The Squeaky Wheel...

"If you do not stand firm in your faith, then you will not stand at all." Isaiah 7:9b Do you want to know why the world is changing for the worse these days? It's because everyone has a desire to be offended and then to be heard about their perceived offense. They whine & moan & complain and they persist until they are heard. My thoughts? I think this is what "There are no losers" & "Every kid gets a participation trophy" has gotten us. That's not real life. You don't always win, life can be hard, and everyone is not going to like you. The sooner we all realize these things, the better our country will be. Why is it our Christian faith is under attack? Because we Christians have been sitting on our "blessed assurances" & holding our tongues so we won't offend anyone and we've given up ground as a result and are seeing our country erode by being consumed by these cancers called tolerance and socialism. Well, you know what? The Bible is offensive & we were warned that we'd be hated & despised as followers of Christ. So, why are we surprised by that? If we call ourselves Christians, we need to take a stand. We need to be loud & make ourselves heard. We need to take pride in who we are & what GOD has done for us. Otherwise, we are the fulfillment of Isiah 29:13, "These people come near to me with their mouth and honor me with their lips, but their hearts are far from me. Their worship of me is based on merely human rules they have been taught." We've sat by & allowed the Bible & prayer to be taken out of schools, politics & society as a whole. The Bible is the Word of God & deserves to be proclaimed in every ares of our lives & world. We're hearing the term "Holy War" now in the media. Have your read about the Holy Wars of old? They were bloody. People stood up & literally fought to the death to keep other religions, other cultures & other policies from being integrated into their lives. Maybe it's time we got angry enough to stop being pushed around. Maybe, jut for once, we need to be the squeaky wheel & make our thoughts & beliefs known, to not back down, to fight for what we believe, to take a stand for the God Who gave His very best for us! When will that happen? As for me, I'm tired of being told what to say, what to think, how to conduct myself so I won't offend anyone. Well, I AM OFFENDED! Does that matter? Are you offended? We need to put on the armor of God & be ready to do battle to protect God's honor. The squeaky wheel gets greased, that's why all these liberal whiny babies are getting their way. It's time to be the squeaky wheel instead of being forced to give in to those who are. Are you mad enough to take a stand? Do it! Blessings, Tony