My mother is age 70 and has no faith or belief whatsoever. She's i'll from having no will anymore to seek medical help. She has lived a decade or more without befriending even one other human being enough to even just slightly have a friend. The other day, she told my brother on the telephone when he called her on Mother's Day, that she was considering suicide. She specifically mentioned putting a plastic bag over her head.
My brother is age 51 and is not all there upstairs either. He's has a great job and does well at it, but to talk with him about anything spiritual he can't seem to go there. It's like all the Bible to him is there to read but he has no interest whatsoever in applying it in any ways that constitute obedience or discipleship. He's definitely a lost man at present.
My dad died a year ago April. He passed on after living an entire lifetime with no active involved faith or living by seeking truth. He stood still and lived the hunting and fishing sportsmen religion sort of speak. The highest goals he had were great experiences in these sports.
My 14 year old dog has inoperable cancer. A tumor. To deal with it by taking it out would destroy critical functions. So i've the next several months at the most to enjoy his being around still. An australian cattle dog.
So that's my family. Meanwhile the world is heading into the End Times. And all the tough times we have waiting ahead are going to just be add-ons to the tough times we have now.
What makes times tough is the drag all this has on me. The dog's tumor is something in another catagory. And i think i can deal with that ok. What's so heavy to deal with is the stubborness of my family that's going to result in them going to hell if they never snap out of whatever it is that's got them in a deep freeze spiritually and mentally.
I know the answer for me is to seek to be an obedient servant and recieve all the blessings it brings. But to watch close family members die off with no hope of ever seeing them again is tough. There's a dull spiritual deadness in them while they live. And a total rejection of the abundant life our Creator offers. And i grew up in a house like that where what was tought by example was no faith and no obedience to the word or a love for truth. Unlearning my parents example is tough. I spent 20 years absorbing it until i moved out of that house.
Is our main source of strength the Church? Are they even more my family than my own flesh and blood relatives? I've heard spirit is thicker than blood. Is that true? What do the Scriptures teach us on this subject?
My brother is age 51 and is not all there upstairs either. He's has a great job and does well at it, but to talk with him about anything spiritual he can't seem to go there. It's like all the Bible to him is there to read but he has no interest whatsoever in applying it in any ways that constitute obedience or discipleship. He's definitely a lost man at present.
My dad died a year ago April. He passed on after living an entire lifetime with no active involved faith or living by seeking truth. He stood still and lived the hunting and fishing sportsmen religion sort of speak. The highest goals he had were great experiences in these sports.
My 14 year old dog has inoperable cancer. A tumor. To deal with it by taking it out would destroy critical functions. So i've the next several months at the most to enjoy his being around still. An australian cattle dog.
So that's my family. Meanwhile the world is heading into the End Times. And all the tough times we have waiting ahead are going to just be add-ons to the tough times we have now.
What makes times tough is the drag all this has on me. The dog's tumor is something in another catagory. And i think i can deal with that ok. What's so heavy to deal with is the stubborness of my family that's going to result in them going to hell if they never snap out of whatever it is that's got them in a deep freeze spiritually and mentally.
I know the answer for me is to seek to be an obedient servant and recieve all the blessings it brings. But to watch close family members die off with no hope of ever seeing them again is tough. There's a dull spiritual deadness in them while they live. And a total rejection of the abundant life our Creator offers. And i grew up in a house like that where what was tought by example was no faith and no obedience to the word or a love for truth. Unlearning my parents example is tough. I spent 20 years absorbing it until i moved out of that house.
Is our main source of strength the Church? Are they even more my family than my own flesh and blood relatives? I've heard spirit is thicker than blood. Is that true? What do the Scriptures teach us on this subject?
No doubt she really needs her kids right now, maybe more than ever.
