Gloom and Doom. But Not a Game!

With the impeding gloom and perhaps doom of Iran and its more than controversial nuclear facilities and other strategic targets. "Bullying" by President Trump continues with militarily  greater tension cranking up daily. Will Iran continue to stall buying time for their enriched uranium stockpile to reach nuclear club fulfilment?

I know that you are probably watching the Middle East with renewed emphasis and even fear. Meanwhile in Iran and elsewhere in the region, Christian ministries are reporting that Muslims are having the Jesus dream and voluntarily giving their hearts and lives to the banned and outlawed Faith. This movement at first anecdotal has blossomed into massive numbers which caused a senior Iranian cleric to confess that Iran had closed 50,000 mosques. Out of 75,000 in the nation.

Over the past decade, there has been a surge,an uptick in the Christian community of interest in prophecy,end of the world scenarios and Christianity in general.  Since the Covid pandemic  individuals who are questioning  their previous anti- Christian  stance have entered traditional  churches  as well as watching online services.

 While it had been widely reported  that Generation Z has no interest in  traditional organisations promoting organised religion; they continue to develop their overwhelming support for spiritual dimensions in  everyday life.  Some are having second thoughts about NewAge beliefs Yoga and Eastern meditation practices. 

Asking if an individual is at peace within themselves  what good is that if the world is at war with itself? They are questioning the value of their own expectations of their long-term beliefs

 

War within,dim on sin?  Could we be seeing that Gen Z is waking up to wokeness? There is a divide between females and males in GenZ with the men choosing to become Christian in significant numbers  more than GenZ women. Some surveys have noted that Gen Z males are becoming more politically conservative than their female peers.

How do you interpret this particular narrative fruition? Is it bias or that "nasty" word, prejudice among the Gen Z population? Do surveys " tell " the truth? Are such small survey populations able to predict and reveal the true nature of  social affairs?

Is President Trump’s Administration causing or influencing anti-woke sentiments in Western civilization as a whole? While the UK appears to uphold some entrenched anti- free speech laws ( Which vice-president  Vance lectured on) and President Trump 🤔  thoughtfully placed Tariffs on the UK exports in earnest " retaliation " upon suchlike wokeness,what do You think?

Care to comment, add your voice to the debate and post your thoughts. 

The Iranian Ultimatum: What Next?

According to other credible sources, Iran is extremely close to having the enriched uranium for more than  4  nuclear bombs.

Iran is stalling  for the completion of the nuclear warheads and they have Ballistic missiles..

Meanwhile the two Aircraft Carrier strike group is nearing their destination in the middle of the Middle East.  Probably the Red Sea.

A group of B2 stealth bombers are in Diego Garcia island in the British airbase there.  They are capable of a round trip to Iran from that base of Operations. 

Middle-East is not  at peace It is nervously awaiting for the next move of President Trump with his so far unanswered ultimatum to Iran!

A Fractured Happiness? ( revisited)

Has Humanity lost its way?

 

 Moments

Some of our greatest insights or aha moments or light-bulb moments come as flashes of illumination.  Others arrived after sinking in as lessons of maturity birthed 10 or 20 years prior. 

Even a few others arrive with freshly ground insight. Learned wholly with a fresh perspective on a old idea.

Any of the above insightful ways are taught in the crucible of life are valid for our experience and guidance.

 

Happiness is default rollercoaster

My happiness as does yours fluctuates for a myriad of reasons.

The world teaching is one of a broad spectrum of answers.  

However Jesus sought others and taught them while tracking slowly on a narrow dusty path.  Rarely straying  more than 100 miles from Jerusalem. 

While this may  be true, we modern men and women learn entirely differently today. Most of us learn formally at school, college and university. Some travel overseas to gain wider knowledge.  Most would agree with the statement that experience is the best way to  apply and learn. From the school of hard knocks as it were. 

Life is a progressive schooling or life- long learning. 

So it should come with little surprise  that many of us learn by having our knowledge engraved into our heart and mind. By repeating what we learned over and over again. Until the " message "  fully sinks in. We  can learn all kinds of things by rote,repetition and choice. It's been said that by personal interest is our better choice for retaining knowledge. 

Abundance from Obedience

Author Dallas Willard believes that Jesus links a broad path to a life of abundance with travelling the narrow road of obedience. If happiness were exclusively link-

ed with financial abundance then Billionaires would have the greatest reason for happiness.

But as we all suspect happiness sometimes eludes the greatest, the richest, the ones with the most toys.

While watching a documentary on the slums of the Philippines I could not help observe that the very poor children were often the happier ones!

What was their secret? 

How with so little  were they able to smile, play laugh and love each other? While the obviously wealthy are subject to illness, calamity and " mental torment"

One could note that wealth didn't seem to confer happiness, at least not the freely given kind. Which it seemed the Filipinos exhibit or possess.

 It would seem the more one has the unhappier one is?  Could that be true?

Of course by that line of reasoning a middle course of happiness is achieved by not having the most nor by having the least. Can we really  be mostly happy but not ecstatically so ? If we limit our purchases or materialism, take a middle road, then we are neither greedy nor paupers. But this makes it a game.Is happiness a foolish game?

It would seem a logical conclusion. 

Not too much,not too little. 

Greater minds than mine have thought so. The ancients, particularly the Greek philosophers  thought so. The hedonistic, the stoic (and the devil sells both) supposed so. The range of thought available isn't small.

 But my mind returns to the freely happy playful chjildren whose smiles are imprinted upon my heart.Including children of Syrian refugees in a more recently viewed documentary and in real life.Though they seemed more guarded in their play.

So little, yet so happy.

Is there a secret here to be revealed? Or have Western societies lost their way temporarily? What about the other societies,have they lost their way as well?

The Ancient of Days has revealed to us his ways. Opening his book is all it took for me a half century ago. Could knowledge equal happiness?

Could happiness be learned like knowledge?

Is happiness learned by choice?

Or is happiness always organic?

Is happiness a decision?

The foundation of Western civilization was a combination, a mix of the Judeo-Christian and Greek and Roman traditions. But I hastily add that like Paul the great Apostle states, I haven't arrived or achieved  such open, lasting perfect happiness. But i can be content. However I haven't left the  narrow path often fraught with no easy labour, loss and suffering  climbing heaven-ward to reach the sublime. A goal that all seek,when awaken from sleep.

The Ancient of days has revealed to us his ways. All it took was one book.

Muddied Waters?

While observing my Instagram feed,  a post suggested that the anti-Hamas protests  in Gaza are fake. That is orchestrated by Hamas themselves to muddy the clear waters? Could this be true? What do you believe?

Let me and my viewers know what you're thinking?

In my experience, anti- terrorist protests or anti- terrorist sentiments are usually confined to the likes of conservative values groups, not Gazans or Palestinians living in the war-zones.

This situation is unprecedented. 

 

What is your conclusion? What do you think is occurring there?

Musingly?

Though we wrestle Daily. God invites us with true  love -embrace to approach His Throne 

While we struggle with our imperfections  and insecurities, Divine love embraces us. Yet we hesitate and attempt to manipulate Him and others.

Where human strength fails, God's strength is unveiled.

Truth be made known, God still sits upon His eternal Throne. 

Musings from Digital Anvil. 

Anti- Hamas Protest?

Another anti- Hamas protest has taken place in the Gaza space.

I'm  seeing some footage on Instagram feed only. As the robot would say ☆Danger, Will Robinson!☆

Where are the mainstream media cameras today? Good news  ehh.

Please comment if you've seen the other media outlets broadcast this?

Would be grateful if you have?

 Anonymous

 

 

Everyone is familiar with that wonderful organization Alcoholics Anonymous. The idea has worked so well it has inspired similar organizations like Gamblers Anonymous, Overeaters Anonymous, and Sexaholics Anonymous. There is even an Anonymous for people who don’t want anyone to know what their problems are.

See: Psalms 32:2; Psalms 51:2–3; Psalms 66:18; Psalms 119:11; Romans 3:23; Romans 6:12; 1 Corinthians 15:56; James 1:13–15; 1 John 1:8; 1 John 3:4

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