Come What May

We do not need soothsayers or protective amulets to protect us from evil; God will protect us so that no true harm will come to us.

We should not treat religion like a shield of armor from magic spells and potions; that is not prayer and therefore not the way we should act.

What are we telling Jesus if we take every promise He made to be a means of fending off disasters, even wars? Do you love God or not? If you do, direct your aspirations toward God. Approach God in humility and love, letting Him fill your mind and heart with His love, and do not worry about things which are less than Him. Everything is less than God. After catastrophes, the power of God is evident to all, and one needs no degree in theology to see His passing by.

The messages of prophets and seers are, more than anything else, a call to God, "Come close and speak to me because I love you and miss the sound of your voice."

Youtube is full of videos about God's promises, warnings of disasters to come, and wars to be fought, even threats if you do not watch a specific video. That is not the behavior of mature Christians who love God, respect Him for who He is, and desire with everything they have, to love Him more perfectly day by day.

The weather here has been stormy, windy and cold for weeks, but we have had no snow such as California has been having, where ten feet or more of snow has piled up everywhere, stranding people under many feet of snow so that it is impossible to drive. God is still there, the same as He was before, snd the water held in monumental snow drifts will be necessary for the summer months, when things can be like the Sahara desert.

God is still there. When Elijah went into the cave to seek God, terrible things were happening outside, rocks were being broken by the wind, but he says in Scripture, "God was not in the wind". When the Lord passed by in a whisper, that is when Elijah knew the Lord was near, and not in the disasters.

We will leave this world, this body, this universe to be in God forever, if we have striven all our lives to love Him more. How could it be otherwise? Loving HIm more and more is something which continues, and should be the direction of our lives.

Do not be afraid if God is warning you to cease sinning, repent of sin and make atonement by your love, especially the love you lavish on others. Simplicity and humility go together well with silence and solitude. and from them the world should be able to see the goodness of God shining irresistibly from us, drawing us to the Lord.

The man who stops sinning and asks to be forgiven and repenting, seeks the Lord as a friend, is one who will know happiness as the outcome of his life. It is never too late to seek God or to repent so as to be able to love God as He deserves to be loved.