Hobby and Faith ~~ A weird connection

I have a strange "hobby" ~~ I follow about 10 "caringbridge" sites for folks I don't know but read them and pray for the people involved. Most of the ones I follow are of children who have cancer. And then there is the site I follow of a couple in North Carolina. The wife had CF and was about to go on the list for a double-lung transplant and they night before they were to leave to go to Duke, it was discovered that she was pregnant!! She gave birth to a precious one pound baby girl at 27 weeks. A couple of months after the birth of her baby, the mother received her double-lung transplant. The mother and baby are both released from the hospital but have had to remain in the area so that they both can be monitored. It is hoped that they will be able to be released to go back to their home in the Outer Banks in a couple of weeks. What a story!! The URL is http://cfhusband.blogspot.com/ if anyone wants to check it out. It is an amazing story of a precious Christian couple.

Back to the reason for my post when I OUGHT to be PACKING for our trip...... I received a caringbridge notification of a post on a "case" I am following. This one is for a man from the Tuscaloosa area who worked for Alabama Power Company for a number of years and of whom I learned about through a prayer request for him on my prayer chain. Steve has battled cancer and continues to share on his caringbridge site. My antennae shot up with part of his post this morning and I felt the need to share it with you. We have this strange thing going on in America that all religious are okay. Just so you believe, and if you sincerely believe what you believe, it is okay to believe it and you will go to Heaven when you die. An "all roads lead to God" sort of philosophy. That is hogwash. In John 14:6, our Lord Jesus Himself said: "I am the way, the truth, and the life: no man cometh unto the Father, but by me." As a Christian I cannot give credence to the notion that any other "Savior" or "god" or "man" will lead anyone to heaven. Apart from salvation based on our Lord Jesus dying on the cross for our sins, all of mankind is doomed for hell. 'JESUS SAVES! CHRIST ALONE."

In Steve's post today, he related meeting up with a Christian from a Muslim country. It perked up my ears because it is evident how America is caving in to that particular culture and mindset. We who are Christians are the "salt and light." We had better stand up and speak up for what we know to be the truth. And we had better be prepared to die for it. From Steve:

I had a sleep study done Sunday night, and it was another one of those moments that God put together. The technician was a very soft spoken man. He could tell I was from around here, due to acsent, but he also wasn't from around here. He escaped from Ethiopia 8 years ago.

I said escaped because his words were "we had to leave the country." You see he made the mistake of being a Christian. He told me the same thing happening in Sudan is happening in his country. the Muslims are taking over and if your not a Muslim you have 2 choices, convert or die. His words, not mine.

Even with facing death he told me Christians are meeting under trees, in old buildings, anywhere they can to hear God's word. Here in the United States, people wont even get out of bed, to drive, and attend any number of churches. He said in ethiopia they can't build enough churches; you see, the Muslims burn them down.

So, believe what you want about them being a friendly religion, who some people have hijacked the faith; talk to someone who is from there; Muslims are on a mission to conquer the world; one nation at a time. Before you think it can't happen here; check out Minnesota where a Muslim was elected, and took the oath on a Koran, not a bible.

My heart was gripped at the truth in what Steve related ~~ about my own spiritual laziness during this time of an extreme spiritual battle being waged every day. His post woke me up and has caused me to take stock regarding the importance of Christ in my life and knowing that there are people all around who are believing every lie of the Devil which has thrown our country into chaos. It's time to re-group, suit up in our spiritual armor and to get back out there on the battlefield. It's "do or die" time and in some cases, "do and die" for martyred Christians around the world. How long before that will take place right here in our land?