We Need More Respect For The Lord Today

Proverbs 19:23, “The fear of the LORD tendeth to life: and he that hath it shall abide satisfied; he shall not be visited with evil.”

I have heard umpteen foolish preachers falsely teach that “the fear of the Lord” doesn't literally mean to be afraid of God. Any pastor who says something that ignorant shouldn't be in the clergy! The inspired Holy Bible means exactly what it says. Only a fool doesn't fear God!

I was watching an episode of Modern Marvels today on YouTube about ice-cream. I remembered that I have some BLUE BELL vanilla ice-cream in my freezer and I am eating some now...lol. I love ice-cream! You scream, I scream, we all scream for ice-cream!!!

As I watched about ice-cream on Modern Marvels, the narrator talked about an ice-cram shop in Evanston, Illinois, where the famous “Sundae” desert was first invented in 1881. I was amazed by what he said. The narrator said the business owner wanted to draw more customers on Sunday's after church, so he invented his famous Sundae desert. But out of respect for the Lord, the owner changed the spelling of “Sunday” to “Sundae.” I thought that was beautiful, back when people in American society still respected and feared a holy God.

It's my 58th birthday today, amen! I thank God for the gift of life. I have had some close calls with death throughout my life, so I am very grateful to still be here. When I woke up today I thanked God for another day and another year of life. I went outside and water blasted my deep fryer which was caked up with oil after a year of use.

To celebrate my birthday, I just took two small containers of BLUE BELL vanilla ice-cream out of my freezer. I poured Smucker's MAGIC SHELL chocolate on top, which hardens when it contacts the very cold ice-cream. Then I sprinkled plenty of cinnamon over the top (I bought a big 16 ounce container of cinnamon). Then I put a dozen Maraschino cherries over my Sundae. And then I topped it off with a delectable layer of crushed nuts. Heaven came down!!!

They were also talking about Soft Serve at Dairy Queen in the episode of Modern Marvels. Dairy Queen has been serving Soft Serve since the 1940's. So, you know where I'm headed soon, Lord willing! Yummy in my tummy. God is so good to all of us!

There is little fear of God left in American society today, evidenced by the epidemic of crime and homelessness across the country. Psalms 36:1, “The transgression of the wicked saith within my heart, that there is no fear of God before his eyes.” People just don't care about their neighbours anymore. Our incompetent U.S. federal and state governments don't care about the homeless. The politicians speak a bunch of rhetoric and spend hundreds of billions of dollars, but the money never gets to the poor people and homelessness just gets worse and worse!  I've never seen so many panhandlers at every major intersection in Pensacola! What a crying shame and horrible testimony upon our leaders and culture today! 

Meanwhile, NASA, Hollywood, professional sports, the travel industry and every other facet of our American culture today continues to spend trillions of dollars annually, but couldn't care less about society's problems. President Donald Trump cannot Make America Great Again by himself, with our entire spoiled rotten ungodly society working against him. Sadly, the vast majority of the American people are spoiled brats who make all of their political decisions based upon what works best for themselves and their own families. I haven't heard President Trump speak a single word about helping the homeless to find rehabilitation, jobs and ultimately, housing. Those people surviving on the streets need to be FORCED into rehab. No one has a right to become a public nuisance!

I'm telling you dear reader, and I hope I am wrong, but knowing what I know about the ungodly Federal Reserve Ponzi Scheme, I humbly think that the homelessness problem is just getting started across the United States. I see food prices continuing upward. Someday our American culture may become like the sordid dystopian 1973 science-fiction movie, “Soylent Green,” staring Charlton Heston, Leigh Taylor-Young and Edward G. Robinson (in his final film role). In the film strawberry preserves cost $500 a jar! A head of lettuce was almost unheard of, so rare. Beef? Forget it! Seeing pretty flowers were a thing of the past. I was shocked the other day that ribeye steak now costs $19 a pound at Walmart. A cartoon of eggs costs $10. Unbelievable! I've been eating chicken thighs and pork chops instead. I paid $5.75 for a large package of pork chops. I wouldn't expect food prices to drop any time soon.

A couple months ago I stopped by Burger King. Just a Whopper meal cost me $12. I haven't been back. The same goes for McDonald's. I'm not paying $11 for a Big Mack Meal! I remember back in the 1980's often buying McDonald's 2 Big Macs for $2 special. Now it's 2 Big Macs for a $15 ripoff! No thanks, I'll eat at home. For my birthday, I'm making homemade French Fries this afternoon from cut up Russet potatoes, and a homemade cheeseburger on my barbeque! Soylent Green! Just kidding. “Soylent Green” was food made from ground up humans in the movie...lol. This time I used hamburger from cows!

I cannot speak for others, but I definitely fear God. I have to give account to God in eternity for my life—my deeds, words and thoughts (Romans 14:10-12; Ecclesiastes 12:14; Matthew 12:36; Proverbs 24:12). I already have enough to answer to God for at the Judgment Seat of Christ, I don't want to add to the list (2nd Corinthians 5:10). Every human being ought to fear our Creator, if we live in rebellion against Him. If we have trusted in God's only begotten Son Jesus Christ, and we are living for the Lord to please our heavenly Father, then we need not live in fear of judgment. Hebrews 10:31, “It is a fearful thing to fall into the hands of the living God.” God only expects that we do our best with His help (Galatians 2:20).

Back in the early 1900's, it was a common practice for store owners to pull down their front window shades, to prevent people from window-shopping on Sundays instead of going to the Lord's house at a local church. People respected the Lord back then! Today, businesses don't even think twice about opening on Sundays. It is standard practice for churches to either cancel or reschedule their Sunday evening service to accommodate the annual Super Bowl game. This is America today, where God is made to sit in the back of the bus.

Our good God deserves so much better from all of us! I cringe every time I hear some wicked Hollywood actor taking God's name in vain, blaspheming the precious name of Jesus. Woe unto the wicked on Judgment Day. Deuteronomy 5:11, “Thou shalt not take the name of the LORD thy God in vain: for the LORD will not hold him guiltless that taketh his name in vain.” Jesus Christ's middle name is not “fu_king.” Nor is it the initial “H.” Woe unto the ungodly who blaspheme the holy name of the Messiah who died on a cross to pay for THEIR SINS! Can you imagine their shock and total horror in eternity, when God the Father requires them to give account for blaspheming the precious name of Jesus? It won't be a pretty sight!

Proverbs 19:23, “The fear of the LORD tendeth to life: and he that hath it shall abide satisfied; he shall not be visited with evil.” May we all purpose in our souls to fear, honor and respect God, who is our omnipotent loving Creator. There are 10,080 minutes in one week, have you thanked God with just one of them? Jesus is precious!

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