves and their money. They will be boastful and proud, scoffing at God, disobedient to their parents, and ungrateful. They will consider nothing sacred.
(3)  They will be unloving and unforgiving; they will slander others and have no self-control. They will be cruel and hate what is good.
(4)  They will betray their friends, be reckless, be puffed up with pride, and love pleasure rather than God.
(5)  They will act religious, but they will reject the power that could make them godly. Stay away from people like that!


What bothers and even scares me is the amount of "Christian's" who voted for the "man" and "party" that not only supports all the three major things God abhors, but didn't want God mentioned in its platform?  Then there are the "Christian's", called to be the "salt of the earth" (that means to preserve) and have not only the right but the responsibility to exercise that GOD-GIVEN RIGHT in our nation, but didn't vote???

Judgement is coming and it will start in the HOUSE OF THE LORD!  As my Pastor says; I can stand, kneel, or lay before the Lord and say did what I was suppose to do in this area of my Faith, my Family and my Country.

What was more prevalent this year than previous years is Black Friday started on Thursday?  So another Holiday DEEP in Christian roots is eroding just like our society.  And again, leading the way was the "Christian's" standing in the lines promoting the materialism - for what, to save money on toys for Christ or the Mass?

John 16:33 NKJV

(33)  These things I have spoken to you, that in Me you may have peace. In the world you will have tribulation; but be of good cheer, I have overcome the world."

Who is Jesus talking to in that verse and what is he talking about?  If you want to know who I was - look at my past behavior.  If you want to know who I am now - look at my current behavior?  I GUARANTEE people are looking at you too?

Season's Beatings
JUST SAYING
ernie