Caring Requires Commitment

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​

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!!!

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