Blind & Deaf

Eyes squeezed tightly shut, the babe is unaware of surroundings. Tender ears ill equipped to sort and cope with the noisy world, the newborn is given the gift of quietude as it sleeps. Can it see, can it hear? Is the child doomed to never have vision, never have the pleasure of attuning to sound and its meaning?

Most children open their eyes to lay hold of the one that nuzzles them close. Most children turn their heads toward what they perceive as voices, human and animal, and of course, to other sounds, including ruckus or music. Do I describe a strange occurrence? Am I delving into unchartered territories that terrify? Do I go where no man, no woman, has gone before, as I describe what is natural and normal for a babe in arms that gradually becomes accustomed to their environment, and in turn, begins to respond to what they see, what they hear, what they sense with touch, and sniff in the air too? 

Of course my questions are silly rhetorical's, and you answered them with initial politeness, followed by perhaps irritation and finally, some frustration, at being asked about what is obvious to any observer. Babies that see, babies that hear, eventually become children that begin to identify and label, making sense of sounds, noises, sensations. As they explore, they sort and group, and this gives them more confidence in their competency as worldly navigators. But dear reader, before they could see and say they saw; before they could use their ears and tell what they heard, before they put their little fingers up their own nose, or yours, there was God. The world awaited their arrival, and wouldn't you know it, it awaited yours too, perhaps many moons ago?

At this point you have every right to ask, Where is she going with this? I will tell you now, so you do not have to speculate or take to guessing: Some people can see but do not have sight. Some people hear, but they do not comprehend. Some people experience the world, in all its majesty, and haven't a clue how wonderfully made it is. Some people, have turned to shutting their eyes tightly, closing their ears with plugs, and deadening their sense of touch, by roughly handling what ought to be treated gently.   

The heavens declare the glory of God; and the firmament sheweth his handywork. Day unto day uttereth speech, and night unto night sheweth knowledge. There is no speech nor language, where their voice is not heard  (Psalm 19:1-3)

When you look to the stars, is it with awe, as they declare the glory of God? Do you see the earth and all that is in it, as God's handywork? Day after day the sun appears to brighten your vision, to enlighten your mind, and move you toward warmth. Night after night the moon, the sun's dim close cousin, establishes that the day before is much like this one and the one to follow, as long as it presents itself and lets us know, now is the time to rest. They display knowledge, not of their own accord: they display a knowledge that some humans irrationally reject, and that is that God has placed them where they belong, and will continue to hold them in their places, until he decides otherwise, and that day is coming. How do I know, you ask? Revelation tells us so. NOTE: There is no place in the entire world, where creation does not declare God's glory. Every nation, every tongue, is included in the responsibility of attributing to God, what only he could, and did, create. 

Think again with me about the infant that sees, hears, and feels about the world. Did his/her mother give the child eyes, ears, fingertips and toes along with a cute little sniffing nose? If the mommy were able to do such a thing, would they also be able to make all those body parts function effectively so the child would learn and grow and discover? (By the way, how do children grow? Explain the mystery of the forever changing shape of each human from day to day, from dust to human to aging, turning back to dust ... go ahead, I will wait as you figure this out and make sense of it all, all by yourself) The answer, of course, is not a chance. Listen, it takes a lot of yapping to talk people out of believing in God. It takes a lot of chaotic explanations to reason the Sovereign and his creative hand away: It is a foolhardy endeavour, I tell you, but people try to erase God, despite all of creation declaring his glory, day after day, night after glorious night.  

John's Epistles succinctly explain so much in very little written space. You can find 1, 2, 3 John, just before Jude, which is followed by the final book of The Bible, known as Revelation. Here is what John has to say about the whole world, minus of course, those of us that have heard the Gospel, believed the Gospel by the grace of God, and belong to him as his adopted children, through Christ our Lord. 

And we know that we are of God, and the whole world lieth in wickedness (1 John 5:19)

Have you noticed this too, dear reader, that the whole world appears to be lying in wickedness? I certainly have. 

So then faith cometh by hearing, and hearing by the word of God (Romans 10:17)

Dear reader, faith comes by hearing, and hearing by the word of God. Those that hear the words but do not comprehend meaning, may as well be considered deaf. If I speak to someone about my faith, and use Biblical terminology, and they haven't an interpreter, in other words, they do not have the Holy Ghost to give them understanding, all they see is lips moving, and perhaps all they hear, is mumbo jumbo gibberish. 

Have you had your vision or hearing impaired by infection before? Years ago I had a kitten named Smokey, and as she sat on my shoulder, she swatted at my blinking eye, and scratched it's surface: the pain was excruciating. My ears for whatever reason, always seem irritated, and sometimes I just hear muffled voices and ringing ~ please don't feel the need to diagnose and cure me, I have tried everything. What I am saying is this: My vision was impaired and so was my hearing, and when I was suffering I could not focus on seeing or listening. THAT, dear one, is what the mind is like, of someone that does not know God as their Sovereign; their senses are impaired, and they cannot be cajoled, convinced, or connived at, to see clearly, to hear perfectly, to sense and fully comprehend the Word of God. Those that do not know God do not speak his language and do not hear his voice: they are of the world and can only hear other worldlings. Their urges are inclined toward satisfying carnal desires; God's children cannot help but want spiritual meat and drink that satiates the soul. John explains this so well, as I stated above:

Ye are of God, little children, and have overcome them: because greater is he that is in you, than he that is in the world. They are of the world: therefore speak they of the world, and the world heareth them. We are of God: he that knoweth God heareth us; he that is not of God heareth not us. Hereby know we the spirit of truth, and the spirit of error (1 John 4:4-6)

... the spirit of truth, and the spirit of error. To be clear, the Spirit of Truth is Holy, the spirit of error is devilish, demonic, satanic ... to hear God and his people means you have the Holy Spirit residing within. Those that belong to the world house a different spirit, known as error, that inclines them to the sins of lawless wickedness. It is that simple, dear one. 

Lastly, just as a mother or father cannot give their child physical eyes and ears to see, she/he cannot give them spiritual eyes and ears to hear, however; they can raise the child in the admonishments of the Lord, preaching and teaching his commandments, his laws, his number one rule, which is to love him and love the brethren. Without being taught, we do not learn the righteous Way. 

If you have not be taught by your earthly care givers, dear one, consider asking God to open your mind, your heart, and your soul, to learning directly from him. Our heavenly Father hears you, and none of your prayers, when they align with his will, are spoken, whispered, or silently pleaded, in vain. 

And this is the confidence that we have in him, that, if we ask any thing according to his will, he heareth us: And if we know that he hear us, whatsoever we ask, we know that we have the petitions that we desired of him (1 John 5:14-15)

Lack of Fear

The man who has ceased to fear has ceased to care, a quote from F. H Bradley

What strikes me about this quote, is its verity. I think of the pilots purposefully polluting our air, water, and earth, for profit. It is the same air they breath, water they drink, and earth they are fed from, and yet, for payment, they take to the skies, releasing chemicals day after day, crisscrossing blue with checker board white, ignoring the knowledge that it is God that gave them wings to fly. 

What a calloused existence, dear reader, to awake daily and repeat dastardly deeds committed month after month, without conscience, without fear of reprisal, without care that one day, the evil committed will catch-up with the offenders and they will be made to pay for the injuries they have caused mankind. 

I have heard that Bill Gates is surrounded by bodyguards. I know his wife and child left him, and I wonder, why? What drove them from his company? Think now with me, how demons animate those that worship and serve the god of this world. While God's children have a hedge of heavenly protection, angelic warriors that are at the ready to do battle against the forces of evil on our behalf at the behest of our Father in heaven, people like Bill are want for good company. Imagine his daily misery, his spiritual hauntings, the shadows that dance a spritely jig all about him, at the ready to torment and tease, triumphing in the Biblical knowledge that he will join them one day soon, in hell fire. NOTE: if anyone knows The Bible, it is the fallen angels. This is why we must know it too, so that we are warned regarding the temptations to sin that the demons are confident will lead us to destruction. 

Not that long ago someone suggested my mind was sick and twisted because of the description I gave for what happens to the depraved, the fearless and careless that commit heinous crimes against the Sovereign and his people. I did not defend my own mental soundness, or tell the reader that what I described was no where near as frightening, compared to what the Bible says will happen to murderers, and those that plot the demise of their fellow humans. Clearly, the person that accused me of being bent, does not read scripture, because if he had, if he does, he would not challenge me ... in fact, his trouble is with God's judgment, but his arrow was pointing in my direction as harbinger and messenger. 

Which brings me to a pressing point: man cannot mediate for man, against God. We cannot advocate, we cannot convince, we cannot change God's mind, let alone his plan. To think we can do so is insanely arrogant. Each time a Bible believing Christian speaks scriptural truth, and is targeted as a harsh enemy, it is the accuser that belies what is going on in his own mind, his own heart, his own soul. 

I told someone recently, Why attack me? Why not just admit you hate God and The Bible? Go ahead, fight with God, see where that gets you. It is easy to go after a weakling, someone that cannot defend themselves: bullish men and women take to flinging mud, stones, anything they can get their hands on, to sully Christians. Try as they might, it doesn't work: they only make themselves look angry, bitter, resentful, and dishonest. Looking again at the title of this piece of writing, I say, Don't fear me, I have no weapons of warfare to return your fire, except for prayer of course!, fear God ... he knows and sees all, and while he is long-suffering, he will not put up with our collective nonsense forever. 

Take your scriptural pick from the following, dear reader:

Proverbs 1:7 The fear of the LORD is the beginning of knowledge: but fools despise wisdom and instruction

Proverbs 8:13 The fear of the LORD is to hate evil: pride, and arrogancy, and the evil way, and the forward mouth, do I hate

Matthew 10:28 And fear not them which kill the body, but are not able to kill the soul: but rather fear him which is able to destroy both soul and body in hell

Ecclesiastes 12:13 Let us hear the conclusion of the whole matter: Fear God, and keep his commandments: for this is the whole duty of man

Job 28:28 And unto man he said, Behold, the fear of the Lord, that is wisdom; and to depart from evil is understanding

There is more ... I invite you to look up Fear of the Lord in your own Bible but before you do, let us work on a quick synopsis together. 

They that fear the LORD have knowledge to look forward to: Fools despise wisdom and do not like being taught, or instructed

The fear of the LORD includes hating evil, pride and arrogancy ... the evil way, the froward mouth is hated by God

We fear not them which kill the body - insert here, people that plot to poison and pervert mankind - but are not able to kill the soul. God is the Father of spirits, and he and he alone can destroy both soul and body in hell

Let us hear the conclusion of the whole matter. Do this, dear reader: Fear God, keep his commandments, for this is our duty as men and woman temporarily residing in the world

Lastly, we have Job telling us, Fear of the Lord is wise, and when we depart from evil, we will be granted understanding

This is why we see the great divide between those that go in the direction of fearing and heeding God, and those that go the way of the Devil, wantonly doing his will while they are given days on the earth. They do not their duty, but the dirty work of the father of lies ... we all get to decide what we will do with our today, and fearing the LORD seems just about right for this writer.

What about you? Will you heed the warnings and glorify the God that made you, made your family, friends, colleagues, neighbours, all the humans in the whole wide world, past and present? Will you do your duty, or shun it, like the many that have no fear and go about their business as though they will never be held to account?

Whatever is in that mind, heart, and soul of yours, dear reader, shows up on the outside, and God sees through us: we have no where to hide ... better to fear him than our fellow man, wouldn't you agree? 

Loathsome To Reconciled

I quote from Matthew Henry's Commentary On the Whole Bible, page 624. I will expound on his expounding, to glean the glorious that shines diamond bright from within. Psalm 32 is the topic, with the focus being on the pardoning of sin, with all the necessary elements required to establish right relationship with God. Let's go in together, shall we? And I quote:

Sin makes us loathsome in the sight of God and utterly unfit for communion with him and, when conscience is awakened, it makes us loathsome to ourselves too, but, when sin is pardoned, it is covered with the robe of Christ's righteousness, like the coats of skins wherewith God clothed Adam and Eve (an emblem of the remission of sins), so that God is no longer displeased with us, but perfectly reconciled. They are not covered from us (no; My sin is forever before me) nor, covered from God's omniscience, but from the vindictive justice. When he pardons sin he remembers it no more, he casts it behind his back, it shall be sought for and not found, and the sinner being thus reconciled to God, begins to be reconciled to himself. 

1. Sin is loathsome in the sight of God, and he sees our sin. Have you seen someone curl a corner of their top lip in disgust? Imagine God looking at what you are saying and doing, and recoiling from it in repulsion, this makes us;

2. Unfit for communion with God, because he is holy and cannot, will not, keep us company when we are mischievously disobedient.

3. Alas, when conscience is awakened, when we have that first glimpse at our own revolting ways, and the flood gates open with soul sickening remembrances, we suddenly see what God sees, and we cannot stand ourselves: we discover our own loathsomeness. 

4. But, when sin is pardoned, when we repent, there is remission of sins! Christ drapes his robe of righteousness over our drooping with shame shaking shoulders, covering our wretchedness, so that God is no longer displeased with us, but perfectly reconciled. Think with me, about people, your own family, perhaps your own child, sinning with reckless abandon, followed by a dawning of understanding that they have done wrongly, at the expense of relationship, with you and others. Adam and Eve are our first examples of obvious disobedience, despite knowing God and walking with him too. If they needed to repent to reconcile with God, and if they required covering of their sins, it makes perfect sense that we must repent, and ask for God's gracious covering, through Christ, the perfect sinless Man/God. There is no greater comfort and warmth than to have God wrap us in his loving mercy.

5. Our sins are not covered from us, meaning ... the thoughts of them are frequent visitors, many times unwelcome solicitors knocking at our front door. They want in, to remind us of the dirty road we travelled, and the dust we kicked up that wants to cling and saturate our souls, and;

6. Our sins are not covered from God's omniscience either: does this make you reticent, dear one, and desiring to sin no more? God forgives but does not forget, and neither should we, because when we look back and see how much he has forgiven, how far we have travelled away from wickedness, we appreciate the road ahead, and look forward to the next Canaan as we gradually, leave this one behind. 

7. God could give us what we deserve, with divine vindictive justice. Does this startle you to read, that God is entitled to being vindictive? Is this not a just return? Do you recall the expression, Throw the book at him, referring to a criminal that deserved the full extent of punishment, according to the law? Whose laws, I ask you? Look closely at the Book of Deuteronomy: law was established for the Israelites by God, and the very same laws were originally implemented to stave off evil doers in our civilization ... they are now being dismantled rapidly, as proof that the god of this world is preferred over the Omnipotent God of the Universe, the I Am that I Am, Jehovah. God can do as he likes, and that includes forgiving heinous sin, when a contrite soul repents before him. He can also blast you and I right off the face of the earth, because, well, HE IS GOD ALMIGHTY! 

8. The pardoning of sin by God, who remembers it no more, is the gift of grace, which means unmerited favour. God doesn't hold a grudge, and throw our sins in our face; and neither should we hold a grudge, or remind others of their wrongdoings (accept of course to give them insight into their impact, which is helpful for clearing the air). When someone is sincerely sorry for what they have said or done, and even perhaps what they were considering saying and doing, we must be gracious too, and freely forgive. Repentance includes a change of mind, of heart, of soul, that is reflected in behaviour. Those that know how much they have been forgiven, feel deeply inclined to extend the same favour, to those that have injured them in some way. What a wonderful full circle it is we travel, from sinner to saved! 

NOTE: Consequences follow actions. We don't always escape from natural consequences after sinning, for example: having sex outside of marriage may very well result in the creation of a babe in the womb, clearly a natural and normal consequence. Perhaps a person has "gotten away" with sex without making a baby, many a time, until that one time ... the baby ought not pay for the sins of its parents. The baby deserves a chance at life and relationship too. Consequences are clearly, unavoidable: what we do within the circumstances we find ourselves, speaks loudly to our inner workings. I will leave it at that. 

9. ... the sinner being thus reconciled to God, begins to be reconciled to himself. 

Dear reader, this is the point of no return, the wondrous moment when we walk and talk, communing with God, and understanding he is for us every step of The Way. We see ourselves as he sees us, first as sinners unworthy of his presence, secondly as ashamed repentants, and finally, as children of God that clothes us in the righteousness of his Son, Jesus Christ, of whom the Father is well pleased! This is the coming clean experience each believer has, when we want to emulate our Lord and Saviour. There is a peace that assuredly surpasses all understanding, because we feel at peace with ourselves, or in the word provided by the Father, reconciled, with our own past, and looking forward to our future with holiness as our burning desire for self and other. 

I sure hope reading this post was a valuable use of your time. I throughly enjoyed sharing. I pray for you to see your sin, repent, sin no more, and have an outstanding incomparably wonderful relationship with the God that lovingly designed and crafted you with his mighty and magnificent hands. 

Jesus Wept

If Jesus wept, what is to stop us from doing similarly? 

Today sad images flood my mind and flow in tears from my eyes. I have seen and heard too many tragedies, and they cannot be contained, controlled, corralled. 

When our Saviour wept, who was it for? I suspect he wept for many reasons, and I conjecture that perhaps, it was for those that bore witness to Jesus calling Lazarus to come out from the grave, that would turn a blind eye to the significance of the event: which is that only God in heaven, and God incarnate, could and would and has, resurrected the dead. 

God foreshadows, and men look away, favouring their own version of reality, based on this life, this fleeting and fading existence. 

I wept yesterday for a sister that has slipped out of the body, her soul no longer residing in the clay God shaped to be uniquely her. I miss her terribly, and while she was a joyful playful type, she also suffered much, never feeling sorry for herself, never ever wanting pity. She was a private person, and didn't tell even her closest friends, what she experienced. She always cheerfully recovered and carried on, perennially interested in people, places, beautiful growing and plantable things. If she could have run wild with horses, that would have been her heaven on earth delight.  

I pleaded with God for her soul before she died. What better place to go than heaven, when the thin invisible veil between the physical and spiritual realms, dissolves to allow passage? Unlike you and me, dear reader, Jesus knows. He knows who will be with him in paradise this very day, and who will not. He knows who will turn away from him for an eternity, and who will receive with gratitude, the gift of grace ... his unmerited favour. 

Lazarus was counted as one of Jesus' friends. Can you image that? How marvellous, how wonderful!  When Jesus commanded him, Lazarus complied:

And when he thus had spoken, he cried with a loud voice, Lazarus, come forth. And he that was dead came forth, bound hand and foot with graveclothes: and his face was bound about with a napkin. Jesus saith unto them, Loose him, and let him go (John 11:43)

We don't read more about Lazarus after this, because the message isn't about him, it is about the power of God, dear reader, what God is capable of because he has command over life, yours and mine, and over death too. Jesus conquered the grave, can you do that? 

Jesus is called the man of sorrows. He came on a mission, not a pleasure trip for his own entertainment. He came to bring life to the dead and dying, and if you don't know him as your Saviour, you are counted as one of the numbers, one of the dead and dying, already bound hand and foot, your face bound too, with a napkin. What a sad state of affairs if this be so ... love longs to procure, and takes special care and effort to secure what it desires. 

Jesus is love, dear one. He procures souls and with special care and effort, gives us every opportunity to come forth out of the tomb, shake off our graveclothes, and live for him, to glorify him, as the one that speaks truth and life. 

Bible and God bashing

What we see is Bible and God bashing. I implore you to get a King James study Bible. I suggest to you that you listen to sound Bible teachers, such as R. C. Sproul ... learn who God is, and ignore what the world says about him. Stop being a cynical skeptic, and start being child-like in your curiosity and wonder. See Jesus as he is, not as he is portrayed by those that hate him and damn themselves, when they publicly curse the God that made them. 

Stop using God's name as a byword/in vain ... you make yourself foolish by doing so, and it hurts the ears of those who profess Jesus as our King. We don't like it one bit, it is vulgarity to the soul sensitive amongst you. 

Lastly, weep, let the tears flow, for the sins you have committed, the ones your relatives, friends, co-workers, neighbours, strangers have committed. Weep, and plead with God for mercy and beg for forgiveness for you, for them. Give all your sorrow vent, let people see and hear it, so that perhaps they will be encouraged to repent too. Sin no more, dear one ... you know right from wrong, stop doing the wrong. 

Today may be the day you meet your Maker: What, pray tell, do you anticipate? Will you walk away from the idea, the image, the question, as though it does not concern or pertain to you? 

Death is a guarantee, dear one ... you and I just don't know the when part. 

Rude Awakenings

How are you is the generic question people utilize to initiate conversation. My response these days: My sister died.

I hadn't cried dear reader, for weeks and weeks, but the last couple of days the sadness has been lurking. I haven't wanted to seek it out never mind looking it in the eye, but here it is, and there it was, each time I gave my reply, My sister died. 

My mom uses a refrain, the tongue goes to the sore tooth ~ she says this in Italian ~ and isn't it apropos, in these days of devastating occurrences, to have our thoughts and words go to what is most bothersome?

My background white, or ought I call it grey noise? is this lingering sense of perpetual loss. I carry on, do what I will, do what I ought to do, and there loss hides crouching in pounce readiness, the longer I deny its existence. 

I see her, dear reader, but I can't hear her anymore ... the mute button has been pressed and it is stuck ... 

I feel rude when I give my reply, but I also think that rude was what we lived for years on end when all the pretending kept us from communicating the important life altering news. Rude is ignoring what is happening. Rude is denying the Truth. We are witnessing rude awakenings as the current result, of what we all lived through, namely, that wicked people waved enchanted wands and cast a spell on the populace, luring them to their own demise. 

I miss my sister, but not all the time. I cannot miss her all of the time: I refuse to think of her perpetually, because it won't bring her back for another day, or even a moment. I think of her now because I cannot help myself, she was a part of my history, and who knows our history better than our siblings? She used to do these cute little braids in my hair ... no one can do those little braids like her. 

Anyways ... that's what people say when they need to move on, or dismiss a tough topic ... anyways. Writing is my temporary soul cough syrup, it soothes my spirit as I type. I know I am not alone in my sorrow. I know, dear reader, that there are many of us that are suffering great loss. I feel your pain, and pray for your peace, in Christ Jesus, and the Holy Ghost, known as the Comforter. 

But the Comforter, which is the Holy Ghost, whom the Father will send in my name, he shall teach you all things, and bring all things to your remembrance, whatsoever I have said unto you (John 14:26)

NOTE: My sister's brilliant smile ... she is on the left. This is from July, 2013. The little lady in the middle is the mumma, and I am on the right. 

Christian Coaching

• I am a Christian
• I work as a self-employed CTI Certified Coach, CPCC, since 2014
• I work as a self-employed Personal Trainer, since 1996
• I read, I write, I pray, amongst other things

God is with me and for me, no matter who is against me: I always feel his presence. Maybe you too, know this about our steadfast God? If you long to find your way, and you know The Way is Jesus Christ, perhaps you will consider working with me as your guide.

My new website will give you an idea about who I am, and my hope is that with or without me walking by your side, you will discover who you are, in Christ Jesus!

lindagracebyers.com 

Trained Psychiatrist

I have indulged my desire to be entertained, dear reader, with the foibles, fumbles, and resultant fallouts, of Frasier, the sitcom series of old. 

What strikes me as non comedic are the sexual escapades of all the characters in the show. Fornication with partner after partner is the norm from one episode to the next, and two brothers, Frasier the elder and Niles the younger, happen to have bed the same woman, Frasier's former wife Lilith. Niles and Lilith were intoxicated during their overnight romp, thus making the one time event somehow excusable ~ The Bible calls in-laws brothers and sisters once a marriage has taken place ... did Niles commit the sin of incest, dear reader? ~; alas, is inebriation a valid reason to betray sacred trust, thus permitting in the partaking of urges that ought not to be? 

Niles has a love interest in Daphne from the moment he lays eyes on her, while he is married to Maris; and while Daphne is engaged to another man. Roz, the hot-to-trot radio producer for the Dr. Frasier Crane show, is portrayed as a slut, and eventually, she has sex with her boss. The clever repartee coupled with the presentation of elegance of the main psychiatric characters (you did not misread what I wrote ... Frasier and Niles are quick witted self-absorbed stranglings that snobbishly seek higher social status ground at every possible turn ... they are quintessential worldlings), camouflage the obvious reprobate minds they perpetually seek to affirm and feed. The you can have it all, and have all people too messaging is blatant. Swapping out partners, enjoying the flavour of the day or month, is normalized in this show, and and ... this situation comedy has been watched by millions of TV viewers, and continues to be a popular series in re-runs, with a sequel Frasier now available. 

I knew someone many years ago that shared with me how disturbed and shocked she was regarding the carryings on at a conference for mental health care providers: psychiatrists, psychologists, counsellors. Two things she told me ~ plus one add on ~ have remained as grotesque thoughts and images in my mind, lodged there uncomfortably:

1. When psychiatrists spoke of the side-effects for the drugs they prescribed to their patients, they understood that some would die as a result of taking the medicine suggested. There was a death percentage that was deemed "acceptable", and I wonder, if it was your son, or daughter, some family member or friend that was a part of the unfortunate percentage that dropped dead from the "treatment", would you be okay with the doctors random acceptance of their fate?

2. At this conference, alcohol consumption was high. There were a whole lot of drunken mental health workers, and it just so happens, there were also a lot of trysts, with these professionals having a good old time with one another sexual. Within this story was an appalling confessional from one of the therapists: she confessed that she had trained her dog to service her ... using peanut butter as a lure to her private parts. 

Now, I ask you dear reader, is Frasier true to life or is life true to the characterizations in the show labelled Frasier? I am nearing the end of the series, and homosexual partners have been introduced as acceptable. An unsuspecting populace has been groomed and then convinced, that sex with anyone anytime for any reason, is valid as a choice. Do you agree? Is it really? 

What sickness, what disgusting vulgar vileness, has soaked into the psyche of TV viewers? Make no mistake, the producers know what they are doing in their manipulations of the public. Wicked people love bad company; they delight in corrupting minds so that people collude with them in their sinfulness. If everyone is doing it, it makes it easier to hide in the crowd, and not feel the sting of guilt and shame for committing shameful acts. 

I watched a recent interview of Kelsey Graham, forever known as his TV character, Frasier Crane. I wonder if the two are one and the same, interchangeably confused? Kelsey spoke about being rich, but not as rich as Oprah. Imagine that, two actors wealthy almost beyond comparison, while pretending to be wise, making their millions off the backs of faithful followers that fawn over them as success icons. 

How very vapid. 

NOTE: Roz being portrayed as a slut, because she is easy, does not translate to the easiness of the other characters that are willing to bed stangers randomly when they are feeling randy. If you have watched the show, recall the episode where the crew goes on skiing vacation, and everyone is looking to have sex with someone. 

I leave you with a question, a suggestion, an observation with a challenge, followed by scripture.  

❓How have you been influenced by what you have seen and heard?

🔥 Watch TV, and question the messaging dressed up as entertainment.

🔥 We influence and we have been influenced. Measuring messaging against godly standards is possible and recommended. 

Now the works of the flesh are manifest, which are these; adultery, fornication, uncleanness, lasciviousness, idolatry, witchcraft, hatred, variance, emulations, wrath, strife, seditions, heresies, envyings, murders, drunkenness, revelings, and such like: of the which I tell you before, as I have also told you in time past, that they which do such things shall not inherit the kingdom of God (Galatians 5:19-21)