THE LOSS OF POWER ~ TIMES TWO

By Danna Shirley

#1 ~ WHAT HAPPENS WHEN YOU LOSE POWER…

and you’re stranded in a department store?

The lights go out and the register is silent…

The only glow comes through the front windows…

The doors won’t open…

You stand gazing outside with your hands on the glass…

Children begin to whine and cry…

Parents try to calm them and soothe their fears…

#2 ~ WHAT HAPPENS WHEN YOU LOSE POWER…

and you have no control over your circumstances?

The ground shakes…and swells upward…then plunges downward…

Everything is thrown off of shelves and into the aisles…

It is a holiday…Good Friday…March 27, 1964…

and at 5:36 p.m. in Prince William Sound, Anchorage, Alaska…

the largest earthquake in United States history has registered 9.2.

The duration of the rupture lasts approximately 4 minutes (240 seconds).

The end result was the movement of the Pacific plate

under the North American plate by an average of nine meters or 29.5 feet.

My friend, Dorothy Russ, stood inside that department store

and looked out the window as the world rocked and rolled before her eyes.

There was no escape for her…inside or outside!

      

Tsunami also hit California and Oregon

PHILOSOPHICAL MEANDERINGS

by Danna Shirley

PHILOSOPHICAL, to me, means scientific and deep-thinking, wise and learned, and I don’t believe I qualify in any of these areas. I have never been one to engage in anything philosophical for I fear I have not the education or vocabulary to debate things of such importance but I do own my personal opinions and beliefs, of which some may or may not agree.

MEANDERINGS, however, I do claim as I address serious issues that float in and out of my mind depending on the news report of the day.

Christianity

I was listening to someone recently who was speaking very critically of Christians and their faith. It was obvious that he was not only NOT a believer but was pushing the envelope dreadfully close to blasphemy—a very dangerous position. He was so set in his beliefs that witnessing to him would have probably been futile; like casting pearls before swine. I thought, How would I respond to this man if I had the opportunity? Then this morning I heard an excellent analogy on the radio.

The host made the following comparison:

If you are fishing in the ocean and don’t catch anything, do you conclude that there are no fish in the ocean? No! Just because you have had no experience with God does not mean there is no God!

My question to the Skeptic is, “What if you’re wrong?

What will you do with Jesus Christ then?

Abortion

With all the advanced technology that allows us to see into the womb today, it is no longer a guessing game whether a preborn is a glob of tissue or a baby. Freedom of choice is not the option to consider anymore . . responsibility begins before conception.

          


Sonograms now provide a high-resolution picture of the unborn 
child in the womb.         

Samuel Armas (21-week unborn) grasping surgeon’s hand while in the womb.

My question to the Pro Choice advocate is, “What if you’re wrong?

What will you do with your aborted baby then?”

Evolution

           The human body, however, is quite another subject. Any doctor or dentist can explain the breakdown of our physique due to lack of nutrition and hygiene. Age is our enemy. As we grow older, we become less and less hearty and vigorous. We begin a regimen of daily pills and exercise to maintain our youth and resilience. But alas, time marches on and d-o-w-n and soon we are attending funerals of our childhood friends and acquaintances. Nothing gets better or improves with time. So how can evolution explain the progression UP from amoebas to man?          
     It is a well-known fact that anything left to itself, deteriorates over time. Look at the abandoned car out in a field. Maintenance keeps inanimate objects up and running and replacing worn out parts is a must. A little paint and polish preserves its beauty. If not done, it is overtaken by rust and rot.

     To quote Charles Darwin himself,"To suppose that the eye, with all its inimitable contrivances for adjusting the focus to different distances, for admitting different amounts of light, and for the correction of spherical and chromatic aberration, could have been formed by natural selection, seems, I freely confess, absurd in the highest possible degree." http://evolutionwiki.org/wiki/Darwin_on_evolution_of_the_eye

So we rest our heart, not in “The Origin of Species,” but in Genesis 1:1 . . .

“IN THE BEGINNING, GOD CREATED . . .”

My question to the Atheist is, “What if you’re wrong?

What will you do with your false faith and unbelief then?

Homosexuality
           The gay agenda is being pushed down our throats at every turn. Now the Supreme Court has weighed in on the subject. It’s ironic to me that abortion is called pro-choice but with homosexuality we are without choice. Bakeries MUST make wedding cakes and florists MUST decorate for same-sex marriages. Where is their choice on this subject? Even restaurants can hang a sign that says, “No Shirt, No Shoes, No Service,” and they won’t be taken to court.

            There is a heaviness in my heart that is almost unimaginable. I can address this subject legitimately since I have family members of my own on this side of the issue. God loves everyone and everyone is free to live the life they choose but it has almost become fashionable to be gay and intolerable not to embrace it. Television programs have gay characters and Christians are portrayed as bigots and idiots.

Our values have been turned topsy turvy but the Bible still says, “Woe to those who call evil good and good evil…” (Isaiah 5:20).

My question to the Gay community is, “What if you’re wrong? 

What will you do with your lifestyle and agenda then?”

OR

 More importantly, what will Jesus Christ do with you?”