God Gives Grace To The Humble

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 ...And when the Chief Shepherd appears you will receive the crown of glory that does not fade away.  Likewise you younger people submit yourselves to your elders.  Yes all of you be submissive to one another and be clothed with humility for God resists the proud But gives grace to the humble.  Therefore humble yourselves under the mighty hand of God that He may exalt you in due time. - [1 Peter 5: 4-6] The protests on campus these days have got me bemused.  i mean, what has become of higher learning?  There seems to be more degrees handed out and less knowledge.  After all, what kind of degrees did the Nazis have when they exterminated the Jews?  Because there are more experts, there appear to be more problems.  i learned a long time ago that there must be a sense of justifying the solution's existence, but now there seems to be a desire to justify the existence of the problems.

"Why I hate religion but love Jesus." by Jeff Bethke:  Forget the church, follow Jesus...a church of moralism, judgment, and spiritual ranking has failed to represent Jesus.  i've heard it enough already about go to church, go to church, go to church from pastors who head their own church, so they have to say that.  i have tried going back to church and i agree with Mr. Bethke.  Each experience has been forgettable because they don't really focus on Jesus nor do they empathize the Word.  Speaking of justification, i'm through justifying why i don't go to church.  God will handle me on that issue on His time.  

Government official, including the police and army, were ordained to God to minister to us, The Lord uses the civil authority to protect us and execute His wrath on the ungodly.  If God thinks i'm being ungodly by not going to church, then i'll let Him dictate to me and not some pastor and not some self-righteous phony who happens to go to Mass every day.  i'd like to see the animals have a chance to thrive.  They deserve to exercise their selfish genes.  They have been taken granted of, abused, and treated like property--discarded property--i have YAH has good plans for the animals.  Peace in Israel is in His hands.  

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