Bugs.

Bugs. I hate bugs. I especially despise lady bugs, spiders, Daddy long-legs, Walking sticks, and Praying Mantis.

Lady Bugs: They are everywhere. Ev-ery-where. I just took a drink of water from my cup, and what should land on the inside of my cup as I'm drinking? Yep, a lady bug. Screech! Gross. It got flicked across the room. Then another landed on me as I writing this. The absolute worst is when they land in your hair.

Spiders: Well let's just face it. Tiny body on eight creepy legs walking towards you, never did anyone any good. They can bite, and they can crawl into tiny holes, and then descend from ceilings on a string above someone's head. Not the most cordial fellows.

Daddy long-legs: They are like their counterpart the spider, yet with the greatest proportion of them being their legs. They are considered the deadliest spider, but their mouths aren't big enough to bite people. But they sure crawl up your legs.

Walking Sticks: REALLY!? Now who isn't scared of a stick that walks!? Though it really doesn't harm people, the fact that a stick is alive and following you, is just creepy. I mean what do you do? I know I back into a corner, far away from it, but meanwhile checking my surroundings for the other creepers before mentioned.

Praying Mantis: Now this sounds like a great thing, a bug that prays! What better kind of bug can you get? Uh no. I don't know if they are just praying we don't see them and squash them, but I sure am praying that they don't see me and fly into my face and hair, cause they are UGLY, and honestly the creepiest bug.  Big compound eyes, and some praying mantis can be 4 inches long! Big green, ugly body, that looks like it spring and attack you at any moment.

There, you now have a list of the bugs I hate. They aren't the thing I fear most. What I fear most is floating away in outer space. Yep, this completely terrifies me. And being run over by the propeller of a boat while in the water.

But bugs, I know they do good things for some plants, but they just freak me out. I wish they got it, and would stay away.

Righteous Indignation....

There is a lot on my mind as write this post. Things going on in my life, and many things going on around the world. I intended to write a post about a theme that was presented yesterday at the morning and evening services at my congregation. But suddenly that seems almost secondary. I am indignant. In this immoral and corrupt world, I am SICK of hearing the words, "Tolerance" and "Diversity", when the people that are so insistent on this thinking are anything but tolerant. I don't want to write a post about that, rather I want to write about Righteous Indignation. Because the righteous should surely be indignant by what is occurring in our world.

What is righteous indignation? I think it is best described in the Bible when Jesus went to the temple, found the greedy money changers, made a whip of cords (John 2:15), and drove them out. Overturning tables, and pouring out the money. That would definitely create quite a scene. On one hand, Jesus would call the little children to come unto Him, and tell His disciples to be as meek and trusting as they were. Then on the other hand, when He saw people taking advantage of others, in what was intended to be service to His Father, he became VERY angry.  

Ephesians 4:26 states, "Be angry and do not sin....." so clearly, there are reasons for us to get angry, and not be sinning. When wicked men do things that are blatantly against God's Word, we SHOULD get angry. What makes God angry and sad, should also make us angry and sad if we are God's children. What God hates, we should hate.

What does God hate? Proverbs 6:16-19, " These six things the LORD hates, Yes, Seven are an abomination to Him: A proud look, a lying tongue, Hands that shed innocent blood, A heart that devises wicked plans, feet that are swift in running to evil. A false witness who speaks lies, and one who sows discord among brethren."

Proverbs 6:12-15 describes a wicked man, " A worthless person, a wicked man, Walks with a perverse mouth; He winks with his eyes, He shuffles his feet, He points with his fingers; Perversity is in his heart, he devises evil continually, He sows discord. Therefore his calamity shall come suddenly; Suddenly he shall be broken without remedy."

The things wicked men do should upset us. Upset us enough that we do something about it. I recently had the thought that the darker the world gets, the brighter our lights will shine. We are meant to be lights on a hill in all this darkness. Darkness is definitely everywhere. What can you do? "The only thing necessary for the triumph of evil, is that good men should do nothing." --Edmund Burke.  What will you do?