THE END

Years ago I left the confusion of California and moved

back into the hills for a more sensible life style.  Yes,

into true "red neck" country.  I have been grateful ever

since.

My daughters live in several different states.  Yes, they

have fled from California too.  But they come to visit 

their old "dad" once in a while.  Now one of these 

daughters is a writer and when she comes to visit dad

she often wants me to take her to some of these old 

cemeteries back in the hills.  It has something to do 

with her writing.

That of course is the reason for the photo above.   It

is a cemetery in a small community that is not even

incorporated.  And, my daughter wanted to look around

in the "old" part of the cemetery.  This part of the cemetery

is from back in the 1800 hundreds.

One of the things I noticed was that some of the head

stones were simply a rock.  Some of those people were

so poor they could not even afford a real head stone 

for their burial.  So that rock you see in the foreground

is the headstone or tombstone or whatever you want. 

 But, only a rock without a name or date, just a dead

 body in under it.

But notice the tombstone about ten feet behind it.

Wow!  It probably cost a ton of money.

My point is, whether you live in a mansion or are

homeless, we all are going to end up dead.

God himself through the Apostle Paul said:

"For we have brought nothing into the 

world, so we cannot take anything out of

it either."  

(1 Timothy 6:7 NASB)

But even beyond that God tells us;

"And inasmuch as it is appointed for men

to die once and after this comes judgment,"

(Hebrews 9:27 NASB)

Our concern in life should not be how much money

we can make, or how much fun we can have - But

are we ready for that moment we come to the end

of this life and will have to stand before God, whether

we like it or not.

TODAY'S PROMISE

"So also is the resurrection of the dead.

It is sown in corruption; it is raised in

incorruption.

It is sown in dishonor; it is raised in

glory; it is sown in weakness; it is raised 

in power;

It is sown a natural body; it is raised a

spiritual body.  There is a natural body,

and there is a spiritual body."  

(1 Corinthians 15:42 -44)

DEAD OR ALIVE?

Is your king, leader, hero or mentor

dead or alive.

Look at how many of these are dead and
in their grave.

and dozens more.


Which one do you admire, pray to or worship?
One dead or alive?

There is one that over come death.  Rose from
the grave and is alive today.

That's;

Jesus Christ.

Why do you waste your time following
the teachings or philosophies of a
dead leader?

 

THE COMMON DENOMINATOR

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Mark Twain

Simone de Beauvoir

Isaac Asimov

Marlene Dietrich

Frank Zappa

Madalyn Murray O'Hair

Douglas Adams

Katharine Hepburn

George Carlin

Alexander McQueen

Christopher Hitchens

And many others.

There are at least five common denominators

among this list:

1. They all were atheist.

2. They all are dead now.

3. They all know now there is a God.
4. They all know there is a devil's hell.

5.  It is too late for them now.

THE DIFFERENCE IS...

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The difference is:

If your leader, teacher, prophet or founder is dead -

You only have a "religion".

And a very dead one at that.

But if the leader you submit your self to is
 Jesus Christ who is alive and setting
at the right hand of God almighty -
then you are a Christian.

I KILLED IT DEAD

That was a tree or sapling, what ever you want to call it.

It was in the way so I cut it off.

You know what happened.  It sprouted all over and begin

to grow again.  So I cut off all the sprouts.  And as you know

even better than myself.  It sprouted again.

This has got to stop.  Under other conditions I would use a

"come-along", my truck or a sky hook and pull it out - roots

and all.  But you can see it would tear up a bunch of "stuff".

And to spread any poison on it was out of the question.  That

is in a garden bed that is already planted.

I am not smart enough to think of this, so I assume God gave 

me the idea.  I drilled a hole down the middle of the "stump"

about four or five inches.  The hole was a size that I could fit

the funnel tightly into.  Then I put bad stuff for plants into the

funnel.  And for several days it just soaked up the bad stuff.

The picture was taken one week later.  And you can see that

the little tree or sapling is dead, dead.  And there is nothing 

spread into the garden bed.  Thank God for that.

In this case, that little funnel is a head for that sapling.  And

filling the head with "bad stuff" killed it.

I am no different.  If I fill my head with bad stuff it will kill me

too.  Put the wrong stuff in my big mouth and it will kill my 

body.  Soak in the wrong stuff with my eye's or ears and it 

will kill me spiritually.

What kind of trash are we putting into our heads?

"In conclusion, my friends,

fill your minds with those things that

are good and that deserve praise;

things that are true, noble, right,

pure, lovely, and honorable."

(Philippians 4:8 GNT)

I SHOULD BE DEAD, BUT...

  

                    I SHOULD BE DEAD BUT,

"I cried to you for help,

O Lord my God,

and you healed me;

you kept me from the grave.

I was on my way to the 

depths below,

but you restored my

life."

(Psalms 30:2,3 GNT)

Over a year ago my body quit producing blood.

I should be under a grave stone like the one above.

Of course I have been seeing doctors -

after praying about it.

And taking their medicines and advice.

And praying about it.

About a month ago within just a few

days I begin to feel like my old self.

The doctors do not offer me any explanation.

I do not know where it will end.

BUT God,

has worked it out so that instead

of being in a hospital bed,

I'M BACK TO RIDING THE MOTORCYCLES

YOU SEE BELOW.

PRAISE GOD.

"But those who trust in the 

Lord for help

will find their strength renewed.

They will rise on wings like eagles;

they will run and not get weary;

they will walk and not grow weak."

(Isaiah 40:31 GNT)