[June
20, 2002 by JH] There is no question that mankind achieves many
positive results. The knowledge of today has accomplished many
astounding tasks. Daniel
12:4 tells us ... and knowledge
shall be increased. Of
course, with astounding knowledge also comes wisdom that teaches what is to
be done with the discovered knowledge. God told the Bible Adam to be
fruitful and multiply; thus, giving mankind the choice of free will [Genesis
1:26].
If
you think about the circumstances in your life, undoubtedly you will be
proud of some of the accomplishments that you achieved. However, some
of the accomplishments in my life are definitely attributed to the fact that
a Divine Intervention has caused the circumstances to occur. How?
1.
Living in the United States today is a Divine Intervention for me.
Surviving World War II definitely is a cause of rejoicing, especially when
you know that the Loving Hand of God protected me, my then-immediate family,
and so many survivors of that terrible war.
2.
HALO Ministries is on the internet because of a Divine Intervention.
The initial website was done by a lady friend’s son. He then could
no longer do that service because he is a web designer and needs to devote
his time to providing a living. Via my son encouraging me, I continued
to learn the computer functions by following the instructions outlined in
the web designing program and, thus, with much prayer and perseverance
designed the Website for the Halo Ministries.
3.
After I completed the Halo Website, I attended an educational computer
program for web designing for the purpose of further understanding computer
functions. After the completion of the class, I received email
messages from the instructor, Richard J. Raszkiewicz, MOUS Certified
Software Trainer/Programmer.
4.
I am glad that many months ago I had the opportunity to attend the
educational computer program. The following profound email message was
recently (June 20, 2002) received from the Microsoft
Trainer/Programmer:
In
light of the many perversions and jokes we send along to one another for a
laugh, this is a little different: This joke today is not intended to
be a joke, it's not intended to be funny, it's intended to get you
thinking.
Billy
Graham's daughter was interviewed on the Early Show and Jane Clayson asked
her "How could God let something like this happen?" (regarding the
attacks on Sept. 11).
Anne
Graham gave an extremely profound and insightful response. She said,
"I believe God is deeply saddened by this, just as we are, but for
years we've been telling God to get out of our schools, to get out of our
government and to get out of our lives. And being the gentleman He is,
I believe He has calmly backed out. How can we expect God to give us
His blessing and His protection if we demand He leave us alone?"
In
light of recent events...terrorists attack, school shootings, etc., I think
it started when Madeleine Murray O'Hare (she was murdered, her body found
recently) complained she didn't want prayer in our schools, And we said
OK.
Then
someone said you better not read the Bible in school... the Bible says thou
shalt not kill, thou shalt not steal, and love your neighbor as
yourself. And we said OK.
Then
Dr. Benjamin Spock said we shouldn't spank our children when they misbehave
because their little personalities would be warped and we might damage their
self-esteem (Dr. Spock's son committed suicide). We said an expert
should know what he's talking about. And we said OK.
Then
someone said teachers and principals better not discipline our children when
they misbehave. The school administrators said no faculty member in
this school better touch a student when they misbehave because we don't want
any bad publicity, and we surely don't want to be sued (there's a big
difference between disciplining, touching, beating, smacking, humiliating,
kicking, etc.). And we said OK.
Then
someone said, let's let our daughters have abortions if they want, and they
won't even have to tell their parents. And we said OK.
Then
some wise school board member said, since boys will be boys and they're
going to do it anyway, let's give our sons all the condoms they want so they
can have all the fun they desire, and we won't have to tell their parents
they got them at school. And we said OK.
Then
some of our top elected officials said it doesn't matter what we do in
private as long as we do our jobs. Agreeing with them, we said it
doesn't matter to me what anyone, including the President, does in private
as long as I have a job and the economy is good.
Then
someone said let's print magazines with pictures of nude women and call it
wholesome, down-to-earth appreciation for the beauty of the female
body. And we said OK.
And
then someone else took that appreciation a step further and published
pictures of nude children and then further again by making them available on
the Internet. And we said OK, they're entitled to free speech.
Then
the entertainment industry said, let's make TV shows and movies that promote
profanity, violence, and illicit sex. Let's record music that
encourages rape, drugs, murder, suicide, and satanic themes. And we
said it's just entertainment, it has no adverse effect, nobody takes it
seriously anyway, so go right ahead.
Now
we're asking ourselves why our children have no conscience, why they don't
know right from wrong, and why it doesn't bother them to kill strangers,
their classmates, and themselves.
Probably,
if we think about it long and hard enough, we can figure it out. I think it
has a great deal to do with "WE REAP WHAT WE SOW."
Funny
how simple it is for people to trash God and then wonder why the world's
going to hell. Funny how we believe what the newspapers say, but
question what the Bible says. Funny how you can send 'jokes' through
e-mail and they spread like wildfire, but when you start sending messages
regarding the Lord, people think twice about sharing. Funny how lewd,
crude, vulgar and obscene articles pass freely through cyberspace, but
public discussion of God is suppressed in the school and workplace.
Are you laughing?
Funny
how when you forward this message, you will not send it to many on your
address list because you're not sure what they believe, or what they WILL
think of you for sending it. Funny how we can be more worried about
what other people think of us than what God thinks of us.
Pass
it on if you think it has merit. If not then just discard it... no one
will know you did. But, if you discard this thought process, don't sit
back and complain about what bad shape the world is in!
Are
you thinking?
Rich
Raszkiewicz
rraszk@direcway.com
