There will be terrible times

in the last days.

People will be lovers of themselves,
lovers of money,
boastful, proud, abusive,
disobedient to their parents,
ungrateful, unholy, without love,
unforgiving,
slanderous, without self-control,
brutal, not lovers of the good,
treacherous, rash, conceited,
lovers of pleasure rather than lovers of God. .
having a form of godliness
but denying its power.
Have nothing to do with them.
2 Timothy 3:1-5
 
 
In these times,
it is time to pick and choose. . .
to choose rulers,
friends,
relationships which we are to
determine to either have
or not have,
the above-mentioned characteristics.
 
These are troublesome times,
and many can avoid trouble,
if they use discernment
in associations.
 
Mean-spirited people
are abounding around each of us,
those who do not care for Christians,
those of faith in God,
and whom are made fun of and ridiculed,
on a daily basis.
 
Instead of seeking truth,
they continually walk the paths of evil,
without ever able to acknowledge
truth,
which has stood the tests of Time.
 
Rejection of God
is a serious business,
and eternal life hinges
on that decision,
where it will be spent.
 
To go along with a deceptive crowd,
an ignorant and rebellious crowd,
brings strife, struggle, and grief
to a weary soul,
heaping with burden.
 
Each day has its own trouble,
and how pleasant it is,
to know Jesus as Savior,
the One Who is able to send peace,
regardless of situations,
the One Who has power,
to change things,
in the favor of those belonging to Him.
 
The contrasts are as different
as night and day,
for the believer and the unbeliever.
 
Life is different.
 
His love makes the difference!
 
And,
He loves us all,
the saved and the unsaved,
and wishes for us to walk with Him!
 
© 2010   Sandra Lewis Pringle