Lyle's Blog

For years followers of Jesus Christ have been praying to God, praying that they would be free to worship Him, thousands upon thousands around the world, thousands in North Korea. God has heard their prayers.
We’ve had soft-spoken, wimpy leaders who are unable to stand for what is right in the eyes of God. We now have a man in the highest office of the land with the backbone, to tell the truth. Men should worship God and not the government. In North Korea, you must worship the government. Kim Jung Un is a god; you must obey him. Around the world, people suffer the edicts of ungodly men. Donald J. Trump says no. In front of the whole world and to the embarrassment of much of the “swamp”; he boldly says what others don’t dare. There is a right and there is a wrong. Like Eve, we believe we can know the difference between the two. That simply isn’t so.

Choose this day whom you will serve. Will you serve God or will you serve the government? Do your blessings come from the government or do they come from God? Our lives are filled with choices. Those choices form our habits. We make a habit of how we serve or don’t serve God. We have our routines, we do things our way; we assume as long as we’re doing “good” things, we must be doing the right thing. It’s either a life of faith or a life of works; it should be both.

We should fear God and not the government. Choose leaders who don’t accommodate your sin and don’t applaud the killing of children.

We make our choices, so many choices, a lifetime of choices; we’re continually in the valley of decision.

If you’re privileged to live to an old age, the aging “process” becomes an ever-burdening obstacle to enjoying life. I’m past seventy now and I’ve noticed the inconvenient little physical problems of my body are escalating in strength. I know death will happen at some point but it seems to be nibbling away at life, taking bigger bites all the time.

I’ve played guitar my whole life; I’m not good but it’s something I enjoy. I’ve written this blog for five years now and it too is important to me. I’ve had a tremor in my hand ever since I was a kid. Then it was hardly noticeable but over time it has become a stumbling block to getting the simplest of things done. Plucking strings on the guitar, typing on the keyboard, using a screwdriver are becoming difficult. Even turning the microwave on is irritating as my finger will touch the pad twice making me redo the motion to get the desired result.

I could mention my back but enumerating my growing physical problems isn’t the reason I mention these things. Our tendency in life is to put off the things that are important. I was going to post my music to youtube, write a book, do some digital evangelizing; good things, but my body doesn’t cooperate like it used to. So if death hasn’t eaten too much of your ability, do things now, today, don’t put it off for another hour. As scripture says work while there is still day. The night comes when you can’t work. Death is coming a little at a time. Don’t waste it. Say you’re sorry now, forgive those who wronged you now, pray now, work now, praise God now. Nobody in the grave does anything. What’s done is done and what wasn’t done will never happen.