Isaiah 26:4 Trust ye in the Lord forever: for in the Lord JEHOVAH is everlasting strength.
Well Friends, history was made today. For the first time in 35 years, the ole fella missed the Caribana Parade. Wow! And, surprisingly, it was an easy decision. Though my knee wasn’t feeling too badly, around midday, I just said no, I’m not going. Then a shower of rain fell shortly after. That sealed the deal. And though I like mih mas in rain, I wasn’t in the mood for the traffic and parking hassles, then walking to the parade and unable to participate my way. But the worst part would have been walking back to the car afterwards, assuming I could walk. Strangely enough, I wasn’t mortified by my decision not to go. Like the Lord gave me the peace I was seeking. So when the enemy showed up, as I knew he would, about three o’clock, after the sun had come out and everything was bright and sunny, talking about all the partying, the pretty costumes and nice women I’d be missing, I just chased him away, saying that I’d seen enough parties, pretty costumes and nice women to last a lifetime, so no big deal if I missed this one. Hn,hn! Oh people, aren’t you all proud of the ole fella. (smile) Guess age does bring wisdom. But enough about me. Don’t know if you all heard of the incident a couple days ago on the Greyhound bus travelling in Western Canada, between Portage La Prairie and Winnipeg, where this stranger attacked a young man with a big, Rambo styled knife, for no apparent reason, then decapitated him. Ah Lord eh! It seems both were sitting quietly at the back of the bus, the assailant wearing his dark glasses even in the dim bus, the victim wearing headphones. A man sitting in front of them claims he suddenly heard a loud, blood curdling scream. He turned around and saw the older, Asian man, stabbing the youngster, cool as cucumber, no rage, no talking, like a robot, possibly 40 or 50 times in the chest and neck. How can you just stand there and count 40 or 50 stabs without doing anything? But he did rush up front to get the driver to stop the bus, while many were caught up in the video been showed. Then everybody got off, leaving only the assailant and the victim. When the man and a couple others went back into the bus, ‘he had the guy on the ground, and he was cutting his head off and pretty much gutting him.’ What did they expect eh? Then they barricaded the door from outside with their bodies,waiting for him to come out. But the fellow just brought the severed head to the front of the bus, still wearing his darkers, and unfazed, pushed it through the door, displayed it to them, then dropped it at their feet and returned to the back of the bus, where according to a leaked police report, he was seen cutting pieces from the body and eating it. Some five hours later, he tried jumping from a broken window and was taken into custody. What a gruesome tale Friends. But what disturbs me most is that with 37 people on the bus, none came to the innocent victim’s aid. Guess their safety was of more concern; understandable, but only to a point. A group of them could have ganged up on him, or done something to prevent the incident reaching its sickening end. He couldn’t have hurt them all. Sadly, it shows the low state to which our society has deteriorated. No doubt a couple of the passengers consider themselves Christians. Is that what Christ would have done? No way! Some might think I’m being a bit harsh, and you may be right, but it’s hard to accept that in our boastful, supposedly civilized society, a group of us could allow that to happen without lifting a hand. The only way to handle the stress though, is to ‘Trust ye in the Lord for ever: for in the Lord Jehovah is everlasting strength.’ Much LOVE!…can we be true Christians…and ignore another’s cry for help…
Well Friends, history was made today. For the first time in 35 years, the ole fella missed the Caribana Parade. Wow! And, surprisingly, it was an easy decision. Though my knee wasn’t feeling too badly, around midday, I just said no, I’m not going. Then a shower of rain fell shortly after. That sealed the deal. And though I like mih mas in rain, I wasn’t in the mood for the traffic and parking hassles, then walking to the parade and unable to participate my way. But the worst part would have been walking back to the car afterwards, assuming I could walk. Strangely enough, I wasn’t mortified by my decision not to go. Like the Lord gave me the peace I was seeking. So when the enemy showed up, as I knew he would, about three o’clock, after the sun had come out and everything was bright and sunny, talking about all the partying, the pretty costumes and nice women I’d be missing, I just chased him away, saying that I’d seen enough parties, pretty costumes and nice women to last a lifetime, so no big deal if I missed this one. Hn,hn! Oh people, aren’t you all proud of the ole fella. (smile) Guess age does bring wisdom. But enough about me. Don’t know if you all heard of the incident a couple days ago on the Greyhound bus travelling in Western Canada, between Portage La Prairie and Winnipeg, where this stranger attacked a young man with a big, Rambo styled knife, for no apparent reason, then decapitated him. Ah Lord eh! It seems both were sitting quietly at the back of the bus, the assailant wearing his dark glasses even in the dim bus, the victim wearing headphones. A man sitting in front of them claims he suddenly heard a loud, blood curdling scream. He turned around and saw the older, Asian man, stabbing the youngster, cool as cucumber, no rage, no talking, like a robot, possibly 40 or 50 times in the chest and neck. How can you just stand there and count 40 or 50 stabs without doing anything? But he did rush up front to get the driver to stop the bus, while many were caught up in the video been showed. Then everybody got off, leaving only the assailant and the victim. When the man and a couple others went back into the bus, ‘he had the guy on the ground, and he was cutting his head off and pretty much gutting him.’ What did they expect eh? Then they barricaded the door from outside with their bodies,waiting for him to come out. But the fellow just brought the severed head to the front of the bus, still wearing his darkers, and unfazed, pushed it through the door, displayed it to them, then dropped it at their feet and returned to the back of the bus, where according to a leaked police report, he was seen cutting pieces from the body and eating it. Some five hours later, he tried jumping from a broken window and was taken into custody. What a gruesome tale Friends. But what disturbs me most is that with 37 people on the bus, none came to the innocent victim’s aid. Guess their safety was of more concern; understandable, but only to a point. A group of them could have ganged up on him, or done something to prevent the incident reaching its sickening end. He couldn’t have hurt them all. Sadly, it shows the low state to which our society has deteriorated. No doubt a couple of the passengers consider themselves Christians. Is that what Christ would have done? No way! Some might think I’m being a bit harsh, and you may be right, but it’s hard to accept that in our boastful, supposedly civilized society, a group of us could allow that to happen without lifting a hand. The only way to handle the stress though, is to ‘Trust ye in the Lord for ever: for in the Lord Jehovah is everlasting strength.’ Much LOVE!…can we be true Christians…and ignore another’s cry for help…
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