Picking up his cup, he blew slightly before taking a sip. Looking deep into the black coffee.”
–Cliff Hudgins (Viejo and the Outlaws)
My, my, what has happened to our nation? What is going on in the world? Good questions, and I have an answer for yuh, Pard. It’s gettin’ ready for the return of the Lord. I don’t read the news much anymore, and shore don’t listen to the pundits spoutin’ off, but I’ll read a headline now and then and I came across a couple.
“Texas Fire Dept. Chaplain Axed for Biblical View of Gender — Under the city of Austin’s standard, no one who openly holds historic Christian beliefs about the immutable differences between men and women can serve as a chaplain or in any other fire department position.”
“Climate Change Police–Coming to a City Near You — French Interior Minister Gerald Darmanin is hiring 3,000 ‘green police officers’ to go after those who violate green-related criminal issues. The announcement comes after the EU crisis management tsar Janez Lenarcic called for the rapid creation of a Europe-wide ‘Civil Protection Force’ to enforce climate laws across the EU.”
Yuh don’t understand? Come on, Pard, it simply means that they’re after you and me and others. And if that ain’t enough the President done declared us to be dangerous to the country. Folks like us are tryin’ to destroy the soul of America. That’s just plain insane!
Pard, it’s sad… Yep, I spend time starin’ into my coffee cup as well. Is there hope? Wal, for sure, as long as yur breathin’ there’s hope, but the question is hope in what? My hope is in the Lord and His return. My hope is in my salvation that He purchased with the price of His blood. More and more, Pard, I don’t look for the government to do more than continue on a downward spiral. The thing for us to be is on the Lord’s side.
What y’da say we concentrate on our coffee. Good, hot, strong enough to wipe the varnish off the tabletop, and fill the gizzard with joy. Not much we can do about it, ‘cept pray. More and more I understand why we are to pray that last prayer in Revelation, “Even so, Lord Jesus, come.” The days are evil and not just evil, but perverse. The agenda of the Antichrist is clearer to see and the methods he will use.
Be ready, Pard. Be ready as yuh ride out every day. Be ready and be a-listenin’ for the trumpet. Keep yur eyes upon the skies, but yuh also need to be watchin’ where yur steppin’. Oh, and Pard, one of the ways for yuh to be ready is to check yur cinch.
Vaya con Dios.