Thewatchman's Blog – August 2014 Archive (3)

"How do You live with it, Lord?"

That's a question I recently asked God in prayer as I thought about all of the suffering taking place around the world today, especially as human beings slaughter one another in the most horrific and barbaric ways, including reports of Muslim radicals beheading Christian children.

"Lord, how do You live with so much suffering and pain when you see it and know it all?"

As Basilea Schlink once said, "Anyone who loves as much as God does,…

August 17

"If a man also strive for masteries, yet is he not crowned, except he strive lawfully."

2 Timothy 2:5

In other words, it is not a bare striving, but a striving according to certain rules. But these rules are spiritual rules;…

I am particularly saddened by yet another post about another celebrity who has given their life over to addiction & Satan.  Why aren't we saddened when Christians worldwide are being slaughtered for their faith in Jesus?   Are we that dumbed down?  What has the t.v. done to us...??  People are killing themselves daily & because it's a celebrity who does it, seems to bring sadness over the whole nation...???  I'm horrified & agonize every single day over the loss of life of our…