This is a year when a few candidates will be voted on.  I am really disgusted with the career politicians.  They promise much but do little, other than for themselves.  I thought I had found a business man running in my state and was thrilled to hear of him.  Sadley he is also thinking only of himself and his pocketbook.  I now wonder if there are any honest candidates who have the best interests of the common people in mind.

After Cain killed Abel God confronted him with what he had done.  In Genesis 4: 11-12 God told Cain; “Now you are cursed from the earth which has opened her mouth to  receive your brother’s blood from your hand.  When you till the ground it will not yield to you her strength.  A fugitive and vagabond  you shall be in the earth”.

Cain’s response was, “My punishment is greater than I can bear”. 

Cain was sent away from his parents and siblings.  The record is that he took only his wife and it also tells the names of his sons that she bore him.

Did Cain miss his parents and brothers and sisters?  Did he have his moments of longing to see and speak to them, perhaps to talk over the days work?

Are we heart sick when there are problems in our own family and we cannot work out a remedy for the hurt?

When the prophet in Deut. 21:23 foretold, saying, “cursed is everyone that hangeth on a tree” the Israelites knew this referred to the Messiah. However, they did not understand the kind of death the Messiah would experience or even that He would die.

Rev. 13:16-17 is telling about something that will happen in the final days. It states that everyone will need a mark to buy or sell. Because of our present economy and the government “bail-out” the news media has reported that part of the bail-out money has gone to banks and that the government will be owning part of those banks. Government owned and/or run banks are a short step to control of the population. With computer chips being implanted in pets so that lost pets can be returned to their owners and GPS systems available, technology has now provided the means to control people in their buying and selling and also keep track of where they are.

I believe we are in the final days. What do you think?

Today I saw a pair of eagles flying and gliding above me. My first thought was that they were majestic and a fine symbol of our nation. However they are also predators, not only killing but eating smaller and weaker things. Are we like that?

Scattered about the earth are some ancient cities. The cities I’m thinking of are not inhabited and have been void of people so long there is no historical record of them. These cities have not been battle sites, there are no bones or weapons scattered about and no apparent reason why the people left. I wonder if the flood waters of Noah’s flood were rising so the people left.

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I few days ago I went to my post office to buy a couple stamps. My choices were to stand in a long line to use cash or use a debit or credit card. The purchasing of stamps for cash at a separate automated window has been removed. It made me think of how technology has changed and is changing things. In 1956 not every one had a telephone, and the telephone was in a booth or building connected by a wire. Now even children carry one in the pocket and radio waves are used in the connection. I can understand that shortly people will need a card to buy and sell, and shortly it will be more feasible to have a chip put into a hand to carry that information and more that we now have on a card.
At the present time a chip can be put into a pet in case it gets lost. Years ago when social security numbers were first instituted some people refused claiming it was the beginning of the “Mark of the beast” What do you think? Is this technology a pre-cursor?

Ever hear someone say that certain groups should be return to their country of origin? Well, in my case I have traced some of my lineage back to Germany, France, Denmark, England, Scotland, Ireland, and Holland, plus a whole bunch I don’t know. They would have to cut me up in little pieces to send me back.

In John 8 1:11 some scribes and Pharisees brought a woman to Jesus. She was accused of committing adultery and before Jesus answered their questions he wrote something on the ground. What do you think he wrote?

When Jesus was cruficied, In John 19:30 Jesus said “It is finished.” What did Jesus mean when He said this?