Post by stormyknight on May 18, 2021 12:45:32 GMT -6
this might get long...
praying is not something that I've ever felt I was good at, but when I see someone needing prayers, I try to think about and include them in mine. I also have never been one to ask for prayers. I'm asking now. This is so hard... It's my oldest daughter that lives with my wife and I. She will be 30 this September and she has a 16 month old son who my wife and I are pretty much raising as she has a night job. She is a professed atheist which, as you might imagine, makes talking about our blessed hope very hard in our household. She thinks we're crazy.
As you all may already know, the day after tomorrow will be exactly 1335 days since the Revelation 12 sign. I don't know if anything is going to happen. I hope something does. Anything. "Blessed is he who waits and reaches the end of the 1,335 days." Dan. 12:12
Anyway, it seems a lot has been happening in my/our life that is like a hindrance or a resistance to hope. Interruptions happen a lot, both at home and at work. For example, just this morning I'm cleaning the warehouse office here at work, just finishing up with mopping. Our foreman drives up outside and is looking through the door as he's driving up. We make eye contact. I know he can see what I'm doing. He walks in looking at his phone and asks if I've seen our supervisor. 'no I haven't, he left awhile ago'. He turns and walks out. No thought what-so-ever about the dirt he just tracked in on my wet floor. I quietly mop up his tracks. Not even a minute later as I'm about to go out the other door, the lead lineman, for no apparent reason, walks in, looks around and walks out. Once again I mop up the tracks. It is things like this almost everyday for quite awhile now. There is no reason for it. It is really weird. So, back to my daughter...
Just before she left for work last night, she comes out of her room and asks if I've heard anything about the attacks in Israel lately. I say yes I have, I been keeping tabs on the news. She then goes in to a kind of tirade with copious amounts of expletives about how she doesn't care about their religion or their country etc etc. They shouldn't be killing innocent people, etc etc. I tried explaining that it goes much deeper than what the media portrays. Wrong thing to say. She doesn't want to hear about what some people a long time ago made up some story about their country, etc etc. Anyway, I hope you all get the picture. We've had discussions before about 'my religion', but never to this degree. She actually broke down and was worried about her son growing up in our environment. (believe me, I know what I wanted to say along the lines of 'maybe if you got your own place and raised your own son.....but I can't. I love my grandson dearly and know that I am his protector right now. She is just not capable of living on her own yet.)
I know Satan, whether he's been kicked out of Heaven yet or not, is making things especially hard on all those called to follow Jesus Christ. I feel my faith is strong, but that doesn't stop me from shaking in my shoes occasionally. My 'Inspiring Verse' app today is Eph. 6:16, "Above all, taking the shield of faith, wherewith ye shall be able to quench all the fiery darts of the wicked." This was definitely a boost for my faith.
I keep praying for all of us who are holding on to the end. We need each other. I hope to see all of you on Thursday, but I will wait, if that is not the day.
praying is not something that I've ever felt I was good at, but when I see someone needing prayers, I try to think about and include them in mine. I also have never been one to ask for prayers. I'm asking now. This is so hard... It's my oldest daughter that lives with my wife and I. She will be 30 this September and she has a 16 month old son who my wife and I are pretty much raising as she has a night job. She is a professed atheist which, as you might imagine, makes talking about our blessed hope very hard in our household. She thinks we're crazy.
As you all may already know, the day after tomorrow will be exactly 1335 days since the Revelation 12 sign. I don't know if anything is going to happen. I hope something does. Anything. "Blessed is he who waits and reaches the end of the 1,335 days." Dan. 12:12
Anyway, it seems a lot has been happening in my/our life that is like a hindrance or a resistance to hope. Interruptions happen a lot, both at home and at work. For example, just this morning I'm cleaning the warehouse office here at work, just finishing up with mopping. Our foreman drives up outside and is looking through the door as he's driving up. We make eye contact. I know he can see what I'm doing. He walks in looking at his phone and asks if I've seen our supervisor. 'no I haven't, he left awhile ago'. He turns and walks out. No thought what-so-ever about the dirt he just tracked in on my wet floor. I quietly mop up his tracks. Not even a minute later as I'm about to go out the other door, the lead lineman, for no apparent reason, walks in, looks around and walks out. Once again I mop up the tracks. It is things like this almost everyday for quite awhile now. There is no reason for it. It is really weird. So, back to my daughter...
Just before she left for work last night, she comes out of her room and asks if I've heard anything about the attacks in Israel lately. I say yes I have, I been keeping tabs on the news. She then goes in to a kind of tirade with copious amounts of expletives about how she doesn't care about their religion or their country etc etc. They shouldn't be killing innocent people, etc etc. I tried explaining that it goes much deeper than what the media portrays. Wrong thing to say. She doesn't want to hear about what some people a long time ago made up some story about their country, etc etc. Anyway, I hope you all get the picture. We've had discussions before about 'my religion', but never to this degree. She actually broke down and was worried about her son growing up in our environment. (believe me, I know what I wanted to say along the lines of 'maybe if you got your own place and raised your own son.....but I can't. I love my grandson dearly and know that I am his protector right now. She is just not capable of living on her own yet.)
I know Satan, whether he's been kicked out of Heaven yet or not, is making things especially hard on all those called to follow Jesus Christ. I feel my faith is strong, but that doesn't stop me from shaking in my shoes occasionally. My 'Inspiring Verse' app today is Eph. 6:16, "Above all, taking the shield of faith, wherewith ye shall be able to quench all the fiery darts of the wicked." This was definitely a boost for my faith.
I keep praying for all of us who are holding on to the end. We need each other. I hope to see all of you on Thursday, but I will wait, if that is not the day.
