Lyle's Blog

I can’t imagine what it’s like running over your little child and living with the guilt and experience of it. When our kids were little I owned a three quarter ton Ford extended box pickup. Whenever I would drive it I would walk around it, look under it, and check where my kids were. Two or three times I would do that before I got in the truck and drove off. One of our friends in the neighborhood had run over and killed their little daughter. It happened sometime before we met them. They later divorced. I don’t know if that had anything to do with it but who knows. My cousin was a truck driver many years ago. He would park his truck in his driveway. His little boy curled up behind the dual tires with his trike; he ran over his little boy. His truck went off the road a couple years later for no apparent reason. I don’t think he could live with the memory anymore. One of the women that worked at our company ran over her young teenager. She went by the park to see if her daughter wanted to go to the store with her. She said no but unbeknown to my friend her daughter apparently changed her mind and grabbed the door handle to get in. She started driving away before noticing the girl was pulled under the car. So that is why I was so cautious. I knew what could happen. My heart goes out to Todd Heap and his wife, their parents, and those that loved that little girl. I write this to encourage anyone who reads it to slow down, take your time, and do your best to make sure your kids are safe.

Today is the day of salvation. Tomorrow may not come for us individually. I’ve put off saying some things that may make me sound like a lunatic. Being contrarian to the world view or should I say accepted view is to cause people to think you’re crazy. Jesus told us that the end would be like no other time in history. Atrocity has been the norm throughout recorded history. The questions to ponder is what is different about the time of the end. In large part I believe it’s because God will remove his hand of protection from the earth. Evil will not be constrained and mankind will have no place to hide. We can see the disintegration of civility as Biblical law and standards are discarded. I don’t believe once the Darwinian sexual deviancy box has been opened that men will repent and turn from their wickedness. The case of Nineveh would seem to offer an opposite view but we are aware that we are living in a different era since Israel became a nation. I’m not a prophet but I can read scripture and if we are to arrive at the place Jesus said we would be, that there might be no faith when he returned, then a slide into total depravity isn’t so far fetched. Remember, before the flood there was just Noah and his family. Lot was vexed in his spirit daily before he was removed. Not much faith existed in those times so it is unlikely to be any different in the end time. I will comment on coming things in the future but in the meantime I recommend checking out http://www.stevequayle.com and http://www.skywatchtv.com We are told that he who endures to the end will be saved. Our faith and everything we believe will be tested. We will endure if we are willing. I keep preaching this same message to prod everyone to remember that this world is not our home and get ready for the return of our Savior.

It appears we have a Trojan in the White House. Donald Trump spoke many words that “made sense” to sane people. It is most unfortunate that his daughter is seemly the product of a different parent. Her friendship with the Hillary daughter is most disturbing. Her visiting Planned Deathhood and the preaching of other feminist doctrine is alarming as she has the ear of her father. She is his favorite child. His boys will tell you that. So is his daughter the Trojan or is it Donald himself? She grew up with a parent who sent her to schools that preached the Jesuit message. It’s out with the old, in with the new. I’m just pondering whether the grand promise of “normalcy” is true. Shall we really become like gods, knowing good from evil? I think not. I suppose elite people make their best effort to make the world a better place. But it’s all done without Christ and if the Lord isn’t included in the building of the house, they labor in vain who build it. They just don’t know it yet.

Jesus said if men didn’t praise Him the rocks would cry out in praise. The creation is groaning for the return of Jesus the Christ. Do I long for and as the apostle Paul put it, love His appearing. Or am I so busy and consumed by the cares of this world that I just don’t have much time for praising the Lord. I guess I’m not sure of what He’s done. I don’t know what to tell the world. Maybe I’ve forgotten that God gave his only son to save a wretch like me. That’s the miracle and wonder he’s done in my life; that he would make a wretch his treasure. So this is my story, this is my song, praising my savior all the day long.

I praise Him who is worthy of all praise for saving a wretch like me. Thank you Jesus for the love you have given us. We could never repay, and so with all our hearts we’d like to say, thank you.