I saw a movie trailer the other day that captured my attention. I remembered the date 10/21/2022 is when the movie would be playing in theatres. I keep mental notes of things like that and yesterday was 10/21/2022. After work I went to go see "Ticket to Paradise." I always thought that Julia Roberts & George Clooney seem to work well together when acting. You know, there is some chemistry there that just seems to work when they act together. It was a cute but also sentimental movie. It also shows how well-meaning parents can take their own ideas for their child and they think they know what is best for them because that is how they see it. Well, it is through children sometimes that the grown parents need to be taken down a notch or two, so to speak.
Yes, you can learn from your children. There comes a time when one must let go of the reigns on their children and let them experience life. It can be scarry at times because you just might watch them make choices you know are not the good choices to make but it is in those very moments that they will then learn from these maybe not so good choices. I am sure our parents did the same thing with our lives. Our job as loving parents is to be there for them when they come back from awkward moments in their lives. Not pointing fingers saying I told you so, I warned you about that person or people. No, as much as it would be so easy to just spout that off at them the more noble way is to lovingly accept them and share how they are an adult and made choices they thought were good for them and then they live and walk them out.
I remember when I was younger just wanting to defy the words my parents spoke to me at times because I thought I knew better. What is that inner rebellion inside of us, oh yes, it is the sin nature we all have inside of us. Yucky stuff isn't it, rebellion I am referring to. Now, there is a healthy rebellion to speak forth when things are not right within the church. If believers don't stand up and take a stand then you are making a mockery of Jesus and the bible. Something just rises up inside of you when you know something the church is doing is not biblical. Do not just sit back and accept it. Begin to question and show them in the bible the errors they are straying from biblical truths.
The same when it comes to standing up for the rights of unborn children and even young children in which they are trying to mutilate their precious God given bodies to uncreate what God created them to be, either a male or female. Our world has gone wacky in some of their thoughts and beliefs and that I have great concerns about. Man and woman are brought together into a marriage with God as the center and nothing else, got it! Marriage is between a man and woman and no mixing of any other type of combination. Babies are bought into the world only when a man and woman come together in the holiness and beauty of marriage ordained by God and the beauty of intimacy with each other. A seed of life is planted, and that miracle continues to grow in the woman's womb until the day already written in heaven brings forth this new life into the world.
As I was heading to the show last night, I was also listening to the live broadcast of a rally taking place in downtown Nashville. Standing up to defend the rights of young children to block trans types of treatments and surgeries that are trying to be pushed on young children. Then of course, the rebel rousers show up to try and over yell with loud obscenities and untruth within the crowd. I saw a flag or 2 with a vulgar curse word on the flag and that so appalled me seeing that flag walking around this crowd of concerned people trying to protect the rights and stand up for young children. I loved it when the rally goers out cheered the responses to the speakers that drowned out the chants of the protesters. Christians do not be afraid to use your voice when something is wrong. Be it in church or other surroundings. Sin is sin and it should be exposed and dealt with to clean up the church.
An odd thought I had while watching yesterday's rally. Why do the opposers wear masks? If you have nothing to hide, then why are you hiding behind a mask. God knows all and sees all so you cannot hide behind a mask when Jesus shows up at a rally. It is not too late to repent from your wicked ways and ask forgiveness of Jesus while there is still time before He comes again. The eastern sky will part as He calls His children to join Him. The dead in Christ will rise and we that are still living on the earth will then join them in the sky. How exciting, how exciting that day will be what a glorious day. If you miss this first taking up of the saints, there will be another opportunity to confess your sins and turn to Jesus during the tribulation period. If I were you, I would repent now and not have to be there during that time period. We all are given free will and use that free will for the greater good of loving people and not hating people that are too young or not even born yet to tear beautiful life from them. Remember, God is all knowing and all present everywhere always and He is watching too.
While I was first composing this Holy Spirit was showing me a time in my life when my former husband and I planned a trip to a lovely bed n breakfast in PA. As were in OH at the time about 1.5 or so hours away in driving. I dismissed that thought and after making breakfast Holy Spirit has this churning inside of me to share. A story of even as a young married couple went against the wishes of their parents to not go, we went. We were gathered for dinner and a snowstorm was coming in. Naturally, as parents tend to do, they kept telling us to not go on that trip. We dismissed their wishes and went on the journey anyway. They were wrong in that instance, and we had a lovely time and no problems snow and all. This is the flip side in showing that not always well-meaning parents are right. If something is ordained by God, then follow the voice and leading of Holy Spirit and not the voices of man trying to drown out the voice of God. This parenting thing does work both ways, do you agree.
In the movie there were a few times that tender tears welled up in my eyes. Even a time when some rolled down my cheek. I wonder if those kinds of tears are captured by God and stored up in heaven too.
Isn't this interesting that in this blog entry the word TEAR(S) was used twice. Each meaning has a different meaning in the context in which you use it. Singular and plural, things like that tend to fascinate me. I checked to make sure it was the correct spelling in each instance used today before I published it.
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