Today I have been sorting through my many saved records. It has been another walk down memory lane.
So many things to think about. Dreams that didn't work out. Failures. Pain. And God through it all. People I knew through all those years are remembered in notes and photos. Ministries I care/d about. Information I kept for different reasons.
A lot of things don't matter anymore. I am shredding everything that is too old to keep, or something I won't ever use in the future. I have already filled 6 or 7 paper shopping bags, I think. I didn't count so I can't be sure. It will be a full container for pick-up this week!
Normally I would share my old ministry materials with local missions. I'm not sure what to do anymore. There seems to be hostility towards sharing things that are good if they are about GOD, even at Christian missions. Oregon is a very active LGBT state. The whole west coast maybe.
Years ago, I discovered all the Bibles disappearing from the Salvation Army Thrift Stores. I knew there was a problem back then. I didn't know what it was, but I think it was the volunteer staff. The Salvation Army is struggling to stay alive now. I suspect there is activism we know nothing about and cannot fight. The Sweet Cakes bakery was around here somewhere.
Their community is very aggressive and deceptive and hidden. I suppose it would be a hate crime if they were found out.
It is a very huge battlefield for Christians. GOD is the only opposition they have. It makes the war very focused on us. I don't know what their logic is, or their rationalization for their actions, but it is like any sin -- we justify whatever we want to do.
I have been finding reminders of many things I always hoped to do. I am saving some of these reminders for the GOAL book I am putting together.
I am also going to be going through most (maybe all) of my Working Together records.
The goal is preparing for my death. I am hoping to sort out the most important records for when I die.
Who knows what GOD might provide for the end of my days. :-) I am always hoping for more.
This seems to be a month of change. I am still working on my budget and food plan. I need to get my decisions done. It is quite a challenge.
There is a channel on YouTube called The Biblical Nutritionist. I have been watching a few of her videos that come across my feed. This one I discovered today. It is kind of scary to see a lot of the foods you eat in her lists. I have been trying to go organic/non-GMO for years. I just cannot afford it. I am trying to check more labels, but I tend to forget when I am at the store. I don't want to go completely meat and dairy free.
Finding that acceptable place in the middle of all the food issues we face is very difficult, especially when you have to deal with poverty budgets. At my age it doesn't matter as much, but there are many people who still have their lives ahead of them... depending on how fast the End Times reach the Antichrist.
This is a link to the video I watched: https://youtu.be/x31_u9cpnZQ?si=XLyLWAz8KfW7gJpi
Watch it an decide for yourself what you think. Try to explore your food choices and financial options. If you find any good answers, share them as comments so we can all find a better path.
May GOD help us to find our way through the world as it changes.
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