Father Heal our Land

Ave Maria:-)

From a website called  healmy land : here is an article ... just ponder and see what might be true..what could be applicable in our own nation ... since the rains and floods came , we have been storming heaven, imploring God to put an end to our miseries and all the inconvenience and sufferings the flood causes ... oh at the height of it how test messages flew ... how Facebook and the web were full of a people's desperate call for help , for mercy... some sounding a bit childishly bratty , as tho'  superbly irritated that nature should  cause this inconvenience -- no work, no school. for some not even food, , no clean water...no place to sleep ---Dear God what is this , why allow this to happen? And yes such declarations of faith  in God .... becoz who else is there to turn to?... Mother Nature does not blink an eye at us -- for all our technology and genius --- when Mother Nature is angry , that is it , no bargaining ....and only its Creator can make it ( Mother Nature) stop--- 

 just thinkin'  ....

do you think the Lord wished that when it's all Sunny and Bright, Rosy and Pink in our lives , when our bodies are able and strong , no affliction, no financial stress, no worries... pains at all .... do you think He silently wishes that we also flood him with our text messages and prayers of thanksgiving, praises, faith , love and obedience?

US TO GOD: YOU WISH.

GOD: I WISH.  

Boy we sure are God's work of art.... He gives us His all ..and we respond back by giving Him a cold, disobedient heart.

God is most merciful ..His love has two elements that of mercy and justice...with mercy most of the time taking the edge..otherwise we'd all be mere specks of dust... obliterated by our evil choices - you could say we brought it unto ourselves...our unfaithfulness and unbelievable ungratefulness causing our  sufferings and death...   

here is the article... am not saying it is all true...you decide ..and as i said earlier... see what could be similar in the Philippine setting or wherever you are situated.

Today, it seems as though every form of evil is celebrated in America. The USA is ill, and desperately needs healing. God told us that He would heal our nation if we do our part. Read what He told us in 2 Chronicles 7:14 over 2000 years ago. This promise is still valid.

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2 Chronicles 7:14

If my people, which are called by my name, shall humble themselves, and pray, and seek my face, and turn from their wicked ways; then will I hear from heaven, and will forgive their sin, and will heal their land.  (KJV)

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Evil in the USA is increasing on a daily basis. Murder, rape and child abuse are flooding America. Children are destroying schools and killing their fellow students. Terrorism has finally entered The United States of America. One way to find out how to heal The USA is to watch the news. The anchors will gladly interview the Democrats and Republicans to find out the answer. The Liberals and Conservatives, and the racial and gender activists talk as though they know how to fix these problems.According to them, we need more sex education or less sex education, more sex or less sex, bigger government or smaller government, more restrictive laws or more lenient laws, and on and on. They tell us that if we just raise or lower the taxes, and build more prisons or release more prisoners, that America will begin to heal. We need more freedom, or we need to sacrifice some of our liberties.They all think that they know the answer, but they obviously can't all be right. The fact is that none of them are correct. As Children of the true and living God, we know that God has revealed His promises in the Holy Bible. If WE begin by humbling ourselves in front of God, take time to pray to Him, seek his face, and turn from our sins, He will heal our land. Man does not have it in his power to fix these problems without God. We must not turn FROM Him, we must turn TO Him. He promised that He would make our land well if we follow His commands, and He ALWAYS keeps His promises.  

End of article...... we have our own Pinoy version of the above..don't we? and our sins are both Sins of Commission and Sins of Ommission. the former meaning we take active part in committing an evil thought , deed ... and the latter... when we refuse to not do anything to prevent the evil deed... or refuse to do good because we just don't feel like it..or it's too much of an effort... or  ayyy naku ha...just let things be.

Yesterday  a friend was thinking aloud... what if the text messages also included a prayer asking forgiveness for our sins , communal and personal?

Indeed one of the Lord's precious gift to us is Free Will ... but it was given to us to make choices that help us grow more and more like our Creator... not to grow more and more so Unlike Him.

We turn to Jesus, our Mediator... our Lord and Saviour our Last Resort, we kneel humbly and contritely at the foot of His Cross, for He has endured everything so that we could have a New Deal with the Father... He negotiated for our forgiveness and obtained for us again a life in union with GOD . But we can only avail of this New Life if we live in obedience to Christ. that must be made clear. 

And we must not worry that we will be unable to do it.... we surrender to Jesus all our unrighteousness ..all the evil bondages we have  ..and when He senses our earnestness, He will deliver and give us a new mind, new heart fully obedient to Him. Ready to love and serve Him by loving and serving others as He did.

It is not just a life of material prosperity that awaits us if we obey the Lord... that is belittling our God , He can give more than material happiness which doesn't last anyways... He wants us to Go for Gold ....to aim and claim Eternal Life with Him and the angels and saints...a place in His Kingdom  where His truth, love, righteousness peace reign .... and we need not physically die to experience this.. it  starts the moment we live for Christ and let His Holy SPirit reign in our lives. . right then and there We are in His Kingdom, amen ,hallelujah.Oh God heal our land................ God bless keep safe and pray, pray pray ta mye

 Be healed by this beautiful song by Jamie Rivera HEAL OUR LAND

http://youtu.be/Sc3H9OFwyXs