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Deuteronomy 11:26.    Behold, I set before you this day a blessing and a curse.
 
   Oh Friends, the situation seems to be worsening daily on Japan’s devastated east coast. Having undergone the earthquake and tsunami attack, the unfortunate people are now faced with the distinct possibility of radiation exposure due to the damage of nuclear power stations in the area. What’s next eh? As I’ve urged, we have to pray fervently and diligently for their safety and recovery, and give whatever aid we can, be it physical or monetary. And though we’ve seen many catastrophes and disasters recently, this seems to be one of the worse in a time of peace. The devastation in terms of property and buildings is horrendous, as it was a highly developed and prosperous area. It’s too early to quantify human losses, but that too will be very high. And don’t forget fellow believers, that Jesus warned us of these situations: ‘Take heed that ye be not deceived: for many shall come in my name, saying, I am Christ; and the time draweth near: go ye not therefore after them. But when ye shall hear of wars and commotions, be not terrified: for these things must first come to pass, but the end is not by and by (is not coming immediately). Then he said unto them, Nation shall rise against nation, and kingdom against kingdom: And great earthquakes shall be in divers (various) places, and famines, and pestilences: and fearful sights and great signs shall there be before heaven. But before all these, they shall lay their hands on you, and persecute you, delivering you up to the synagogues, and into prisons, being brought before kings and rulers for my name’s sake.’ (Luke 21:8-12) Unfortunately all of that is happening now my Friends in Christ. There’s been a worldwide resurgence in the persecution of Christians, simply for their beliefs. But Jesus, in His great wisdom, also provided an answer for that: ‘And it shall turn to you for a testimony.’ (Luke 21:13) Yes my people, those persecutions will be excellent opportunities for us to rise up and give sterling testimony of Christ! Now please, let’s not fool ourselves into thinking that all these disastrous happenings have nothing to do with our ungodly behaviour, because to some extent they do. Our Bit plainly states the two opposing possibilities re our earthly existence. ‘Behold, I set before you this day a blessing and a curse.’ And with our current worldwide domination of evil, violence, idolatry and ungodliness, there’s no doubt, if we believe God’s Word, that we’re in a season of curse. No ifs and buts about that mih breddren! I won’t get into all the curses that were promised for constant ungodliness, and are befalling us right now, because they are too numerous. Read Deut. 28:15-68 and you’ll see them. But just remember that the opposite of all the blessings are our lot for such disobedient behaviour. We shall no longer be the head, but the tail, which we are, for the heathen economies have risen to prominence. And re lending and borrowing, we are now borrowers. Those same heathen economies have been propping up our Western nations for some time now. First it was Japan, then the oil rich Arabs, and now China and the other emerging Asian nations are becoming the lenders of note. 
  And why all these trials and tribulations my Friends? It’s simple common sense, not rocket science. ‘Because thou servedst not the Lord thy God with joyfulness, and with gladness of heart, for the abundance of all things.’ (Deut.28:47) Yes mih people, in our time of abundance we forgot the ONE who truly caused it. Sadly, man’s pride and ego, in conjunction with Lucifer’s lies, led us to foolishly think it was our own might and power that begot us such abundance. Consequently, we’re now paying a very steep price for the unwise forsaking of Almighty God. Oh Friends, please remember that the Lord’s Word is the ultimate truth, and if we continually disobey it we will pay a disastrous price. A word to the wise in this instance should be more than sufficient my brethren. So let’s show our wisdom to the world nuh. Much LOVE! …there’s no sugar coating it…the wages of sin is undoubtedly death…eternal separation from the Lord God Jehovah…   P.S. This beta, or rather alpha format of our Bit is brought to you courtesy of my daughters, who, since I mentioned my friend’s recent complaint re lack of paragraphs, have persisted in claiming that paragraphs and more spacing makes it more reader friendly. I’m not convinced of that, and it certainly makes it longer, but here it is anyway, for your approval or rejection. It’s been so long since I’ve written anything with paragraphs, that I’ve forgotten how to do so. (smile) Much LOVE!