church arrogance & membership.....

Enter a 'new-to-you' church , and often people say HI , offer hand shake and so forth . Hang around long enough and see the REAL church . Size , in the past , made a difference , but not so much anymore . Congregations of all sizes are closed and suspicious . The 'chosen few' rule . I 'love' the old , tired line , "well , join and we'll see where we can fit you . "
Ah , well , I have come to a NEW reply , "WHY?? Why , or by what impetus should i join your church ??" I have yet to receive an answer . "You SHOULD join!" O.k. , WHY?? still no true reply in answer . " The Bible says so!" Where , AND again I ask WHY should I join your bunch??"
Arrogant on my part?? Not at all , and again I ask WHY . It isn't YOUR job to watch over my family . It is MINE , therefore i ask again , WHY . My job before God , and mandated by God is overseer of my family . Therefore , I ask again WHY . One and only ONE pastor smiled and thought it odd , and refreshing i would ask and near demand , as the church does , for , essentially ,'results' , answers , reasons , etc .
church has a list , by-laws , constitutions , requirements ....... SO DO I !! And as I read scripture , I find NOT to REQUIRE the same from the church for family and self would be irresponsible. The head of family answers to God , directly . So , don't TELL ME MY JOB .
I am hard and could NOT careless you understand . the Lord does ; test the spirits to see what sort they are ........ that ain't a blank check into "STUPIDITY" , but call to responsibility .
Don't wanna show me a church for me to be a part of ?? If I/we don't fit BEFORE joining , we certainly wont after . Church has no use for us before , they wont after . get the point ??
pops , looking for people who ACTUALLY care ........

preachers

Watching 60 minutes , in a moment of weakness/illness , Joel Osteen s interviewed . nice stuff . sadly , a critical point is lost conservative believers would call crucial ; he writes and speaks 'motivational messages' . then , in there , somewhere after the fact , he uses scripture to support his beliefs . sad way to live . ' life coach' ; replacing Jesus words and Holy Spirit's work . without due concern for saving Grace message , he purports to ' have people leave better than when they came'. HHhhhhhhhhmmmmmmm ............
even Byron Pitts caught the lack of biblical teaching , and didn't even use the word 'doctrine' in pointing out deficiencies to Joel . think of it a minute . our world is in serious change , lacking discernment or Spirit leading . we all sin , that isn't my point . the point is , why water down grape juice long before it is fermented . oddly enough , water down grape juice and you will never have the wine . water down Christ message of saving Grace , you will never have a message of salvation to give . follow closely and see , water comes later , for washing and cleansing ......... not diluting , eh??
sometimes defiant people of the world understand more than believers . we forget , " be wise as serpents and harmless as doves." wise ......... yeah , smarter than Byron , for crying out loud .
pops reflecting on passing of generations .......... and wisdom

truth or stupidity ..................

Always like 2 be differnt . thats my spice of life . not so hard anymore . All i realy hafta do is cleanup after myself at work and its 'differnt' . 2day i day-dream of a nice buck in sight of bow , broadhead glistening . The Lord toldt peter , ' Rise , kill and eat .' no reason , just rise , kill and eat . for him it was a lesson . for me its a reminder . the hunt is a joy , but more so ,the processes of life . a wildlife re-habilitater once mused , she NEVER had ONE animal rights type EVER bring her injure animals ; EVER . working people , but mostly and nearly all hunters . so , who truly wants strong , healthy animal populations in wild ?? funny isn't it ?? actually is reality , normal and true . lefty activist teacher types , so many decades ago, tried teaching us "natural purity" and , 'animals have rights like humans' . ok , right . then they started talking to plants too ............ not enuff room to lock up all the NUTS .
these lost souls have NO idea how beautiful the REAL world is . dress to hide , sit look and listen . you may even get to chat with a feww of God's creatures as i do too , also.
enjoy the creator's artwork as i do , pops

the stupid generation

seems each year , i run into parents thinking they're so good . kids are running wild ; no , thats called "expression" . kids in trouble , misunderstood
; bad attitude and behavior , just growing ; poor grades , bad teacher ; lazy rats refusing to work , work with their minds not backs ; irrisponsible slobs , confused and so bizzy ..........
i coud keep goingif wanted to waste the time . basically , TRAIN YOUR KIDS !! no one else can raise them poperly . discipline means training , teaching . people have come to think of discipline as punishment . stupid . make your kiddo a disciple of you . atleast you'll know for certain WHY they become what they will ; so will the rest of us .................. good or rotten .
Jesus set the example , "follow me" .
LOGIC . it duz work , eh??

another sunday ......

well , that is today . the best wuz yesterdey's fun i'm thinkin' on , eh . jeff and i went to cutting wood . truck stuck twice and so forth . about a perfect day when due to that fakt of a stuck truck , we stop with tractor and trailer to mutually spy a cock grouse leasurely , curiously , "hey look at the humans......" about 20 yds and 3 minutes . we talked normal voices , even shut the tractor off hoping forra sound from him . i reached for phone to grab pictire or 2 and he trotted off .
we all want the perfect day ; all to go as planneded . then ,in our case ,we stick the truck ; day gets bester . hhhhhhhhmmmmmmmmmm .............. AND came home trouble free with 2 nice loads of wood . maybe i'll put the chains on nekst time ............. maybe not :o)
we heard deer snorts , turkey cluckin' , squirrels squaukin ' , sun shining , uncle paul having fun watchin' sumone else work .............. and wood ............. duznt get any bester than that .
when God stalls you , look around . if nuthing there , then look inward . something bester nearby , or koming soon ............. "all thing work together for good....." , only for His children . be a blessingk ................ niteall , pops