Caring Requires
Commitment
“You shall love the
Lord your God with all your heart and with all your soul and with all your
might. These words, which I am
commanding you today, shall be on your heart.
You shall each them diligently to your sons and shall talk of them when
you sit in your house and when you walk by the way and when you lie down and
when you rise up. You shall bind them as
a sign on your hand and they shall be as frontals on your forehead. You shall write them on the doorposts of your
house and your gates” (Deut. 6:5-9).
Hey Gang: Each week I
receive four reports from prophecy guru’s that alert those who are interested
in keeping up-to-date on “what’s
happening man”. One writer said thing
are happening so fast I cannot begin to cover just the things that have
surfaced in the past thirty days. I
would in no way say that I am a prophecy guru but do try and remain on alert
status.
I have argued with myself as to whether I should send out a
“What’s Happening Man” blog and list some of the things that are happening, but
I have been amazed of the number of people who are not interested in learning
what is happening prophetically in our world.
So, I made a command decision, I would run a test and float a message
from Gramps on What’s Happening Man and put it on the What’s Happening Man blog
at Grampswhatshappeningman.blogspot.com and check the interest level.
Two statements,
this week, that sent chills up my spine were “The numbers are in, and the
verdict is undisputable, America is turning against God. And some pastors are warning that God will
soon turn against America. Could the
horrendous out of control fires in the west and the record rainfalls and
flooding in the southern states be an indicator the God’s patience has run out
on America?”
A 2015 Pew
study found almost one in four Americans identified as atheist, agnostic or
listed their religion as ’none’ (nothing in particular).
It’s been 50 years since the U.S. Supreme Court first ruled that
government-endorsed prayer in public schools is unconstitutional. The landmark
decision, which continues to lay at the center of the nation’s
debate over the separation of church and state,
forever changed the way that faith and religion are handled in classrooms.
The ongoing contention started
when Steven Engel, a Jewish New Yorker, came together with other parents in
1958 to sue New York State over ‘state-endorsed’ prayer that was being recited
in schools. The Supreme Court inevitably sided with Engel and the decision was
issued on June 25, 1962 — a day that lives in infamy in the minds of many
religious individuals and free-speech advocates.
The ongoing contention
started when Steven Engel, a Jewish New Yorker, came together with other
parents in 1958 to sue New York State over state-endorsed prayer that was being
recited in schools. The Supreme Court inevitably sided with Engel and the
decision was issued on June 25, 1962 — a day that lives in infamy in the minds
of many religious individuals and free-speech advocates.
The invocation in
question was one that had been approved by the New York State Board of Regents.
The prayer, which read, “Almighty God, we acknowledge our dependence upon Thee,
and we beg Thy blessings upon us, our parents, our teachers and our Country,”
was relatively benign in nature. Still, the parents were adamant that
it shouldn’t be uttered in the public sphere.
Engel, who was joined
by his wife and seven other parents, claimed that the prayer violated their
religious beliefs and practices. Requiring that children utter it, they argued,
violated their First Amendment rights, as the government, in their view, was
establishing and promoting religion. Now
I Ask you is nine parents a majority and does majority rule in a democracy or are
we no longer a democracy?
As a student in
Fairview Elementary School in Altoona, Pennsylvania the beginning of a school
day included a ritual that was set in steel.
When the school bell sounded beginning the school day, Miss Blanchard
would read a Scripture from the Holy Writ
which we as a class followed by quoting the Lord’s Prayer. This was followed by the Pledge of the
Allegiance. She followed this with the latest update from the war zones- for we
were involved in WWII at that time. We concluded the morning ritual be saying
in unison: ”Lord, protect our troops and bring them home safely”. As I recall most the kids in the class had
kin-folk involved in the military at that time.
There was no screaming
about separation of Church and State and, if a parent or two would have made it
an issue, they would have had a visit from a hit squad -consisting of the other
parents. Now, I bring up this ritual
because every child that was involved in elementary school, the first six years
of their education process, began each day in similar manner. In other words, the seeds of the Word of God,
honor for our nation and for the 48 stars and stripes and God’s Word and compassion
for our warriors was a seed- planting process that I believe dug deep into the
hearts of every child.
I do not recall one
incident, in my twelve years of school, where a student carried a gun to school
with the intent to kill as many fellow students as his weapon would allow. Bottom line: nine people yelled so loud that
it drowned out the other millions of people of America and removed God’s seed-
planting process from young hearts. Still
today, loud voices seem to rule.
I repeat when I read
this headline in Koenig’s blog, it sent
chills up my spine “The numbers are in,
and the verdict is undisputable, America is turning against God.”
The second
chill maker was from a “mole” who stated very clearly that our President has
stepped up his efforts, behind the scene, to demand that Israel give up the Covenant
Lands of Judah, Samaria, the Golan Heights and East Jerusalem. In 2008 Bill Koenig, a correspondent who
works out of the White House, wrote a book titled Eye to Eye in which he
listed 57 catastrophic events that occurred shortly before, during the actual
catastrophic event, or shortly after the event between October 20, 1991 and
October 17-24, 2005. These occurred when the Presidents in office made demands
that Israel give up Covenant Land, in order to promote long term peace.(and how
is that move working?)
Is there a correlation
between the Supreme Court’s decision to kick God out of our schools and what is
happening in our nation today? The ruling from the Court was passed down 54
years ago. Two generations of kids did
not have a Mrs. Barnhart in their lives.
For 54 years growing numbers of children graduated without having clue
what the Bible is, what is within the two covers. For 54 years there has been no seed-planning
into the hearts of all of those kids that have sat in the classrooms of our
elementary schools.
I wonder what
those on the Supreme Court, that evicted God from our elementary schools across
America 54 years ago, will say when God asks how they voted on this issue and how
they voted on the gay marriage issue.
Do you have an
opinion on these issues. Are you
willing to make your voice hear?
Subject: Hide the Necklace
Kudos to the 17year-old; hopefully we have the courage to do the
same as this young man.
MAY "THE SPIRIT OF OUR GOD" GRANTED TO US ALL THE COURAGE TO FOLLOW THIS EXAMPLE!!
A young 17-year-old boy was shopping in St. Cloud, MN, at a sports store called Shields. The cashier was a Muslim lady who was wearing her headscarf. The 17-year-old was wearing a necklace with a cross on it. She told him he would have to put his cross under his shirt because it offended her. He told her he would not do that. Then he told her that he thought she should take her headscarf off.
She then called for the manager. The manager came out and told the 17-year-old to just put his cross
MAY "THE SPIRIT OF OUR GOD" GRANTED TO US ALL THE COURAGE TO FOLLOW THIS EXAMPLE!!
A young 17-year-old boy was shopping in St. Cloud, MN, at a sports store called Shields. The cashier was a Muslim lady who was wearing her headscarf. The 17-year-old was wearing a necklace with a cross on it. She told him he would have to put his cross under his shirt because it offended her. He told her he would not do that. Then he told her that he thought she should take her headscarf off.
She then called for the manager. The manager came out and told the 17-year-old to just put his cross
under his shirt and everything would be fine.
The boy again refused to do so and, at that point, he left the items he had intended to purchase and walked out.
Several customers who had been in line behind him had heard theconversation and also left their carts full of items and walked out of the store!!
KUDOS TO THE 17-YEAR-OLD!!!
The boy again refused to do so and, at that point, he left the items he had intended to purchase and walked out.
Several customers who had been in line behind him had heard theconversation and also left their carts full of items and walked out of the store!!
KUDOS TO THE 17-YEAR-OLD!!!
We all know we are in some very changing times, and given the
same circumstances, I pray we would all have the courage this young lad had.
We should all spend a few minutes talking about the challenge we
are facing for our first amendment right of religious freedom. (I
have to wonder what's next? Are they going to try to ban store owners
from selling any jewelry with a cross on it??)
Would you
have put your cross under your shirt to appease these persons?
Some
things for you to chew on?
Blessings,
Gramps
