Tomorrow's Headlines - Today!

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I'm sure you know someone who will never make any move without checking their horoscope first. Do you ever wonder why it is so important to them?

They just want reassurance that tomorrow is not bringing disaster, and that they've made the right choice from all that are available.

God wants us to be sufficiently informed so that we always choose wisely in every situation. The trouble is, most people are not interested in listening to God. They don't see Him as being relevant to "today's world." So, for these folks (and the rest of us, too) He provides little "reminders" that we should start paying more attention. Things like earthquakes, tornados, volcanoes & floods are "minor" nudges to help us remember that He is in charge, and that He loves us enough to want us to escape the coming "Great Terror."

Do most people listen? Sadly, no...

Think about this from a realistic point of view, if you were certain that the price of gas was going up fifty cents a gallon tomorrow, wouldn't you try to fill up every vehicle and spare gas can you have today? Of course you would!

The same holds true, even when it involves planning trips to avoid congested areas and those where traffic accidents are more probable. You'd try to avoid exposing your family to high-crime areas when vacationing, too... right?

Safety first, especially where the family is concerned!

So, why don't we pay as much heed to God's warnings?

He made us. He is our Father in a way that no parent can ever be! So, why don't we pay more attention when He warns us of what's coming?

My dad had an interesting way of dealing with misbehavior. Generally, he'd send the miscreant outside to cut the switch with which you were to be punished. If you came back with one that was too small, he'd send you back out for another, until one that was satisfactory was presented. The rejected switches were used first, then the real switch came into play.

Today, it is considered that spankings are not acceptable, but just look at the dangerous society that this attitude has caused. A parent that truly cares about his child will administer the punishment deserved by the situation. Lack of proper punishment is one of the causes of society's failure! "My child, don't ignore it when the Lord disciplines you. For the Lord corrects those He loves, just as a father corrects a child in whom he delights." (Prov 3:11-12)nlt -and- "To discipline and reprimand a child produces wisdom, but a mother is disgraced by an undisciplined child." (Prov 29:15)nlt

Notice that the Bible never says to beat the stuffing out of kids who act up, just correct them enough that they grow up to be good people.

God gives us little "spanks" every now and then. Some listen... a lot don't want to, they act just like little kids who have gotten away with demanding their own way, for their entire lives. Now, they want God to "toe the line" and give them what they want. So, God sends them a slightly bigger switch...

"Spare the rod and spoil the child," who hasn't heard that expression? "Foolishness is bound in the heart of a child; but the rod of correction shall drive it far from him." (Prov 22:15)kjv

God does not want even one of us to turn away from Him. The other choice is to become perpetual "barbecoa" in Satan's pit!

Listen to tomorrow's headlines!

"For this is what the Lord Almighty says: In just a little while I will again shake the heavens and the earth. I will shake the oceans and the dry land, too. I will shake all the nations, and the treasures of all the nations will come to this temple. I will fill this place with glory, says the Lord Almighty." (Hag 2:6-7) nlt

How many earthquakes have occurred recently?

(By the way, you are the treasures that God wants in His temple.)

Read tomorrow's news.

Act on it! Now, while there is still time!

Till we meet soon, in His Temple, in Paradise!