COME ALONG AND WALK A WAY WITH ME....

As we walk along, may I share with you some recollections of days now behind us? Some are my personal memories, others are passed down or learned through someone, somewhere. Each holds a special place in my mind as markers or sign posts as if on a map to guide future travels. History, when consulted regularly and in earnest can help in not repeating terrible events. When headed down the wrong road-SAY SOMETHING.

Grandma Elsie May used to speak about Hugo Freer, her Great Great Grandfather who lived at the time of the reformation, the Protestant period throughout Europe. A most violent period of our collective history. If you ever get the opportunity to read Foxe's Book of Martyrs, your view of mankind will change forever. Grandpa Hugo, a Godly and devoted simple man of faith likely witnessed, and perhaps suffered for what he believed in this era. Grandma Elsie was adamant that Prayer was all that got Hugo through this violent period. .....brethren, pray for us that the word of the Lord will spread rapidly and be glorified, just as it did also with you;  and that we will be rescued from perverse and evil men; for not all have faith.- 2Th 3:1-2

See that big old building over there? That used to be Grant Junior High School. The school day began in 7th, 8th, and 9th grades with morning announcements over the in-class speaker system, followed by the Pledge of Allegiance, ending in a daily prayer. Every student stood for these last two morning offerings.

Same story in elementary school. We would stand, and pray to start the day. Somewhere in the mid sixties, somebody got offended. WE SHOULD HAVE SAID SOMETHING!

By the time I joined the Army, those who got offended about"pray to start the day" and suddenly people were spitting on us as we moved through airports heading overseas to serve in foreign lands. "Baby killers, murderers" they shouted as they spat! For a young soldier, a mountain boy, this was tough NOT to respond!! { I wanted to POP this one long haired guy so bad...but ... } Orders were orders!

Be of sober spirit, be on the alert. Your adversary, the devil, prowls around like a roaring lion, seeking someone to devour.-1Pe 5:8

By the time I retired from the Army, computers satellite TV and cell phones had been invented. Out of 23 years wearing the uniform of a soldier, nearly 15 were spent in some other country. I left the U.S. as an 18 year old, with a blessed innocence still easily found in the American society. When I returned to CONUS (Continental United States), I again left behind a wonderful sense of innocence in the overseas country I was leaving and I was blown away how ugly, hateful and downright selfish people had allowed themselves to become here at home. It was like somebody threw a light switch while I was gone -- Personal responsibility vanished. Gone! Prayer in school was outdone by removing God completely from school, college, and the public square life. Our lord was gleefully replaced by a fellow named SATAN.   "How you have fallen from heaven, O star of the morning, son of the dawn! You have been cut down to the earth, You who have weakened the nations! - Isa 14:12

Well, will you look at the hour? Walking along, talking, remembering, recalling the "Good Old Days". Time sure flys by! Just up ahead is a fork in the road. One fork leads to the right, the other to the left. Its time to make a final decision; Which way to go? The decision is not political one. It is a decision of survival. Both directions lead to an eternity. Its not a question of politics.

It is a question of right and wrong, good and evil, Heaven or Hell. God has given us the "TWO MINUTE WARNING". Its decision time beloved. Two destinations, ETERNAL DARKNESS and ANGUISH, or ETERNAL LIGHT WITH THE JOY OF OUR MAKER. Its a personal decision, I know. BUT....it IS YOUR DECISION.

Well, here we are at the fork in the road. Thanks for walking along. Its decision time!   "Behold, I am coming quickly, and My reward is with Me, to render to every man according to what he has done.   "I am the Alpha and the Omega, the first and the last, the beginning and the end."- Rev 22:12-13

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