Some people have been saying lately that God is punishing Louisiana for gay rights and abortion. Ok, fair enough. Well, not really. After all, are we God? Can we presume to judge, to walk up and down the streets with our chests stiking out in front of us like turkeys? Now, I'm not saying I agree with the gay lifestyle or abortion, in fact I believe both are wrong, but here's an idea; what if we as a nation are being punished for our lives of sinful excess and greed? Here is a picture of the approximate paths of Rita and Katrina, with oil rigs and coastal refineries labled. Notice anything?

Satan is not a Christian, or a Muslim, or a Buddhist, or a Hindu, or a liberal, or a conservative. He attacks and destroys where ever he can. It is presumptive and fastuous to assume that God is raining down judgment on people getting abortions and ignoring the sins of the society at large. If you think about it, problems are usually a direct result of sin anyway, not an arbitrarily assigned punishment.

¹After this I saw another angel coming down from heaven. He had great authority, and the earth was illuminated by his splendor. ²With a mighty voice he shouted:
"Fallen! Fallen is Babylon the Great!
She has become a home for demons
and a haunt for every evil^[a] spirit,
a haunt for every unclean and detestable bird.
³For all the nations have drunk
the maddening wine of her adulteries.
The kings of the earth committed adultery with her,
and the merchants of the earth grew rich from her excessive luxuries."
⁴Then I heard another voice from heaven say:
"Come out of her, my people,
so that you will not share in her sins,
so that you will not receive any of her plagues;

-Revelation 18:1-4



Map Sources:
http://gom.rigzone.com/rita.asp
http://www.weatherunderground.com/hurricane/at200512.asp
http://www.weatherunderground.com/hurricane/at200518.asp
www.mapquest.com
www.cnn.com

Wake up!

I just got back from so called "senior survival". "Survival" apparently involves learning to tolerate b.o. in a plastic shelter and being confined to a 700 foot circle by insurance policies. Despite the lack of many things having to do with survival, it was a positive experience. We got to spend a lot of time reading and thinking; contemplating our spiritual lives and our place in the end times. It really hit me one day when I was reading. As I sat in the soft moss it occurred to me that these are the end times. Our duty to each other is growing more urgent; the message must go out! How long do we have until the books are closed and the world turns against us? The time of Laodicea is over! The church that is sleeping will soon be serving the prince of darkness in its sleep!