Thank you, Marmema - I often see your comments and am always glad to read them! I consider you a "soulsister" and appreciate greatly your kind words.
The only shelter in the world which will not fail is God's feet and the feet of His saints. Maybe not all will agree totally with me, but if those of us who believe with all our hearts in the existence of God and try to follow Him agree to tolerate our differences in theology and instead band together to fight the real enemies, we can turn the tide of Evil with a capital "E".
I often joke, but I am in dead earnest. The enemies of God are driven, they have a mission, and they want to eradicate every last vestige of the memory of God from public. They want to institute every manner of sinful acts as protected and honorable, while condemning every bit of righteousness as hateful.
And it just seems as though it's getting sharper and sharper. Everyone who prays should be going at it! And when we can't do it out loud, it can be in our hearts.
I just came across an example of exactly what I was referring to, coincidentally.
I have been praying for this woman because I think in the morning we will hear that they killed her. If so it is happening tonight, perhaps now. I keep thinking of her.
So I was checking the news about her and found that article.
"The kidnapping of British aid worker Margaret Hassan has sparked debate on fundamentalist Islamic websites, with many contributors urging that her life be spared given her decades-long service to the Iraqi people."
The first line. This is the stuff that kills me. Killing is wrong, period, in this instance. But they're saying to spare her because she was of service to the Iraqui people.
It seems like I see this more and more now, and not just from islamic radicals. I don't know what you call it. Blurring the lines? Justifying?
It is why I hopped on your sentence. Lying, for instance, is wrong, period. That's it. No more to say.
But today we have people who do it without a second thought, it seems. I just don't get it.
There are too many terrorist supporters here on FR lately. They make excuses for killing children and support those who did it. It's like saying it's ok to behead this woman because UK won't pull their troops. No moral absolutes, right? Just blurred lines and no real right or wrong.
And you had it exactly correct. It is bringing hades to our world here. Orthodox Christians believe that there is a meeting between our world and the next. Or can be. That reality is not exactly as we see it.
In this context I truly believe that a portal from hades has been opened here on earth.