Refreshed, Renewed, Restored!

I'm back, dear reader, after my week's holiday, raring to get going once more with all the things that my Lord is calling me to do. Actually, I started back yesterday with my Sunday Service at St John's, so today is one of my theoretical 'Days Off', although I expect that I shall work for much of it as usual! On the other hand, because I enjoy what I do so much, can it truly be referred to as 'work'? I'm not so sure!

We had a good few days relaxation, going hither and thither just as the mood took us. One day we went to nearby Chester, had a wander around the shops and then purchased some lunch which we took down to eat by the river, spending a very pleasant hour or so simply watching the world go by. All very good for body and soul! Last Thursday we travelled to the Wirral to meet up with Chris Mercer, a great Christian singer who has also topped the Country charts both in the UK and the US with her song Jesus, Me and You. Why not take a visit to her website and check out about her.

This morning I started my week off by writing to the Archbishop of Canterbury to make my feelings known about the reports that have emerged about a sham of a marriage ceremony that was enacted at the church of St Bartholomew the Great last month. The ceremony, which involved two homosexual priests, was presided over by the Rev Martin Dudley. If we, as Christians and members of Christ's universal Church, do not make a stand and protest at this flagrant disregard of Scripture, then the Church is doomed to be cast onto the waste-heap. This was no quiet ceremony either, for the homosexual couple made their entry up the aisle of the church to a fanfare of trumpets. In fact I would suggest that the whole thing was intended to be as widely broadcast as possible as part of a means to force the church into doing what the so-called 'gay lobby' wants, which is that same-sex unions be regarded in every sense in the same way as heterosexual unions, despite Scriptures stance on the matter. It's very much a case of choosing to do what suits the individual rather than that which God has decreed, and as such will be ultimately doomed to be cast forever from God.

We are in an age where the Church is under increasing pressure to conform to the will of man rather than the will of God, and this sham ceremony, complete with the exchange of wedding vows, is a prime example of this. Christianity is being sidelined further and further from the Nation's core values, and political correctness, with all its insidious practises, is being promoted more and more. The ultimate aim, which includes the destruction of the family unit which has been promoted with great success for some years, is total subservience to the State. In the case of Europe with its aim of a single government, that means that we in this country, as others in the European Union, will be subservient to the overall European State via the puppets who are placed in the individual parliaments to create an impression of autonomy. Once this is achieved then America beware, for it will only be a matter of time before the two become one. Of course the ultimate aim is World domination, but if you talk about that then the men in white coats will be paying you a visit!

As Christians it is up to us to stand firm for what we believe in and refuse to be enticed into watering down our beliefs for the sake of expediency or political correctness. Only Christ knows the answers about our future that God has planned, and even Jesus Christ Himself does not yet know the day or the hour of His return. One thing is for certain, and that is that we must be ready for that moment, for afterwards it will be too late. NOW is the time to make DECISIONS! NOW is the time to stand for the TRUTH! NOW is the time to stand up and BE COUNTED!