[Faith-talk] The State We're In

Sat Sep 2 15:28:03 UTC 2017

I agree that we are definitely living in perilous times. These people
I'm with everyday are very difficult to witness to and share the Good
News of Christ! I do not know how to reach them and I am exhausted.
Yet I see some of them posting Bible verses and making reference to
God or thanking Him for their successes and claiming the devil is
after them when they encounter misfortune. The Devil can not be on
your back when he already has you!
When you are filing your temple with addicting substances and engaging
in lasciviousness that is not of God. You steal from the poor and give
to the rich, and refuse to help those in need when clearly you can,
and feel NO remorse or obligation! You brag that it cost $32000 for
construction to beautify your property and buy new furniture which you
pay for in cash, you are not suffering and you DO NOT have it
hard!!!...... When youre children can have iPhones and name brand
items soon as they come out, I'm talking day of, the struggle is NOT
real for you. You live in rural areas and you NEVER have to spend your
last on a cab, nor do you know what it is like to stand in inclement
weather, with and without your tiny babies waiting on a bus, you
should NOT be blessed or have it easy, because you DO NOT have a
testimony. ANd people who are allowed to mother left and right, but
who are clearly not mothering material........... Yet, I continue to
struggle while I am seeing them blessed and wanting for nothing, while
at the same time claiming hardship and impoverishment.

About Donald Trump: He reminds me of a kid in first grade struggling
to answer the question. Or, the Nutty Professor. What have we done by
electing him President? Nope, I did not vote for him, in any election!

On 8/21/17, Marianne Haas via Faith-Talk <faith-talk at nfbnet.org> wrote:
> Good Morning,
> I live in Berkeley and I am really concerned.  Next week end there are
> going
> to be demonstrations on both  sides and I am afraid of violence.  I will be
> out of town with my boyfriend.
>
> Here is how I see the whole situation:
> I absolutely denounce the KKK and other Racist groups.  However,  I also
> denounce violent speech on the left.  I, for instance, heard a Wrapper
> wrapping about killing white people.  Here, at least, the mainstream media
> plays down the violence of the left and excuses behaviors.
>
> I also want to make a point here:
> I still hear about how many Afro Americans feel oppressed.  When I was
> working in education and for the state,  I saw many Afro Americans in good
> positions.  Afro Americans are Congress Members and have held office in the
> supreme Court.  Compare this with 65 per cent unemployment of employable
> blind people.  Why is there no talk about that?
>
> By the way, did you know that Bright Bard News has an office in Jerusalem?
>
> I, for my part, am a Survivor not a Victim. I think that one thing we can
> do
> as Christians is to make everyone we meet feel welcome as long as they are
> not violent against us.  Is that not what Jesus did when he went to the
> Prostitute? I, for my part am doing the best I can.  I have friends from
> all
> walks of life.  I, for instance, am empathetic to a worker who lost his/her
> job due to the job going outside the Us.  I also empathize with people
> losing their job due to advanced technology.  What can we do for all those
> people.  We did not plan very well and large segments of this society feel
> disemfrangized.
>
> I also do not think that Christians are hateful.  However, I thought that
> when the Doctor who performed abortions was shot down, that that act was
> very hateful and very Unchristian.
>
> What does everyone else think?
>
> Marianne
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Faith-Talk [mailto:faith-talk-bounces at nfbnet.org] On Behalf Of Sheila
> Leigland via Faith-Talk
> Sent: Monday, August 21, 2017 9:46 AM
> To: Faith-talk, for the discussion of Blindness in faith and religion
> Cc: Sheila Leigland
> Subject: Re: [Faith-talk] The State We're In
>
> couldn't say it better myself.
>
>
> On 8/18/2017 10:16 PM, Linda Mentink via Faith-Talk wrote:
>> Hi All,
>>
>> I've been without email all day, but I wanted to come in here and
>> share a couple thoughts.
>>
>> Our country is a mess, Christians are a mess, good is called evil and
>> evil good.  The Bible warns that there will be perilous times ahead,
>> and we're in them now.  I would urge all here to pray for each other,
>> our pastors, our church members, our country's leaders including
>> President Trump, and the persecuted Christians around the world.  We
>> will be among those persecuted sooner than later. It's already
>> starting here in America, and it's only going to get worse until
>> Christ comes for His own.
>>
>> Donald Trump was not my first choice for our president during the
>> primaries, but he was on election day.  It was clear: vote for Hillary
>> Clinton who was under investigation for her part in many things that
>> were covered up and lied about when she was Secretary of State, and
>> Donald Trump, who was willing to stand up to the liberal media and
>> call them out for their unfair treatment of the Republican candidates.
>> He's not squeaky clean, but remember, we weren't electing a pastor; we
>> were electing a leader who would want to make America great again, and
>> put America's security high up on his priority list.
>> He has a lot of people against him who are being paid by George
>> Sorrose (I don't know how to spell it) to be violent, and many don't
>> even know why they're doing what they're being paid to do.  And
>> remember, Hillary put Christians in her basket of deplorables, and
>> said that we were going to have to change our beliefs.  And now she
>> wants to be a pastor! Give me a break!
>>
>> Also, Christian groups are now on Poverty Law Center's list of hate
>> groups because they are against abortion and
>> homosexuality/transgenerism.  So, yes, we are already being persecuted
>> here in these United States.  We Christians need to stay close to our
>> Lord, read and study our Bibles to know Him better, pray, and stand up
>> for our Lord and His people.  Don't let your disability stand in your
>> way.  They'll be trying to get rid of us sooner than later, too,
>> because they want a perfect world with no disabilities and no
>> diseases.  It makes me weary to think about it, in a way; but in
>> another way, excited.  Things are not falling apart, but they are
>> falling into place for the rapture soon to come.  Depend upon God, not
>> the White House! And share Christ with anyone who will listen, as the
>> time is short.
>>
>> May God give us discernment, strength, courage and whatever else we
>> need during these last days, and His peace which passes all
>> understanding!
>>
>> Blessings,
>>
>> Linda
>>
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