Bravery

Bravery is a full time job. God is taking applicants, do you care to apply? 

Satan loves to homogenize, meaning: he wants to make us similar or uniform to him. And I have to tell you, he is doing one hell of a job! He recruited far and wide for his crew of criminals, and they appeared in droves to find out what the pay was, and then what dastardly deeds they had to commit to collect that paycheque. I could list a few of them here, but I am confident you already have a list of wayward men and women formulating in your thoughts. 

It isn't the mercenaries that I am considering as I type, it is the brave. Bravery requires a certain resolve that comes from conviction. We all live on a slippery slope, and the wicked have slicked it up with lots of slime... for instance:

When I heard that there was a "mandate" to wear masks, I was convinced no one would do it! No one would wear a thing on strings over their nose and mouth... it was so foreign a concept to me, that I thought it utterly ridiculous that anyone would do such a silly nonsensical thing! The masks appeared en masse, and to my shock and horror, I was in a position of having to decide... do I go along with this, to keep myself from standing out in a see of clothed faces, or do I stick with my initial opinion of the whole idea being beyond absurd, and remain fresh and open faced? 

Fresh and opened face was my stand, or should I say, public statement. This garnered me verbal attacks from strangers, with vulgar words loudly shot my way as bystanders witnessed, muted by their masks. Yup... and I wasn't the only one: some people were assaulted, and I thank God I was kept from that kind of abuse. 

Next, the ludicrous misleading of the masses into social distancing... God Lord, this made me irate. I do not like to be bossed around, but worse then this, people were so willing to do as they were told... lambs to the slaughter comes to mind. I walked as I chose, in the direction I wanted, when arrows would have me go this way, rather than that; when humans were told to stand on a spot and wait until they were waved ahead, NEXT, to be served by other humans, I made sure I went when it was my turn, not when someone told me to go... and I wasn't Johnny, or Jane! waiting on his/her spot either... nope! And dear reader, while I lost almost all of my clients because they did as they were commanded and removed themselves from society to hide in their homes, I kept my business and home open, to those that were brave and refused to comply with propagated lies. I lost many a friend to their own fear, but gained so much more in the way of associating with faithful followers of Jesus Christ, that decided fellowship was more important than fear of being reprimanded by the reprobate. 

The ladies that attend my Bible study have reconciled themselves to the Saviour, and cling to him as their strength and light in a darkening world. I admire them greatly, and realize it truly is faith that makes us boldly brave. We are weaklings without God's might for what is right. 

Next stop on my history tour... those damn shots, dear reader. How is it that some people had this information, and others had conflicting other information? Satan loves him some chaos, and while he is the father of lies, we humans suffered the ramifications via global deception. The Truth cannot be buried, it is known to Resurrect, and that is exactly what is happening, and has been for quite some time. People are discovering who had the correct information, and who had the faulty, misleading information: the consequences are currently dire for those that did those shots, and for those of us that love them and are concerned for their present and future well-being. 

One more bone of contention, now that I have your attention. I may be poking a soft spot in your psyche here, but I have a reason, so please bear with me. If you were like me and knew what was happening, was a disturbing assault on the human race, and you decided to get fake passports or paperwork to allow you entrance into forbidden places without those dreaded shots, then you were part of the problem: you colluded with the enemy. I had to say this, dear reader, because you and I are still here, and bravery is a full time job, as I stated above. 

If you were a weak link in the faith chain, and gave in to ungodly demands, you must confess your sins and ask God for forgiveness... you chose wrongly and it worked against all of us. You helped the cause, aiding and abetting the enemy. Your work around was dishonest, and cowardly... and you can be like the apostles, AFTER Jesus appeared to them. You can see your sins, and profess that you will sin no more, when the next round of attack comes our way, and of course, it will. 

When people spoke out against the shots, the distancing, the masks, I ask you, were they brave? I think so, and I say this knowing you may think me self-congratulatory since i was always one to speak and stand out... but I have to say that bravery starts long before we are publicly tested. It starts with conviction... being certain of something, or Someone, before we get caught up in the whirlwind. 

What are you certain of now, dear reader? So much time has passed, and reflection upon what we all have said and done, rightly or wrongly, can give us insights into how we move forward. 

Will we link arms, bravery leading the way, and wall off the enemy from entering in? If you and I are the strong ones, will we protect the weak, the vulnerable, the currently innocent, and give them a chance for a future with freedom as their right? 

Will you cave in as a coward, or will you put on your battle armour, the armour of God, and fight the good fight, with Truth and the Word as your weapons?

What's it going to be, dear one? 

Be strong and of good courage, fear not, nor be afraid of them: for the LORD thy God, he it is that doth go with thee; he will not fail thee, nor forsake thee (Deuteronomy 31:6)