No Habla James Dobson

During the course of each day, I expose myself to insights and refreshing commentary of others; and while I needn't accept nor advocate every thought put forth, the corners of their fields often leave an abundance for gleaning! For you see, I choose to hang around their fenceline waiting to pick up the food supply that drops,..... free for the pickin'.

Today, as I scanned across the fence surrounding a blog, I read a somewhat disturbing bunch of words ever bound together. The type that are so bleached of any nutrition that if you eat them on a continuing basis, it'll weaken you to the point of not being able to stand!!

WARNING: The words that are being quoted may affect your Romans 12:1,..."reasonable service." and cause you to forever skip over, Jude 3,..."ye should earnestly contend for the faith...'

The insightful blogmeister quoted James Dobson, from a radio show entitled, "Protecting our Country's Future". He ( Dobson ) states, "There is nothing you can do at this time about what is taking place because there is simply no limit to what the left can do at this time. Anything they want, they get and so we can't stop them."

Back to my thoughts,...In essence, J. Dobson says activism is useless !!!! In essence he says to you, and me, "Throw in the towel. Game over." But I view our current state of affairs with a differing perspective; allow me to quote another.

"History affords no example of any nation, country, or people, long free, who did not take some care of themselves; and endeavor to guard and secure their own liberties. Power is of a grasping, encroaching nature, in all beings, except in Him to whom it emphatically "belongeth" ...Power aims at extending itself, and operating according to mere will, wherever it meets with no balance, check, control, or opposition of any kind. For which reason it will always be necessary for those who would preserve and perpetuate their liberties, to guard them with a wakeful attention."

~Jonathan Mayhew, D.D. of Boston Sermon, "The Snare Broken," 1766~


Nahum 2:1,..."keep the munition, watch the way, make thy loins strong, fortify thy power mightily."

Matthew 24:43,..."But know this, that if the goodman of the house had known in what watch the thief would come, he would have watched, and would not have suffered his house to be broken up."

1 Corinthians 16:13,..."Watch ye, stand fast in the faith, quit you like men, be strong."

Luke 19:13,...In this parable, Jesus put forth the principle,..."Occupy till I come."

Some may wither, fall by the wayside, or halt between two opinions,......but the Church;
with chiseled countenances, and eyes affixed upon a far greater Glory, MUST, out of obedience keep marching on !! As that wonderful hymn's lyrics proclaim,..."Onward, Christian soldiers, Marching as to war, With the cross of Jesus Going on before!"

Let us take counsel from the words in Exodus 1:11,12,... Here we see the Israelites placed under the heavy handed taskmasters,...stripped of all possessions and taken captive to serve their captors,..yet...."Therefore they did set over them taskmasters to afflict them with their burdens. And they built for Pharaoh treasure cities, Pithom and Raamses. "But the more they afflicted them, the more they multiplied and grew." ....and later, although even more heinous burdens were placed upon them; the Bible declares in v20,..."...and the people multiplied, and waxed very mightily."

We live with computers, c-fones, big screens, microwaves, in our fully carpeted, climate controlled, ceiling fanned houses,..... then drive our uphostered, GPS equipped, a/c'd, satellite radioed, tinted window automobiles to the grocery store that offers at least 100,000 differing choices of foodstuffs and we still complain when it doesn't have "my brand", and drive 50 miles to catch the 'latest' movie, and pay for a $4 coffee drink along the way,....cram every nook & cranny with stuff, "I just gotta have!" enjoy three day week-ends at the lake, etc. etc. ad nausem,...and we want to throw our hands up in the air because we can't get evwee widdle biddy ting to go our way !!! Perhaps we need to, once again, revisit, "Foxes Book of Martyrs."...or perhaps the faith chapter of Hebrews 11 !!

And finally; yes, those words of defeatism are hard to swallow, and I shall not try; I'll merely put forth these words,...."Perhaps one doesn't wish to remain joined to those continuing to fight; but all I ask is please, don't obstruct those of us choosing to do so!"


2 Timothy 2:3,..."Thou therefore endure hardness, as a good soldier of Jesus Christ."


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