May 19, 2018

THE ALIENS WILL SOON RETURN


I’ve always been interested in space. I remember learning about the planets, the stars, and the galaxies in school. It was so interesting to know there was so much out there beyond our little world. Then I heard about UFOs, and aliens. That was interesting, too. A little scary, but interesting. I wondered many times if there were aliens on other planets and if I would ever meet any.
When I was eight years old, I had a frightening dream. My sister and I were abducted by aliens. That dream returned, often, over, and over again for more than thirty years. During that time, I tried to make some kind of sense of it. Had we really been abducted by aliens? Were these repressed memories manifesting themselves in my dreams? What I finally found out was shocking. I’ll put a link to the full story at the end of this post.*
I’m still interested in aliens, space, and science. I sometimes watch TV shows about aliens and UFOs. There used to be TV shows where people who believed they had been abducted by aliens could share their stories. Those were very interesting and I would watch them every chance I got. Those stories were similar to mine and that kept me watching, hoping to get some answers.
There are still shows about UFO sightings. I watch some of those when I can. One of the things that confused me for years was that so many of these stories about UFO sightings, and alien abductions contradicted others. Sure, some of them were proven to be fake, so that explained a few things, but many others have never been proven to be true or false.
I've been a Christian now for many years. In reading the Bible, and communicating with God through prayer, many things have become clear to me. I gained a new perspective on things concerning space, aliens, and science. I realized that God is what’s missing from the equation many times when people try to understand things in this world, and in space.
I find it interesting that people believe in aliens but refuse to believe in God. Some even believe that aliens came here in the distant past, and somehow created humans. I believe it, too. That was God. It wasn’t little green or gray men from another planet. It was God. From heaven. Many ancient tales talk about beings from the stars coming and interacting with humans. Most legends come from something that actually happened like the legends of dragons. They were real. We call them dinosaurs today. In almost every culture, there’s a story about the biblical flood. The details differ from tale to tale but they all come from something that actually happened.
The beings from the stars are actually angels, and not all of them are good. Some of them are evil. Most people know the story of Satan and his angels who were kicked out of heaven. The Bible tells us that they and the holy angels have been interacting with mankind since God created the world.
I do believe there are other people on other planets outside our solar system. There is probably at least one inhabited planet in each of the trillions of galaxies spread throughout the universe. They are so far apart and so far from us, though, I doubt they could ever come here. Why would God allow them to come to our sin-cursed world anyway?
What about all those UFO sightings, then? Many of them have been well explained, but some are still a mystery. I won’t say it’s nothing or try to explain it all away because too many people have seen these things. The Bible says Satan is very smart, and he hates God and us. He has plans to destroy us, and he’ll use anything he possibly can to do that. He uses dinosaur bones to make people believe in evolution. That destroys people’s faith in God, and his holy word because evolution puts death before sin when the Bible clearly says death came into the world because of Adam’s sin. Maybe Satan is using UFOs, and aliens to distort some other truth about God. I don’t know.
What I do know is this; If we understand that God created everything, and we study the Bible, many mysteries are cleared up. I know we’ll never understand everything, but when we put God back into the equation, many things make more sense.
God made the world. He created mankind on the earth, and God is in charge. Many refuse to acknowledge that fact because they don’t want to do what he says. They don’t want to be accountable to him, so they look for any other answer except God. Don’t be one of those people. Give God the credit for what he has done. Give him the praise and glory he deserves. Get to know him, and his Son, Jesus, through prayer and Bible study. Give your life, and your whole self to him. Serve him, help others to know him, and be prepared for his soon return. When the trumpet sounds, and he appears in the sky, you’ll be glad you did.
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May 12, 2018

ONE TREE, TWO COUSINS, AND FOUR FLAT TIRES

It was Halloween and I was 19 years old. I had just recently come to my senses and was off drugs and alcohol. I was trying to rebuild my life and become a better person. I had a good job and a dependable car and I was into having good, clean fun. I thought it might be fun to go Trick-or-Treating. The last time I had gone was a few years earlier when I made my own Freddy Kruger costume. It wasn’t bad if I do say so myself, and I had gotten some good compliments about it.
I felt like I was too old to go Trick-or-Treating, though. I went to my cousin, Tim’s house to see if he wanted to go. I could drive him around from house to house in exchange for a percentage of his treats and we could hang out like we did when we were younger. He’s only a couple of years younger than me so he thought he was too old, as well. He said we should go get my younger cousin Thomas who had recently gone with us on a camp-out and offer him the same deal. That sounded good to me, so that’s what we did.
I got a big, brown paper grocery bag and rolled the top down about halfway, and sat it in the front seat between me and Tim. Each time Thomas came back from a house we would empty his bag into the big one and soon we had several pounds of candy and a few rocks.
After we had hit several neighborhoods in his community, we headed up the main highway toward mine. All of a sudden, I saw blue lights behind me. I stopped and rolled my window down and waited for the officer to walk up. He said someone had been setting fires all along the side of the roads in the neighborhood and wanted to know if we knew anything about it. I told him we didn’t know who was doing it, but I had stopped to put one out earlier, before sunset. I was hoping we could be on our way after that but then he said, “Y’all been drankin?” When I said, “No Sir,” he said, “What’s in the bag?” I said “Candy” as I tilted the bag up for him to look into. A big smile came across his face as he chuckled. Then he told us to be careful and he walked back to his car.
We went to a few more houses, then decided to call it a night. We were on the way to take Thomas home when we came to a place where my aunt Lola Mae lived years ago. The house was gone but the big oak tree and the circle drive were still there. Just as we came to the drive, Thomas said, “Drive around that tree.” I wasn’t going that fast so I turned and drove around the tree. Just then, I felt something bump the bottom of my car, first at the front and then at the back. I had driven over something. I continued back onto the road and to my sister’s house just a short distance ahead. When I got out to see if there was any damage, all four tires on the car were flat.
I wanted to scream. I wanted to hit Thomas for telling me to drive around that tree. He assured me that he didn’t know that would happen. I halfway believed him, but nothing I could do to him would fix my tires. I had to wait until the next day to get back on the road.
We can learn a lesson from this experience. Those of us who are on this road to heaven need to stay focused and never take a detour. Sometimes though, we do veer off the road and something similar to this happens. We’re sidelined for a while. Sometimes for a long while. The key is to never leave the road, but if we do, for some reason, we need to get back on the road as soon as possible with renewed determination to never be misled again.
By the way, I haven’t celebrated Halloween in the last twenty-two years and I never took my kids Trick-or-Treating because I discovered that it’s Satan’s holiday, and it’s not something that God’s people should celebrate. Click on the link below for a great Bible-based video that explains the evils of Halloween. Thanks for reading my blog, and thank you, Tim and Thomas, for that night and the great memories.
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