Good Friday morning! When the wrist bones no longer connect to the arm bones, the song ends and your trouble begins. Me mom is going in for wrist surgery this morning to reattach 'dem bones, 'dem bones. I wonder if the surgeon sings that old song to remind himself of what goes where in the body? Should I run up there (across the state) to take pictures for you? No, I probably wouldn't make it in time, but there is another little formula that shows a problem. Wrist + surgery + hospital = Bucky out on the floor. Probably best if I just pray from here. My wrist hurts just thinking about it! A little kitty therapy is needed here.
What else is going on in this world today? Egypt wants their president gone today. Syria is now having some problems. Yemen is still seething, and some girl scouts are going on strike during the cookie season. Whoa, did you say that some folks will not be able to buy Girl Scout cookies? Yes, apparently to protest the closing of some camps in Minnesota and Wisconsin, some Girl Scouts have decided to sit out the cookie sales. Now that is serious, President Obama should get involved in this. I can't believe he missed it in the State of the Union speech. You can't blame me for this one; no little salespersons have come to my door for the past couple of years. I did buy some Boy Scout popcorn not too long ago. This is serious though, a Girl Scout strike in Minnesota during the winter is bad news. You will probably see the headlines in the media right after Egypt, Yemen, and Syria: "Girl Scout Radicals Join Protest in America!" I'm not being serious of course. Hey! Stop throwing cookies at my house!
Last night we spoke a little about what might become of the turmoil in the Middle East. Of course, our little group doesn't have the answers. Many groups and nations will no doubt try to influence the outcome in their favor. Tourism is a big industry in Egypt, and the tourists will have made tracks to get out of the area by now. Some say violence never solves anything, but we can see that violence does cause changes, for better or worse remains to be seen. What does the scripture, God's Word, say about this? It doesn't say that the start of an uprising in Egypt means that there is 180 days to go until the Rapture if that is what any of us were hoping. Nope, the no man will know the day quote is still in effect. We can see a sign of the end in the unrest. Does not the view of massive crowds resemble a sea tossing in a storm? It may be the beast from the sea will arise from this. But maybe not. The unrest is a sign of the end, like many other wars and rumors of wars, but not an exact sign that we can say starts some countdown. Some scholars point to the signing of a treaty between Israel and the Antichrist that starts a seven year countdown we know as the Tribulation, but I don't see a sign like that here. There are Egyptians who want a new leader, but there are also Egyptians who do not. It is interesting that the president of Syria has said that his nation is immune from the kind of protests going on in Egypt and Yemen. Sounds like a throwing down of the ol' gauntlet to me...
What did the customers do to deserve having their cookies cut off? That sounds like the removal of a body part, but don't read that into it. I don't know about this protest though; withholding sweets in America could get you into a real protest situation. Never upset a nation of chubbies by taking their sweets. Schwan's just sent me an email advertising their sweet stuff for Valentine's Day. How sweet is that? The Great Girl Scout Cookie Famine of 2011, oh the humanity!
Okay, so what do we see when the world goes all higgly-piggly like this? Right, we see the time of the end approaching. Never before in history have we been able to see so much so quickly as we do today. We can turn on our Internet connection or other media reception device and see the earthquakes in diverse places, the wars and rumors of war, and any other disaster all at once with color video to display the suffering. No matter how dark it seems to be in the world, we can still know that God is in charge. Satan could not breach God's hedge of protection around Job until God gave him permission. We are protected in the same way. If the world "goes crazy" and the tide of riots and protests reaches our shores, know that God is right where He has always been: Savior and Sovereign, still on His Throne reigning with Jesus by His side.
When it gets dark in the world, look up! Your salvation draws near! Someone dear to us said that a while back. Take a moment to find the verses in your Bible today.
Bucky
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