[Faith-talk] The State We're In

Sat Sep 2 23:39:40 UTC 2017

Amen Denise!

Ericka Short
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> On Sep 2, 2017, at 10:28 AM, Danielle Ledet via Faith-Talk <faith-talk at nfbnet.org> wrote:
> 
> 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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