A large thought dump I had.

"Insanity: doing the same thing over and over again and expecting different results."
Albert Einstein

I am very anti-abortion, I honestly think it is a vile immoral act. But I look at those who appose Abortion and I see that they can not win the fight against this evil. They've already lost.

There is no way to win this fight using the current tactics, I hate to sound like a wet blanket but the reality is that Abortion in America is not only well entrenched, but it is is well armed and ready.




Question: How hard would it have been for God to avert the Nazi Regime and prevent both WW2 and the genocide of German people?

Answer: Every member of the Nazi leadership could have died in their mother's wombs.

So why didn't God do this? Why didn't he save all those people? It would have been easy, he could have done it without lifting a single finger.



Maybe, God is more concerned with the individual rather then what their country is doing.

Tsar Nicholas II, the last of the Tsars was by quite a few accounts a good man who loved God and his family greatly but was just thoroughly terrible at ruling Russia.
While accounts of his life after he resigned were covered up by the Soviet leadership, those that have been recovered often (Though not always) say that during his time under house arrest with his family he was actually happy, torn from his lofty throne and forced to work like a normal person with his family he found joy. According to many reports during that time he found comfort in faith and his family that he never had in his lofty palaces.
The Tsar and his family were brutally murdered by the Bolsheviks by order of Lenin when when the city they were imprisoned in was threatened by advancing members of the White Army.

Now some of that may be exaggeration or people trying to paint him in a good light, and while he may not have had the terrible conditions of Stalin's labor camps the fact remains that those in terrible conditions or strife often turn to God for deliverance and solace while those in comfort tend to take it for granted and start to feel entitled to stuff rather then thankful for it.

America is at the pinnacle of comfort, we have everything, I write this on one of my family's four laptops, If I were home I would have the choice of writing this on one of our seven computers, I can watch movies on our TV or play video games on the Wii. And we're in the poorer side of the Middle Class.
Now sure some of those are for work and some of it was on sale but the fact remains that the Poorest Americans are much better off here then anywhere in the world, Homeless have shelters and opportunity that does not exist in other nations.

We are spoiled, and the Church and society reflects this.

Now I want to make it clear that I am not pointing to any one person or church, I am not saying wealth and prosperity is bad nor am I saying that everyone in America is well off.

But.

Most people in America have lost the love of God.
If there is one thing I can respect about Atheists it's that at least they're honest about their lack of Christ,

Being a Christian is not about showing up on Sunday and memorizing the Bible. It is not about giving to the poor or praying before a meal, It is not about following the laws in the Bible or putting money in the offering at Church.

Being Christian is about having a loving relationship with God.

Now there is nothing wrong with showing up on Sunday or giving to the poor, and there is nothing wrong with memorizing the Bible or praying before a meal, but if you don't have the love of God in you the those actions are MEANINGLESS!

Good deeds alone will not get you into heaven, most Christians will tell you that, then they'll go and try to do good deeds to get into heaven. Then when those Christians realize they've still got a hole in their life that is missing they'll point to other Christians that didn't give as much as they did or that screwed up and they'll say "Well I may not be the perfect Christian but I'm better then that guy!"

That is Christianity today, a contest to try and buy God's love and show that they're better then everyone else and more worthy of God's love.
Now of course no one will say that out loud but they'll think it, subconsciously that's what's going on.

We can not fix America until we fix ourselves. And the Church of today is pretty screwed up.

Now I'm not perfect okay, and once again I'm not pointing fingers or saying every Christian is like this, I'm not naming names nor do I want to. I'm just as screwed up as everyone else!




So what can we do? Well the first step is admitting there is a problem, the second is asking what should we be doing?
And I think the answer to that is, we should asking God what he wants us to be doing for him. I think we should be praying and asking him "God what do you want me to do?" instead of "God please give me stuff."

Next, I think that we should start looking at our own lives before trying to fix others, now this is not to say we can't spread the good news about Jesus, but if we say to someone "Hey listen let me tell you about Jesus! Thanks to Him me and my family are happy and filled with love and joy!" While the family is falling apart and is screaming for the death of Islam and the silencing of those who think differently, do you think that is a convincing argument?
If we want to spread God's love to the world we have to live it first, going to church and having water sprinkled on your head does not make you any more of a Christian then wearing Camo and marching makes you a soldier.




This is the problem in America! It's not that the forces of Evil have gotten stronger it's that the Christians of America have gotten pathetic and weak! We're not Christians we're Pharisees! We say the words and make the motions but they're nothing but meaningless drivel!

I think the young people of today are leaving the Church today because they see the lies and hypocrisy and it leaves a terrible taste in their mouths, they ask questions like "Why do we do this?" And they get crappy answers, they see poor and ask why God would allow that and no one gives them good answers, they see their Christian parents praising God on Sunday and acting like an A** the rest of the days of the week.

They see the failings of the Church and they're sick of it, so they leave, they renounce their faith and look for something better, something that will fill the void that is NOT the Christianity they've been exposed to. Some find a relationship with God again, others fill the void with other religions or booze, sex and drugs.

So how do we bring these kids back? Make Church fun? Scream that if they don't turn they'll burn?

Here's a better idea, show them how great the love of God is and make them want it.

Now I'm not saying that we should pretend to be happy to trick them into coming back, I'm saying that we deal with the Plank in our own eyes and let God act through us rather then trying to do it ourselves.

We can't fix abortion, we can't fix gay marriage, we can't fix this country. Not without God's help, but maybe instead of trying to fix it ourselves we should fix ourselves before asking if he wants us to fix it.

Read your Bible, Go to Church, but before you do those things talk to God.
Now I don't mean "Dear God Lord heavenly father of Godness, Please father Oh God of lordness help me to make lots of money and wealth oh God of generousness! And please help everyone notice my donations and how great I am!God Jesus, lord almighty God Jesus, Jesus god!"
For one thing I'm pretty sure God knows who he is and doesn't need to be reminded every few words of his own name.
Second instead of praying like that ask him instead. "God what do you want me to do today? How can I glorify you and make others happy?" Then do what he says.
Have a personal relationship with him like he's a real person rather then a white robed Santa Claus!
Don't worry about others worry about your relationship with him. If he wants you to do something or fight against something he'll tell you, but unless he wants you to succeed at it you're gonna fail, and fail, and fail.

I'm not writing this because I'm trying to seem better then you, in fact most of this is just a compilation of someone else's teachings re-written into my own words. I'm writing this first and foremost to help myself, and secondly to pass this message along. I don't care if you listen, I won't lose sleep if you ignore this, if you like it you can pass it along, if you don't you can rant against it. I hope you see value in this, but if you don't that's not my problem, I have no obligation to prove force this upon you or make you see it. Your life is between you and God.

Now before I end this I'd like to point out that I'm not saying that you can't run for public office or donate money to help starving kids, I'm saying that if you have the love of God truly in you heart and allow him to guide your actions then what ever you're doing will be what he wants you to do, you'll screw up, we all do, but he'll pick you up and tell you not to worry but keep the good work.

We all want to fix the world, but the question is, is that what God wants us to do?