WALKING DEAD

By Rick Mathes

The funeral home was plain, quiet and respectful and the silence was broken only with the sobs and cries of family and friends at my Dad’s last moment on earth before he was planted in the earth. I remember the flag that draped his casket and the rifle shots at the cemetery. It had taken years to ship his body back from Belgium and I stood as a 5 year only soldier, saluting him for the last time. He gave his life so that his “Butch” could have life protected by the Constitution and Bible he loved so dearly. Now that is all gone. I’m in the winter of my life and I miss my Dad.

It staggers my mind how man of “us” there must be: millions?

I have been blessed with three score and ten of that freedom he gave his life to in WWII but where is the return on all the lives invested in Vietnam, Korea, Iraq and Afghanistan?  Post-traumatic stress disorder is rampant and so are suicides of those valiant soldiers: 20 per day! Why?

Middle-East conflict is just the point of the spear. The real problem is the fallen angel that wields the weapons of eternal death in the yawning pit of welcoming flames he has labeled “Heaven.” Satan is a full-throttle war with believers and is not holding anything back. He is evil personified

Lucifer’s temptations to self-destruction seduce this fine, young Americans and allies to take their lives so as to end their nightmares of death, beheading, child mutilations and worse. Their minds are a playground of the devil’s insanities that drive them to destroy their lives to end the seemingly endless horror of memories that would drive even the elect to despair if the Holy Spirit wasn’t there to rescue us from certain damnation.

The sign of the times only points one way: go back to your old sins, fighting evil if futile. Evil trumps God’s goodness and truth. And sadly, too many buy into this lie and sacrifice their lives as the seal of their abandonment of any god.

Let this serve as a life saver: To think Jesus is Lord is not enough. To live Him is your only salvation! It’s going to get worse so let this be a warning that you need to ask yourself: “How deep is your love?” Is it as deep at His?

There is no “Plan B” after your last heartbeat. Think of the consequences if you choose wrongly.