2012 Version 2.0 Gloom, Despair, Agony on me!

Okay, folks.  Time to get serious.  Stop the mocking and wake up.  This is not a fear message, and if you think it is, then stop reading and get the heck out.  I don't want to deal with you.  I'm done dealing with mockers and people who don't have the sense to actually listen to what people are saying. I don't even care if you think I sound like one of those lunatics who think we all need bunkers.  I'm not that, but I don't care if you think I am.

I need to tell you this, and I'm going to. If you are in the position God wants you to be in, then you are on the right track and have absolutely nothing to fear.  You just need to be sure you're on that track.  There is still some time to prepare, but that window is closing fast.  If you've been procrastinating, now is the time to stop and get serious.  How should you prepare?  I urge you to get on your knees and ask God about that.  I don't know what your particular situation is - everyone's is different.  Your position in life is unique, your calling is unique.  God has specific plans for YOU.  But there are a few things that you and everyone else should be doing, and you need to be doing them now.  Get started if you haven't already.

2012

I've been asked if I'm hearing anything about what's going to happen in 2012.  Currently, all I'm hearing is for my personal life and for those who are walking a similar path to mine.  For me and those walking that like-path, it's going to be a very positive year.  Where we have been faithful we will see increase (Luke 16:10 "He who is faithful in a very little thing is faithful also in much, and he who is dishonest and unjust in a very little thing is dishonest and unjust also in much").

Okay, so it IS the most wonderful time of the year.

I remember the days when we lived on the farm; Mom and Dad didn't have an extra cent to spare, but we had the best Christmases and a whole lot of fun.  We'd eagerly get up Christmas morning to open our gifts, which were new socks and underwear.  Now, that may not sound like a big deal, but it was for me because I wore the boys' hand-me-downs.  Seriously - we were that poor.

Cue Music - "It's the Most Wonderful Time of the Year"

Actually, it's the most stressful time of the year.  Yes, this is one of my rants.  It's only fair to warn you.

I'm extremely introverted and don't like shopping to begin with.  Add to that shopping for people I don't even like amongst crowds that accost you with every vile and foul odor known to mankind.  Really, it's okay to shower at least once a week whether you need it or not. 

Preparing for the Oxen Poo Storm

As much as it sounds like something I would write, this isn't an original work of mine.  It is intended for entertainment purposes only.

"And Groundhog poked his head up out of his hole and told them this parable. "There once were two men who prepped. One man put his faith in God and did what he could. He gathered up stores of fine prep gear and food for his family. One day the oxen poo was scattered into the wind and all the people were in dire straits. A crowd gathered at this mans camp and he shared with them. The Lord blessed his efforts and extended his stores, even causing game animals to fling themselves head long into his hunters spears. And thus, they were provided for during the poo storm.

Last call - Get your life in order.

This is a “last call” to get our lives “in order”. The world as we know it is getting ready to shift. I’ve posted about this elsewhere and spoke of getting our lives in order but focused on the financial aspect a little more at that time (it is still important to have finances in order – please, please don’t spend recklessly). What exactly does it mean to get our lives in order?

Debt, debt, and more debt

Over the past decade, there have been nuggets God has given me that I really didn't piece together until fairly recently.   Maybe I'm dense, or maybe that's what God planned.  If it's what He planned, it seems a little late, but who am I to question?

So I've been hearing a lot about debt for about the last 7 years.  Until the "2008 debt crisis", I didn't really realize what a huge problem it is in our country.  And the sad part is, there's not only all this debt, but there is so much greed, and it's on both sides of the isle.  Doesn't matter if it's the rich or the poor, the left or the right, the republican or the democrat - they all have their own flavor of greed.  Take from someone else.  Coveting what someone else has.