ADDENDUM TO "WHO MINISTERS TO MINISTERS"

 TRY SLIPPING MONEY INTO HIS/HER HAND WHEN IN THE LINE AFTER CHURCH SERVICE. 

BE SURE, TO, COMMENT, HOPEFULLY POSITIVE, ON THE SERMON JUST GIVEN.

THINK ABOUT "HOUSESITTING", OR HAVE THE CHURCH BOARD INSTALL A SECURITY INTO THE REVEREND'S HOME, WHICH ISN'T "ETERNALLY SECURE", HAHA.

LET HER/HIM KNOW THAT YOU'RE PRAYING FOR THEM.  IT'S REASSURING TO KNOW THAT THEY'RE NOT ALONE IN THE EFFORT TO ADVANCE GOD'S KINGDOM.

BACK ANY EFFORT TO SEND THEM (AND THEIR FAMILY) TO A SPIRITUAL RETREAT, SUCH AS "THE COVE" IN NORTH CAROLINA, SPONSORED BY THE BILLY GRAHAM ORGANIZATION.

ASK TO ACCOMPANY YOU TO GOLF, BOWL, FISH, OR WHATEVER LEISURE ACTIVITY MAY THE TWO (OR MORE) OF YOU ARE INTERESTED IN.

VACATIONING OR TAKING TRIPS OF WHATEVER SIZE MAY WELL HELP TO CREATE AND STRENGTHEN THE BOND BETWEEN CLERGY AND LAITY.  TALK ABOUT IT.

FINALLY (FOR NOW), LAY HANDS ON THEM OFTEN, WITH PRAYER, TO HELP KEEP THE ANOINTING OF THE HOLY SPIRIT FRESH IN THEIR MINDS AND HEARTS.

PRAYING FOR YOU, YOUR SPIRITUAL LEADER, AND THE INCREASE OF THE FLOCK IN WHICH YOU ALL ARE A PART OF IN GOD'S CORNER OF THE WORLD WHERE YOU ARE.

WHO MINISTERS TO THE MINISTERS?

 PASTORS, TEACHERS, MISSIONARIES, OFFICIALS, ETC. ARE HUMANS, ALL BEARING  NEEDS THE SAME AS WE LAY PEOPLE DO.  THEY BECOME TIRED, LONELY, AND DISCOURAGED, SICK, ETC. JUST WE AS YOU AND I DO.

WHERE DO THEY TURN TO FOR BOLSTERING?  TO WHOM MAY THEY TURN?

WE NEED TO ACCEPT THE FACT THAT CHRISTIAN WORKERS ARE IN NEED OF SOME SOLACE, BOLSTERING, ENCOURAGMENT, SYMPATHY, EMPATHY, AND PHYSICAL REST.

YES, EVEN AS PEOPLE IN THE PEW, THERE ARE MANY THINGS WE CAN OFFER THESE JUST-AS-HUMANS AS WE ARE.

PROVIDE A MEAL, WHETHER IN YOUR HOME OR AT A RESTAURANT.  OR, IF POSSIBLE, HAVE A MEAL DELIVERED TO THEIR HOME, ESPECIALLY IF ONE OF THEM IS ILL.

GIVE SOME MONEY TO ASSIST THEM WHEN TRAVELING OR ON VACATION, INCLUDING GOING TO NATIONAL OR REGIONAL CONFERENCE OR MEETING.

REWARD THEM FOR SPECIAL HOLIDAYS, BIRTHDAYS, ANNIVERSARIES, CHRISTMAS, EASTER FOR EXAMPLE.  TRY TO FIND OUT WHAT THEY LIKE OR NEED FOR A GIFT.

A GIFT CERTIFICATE FOR A CAR REPAIR PLACE, OR FOR NEW TIRES, OIL CHANGES, TUNEUPS OR ELSE.  CAR WASHES, TIRE ROTATION, WAX JOBS!

HOW ABOUT OFFERING TO COVER FOR NEW CLOTHES/OUTFITS!  I ONCE PREACHED IN MY "BIRTHDAY SUIT", A GIFT FROM PARISHIONERS!

CHILD CARE OR BABYSITTING WOULD BE MUCH APPRECIATED.  WHAT ABOUT LAWN CARE?  LEAF RAKING?  WINDOW WASHING?  PAINTING, INSIDE OR OUT?

GAS CARDS?  PREPAID CREDIT CARDS SO THEY CAN BUY WHAT THEY WANT OR NEED?

BOOKS OR TAPES?  STUDY BOOKS OR REFERENCES, SUCH AS "CRUDEN'S"?

THE LIST SEEMS ENDLESS.  GOD EXPECTS US TO TAKE CARE OF HIS "UNDERSHEPHERDS", HIS GIFT TO US FOR OUR GROWTH AND UNDERSTANGING OF THE BIBLE, HISTORY, THE "SIGNS OF THE TIMES" AND MORE.

IN SUMMATION:  TAKE CARE OF YOUR PASTOR/SPIRITUAL LEADERS, WHETHER YOU 

"LIKE THEM" OR UNDERSTAND THEM, OR NOT.  THEY HAVE BEEN CALLED, HOPEFULLY, TO SERVE THE CHURCH, THE KINGDOM OF GOD, AND................ YOU!!

  

 ABORTION ?  TO ABORT OR TO VALUE LIFE?  (PART 2)

I BELIEVE "PLANNED PARENTHOOD" WILL ANSWER TO GOD FOR THEIR 

PARTS IN DESTROYING/REMOVING HIS MARVELOUS CREATION IN THE WOMB.

I CAN SEE IT OKAY IF THE CHILD IS STILLBORN OR EVEN IF HE DIES BEFORE 

EXITING THE WOMB, BUT TO PREMATURELY END HER LIFE BY KILLING 

WHILE STILL VIABLE AND ALIVE, IS A SIN OF ENORMOUS MEASURE.

TO DECIDE TO YANK THE CHILD OUT TO "ADVANCE SCIENCE" IS WRONG!

TO GO AGAINST GOD IS A DANGEROUS THING TO DO, AND MAY RESULT 

IN SPENDING ETERNITY IN HELL!!

LET ME ADDRESS THE PERSONS INVOLVED IN INITIATING PREGNANCY.

THERE IS NO SANE OR SACRED PURPOSE IN GIVING A CHILD LIFE 

WITHOUT ALL THE NECESSARY MEANS OF PROVIDING FOR THE CHILD, 

INCLUDING AND ESPECIALLY GRANTING HER/HIM THE NECESSARY 

ELEMENTS OF HAVING A MOTHER AND A FATHER!

THOSE MEN WHO "CAN'T CONTROL THEIR PASSIONS" NEED TO GIVE 

THEIR DRIVES OVER TO JESUS AND THE HOLY SPIRIT TO SQUASH 

THE "NEED" TO RISK PROCREATION.  IS CASTRATION A POSSIBILITY?

WHAT ABOUT A VASECTOMY?  

SHOULD THE WOMEN HAVE THEIR TUBES TIED, OR BE STERILIZED?

IS "THE MORNING AFTER PILL" VIABLE OR PRESCRIBED?

THE PLAGUE OF UNPLANNED AND UNWANTED PREGNANCIES IS A 

SCOURGE ON MANKIND.  I DON'T KNOW OF ANY ANIMALS EVEN 

TURN TO SUCH LOW EXTREMES AS TO KILL THEIR UNWANTED OFFSPRINGS!?

PARENTS, REAR YOUR CHILDREN TO RESPECT LIFE, AND TO REMAIN 

CHASTE UNTIL AFTER THEIR NUPTIALS ARE PERFORMED.  GOD IS 

WATCHING AND TAKING RECORDS!!  LET'S LIVE OUR LIVES HIS WAY. 

 

 ABORTION - THE "HOT TOPIC" OF TODAY AND FOR DECADES.

I'VE ADDRESSED THIS ISSUE BEFORE, BUT IT WON'T GO AWAY.

GO FIGURE.  SINCE THE FALL OF MANKIND, OUR RACE HAS CONTINUALLY 

SOUGHT WAYS TO GO AGAINST OUR CREATOR'S DESIGN AND DESIRE.

"WHY" DO PEOPLE, WOMEN MOSTLY, I BELIEVE, WANT/SEEK/NEED(?) ABORTION?

SOME SAY IT'S FOR "ECONOMIC REASONS".

OTHERS DECLARE IT'S "FOR THE HEALTH OF THE MOTHER".

STILL, SOME PROPOSE IT'S "BECAUSE OF RAPE".  YES, I AM SYMPATHETIC.

MANY RAPES MAY BE AVOIDED BY MEN AND WOMEN ACTING APPROPRIATELY.

IF THE VICTIM OF SUCH SIN, PRAY AND CONSIDER ADOPTING OUT THE CHILD.

WHY DO WOMEN GET PREGNANT, IF THEY DON'T INTEND TO BEAR AND 

MAINTAIN, AND REAR (BRING UP) THE HUMAN BEING IN THEIR WOMB?

WHY DO MEN PUT WOMEN IN COMPROMISING POSITIONS AND TAKE 

ADVANTAGE OF THEIR POSSIBLE WEAK AND EMOTIONAL STATES?

I ONCE POSED THE QUERY, "WHAT IF THE VIRGIN MARY HAD ABORTED?".

IT PROBABLY WAS NEVER A THOUGHT IN HER OR JOSEPH'S MIND, THANKFULLY.

THE "FALL OF MAN"/"ORIGINAL SIN" WAS JUST THE BEGINNING OF OUR 

RACE PURPOSING TO DO THINGS "OUR WAY", DESPITE JEHOVAH'S MANY 

PLEAS AND ATTEMPTS TO HELP US "RIGHT THE SHIP".

THE FAILURE AND REFUSAL OF COUPLES TO PRACTICE CAUTION, DESPITE 

THE POSSIBLE AND PROBABLE "CONSEQUENCES" IS A GRAVE SIN IN GOD'S EYES.

WHY SPITE YOUR MAKER?  WHY INSIST ON HAVING YOUR WAY WHEN IT MAY 

VERY WELL CREATE A CHILD THAT YOU KNOW IN YOUR HEART OF HEARTS 

THAT YOU DON'T WANT AND WILL NOT PROPERLY MOTHER/FATHER HIM,HER?

YES, I'M ONE OF THOSE WHO SAY ABORTION IS WRONG.  ABORTION IS SIN. 

SEX/INTIMACY IS INTENDED FOR MARRIED COUPLES, AS EVIDENCED AND 

PROVEN IN MANY STORIED ILLUSTRATIONS IN HOLY SCRIPTURE (BIBLE).

ONE OF THE DANGERS OF LIVING PROMISCUOSLY IS BEARING A HUMAN BEING, 

LET ALONE THE MANY INFECTIONS POSSIBLY PASSED ON TO YOUR PARTNER.

AGAIN, YOUR DISDAIN FOR THE HUMAN WITHIN YOU MAY WELL GIVE 

EVIDENCE OF YOUR GENERAL HATRED FOR OTHER HUMANS/LIVES.

WHERE WILL IT STOP?

HOMICIDE?

GENOCIDE?

HITLERESQUE ACTIONS TO "REMOVE THE WEAK AND SICK"?

"GIVING UP" ON SENIORS/MATURE INDIVIDUALS, CAUSING THEIR DEATHS?

I HAVE FAILED YOU.

YOUR RELIGION HAS FAILED YOU. 

YOUR ANCESTORS HAVE FAILED YOU. 

 SOCIETY HAS FAILED YOU.

"MEDICALS" HAVE FAILED YOU, THE ONES WHO OFFER AND PERFORM ABORTIONS.

BUT YOU ARE WRONG PLACING THE BLAME ON OTHERS WITHOUT ACCEPTING 

YOUR PART/PARTICIPATION IN THE MURDER OF DEVELOPING HUMAN BEINGS.

"ROE V. WADE" IS WRONG.

LIBERALISM IS WRONG IN SUPPORTING KILLING BABIES.

THE MATTER SHOULD NEVER HAVE BECOME AN ISSUE.

TURN TO GOD THROUGH JESUS CHRIST, HIS SON, AND WHO WANTS TO BE 

YOUR SAVIOR AND LORD.  ALLOW HIM TO FILL YOU WITH HIS LOVE AND 

SPIRIT, AND LIVE A LIFE OF CLEANLINESS, SINLESSNESS, AND HOLINESS.

I HAVE NO DOUBT THAT THOSE WHO ARE CARELESS AND "THROW CAUTION 

TO THE WIND" (THE UNBORN WITH IT) WILL STAND BEFORE GOD IMMEDIATELY 

AFTER THEY BREATHE THEIR LAST HERE ON EARTH, AND GOD WILL DEMAND 

AN ANSWER AS TO "WHY DID YOU DESPISE AND DESTROY" MY CREATIVE PLAN?

A HARD APPROACH?  WITH JEHOVAH GOD, THERE ARE NO "GREY AREAS" OR 

"SHADOWY APPROACHES" TO LIFE, LIVING, AND DEATH.

MAY GOD HAVE MERCY ON US ALL, AND HELP KEEP US FROM DESPISING HIM.