Somewhere over the Rainbow.

I read a face book comment today about her take on the news.  It seemed watching the news was not something she does as a rule, however she had watched enough yesterday to set her mind to racing.  Her statement was "I'm glad I live in la-la land", and I had to laugh because I know the one writing the entry. 

My take on the news is this.  It is gloom and doom and if I weren't settled that many things must come to pass before Jesus return, I could easily wish I lived "somewhere over the rainbow" myself. 

Paul warned young Timothy that Perilous times would come.  King James version of II Timothy 3 reads like this.  2Ti 3:1 This know also, that in the last days perilous times shall come.
For men shall be lovers of their own selves, covetous, boasters, proud, blasphemers, disobedient to parents, unthankful, unholy,
Without natural affection, truce breakers, false accusers, incontinent, fierce, despise rs of those that are good,
Traitors, heady, highminded, lovers of pleasures more than lovers of God;
Having a form of godliness, but denying the power thereof: from such turn away.
For of this sort are they which creep into houses, and lead captive silly women laden with sins, led away with divers lusts,
Ever learning, and never able to come to the knowledge of the truth."

For those more familiar with other translations, read it from the Good News Bible.  Same chapter and verses of 2nd Timothy.
Remember that there will be difficult times in the last days.
People will be selfish, greedy, boastful, and conceited; they will be insulting, disobedient to their parents, ungrateful, and irreligious;
they will be unkind, merciless, slanderers, violent, and fierce; they will hate the good;
they will be treacherous, reckless, and swollen with pride; they will love pleasure rather than God; they will hold to the outward form of our religion, but reject its real power. Keep away from such people.
Some of them go into people's houses and gain control over weak women who are burdened by the guilt of their sins and driven by all kinds of desires,
women who are always trying to learn but who can never come to know the truth.
Paul's words to Timothy continues.  He told him that "evil" would continue.  His actual words were:  "But evil men and seducers shall wax worse and worse, deceiving, and being deceived" The warning to you and I is this: "But as for you, continue in the truths that you were taught and firmly believe. You know who your teachers were, and you remember that ever since you were a child, you have known the Holy Scriptures, which are able to give you the wisdom that leads to salvation through faith in Christ Jesus."The urgency is on me to tell/exhort/preach/teach the truth of the times in which we live.  We live in a time unlike any other and it could be a scary time.  However when we heed the warning of our teachers, our leaders, the Holy Ghost our first teacher, we will understand why these times must be.  It is a time of preparing our hearts to accept that we are living in perilous times - a day we were warned about in Scripture that would surely come.  It is not meant to scare us into hiding, or living in denial, but a great time of preparation when we actually run to the "Shelter in time of storms".  We run to the "Rock of Ages".  It is a time to allow the Lord to gather us together "under His wings" as we do our children when there is danger.  We allow the Lord to hide us in His bosom until these calamities are over and we are safely in His care.  We cannot run from Him during these troubled times.  We must run TO HIM.Yours for Christ and intercession,Doris