Can you hear the pounding hooves of the four apocalyptic horsemen? I can every time that I turn on the internet and read all the stuff never seen on the nightly propaganda “news” on TV. It is as though I live in schizoid worlds that parallel, seldom touching. In one world, the topsy-turvy one, wrong is cast in the role of good and true and right is politically incorrect---therefore bad, stupid, and hateful. Most of the folks in our modern American culture live in this world. God has something to say about this: “Woe unto them that call evil good, and good evil; that put darkness for light and light for darkness, that put bitter for sweet, and sweet for bitter.” Isaaiah 5:20 In the other world, the scary one, the warnings are terrible and fearful. They pound like the hooves of charging horses at full gallop. Some are seemingly ridiculous. Is there really a mother ship stuffed with aliens eagar to attack and/or consume all us poor humans? Are we about to be tilted and spilt asunder by a rogue planet whizzing by? What about Fema camps? Are we Christians on the government’s most wanted list? Is Obama the antichrist? Is the mark of the beast soon to be seen on hands and foreheads? Is it a tattoo or a computer chip? Are we on the brink of WWIII? Economic collapse? Martial law? Invasion by foreign troops? In this horrible “what if” scenario, we are advised to buy gold, lots of it. We must buy every gun we can get our hands on, ammo to go with them, dig a bunker in some hidden spot and prepare to protect all the food and supplies we have hoarded to survive it all. I wonder if folks living paycheck to paycheck are supposed to win the lottery or something to put all this together? How about us oldsters on our last legs? The thing is, there is no doubt a lot of truth to all of this, although it’s hard to sort out. If there was ever a need to hear from God, it is in these days. Yes I do believe we are in terrible times that are about to explode in intensity and horror. I feel God pointed out a verse for these days: “Fret not thyself because of evildoers, neither be thou envious against the workers of iniquity. For they shall soon be cut down like the grass, and wither as the green herb.” Psalms 37:1&2 Back to the other world, the topsy-turvy one. The folks living in this one are oblivious. They work, they play, they sleep, watch TV, movies, etc., etc. till the cows come home, believing the propagandists on evening news. They are without a clue. Let me tell you, it is easy to be lulled by this lazy mindset. Sun rise, sun set, and every day the same and all the while, the world is going to hell in a hand basket! Sometimes I find myself wondering where in the world the days went. Time has speeded up! I realize that I display an average old lady’s tendency to distinctly remember an incident fifty years ago, but can’t remember if I took my morning vitamins. But I am not the only one who is noticing the time flying. I hear it all the time how the world is seemingly spinning at a faster rate than in yesteryear. My days are filled with the same old, same old but they seem to whiz past! While I include prayer and Bible reading and try to avoid ugliness on the TV, if I’m not careful I find myself fretting over the whole shebang. I fret because it is so overwhelming and I am so helpless to do anything to make things better. I have my days when I can give it all to God and others when I simply can’t. Whoa, Nellie---stop the world and let me off! I am in agony over the sin and evil in this world. It grieves me to see so much wrong. God is forgotten in our culture. Not only is He forgotten, he is blasphemed at every turn. Things that should shock and sicken folks are shrugged off. Getting upset over sin only brings cries of “don’t judge” and “who cares, anyway?” I’ve said all of above to say this: Our only hope is in Jesus! More and more it is abundantly clear that there is nowhere to hide except in Him. “Delight thyself also in the Lord; and He shall give the desires of thine heart. Commit thy way also in Him; and He shall bring it to pass.” Psalms 37:3&4 The desires of my heart are that all my children and those God gave me to call my children be saved and not a one suffer the fires of hell. I also desire to one day hear Him say, “Well done, thy good and faithful servant. Enter ye into My rest.” As the song says, the things of this earth grow strangely dim as I keep my eyes upon Jesus. I am “homesick” for heaven where “Holy, Holy, Holy” is sung. Father, prepare thy bride. Add to the number redeemed and make us without spot or wrinkle. Come, Lord Jesus!