Religious and Eternal Questions

    This has been a good religious month for me, overall. I was able to help lead a Bible class, the second time in a row, from the month before, and there were good students with faith in Jesus Christ and the Bible. We prayed and communed together, and shared our faith in God.

    I went to church yesterday, and peace and... conviction, or resolve, were there. I was set apart to be a missionary.

    I have family members who are working for the Lord, representing Him worldwide.

    Things with work are all right, family is doing okay. Children are moving along.

    Close to, and working with things. Learning and growing, within my Christian faith and knowledge of the world and other beliefs. Other thinking, worship, philosophies.

    Political systems and governments, we all work and live to buy and be remunerated by the systems under which we work.

    Not so great in Israel and Palestine, Russia and Ukraine, and other countries, like Yemen and few others. Libya has done better lately, it seems. Some African countries always have problems, like Somalia. Nigeria has not been great lately, some bad kidnappings and their regular shenanigans.

    Haiti is a shambles, lately, I must not forget that. Ecuador has had its share of heavy happenings.

    My faith, my particular faith, is going forward well internationally, but we lose a lot of our youth over the last years. People in the media glom on to cases of extremists and bad examples, but the organizations and its members continue to grow and expand.

    And Christianity in general is still going forward, as the nones (those who claim no religion) are still growing stronger, day by day. Muslims grow, but the Taliban and ISIS and a few others give them and us real headaches. Moscow and Russia have been recent targets, and after Chechnya in the 1990s, it makes total sense to me.

    Hindus are being robustly strong in India, to the detriment of Muslims, and the Sikhs, who hold their grudges from many decades past.

    The streaming devices seem to attack beliefs and organized religions more than bolster or boost them. The bottom line (money) comes to light. Too much violence, way too much sleaze in language and sexual actions, pornography...

    These things take the place of our holy wishes. Some call it art.

    We are all pushed and pulled by these factors, some more than others.

    My friend Bobby was attracted and tempted. He died in LA, not long after arriving. I wonder if Jeremy was pulled that way...

    My battle buddy Gregory B. was killed three Sunday mornings ago.

    I hope to see all of them again.

    I have hope in eternal life.