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The Eighth Month

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  The Eighth Month     “ In the eighth month , in the second year of Darius, came the word of the Lord unto Zechariah, the son of Berechiah, the son of Iddo the prophet, saying, The Lord hath been sore displeased with your fathers .   Therefore say thou unto them, Thus saith the Lord of hosts; Turn ye unto me , saith the Lord of hosts, and I will turn unto you , saith the Lord of hosts. ” – Zechariah 1:1-3 .       It is October 17, 2026 as I am writing this.  It’s a Saturday evening and I have been feeling under the weather.  Not feverish, but feeling like I am.  You know when you feel like your body is fighting off something and it drains you from the core, out?  That’s how I feel.   Whatever it is has moved from my very sore sinuses, down to my throat with a brief stitch in my chest, then settled in my digestive tract.   I didn’t eat all day until I forced myself to in the evening, just to feel something in my stomach....
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No Apologies

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  No Apologies       “ Therefore pray not thou for this people , neither lift up cry nor prayer for them, neither make intercession to me: for I will not hear thee .” – Jeremiah 7:16 .   “ For according to the number of thy cities were thy gods, O Judah ; and according to the number of the streets of Jerusalem have ye set up altars to that shameful thing , even altars to burn incense unto Baal.  Therefore pray not thou for this people , neither lift up a cry or prayer for them: for I will not hear them in the time that they cry unto me for their trouble .” – Jeremiah 11:13-14 .   “ Then said the Lord unto me, Pray not for this people for their good .  When they fast, I will not hear their cry; and when they offer burnt offering and an oblation, I will not accept them: but I will consume them by the sword, and by the famine, and by the pestilence .” – Jeremiah 14:11 .       God made no apologies when he condemned the works of the...
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If We Ever Needed You, It's Now

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  If We Ever Needed You     “ For, behold, the Lord cometh out of his place to punish the inhabitants of the earth for their iniquity: the earth also shall disclose her blood, and shall no more cover her slain .” – Isaiah 26:21 .   “ Blow ye the trumpet in Zion, and sound an alarm in my holy mountain: let all the inhabitants of the land tremble: for the day of the Lord cometh, for it is nigh at hand; ” – Joel 2:1 .   “   The wicked plotteth against the just, and gnasheth upon him with his teeth.   The Lord shall laugh at him: for he seeth that his day is coming . ” – Psalm 37:12-14 .       If we ever needed you, Lord it’s now   I remembered this song three days ago.   It just popped into my head for no reason and I was singing it to myself at work.   I had to hide the tears that came forth.   I felt stupid, but it renewed something in me that I felt sixteen years ago when I sent it to a...
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