Thanksgiving

 It's 2020, and Thanksgiving is hardly a theme for any of us. 

We shouldn't be surprised, we knew that things would get "insane" as the Antichrist kingdom came into focus! 

Can we give thanks in light of a manufactured "pandemic?" A farce of an election? The loss of loved ones? 

I try to be objective, but there are times when the truth just screams to the masses and they simply squeeze their eyes shut tighter---and tune into Fake News all the more. Ask yourself: "What channel is my TV tuned to?" If your TV is on you are hearing LIES. Fake news. Distortions. TURN IT OFF. 

Are you ready to stand alone? 

If the election fraud is exposed, fully, there will be evidence that those who are against the "Great Reset" are more than those who are for it. Many are still under the delusion that Joe Biden is the most popular man in history. They believe he actually got 80,000,000 votes by sitting in his basement. 

Fat chance. 

But I am thankful. If America does become a Banana Republic my worldview doesn't change. We Christians understand persecution better than most. 

We expect it.

We had our internet fail on us these last few days. We've been blissfully unaware of most things except our own little Corgi Hollows. We've been cooking, studying, and trying to get assignments turned in on the neighbor's internet. It's a hassle, but it works. Our cell phones work, (data is pricey) but our main phone doesn't, so, sorry if you tried to call. Everything shut down while I was talking to Brian's mom the other day. That was something! 

The hard part is that our communications company hasn't even promised us a time frame for getting it going again! Thanksgiving, and all. 

Can we give thanks when things just don't go as they should? Or as we THINK they should? 

Yes, we can. The illustration from Corrie Ten Boom about the tapestry often comes to mind when I face trials and tribulation. We are seeing the knots and chaos of the underside---God is seeing the beautiful picture He is weaving from the top. 

Some of you know that Brian would cross stitch when he was under extreme stress. His work looked perfect from the top and the bottom, as he planned his stitches perfectly to create the picture in lines (not crosses) on the back. He had the knack. His engineering mind was interested in the puzzle of both sides. 

Some of us have lives like that. They are well-planned and relatively free of storms and loss. 

Mine has been very stormy this past year, and Corrie Ten Boom's tapestry gives me great comfort. My cross-stitch work looks like that, too---pretty on top, but chaos underneath. 

As hard as I try to do the right thing I find another rug yanked out from under me relatively frequently. These "rugs" only remind me that the foundation I really stand on is Jesus Christ. 

Now the "rug" I'm thinking about is the whole vaccine issue. Having done so much more reading about vaccines and immunity, immune systems and viruses, alternative health, and the corruption with Big Pharma---I am a skeptic, and it will be tough to convince me that any mandatory vaccine is beneficial to society. 

Yes, we are concerned about the "common good." That is the theme of my Public Administration studies. Americans value personal freedom, though. We like the Magna Carta. The law of the lesser Magistrate. We enjoy freedom of speech and conscience. We want to follow the God of the Bible! 

"The Great Reset" would have us put the "Common Good" above our own individuality before God.

You all know that we have heard so many different names for the Antichrist Kingdom, right? 

The Devil always has some idea about how to elevate his own people into power, and whispers these alluring thoughts about the New World Order, or whatever he wants to call it currently (Great Reset). As believers we can have confidence that his earthly power has no effect on us. Greater is He that is in you than he that is in the world. 

And this makes me thankful. 

You can call me stupid, dumb, backward, oafish, or whatever diminutive you prefer----Greater is He that is in me, than he that is in the world! 

I am a believer in Jesus Christ, and I was informed by His Word that I would be mocked and scoffed at! I know that there are those shaking their heads at me---but I would implore them to follow Christ. They will face such horrors after we are gone. 

During the Great Tribulation 1/4 of the earth's population will be slaughtered, and after that another 1/3 of the remaining population will be wiped out. Do the math. That is a catastrophic proportion to 8 billion people. 

God's Word is so specific. 

Are you alarmed? 

If I didn't know Christ I would be. 

Your chances of making it through the Tribulation are slim. You have about 2/5ths of a chance. I'm not good at math, but correct me if I'm wrong. Your chances are slim. You need Jesus now. Today. 

I think that the church is FULL of wolves. The whole Critical Theory thing has erased the faith of many in God's Word. People cling to their own version of god, the one that they personally invent and approve of. 

God the Creator is abhorred! 

Just ask around. Ask yourself! Where do you stand on the authority of Scripture? Where do you stand on God's justice? Where do you stand on sin and morality? 

Where do you stand collectively or individually? 

There are some big clues in how you think and where you will be in the Great Tribulation.

Get right with God. This is truly the only thing to be truly thankful for on this American holiday of Thanksgiving. 

Yes, I'm thankful for God's provision. He has been good! He is good! I stand on the promises of God, and I am THANKFUL! 

And yet I grieve for those whose worldview shuts out the truth, are blinded spiritually, and are headed for death and destruction. My trials and tribulation pale in comparison. 

Get your lamps filled with oil! Be ready for the Bridegroom! 

He comes. He comes quickly! 

Even so, Lord Jesus, quickly come! 

MARANATHA!