Lyle's Blog

We divide people into many categories based on their skin color, politics, education etc. I’ve concluded there are only two kinds of people: those who believe God and those who believe men.

I’m increasingly uneasy concerning our nation or our world for that matter. I’ve tried to get people interested in what is taking place before our eyes, which is the collapse of our lives. The FED has built a house of cards that is truly amazing; frightening is a better word. The American empire is falling apart. Our government leaders are like the Wizard of Oz, lots of smoke and mirrors, trying to show Dorothy and her tattered friends that he has some mystical powers to make everything all right. If only our leaders were harmless old men like the Wizard. No, they are corrupt beyond remedy, having sold their souls long ago for a pittance. I can’t blame them. They merely do the bidding of an increasingly ignorant mass of voters who have sold their souls for even less. If I could shake you, I would. There’s a storm coming; one that will destroy our way of life and maybe our lives. History shows us that nothing different is going on. Men keep following the same lies; I guess the truth is too unbearable. Even I want that can kicked down the road. Collapse is too unthinkable. It’s more comforting to think these fools that run the world can pull it off one more time. The Bible says that with knowledge comes sorrow. I wish I didn’t know so much.

Remember those who gave their lives and futures. The cause may or may not have been just. That was determined by politicians who stayed out of the fight. Eventually everything and everyone gets forgotten. It’s up to us to remember and learn of them. Stand at the grave a moment longer. You have the privilege to stand. Appreciate that for a moment.

Don Mclean wrote a song called American Pie. It’s a rendition of everyone’s rant when they notice that all the things they held dear and the people and events that made up the fabric of their life is fading into a new era. The new generation as a whole doesn’t recognize the precious things that are now lost and forgotten. The essence and value of our life reside mostly in our mind. We are told in the Bible to renew our mind. If we did that when we were young then the emptiness of old age is less important, for we are filled with the promise of eternity and not the things of this world which pass so quickly away. But that doesn’t totally dampen the disappointment of unrealized dreams. It’s the day the music died. We used to fill our ears with it but now the din of re-lived past songs echo hollow. These pied pipers were singing our tunes, we believed, we cared about the written trivia and even danced as it all fell apart around us. The church bells all are broken and in protest hardly a word is spoken. Our lives are gone with a whisper along with our dreams. So, bye, bye American Pie, my Chevys become a Honda, and those old friends are drinking whatever they can before they die. Oh, if I could only reach them. Now I know how Noah felt; alone.

Jesus said that if we’re to enter the kingdom of heaven, we have to become like little children. What are children like? Are they perfect? No, of course they’re not. What they have is a desire for a relationship with their father and mother. If they have a need, they ask and actually expect mom and dad to supply it. They trust; they don’t have any reason not to. I remember my son would stand watching me leave in the morning and he knew when I came home. He wanted to see me. Ditto for me other kids. This is how we’re supposed to be with God, looking for his return and can’t wait till He does. Just simple love; that’s what He wants. If He says something we do it. My children knew I wasn’t going to have them do something that would hurt them. God wants us to trust Him that same way. He wants us to laugh and enjoy His company just like little children. We brought little children into the world for our pleasure. God does the same thing. We were created for His pleasure. He wants to bless us and give us life more abundantly. Imagine that God loves us and wants the best for us. It just doesn’t get better than that. So my new goal is to act more like a child, to believe what God says, and trust Him for everything. When you think about it, there is no one else besides Him; it is He we will stand before at our end. Remember that He is our loving father and after that last breath we want Him to know us intimately and tell us “well done”.