What If? 02.09.21

What if someone said something so ignorant of the Bible that you rolled your eyes and scoffed at the same time????? For the record (Biblical that is) JESUS WAS NOT A SOCIALIST! That is not only wrong but it is not close to Biblical. Socialism, Capitalism, Communism are economic systems. Jesus had nothing to do with any of those systems. Nothing Jesus taught even remotely touched on those systems. Jesus lived under the law of Moses (and He himself fulfilled the law, meaning he completed what the law could not do and that is eternal forgiveness and a reckoning with God). Nothing in the Bible mentions government enforced sharing what a person has earned (that would be socialism). So to think of Jesus as a socialist is not only ignorant but WRONG. Thanks Dr Jack Cottrell for helping me understand this.

WHAT IF? 04.06.21

WHAT IF? What if you could trust everyone you came in contact with? What if you could differentiate between truth and untruth? What if you could live in a world of perfection, everyone is of one mind, all are welcome to live freely, everyone loves their "neighbor" of every color and kind? That perfect place is Heaven. No politics. No government. No liars. No pain. No hunger. No crime. No sadness... that is the place of eternal joy. If you spent the last 4 years hating a president and anyone that agreed with him. SHAME! If everyday you spewed out hatred for a "party" or individuals you disagree with... SHAME! If you have hate in your heart still because of your political thoughts... SAD! If the last 20 + years has shown us anything is that our government is a mess because of PEOPLE that want and have POWER. And if they are not into the POWER then they are seeking MONEY, because the two seem to go hand in hand. FYI... If you don't pray for President Biden everyday... SHAME on you. We are told to pray for those in authority and to give unto Caesar what belongs to Caesar. But too many times we let "politics" and "truth" get in the way of civility and kindness. If you think that everyone that does not think exactly like you are evil, you are simple and a fool. It has always been my belief that we have the freedom to believe and think what we want. Not what some bigwig in DC thinks or wants. Just because you agree with the "woke" and the "privileged" does not mean you are right. If you have to talk down to people and call them names like white evangelicals and deplorable, that makes you more deplorable than that. If you think that your reasonings and your thoughts are the only things that matter, you have lost already. Just because you have a following of sorts does not mean you are right. There was a plaque I bought in Bible College that says "Where all men think alike, NO ONE THINKS". We should allow people different from us to be themselves, not everyone has to look like you or act like you for them to be viable. They are God's creation, not yours. Don't make racism, racist, etc be the only thing you use to accuse people, or insult them or try to tear them down with. That in itself is racist. I do not believe we are a racist nation. Some fools say we are and the race baiters say we are. but WE ARE NOT A RACIST NATION. Don't get me wrong, we have racists in this nation, but for the most part we are not a racist nation. If you have the power to make changes in this nation for good between all of us, you should do that. Some had that power and never used it for good. one last thought. If you go to church, call yourself a Christian and only see things through the lens of church or Christianity, beware, satan uses light to blind people. The great liar uses "godly" things to entice people. Live your life in the way of the "SPIRIT". Live your life knowing where you stand, spiritually. Galatian 5:22-23 says, "But the fruit of the Spirit is love, joy, peace, forbearance, kindness, goodness, faithfulness, gentleness and self-control. Against such things there is no law." If you have no love or joy or peace or forbearance and kindness and goodness and faithfulness nor gentleness and self-control in your life, that is not living by the Spirit of God. If politics is all you think about and how to "lord" your beliefs over people, beware; you may drown in the hate you spew every day. You have to decide who you will serve. What if we could all just show kindness and try to understand each other without insults and hate.

WHAT IF? 04.18.21

What if?? What if you were held responsible for every word out of your mouth, every deed, every action, every single judgment.... well you are. You will answer for each hate-filled thing you have ever done. There is one that will help you with your faults and issues. His name is Jesus. You will answer to him at the end of your life. He is Love and forgiveness . Why do you spend time on the foolishness of this world.. The newest trend, the newest woke, the newest canceled culture, politics... these are the distractions that the fools of this world dwell on. God is walking with us each step of each day. Be strong. Do not listen to the haters and the fools.

WHAT IF?? I wear a mask, shield, wash my hands, stay away from people... but i do not judge people that do not wear a mask. If they know to wear one, they should. But if they don't use it all the time, they don't answer to me. I know a person that makes it their job to yell at, condemn, hate and mostly a little crazy about masks etc. Well not just masks it's everything really... she hates this, she hates that and her words are rude and poison. That being said I don't allow anyone to tell me what i should do, I already know that. I don't allow anyone to tell me how to think and what to think. I am quite good at that. But this one person takes it upon themselves to treat everyone with such contempt that she comes a cross very overwhelming. However, that is that person. Our being told to stay home... wear your mask... to me is all politics. they call it science: I have come to hate the word science because it is used to belittle and let others know that the person using that word thinks everyone is a moron. So i HATE THE WORD SCIENCE! there is politics involved when they tell you where you can go, what you can do, who you can talk to and worst of all how you should think. Sorry you are not my god. This kind of control is a kissing cousin to socialist / communist control. If they can determine everything in the society by taking away our freedoms, then they are wrong. I have the right to go and say and do whatever I want... PERIOD. If it seems I am a little angry or disgusted... you are correct. This constant bombardment of how to live our lives makes all of us angry. I have done quite well for the 66 years of my life so far. > I am not a racist (never have been never will_ > I do not treat women wrong. I was raised by strong women. I never think bad of women; I would never treat a woman like trash; and I will always be "Christian" in my conduct toward women > Abortion is murder. that is my belief. I don't care is someone thinks bad of that. I think bad of how many babies have been murdered since the 70's. There are 2 lives involved, and only 1 has a choice. > God created 2 genders. If you can find it in the Bible I will reconsider this > In the Bible there are only 2 groups that is mentioned... 1) Jews 2) non-Jews. that's it, that's all that's enough for now. I will not always be on a horse that is high... DRey (D-Ray) David Reynolds

Why do people have to be so ignorant

I am a person that lets people do whatever they want. It is on their heads. However, if you attempt to bring your ignorance to me and think I will be part of it, you are WRONG! I will have nothing to do with your stupidity. After contemplating things on this planet I have come up with my list of things I have no choice over I am white I am male I am 64 years old I am a dad, grandfather, uncle, brother, son, cousin, nephew... I have friends and relatives of every belief and color and lifestyle I speak where the Bible speaks and silent where the Bible is silent. I think that's the list I do have opinions that I will share with you, but if you think who I am is something you can use against me, think again. That would be the most ignorant thing you could do. I don't care about your politics or what you think about white people, males, 60+-year-olds... I don't care. I live my life honestly before God (you know Jehovah, the God of Abraham and Isaac in the Old Testament, the one and only true GOD). I won't apologize for that nor will I allow you to downplay my faith. If you don't believe, good for you, that's your choice and your problem. I will live my life the way I always have... honestly. So why is this my subject today? Because I have read too much on Facebook, Newspaper, etc. I am supposed to apologize for all that. I DO NOT. find another moron to do your ignorance to. I shall just laugh at you because you are simply that stupid. Yes, I use the word stupid. it works. An aside... I was kicked off Twitter for using a scripture reference. they will not budge or allow me back on. Morons. And I may have mentioned on Hillary Clinton's Twitter page that she is an idiot. Later PS. I haven't blogged lately because I forgot my sign in information.

A New Day

Today is Thanksgiving Eve. We don't really celebrate it, but it is important... How many pumpkins and turkeys are being prepared as we speak. Yesterday, the turkey was defrosting in the fridge... TODAY it will be stuffed and readied to cook all night for its debut tomorrow.

A new day.....

A New Day

Just got back from Anaheim last night. I left @ 4:30 pm... the traffic was horrendous. But I love it. I am one of the few that doesn't mind LA's traffic. It's annoying, yes, but it is alive. The Hyundai that decided to push her way into my lane where there wasn't enough room...wanted to hit her car, but, whatever. The Tahoe that owned the road going over the Newhall Pass... so cool, you caused the lane next to me to stop completely because the dear little saint in the Fiesta rear ended the Taurus... tsk tsk, but the Tahoe owned the road and pulled out of my lane and in front of the Fiesta that slammed on her brakes that the Taurus couldn't stop quick enough... oopsie! So it was a slow, parking lot drive from Pasadena to Magic Mountain... and by the way, when does the 210 fwy have a million cars on it going West from Pasadena???? who said they could get on my freeway?

Oh well, the drive over the grapevine was uneventful... it was dark, and just had to make sure the semi's weren't in the way or that van of some sort with people hanging out the back window... Otherwise all the way to Bakersfield was typical... 40 minutes I will never get back in my life... then the drive from there to Clovis... 2 hours that seem to multiply every time I drive it.

I should mention there was fog last night. You could still see (most of the time) but there were a few places where braille was needed to read the highway. But that was the worst of it. Oh gas was $4.19 a gallon, too bad huh? Thank you Mr Obama for not taking care of us and helping us with our daily needs (FAILURE).

It is a new day... got up, to work, had a worship service with the Second Half and then lunch at Guiseppe Gallo's... awesome. A new day brings refreshment. A new day reminds me that God is watching every step of my journey. A new day is hope-filled and finally.