pure diversion

This weekend I spent time with family and friends in Arizona, many of whom have small children. Generally, a trip out of town provides a suitable outlet for escape, or diversion from one's own life. When children are involved, I am quickly reminded about the beauty of development, stages of life, and purity of heart. In addition, the choices a person makes will determine their particular life situation, such as the decision to have children, a house with mortgage and maintenance, fixed or variable interest rates, and a small tragedy when the hot water heater goes out or someone throws a toy at someone else.

While every lifestyle has its own responsibilities and parameters, it is important not to lose sight of what is going on in the rest of the world. After dinner with a few life-long friends whom I hadn't seen in a while, we somehow got into a discussion on morality, religion, and political affairs. For me, these are standard topics of relevance, regardless of company. For a few of the others present, it was a bit unfamiliar and somewhat uncomfortable. Our discussion revealed the stark realization that we did not all meet eye-to-eye politically, but furthermore that a few of the people present simply DID NOT CARE about what was going on with some of these issues - because they DID NOT KNOW anything about it. I mentioned something about Putin, and one of my friends turned to another one and asked "do you even care what she is talking about?" she replied "no". Its not easy for some of my people when I express my views against gay marriage (and biologically why that lifestyle is not even logical), but when I say anything about a unified currency or one-world religion, people usually react like I am speaking complete nonsense. I mention Camerico (inevitable merger between Canada, America and Mexico) or the Amero (continental currency which will be in place within the next year) and I am stared down like I have 2 heads.

Our world is not far from the prophecies of Ezekiel and Revelation coming to fruition. In the end times, there will be 10 nations total, a one-world government and religion (surprise: it will be Islam)! Russia's prominence on the Global stage as international arms distributor, now in close alliance with Iran, will soon bring about significant change for life as we know it. War with Iran is inevitable for the US, and no amount of immersing oneself in children's soccer games, trips to the mall, and debt consolidation will change that. Whether your diversion is your home improvement projects, hollywood entertainment, or the bar/club scene, anything that keeps you from awareness of the big picture or imminent global paradigm is a pure form of disengagement. Pakistan in a state of emergency, whose government is near to being overthrown by terrorist groups like Al-Qaeda, Turkey involved in border clashes with its own internal terrorist regime the PKK, and Israel being repeatedly threatened by several radical Islamist factions... all the while America sleeps. Today's headline: "Colts dominate the Patriots" - tomorrow's headline: "Kremlin dominates the Arab World".