Jan 20th

Well I couldn't keep my mouth shut and had to post a reply. Fact is this, we don't know when this system will end. What would you do if you knew that a thief was burglarizing homes in your neighborhood? To protect your loved ones and your valuables, you would keep alert, watchful.

A thief does not send a letter announcing when he is coming. On the contrary, he comes stealthily and unexpectedly. On more than one occasion, Jesus used the ways of a thief as an illustration. Regarding events that would occur during the time of the end and that would lead up to his coming to execute judgment, Jesus gave this warning: “Keep on the watch, therefore, because you do not know on what day your Lord is coming. But know one thing, that if the householder had known in what watch the thief was coming, he would have kept awake and not allowed his house to be broken into.” So Jesus likened his coming to the arrival of a thief—unexpected.

This tells us that we have to always keep on the watch while moving forward in this system. It's good to step back and look at what our future can become. Our choices today may make a difference on our tomorrow. The one thing that will never change is the promise that this system will change. Put the Kingdom First and all will be added.

What I do know of the future of every person is this and I have mentioned it many times. There are two roads and the choices we make today puts us on the road to life or the road to death. There is Jehovah and there is Satan. There is this system, there is the new system. It's clear what a person should do but our influences cause us to do what is wrong. Our own sinful desires cause us to do wrong.

So what ever choices are made in life, we need to think spiritual goals first. Because we live in this system that requires money. We also need to think of a Job. What kind of Job and will that Job take away from spiritual goals? These are the things that both Jesse and I are going over.

I want him to have a Job of course but I don't want his Job to take his time away from Spiritual Goals. Easy to say but hard to do because our lives are always changing. It's funny because my wife said the same thing about living a care free kinda life but I reminded her that nothing in this life is care free because you can have a big house and all the money in the world but you can't buy your way into the new system. Be content with what you have and live a simple life instead of a care free life.

It is a challenge to sort out priorities, juggle responsibilities, and devote time and energy to the important aspects of life in a reasonable way. It is also a challenge to avoid extremes and maintain mental and emotional steadiness.

This challenge might be compared to that faced by a performer who attempts to walk on a thin high wire. Loss of balance would be a disaster for him or her. Similarly, the loss of spiritual balance would be disastrous for us. A person walking a high wire does not burden him/her self with many things. He or she carries only the essentials. In order to maintain our spiritual balance, therefore, we need to live a simple, unburdened life.

If we are to live a simple life, we must involve ourselves only with the things needed to maintain a reasonable livelihood. Jesus spoke of the things the nations are eagerly pursuing. So Jesus admonished us to avoid accumulating a lot of these things. Why? Because they can complicate our life and lead us astray. This is good counsel, regardless of whether we are wealthy or poor, well-educated or not.

Living a balanced, simple life is especially important now because Satan and his demons have been confined to the earth and are intent on weighing us down and diverting our attention from God’s service. Therefore, never before has the Bible command been more applicable as it mentions in the scriptures to Keep strict watch that how you walk is not as unwise but as wise persons, buying out the opportune time for yourselves, because the days are wicked.

So we always need to remember that this world belonging to Satan is dangerous territory in which to live. A misstep can mean disaster. Our situation might be compared to that of a person walking through a field mined with explosives. One wrong step in this system is dangerous.

As for Jesse leaving us. That is his choice to make. The scriptures speak of a man and woman becoming one flesh. Genesis 2:24 says : That is why a man will leave his father and his mother and he must stick to his wife and they must become one flesh.The purpose in the marriage arrangement was to have the man and the woman become so harmonious that their thinking and conduct would be as one. Is this possible yes it is. Will there be problems? Of course we are not perfect nor the same but one in a sense that the spiritual goals are the same.

So it isn't ripping but it's his choice to make if he wanted to stay in California or move. Will we miss him? Of course what Parent wouldn't miss their Child but as a bird leaves the nest we expect it but if the bird wants to stay then we accept it.

I hope this all makes sense. Anyway, I know it would be my last post but maybe one a week for posting. Still not sure about it.