Saturday Night Musings

The White House Correction Hotline is Now Open! This week on his Fox News program, Glenn Beck debuted his new White House Correction Hotline, a telephone number the White House can call whenever Glenn says something factually incorrect. This morning, he continued the plea to be proven wrong.
What did the wisest man in all the world have to say about correction? Correct your son, and he shall give you rest; yea, he shall give delight unto your soul. Proverbs 29:17

CORRECTION: a bringing into conformity with a standard. To make straight (again), is an action to rectify, to make right a wrong. Other words help to identify the word correction: instruction, chastisement, check, bond, discipline, doctrine, and rebuke.

Correction is needed for an absolute change of direction in which the United States is headed. President Obama has seen the worst poll rating drop in 50 years which the majority believes he is taking this county in the wrong direction. A u-turn fast!

Correction is needed in our homes in our country. 50% of all marriages in America end in divorce. Remarriage divorce rate is worse: 67% of second marriage end in divorcé and a whooping 74% of third marriages end in divorce. Not good!

Correction is needed for the dollar slide and the erosion of America’s reserve currency status. The fallout of this weakens America power status in the world. Buy gold!

Correction is needed in disciplining and rearing our children. The way children behave is the way they are brought up in the home. Wickedness is bound in the heart of a child but the rod of correction will drive this foolishness from him. When done as instructed from the Word, parents will have both rest and delight. When not so, the parents will be embarrassed. Correct your children while you have the time to do so and while there is hope, if not, it will come back to haunt you and your family. Withhold not correction from the child: for if you beat him with the rod, he shall not die. God has padded the anatomy in the right places for the right kind of punishment. They may think they are going to die, but believe me, then won’t!

Correction is needed in our churches. Churches are the reflection of their pastors. When pastors loose their vision, the church begins a decline. Salvation decisions and baptisms become less. Membership begins to drop and foreign mission work suffers. When churches decrease in membership, guess what, so do tithes and offerings.

Correction is needed in the many so-called plan of salvation. Salvation is not in good works, membership, or baptism—it is Christ and him alone. You can not get to heaven because you are a good neighbor; you get to heaven because you have repented of your sin and trusted Jesus to be you’re only Savior…period!

It seems to me if we correct our children, it will give us a good night’s rest in peace.

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Two long time friends had a rift, became bitter, and parted company. One became seriously ill and began to put his house in order before his forth-coming death. He called his old friend to come and see him to make things right. He apologized to his old friend and his apology was accepted. Then the old sick man raised himself up on one elbow and said: If should get better and get well, I take back my apology!

There are times when brothers stops being relatives and become enemies. They would dance on each others graves than to ask for forgiveness, settle their differences, and bury both hatchet and handle. Like Cain and Able, the story of the first two brothers, one killed the other and the cry from Able was heard in Cain’s ears till his death.

Then in God’s divine providence, God allows paths to cross for people out of nowhere. Soon a friendship is kindled, fellowship becomes part of their lives, and faithfulness to each other becomes a welded bond. They become comfortable as it becomes transparently clear that they can bear all their heart to the others. A valued, priceless relationship has been forged that will never dissolve. How much would one want to pay for a friendship like this?

The Bible is clear, if a man is to have friends, let him show himself friendly. To do that, requires that a friend be a friend at all times. It has been said: A friend is one who will walk in when the world walks out on you. There are those who are “so called friends”, when opportunity comes for them to take advantage of you, they will sell you out for a dime and lift up their heel against you. Thank God for a friend who knows the glory and the gutter on you and still standing with you. There is nothing like an old friend.

Faithful are the wounds of a friend (Proverbs 27:6). A true friend is one that will say hard things to you, never to hurt you, but only to help you. Those words are the words of a one-sided sword. The other side, are the words of healing, encouragement, and hope. Open rebuke at times is better than secret love. When this happens it is the iron that sharpeneth iron.

This kind of a friend is better than a brother that is afar off when disaster strikes. He becomes more than a brother—he will give you the shirt off his back and a coat to put over it. They will be the first ones on your door step to give the first three loaves.

There is a friend that will stick closer than a brother, his name is Jesus Christ. He came when one would come; he told you the truth of the matter no matter how much it hurt; and he lifted you out of that cesspool and made you whiter than snow through his blood. Now God is your Father, he is your brother, and the Holy Spirit your guest.

It seems to me we ought to build relationships here what will one day in heaven.

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The Godly Woman ~n~ Proverbs.

Nineteen children are too many for one woman to have! How can they be properly cared for? The cost of rearing these many children is devastating on one family. All of the above might true be if the woman is not a Godly Woman. The Godly Woman in this case is Susannah Wesley, the Mother of Modern Methodism and the mother of John and Charles Wesley. She reared all of them for the Lord, spent one hour alone each week with each of them, and trained them in the ways of the Bible. A hero of mine!

What did the wisest man in all the world have to say about a Godly Woman? Who can find a virtuous woman? For her price is far above rubies. Proverbs 31:10

The Book Proverbs addresses the strange woman, the evil woman, the whorish woman, the adulterous woman, the foolish woman, a brawling woman, an angry woman, a contentious woman, and a hateful woman. It also addresses the wise woman, the fair woman, and the virtuous woman. The virtuous woman is the Godly Woman; one who is both praised and recognized. (Proverbs 31: 30, 31) She is the woman who fears God. She is worth her weight in gold, she is one of a kind, and she is admired among all women. Who can find this kind of a woman?

Anyone who is looking in all the right places will find her. Look at her heart that does good all the days of her life. (Proverbs 31:12) She earns respectability by her moral manners. She will live with the highest mode character and integrity when no one is in sight. She lives where God looks—at the heart. She can not be bought for junk price.

Look at her hands; instruments that give good things willingly. (Proverbs 31:13, 31) One who does things with great pleasure in making others feel welcome and comfortable. She has no ulterior motive but one who knows how more blessed it is to give than to receive. This Godly Woman is top shelf and she does not come cheap.

Look at her house. It is both prepared and pleasant to all who enters. (Proverbs 31:15, 21, 25, 27) There will always be meat in her house for the strong to stay strong. Her home is her castle, the place prominence, second to none, and most coveted. How much does she cost, a lot!

Look at her husband. He trusts in her safely, and is a house-hold name because of her. (Proverbs 31:11, 23, 28) Behind every successful man is a Godly Woman.

Look at her honor. She can face an empty meal barrel, the death of child, or an incurable sickness wearing the whole armor of God which withstands any difficulty that may arise. She does not fret, she will not falter, and she will not fail. (Proverbs 31:25)

Look at her royal highness. She speaks with wisdom and kindness. (Proverbs 31:26, 28, 31) She is praised because of her godliness. Her children are safe and saved because of her instruction. This godly woman has a mark-up on all others.

It seems to me if idleness is the devils workshop, then godliness mirrors God’s image.

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DAVID LETTERMAN ADMITS AFFAIRS AT CENTER OF EXTORTION ARREST. “I was worried for myself, I was worried for my family,” he said. “I felt menaced by this, and I had to tell them all of the creepy things that I had done.” He said “the creepy stuff was that I have had sex with women who work for me on this show. My response to that is yes, I have. Would it be embarrassing if it were made public? Yes, it would, especially for the women.” (Oct. 2, 2009 AP) Did Mr. Letterman live a life of being foolish?

What did the wisest man in world have to say about fools? The fear of the Lord is the beginning of knowledge: but fools despise wisdom and instruction. Prov. 1:7

Either let God have His way in your life or live as if God does not exist, reject Him and go to hell! Simply said; there are not two ways about this truth. Each lives in the company of each other. Each is surrounded with each other by choice or by circumstance. One crowd walks the straight and narrow road; the other crowd is on the broad and wide road. One crowd goes up, while the other crowd goes down. The way of the wise or the way of the fool—which crowd are you known by?

The fear of the Lord is the beginning of knowing who you are, where you came from and where you are going. This trait will enable you to find your way in this complex life, find your purpose for living, and find your right relationship with God. It beings when you realize you are both hopelessly and helplessly lost without a Savior. You stop dead in your tracks in this senseless maze not knowing how or where to find an escape. Then the grace of God which appears to all men brings you to the edge of a brand new beginning, you become sorry for your sin, you repent because of the goodness of God, and believe as you have been instructed. Immediately, you are born a new creature in Christ, old things have passed away, and all things become instantly new. This reverence toward God will open things which have never entered into the heart of man as the Holy Spirit becomes your helper to live the eternal and abundant life.

But fools…on the other hand is another story. Fools say there is no God, they ridicule ways of holiness and righteousness, and they openly mock sin. They hate wisdom with a passion and hate where wisdom comes from. Deceived and blind, they deride truth and live openly as a two-fold child of hell. They do not know how to blush and are known as either as extreme apostates or reprobates.

There is a whip for the horse and a bridle the ass, but only a rod for the fools back. One who continues walks in the wisdom of his own eyes will suddenly be cut off and without remedy. There is no spirit in them to respond to the ways of God; they remain cold to the Bible; they refuse to humble themselves under the hand of the Almighty; and they stop their ears to the gospel. They would rather have the rocks and the mountains fall on them than to repent. These will die in the very sin they once mocked.

It seems to me we are either sorry we got caught in our sin or not sorry about sin.

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