REFLECTION: WHAT\'S BEEN ON MY MIND LATELY

I KEEP MY LIFE FARELY SIMPLE.  WHEN YOU'VE LOST EVERYTHING IN YOUR LIFE LIKE I HAVE, YOU FIGURE OUT THAT ALL THE BELLS AND WHISTLES JUST AREN'T WORTH IT, AND REALLY DON'T MATTER MUCH.  NOT TO MENTION THAT I LOST MY GREAT INCOME THAT ALLOWED FOR ALL THE BELLS AND WHISTLES YEARS AGO.  NOW I'M ON THE SLOW BOAT TO CHINA TO REGAIN THAT WHICH HAS BEEN LOST.  I NOW HAVE A WONDERFUL WIFE.  I NOW HAVE A GREAT AND STEADY RELATIONSHIP WITH MY SON.  I HAVE A COZY SIZED APARTMENT WITH MY WIFE IN A COMPLEX THAT I REALLY LIKE AND STEP OUT OF MY DOOR ONTO A LUSCIOUS, GREEN QUAD OF GRASS WHICH IS VERY TRANQUIL, AND IT EVEN HAS A SLOPE TO LOUNGE ON IN THE SHADE.  MY WIFE AND I SHARE A CAR THAT GETS US FROM POINT A TO POINT B, AND I'M ROLLING AROUND IN MY CHRYSLER 300 ON 20'S WHILE WAITING FOR IT TO GET REPO'D AS THE FINAL CHAPTER OF THINGS I'VE LOST IN LIFE.  NOW, I HAVE A CHALLENGE FOR THE REST OF MY LIFE TO COMPLETE.  YOU SEE, I HAVE 2 ACHILLES HEELS THAT I WAS BORN WITH THAT I NEED TO NEVER EVER AGAIN LET THEM REER THEIR UGLY HEAD IN MY LIFE.  I HAVE A CHALLENGE OF NEVER AGAIN LETTING MY ANGER SEND ME IN TO A BLIND RAGE THAT LEADS TO THE VIOLENT ATTACK OF ANOTHER HUMAN BEING.  I'VE HAD SEVERAL INSTANCES IN MY PAST WHERE THIS HAS COME UP AND PLACED A SEVERE SETBACK ON MY LIFE.  OK, THE OTHER ACHILLES HEEL HASN'T COME OUT IN FULL FORCE, BUT I HAVE FLIRTED WITH IT FROM TIME TO TIME.  THAT WOULD BE MY ATTRACTION TO WOMEN, AND THEIR ATTACTION TO ME.  ALTHOUGH I HAVEN'T BLATENTLY COMMITTED ADULTERY, I HAD A 1 NIGHT STAND WHILE I WAS DATING SUZANNE, AND WHILE WE WERE SEPERATED, I HAD ANOTHER ONE NIGHT STAND WITH THE SAME GIRL 7 YEARS LATER.  NOW WITH MY WIFE DANIELLE, I HAVEN'T EVER "PHYSICALLY" CHEATED ON HER, BUT THERE WERE A FEW OCCASIONS WHERE I HAD VERY SEXUAL SENERIO CONVERSATIONS ON DAILY STRENGTH WITH OTHER WOMEN THAT WOULD BE DEEMED AS VERY INAPROPRIATE AND WRONG FOR A MARRIED MAN TO HAVE BEHIND YOUR SPOUSE'S BACK.    NOW, I'M A VERY SPIRITUAL PERSON, AND I KNOW ALL ABOUT THE SPIRITUAL BATTLE THAT TAKES PLACE ON THIS EARTH AND IN INDIVIDUALS LIVES AT CERTAIN TIMES.  RECENTLY, IN SEPTEMBER, I LOST ONE OF THOSE SPIRITUAL BATTLES AND COMMITTED A HANOUS ACT OF VIOLENCE WHILE IN A RAGE, AND I KNOW THAT EVENTUALLY, SATAN WILL COME AT ME WITH ANOTHER TEST IN MY 2 AREAS OF WEAKNESS.  I KNOW THAT HE'LL PUT SOME SITUATION IN MY LIFE TO WHERE I WILL HAVE TO SAY NO, AND FLEE, EVEN IF IT'S WITH MY CLOTHES RIPPED OFF LIKE JOSEPH IN GENISIS AS HE WAS TRYING TO BE SNARED BY AN ATTRACTIVE WOMAN.  WE ALL KNOW THAT DAVID FELL MIGHTILY IN THIS MANNER WHEN HE SAW BATHSHEBA NAKED FROM ABOVE.    I JUST DON'T WANT TO FAIL ANYMORE.  I'M TIRED OF HAVING MY LIFE DESTROYED AND BEING SO WEAK TO THE 2 TEMPTATIONS IN MY LIFE, SEX AND VIOLENCE.  NOW, I DO HAVE ACTION PLANS IN PLACE FOR THESE TWO SITUATIONS, SO I JUST HAVE TO STAY ON GUARD FOR WHEN THE INVISIBLE SPIRITUAL ATTACK COMES SO I CAN PUT IT IN PLACE.  THEY COME QUICKLY AND WITHOUT WARNING, BUT IT SAYS IN GOD'S WORD THAT HE WILL ALWAYS PROVIDE A WAY OF ESCAPE, OR AS MY WIFE SAYS, ESCAPIA.  *******************************************************************      ON ANOTHER NOTE, I'M THRILLED THAT BARACK OBAMA WAS ELECTED AS THE 44TH PRESIDENT OF OUR COUNTRY.  I KNOW VERY WELL THAT TENS OF THOUSANDS OF CHRISTIANS DIDN'T WANT HIM ELECTED, BUT I WAS ONE NOT FOLLOWING THE HERD AND DID INDEED WANT HIM ELECTED, AND VOTED FOR THE FIRST TIME EVER FOR HIM TO BE ELECTED.  THERE IS GREAT CONCERN THAT HE COULD VERY WELL BE THE ANTI-CHRIST, AND I GET IT.  HE IS A WELL SPOKEN MAN THAT IS WELL LIKED THROUGHOUT THE WORLD WHICH IS A MAJOR CRITERIA THAT IT SAYS THAT THE ANTICHRIST WILL BE.  BUT AS BELIEVERS, WE HAVE NOTHING TO FEAR BECAUSE GOD ALREADY WROTE THE BLUEPRINT FOR HOW THE ENDTIMES WILL GO IN HIS WORD, AND ALTHOUGH THERE IS NO MENTION OF RAPTURE, IT IS A VERY STRONG BELIEF IN THE CHRISTIAN CHURCH TODAY.  REGUARDLESS, THE GREAT TRIBULATION IS A 7 YEAR PEACE TREATY WITH ISREAL, 3.5 YEARS OF PEACE AND PROSPERITY, AND 3.5 YEARS OF THE EVIL OF THE ANTICHRIST IN IT'S FULL FORCE.  IT'S ALSO THE TIME OF GOD'S WRATH ON THE WORLD, WHICH IS WHY I DON'T THINK WE'LL BE HERE, AND THE MARK OF THE BEAST BEING GIVEN WITH THE ALTERNATIVE BEING DEATH, AND THE BATTLE OF ARMAGEDDON WHICH I ALREADY KNOW WHO WINS, GOD DOES, AND THEN THE MILLIONAL REIGN OF THE LORD IN THE NEW JERUSALEM.  I IN NO WAY THINK OBAMA IS THE ANTICHRIST, BUT I DO THINK HE IS A MAN OF GREAT INTELLIGENCE AND ACTION, AND I THINK HE WILL BRING ABOUT GREAT PROSPERITY TO THIS COUNTRY AND THROUGHOUT THE WORLD UP TO THE POINT WHERE THE ANTICHRIST CAN TAKE POWER AND CARRY THE TORCH.  BARACK OBAMA IS A BELIEVER IN JESUS CHRIST.  HE IS MY BROTHER IN CHRIST, AND I THINK WITH HIM BEING RAPTURED TOO, IT WILL BE THE PERFECT OPPORTUNITY FOR THE ANTICHRIST TO TAKE POWER OVER THE WORLD. NOW THE ONLY THING IS WHEN DOES GOD TELL HIS SON TO GO GET HIS BRIDE.  THAT IS THE TRILLION DOLLER QUESTION.  ARE WE TALKING DAYS, MONTHS, YEARS, DECADES, OR HUNDREDS OF YEARS?  I SURE THE HELL DON'T KNOW.  ONLY GOD KNOWS.  YES, I AM ON RECORD AS PREDICTING 2011, AND EVEN MORE SPECIFIC ON ROSH HASHANAH OF 2011, BUT THAT'S JUST ME PISSIN' IN THE WIND, WHICH I QUITE ENJOY, THANK YOU VERY MUCH.  PEOPLE SEEM TO THINK THAT IT'S COMING SOON AND ESPECIALLY WITH BARACK AS THE NEXT PRESIDENT.  I CERTAINLY HOPE SO.  I HAVE STUDIED END-TIME PROPHECY FOR OVER THE LAST 15 AND A HALF YEARS, AND I WOULD LOVE TO SEE IT UNFOLD BEFORE MY VERY EYES.  TO SEE THE PAGES OF REVELATION COME TO LIFE IN MY LIFE TIME OR EVEN TO BE ONE THAT IS LIVING IF THE RAPTURE ACTUALLY HAPPENS WOULD BE TRULY A SIGHT TO BEHOLD AND EXPERIENCE.  THE THOUGHT GREATLY EXCITES ME, OBVIOUSLY.