When the going gets tough

The righteous get praying!

Here's today's Psalm (52) in a different translation to that which I might normally think of and it makes so much sense, brings so much comfort and draws a line for those who would oppose God and the Church of Christ:

'Why do you celebrate evil, you wicked, while God's goodness is there (always) for you?

In your deceit you plot destruction and talk down others and your tongue is like an assassin's razor. You love evil rather than good and in the company you keep you enjoy the taste of lies on your tongue rather than the word of truth in your heart - for you love the words that hurt, deny and destroy. And this is why God will bring you down; he shall take you, and the company of liars, adulterers, gossips and evil one and will take everything. 

The righteous will see this and trembling in awe, and fear, will be scornful and laughingly proclaim, 'Oh you wicked, deceitful ones, who abandoned God as a refuge and trusted in possessions and lived in wickedness - you have received the fruit for what you have sown!'

But the righteous are like a spreading olive tree in the house of God; they trust in the goodness, love and mercy of God for ever and ever and will always give thanks to Him for what He has done; they will hope in His name for your faithful ones delight, and find life, within it.'

I always find it sad when I see people who claim to be Christian conspiring with others and misrepresenting, telling untruths, enjoying the barbed words of others and celebrating the difficulties and challenges before others. Those who bless wickedness rather than seek to correct it; those whose bums are on the seats of the congregation whilst their hearts belong to satan, the father of all lies.

Thankfully God deals with them, leaving us to praise Him and to live our lives rightly.

Thankfully those who dig pits will indeed fall into them and perish at the works of their own hands.

Thankfully (let me hear a 'Hallelujah') those who love God will help them out of that pit and restore and love them.

As is says in the BBB (Big Black Book)

Let those who have ears, hear :-)

Human Rights: Commonsense Lost?

I have to admit that I am struggling a great deal regarding the issue of human rights in that everyone appears to believe that their rights trump those of everyone else around them and to not endorse something is to be 'phobic' (a word meaning 'not agreeing that my rights are supreme and the way I live is the only way').

The Secularists witter on about the wicked, oppressive and awful Christians.

The Homosexuals witter on about those oppressive and cruel Christians.

The Humanists witter on about how you don't need to be a person of faith to be kind and show love and bemoan the fact that the naughty Christians think they have the monopoly on being 'Christian' (which I would have to say that, of course, they do - the hint being in the name rather than the corruption that refers to an act).

The Christians  witter on about how Secularists and Humanists are blinkered and irrational and how Homosexuals run back to 'homophobia' as a defence for what has been for a goodly few years (want to start counting from Jewish roots or merely from the 'Christian' bit) a firm part of their faith. Of course in doing so they also drone endlessly on about 'persecution' and 'anti-Christian bias' and (like the other three groups - do themselves no real good in the process).

Why can't we see some balance, respect and commonsense?

Over the next few days I will be attempting to bring my views to the fore as I tinker internally with some of the issues that others are challenging me with (and it's funny that so many people are applauding one BA worker for wearing a cross up here in the Midlands) and hopefully might find some commonsense and dialogue from others too.

I have also posted this as a thread here: http://bit.ly/SJghcu in the hope it will attract and start something worthwhile. If you're not a member, then sigh un (proper names please - contact details are not available unless you opt to have such).

Pax