Xapa to the World

I feel lethargic and slightly chilled.  It might be psychosomatic, but I think I’m showing early signs of this nasty flu case going around.  😦  Either that, or the effects of having a Jehovah’s Witness recently find my blog is doing its work on my health.  Anywho…please pray for me that I will not be sick and that a good night’s sleep will be sufficient to remedy this.  I have so much stuff to do this month…I don’t need to at sick-time to the mix.  Thanks!

So, I was coming back from hanging out with a couple friends and shopping for sour cream, passing through the train station when I saw three men huddled very close to each other.  As I got closer, I saw that the two on the outside were supporting the one in the middle.  They were in their 50’s-60’s (it’s a little more difficult for me to tell ages with Asian people), and wearing suits, which isn’t unusual.  But the one in the middle was really struggling to walk straight.  So, as I was walking by, I thought to myself, those are really nice guys, helping out their friend to walk and get on the train safely.

OOOOOOOOOOOOooooor!

They are in the yakuza!  And that man borrowed money from them and played one too many games of pachinko!  With this in mind, he was subjected to beatings that left him unable to walk by himself, and to send a message to anyone else who might try to take advantage of the Yakuza, they walked him to the train in solemn ceremony.  I couldn’t see if they didn’t have their pinkies, but I’m sure if I could have looked more closely, I would have seen just a little stub of a finger left on their hands. 

So, this is what has become of my life.  I have turned into a regular Northanger Abbey.  Alright, so after I developed this conclusion, I looked back and the men were very sweetly stopping and letting their friend rest and gather himself before they continued walking on.  Oh well. 

I wouldn’t say that I’m apathetic…by any means.  I wouldn’t say that I’m fatalistic either.  Maybe, lackadaisical?  No, that still has too much of the “I don’t care” connotation in it.  I hesitate to use this term, but maybe apocalyptic would fit a bit better around the shoulders.

At most times, I am grateful to have been in another country during the election time.  Today, I will be as in tuned with the news over in America as I can be, while also getting my handful of hours of sleep.  I’m sitting right now, eating oreos and milk, and mending some pants and shirts, while repeatedly clicking the update button of CNN’s website.  Don’t ask me why CNN…I have no news preference…CNN, FOX, MSNBC, yatta yatta…it doesn’t make any difference to me.  For most of my news bites, I check out BBC News, so I guess I’m exempt from those labels.  BUUUUUuuut, back to the point.  Rabbit, rabbit, rabbit.

I have been hesitant to say who I actually voted for with this election.  I haven’t really felt like it mattered.  Neither candidate to me seems dynamic or powerful enough to really make a difference in the country or the world once elected.  They say really great things…one sounds a lot better than the other…one has great ideas, but tells them poorly.  I just don’t care for either one.  I will say that I don’t like one less than the other, so I was able to make a decision on my absentee ballot.  There are some key issues that I could not deny loyalty to…but, seriously, if either of these guys is elected, do you think it will make much of a difference?

If you are a student of Scripture at all, and especially if you have checked out Revelation, Daniel, and for the more studious of students, Ezekiel, then you will know that eventually, the world is going to be destroyed.  I think we’re bracing for it now.  I know, I know…every generation before mine has said, “Oh, our generation is the worst in history!  There is none so evil as ours.”  But, I think mine might take the cake…or maybe my parents’ or sisters’ generations.  Regardless, it’s not hard to see that the times we live in are evil.

Russia is flexing its muscles again, and to me, that’s a sure sign that they are gearing up to invade Israel…which is prophesied in Ezekiel.  Also, if Obama is elected President, there’s no real reason why he, of all people, should lead our country to continue a friendship and support with Israel.  Not to say that if McCain were elected he could really do something about the financial crisis in America, but would probably leave it in its more impotent state.  In my eyes, we’re damned.  America has never been seen in Scripture…the most that people can really find is in Ezekiel 38:13, where it talks about Tarshish (generally seen to be England or Europe) and her young lions (possibly the colonial countries of the UK, i.e. America, Australia, etc).  But even then, Tarshish and her young lions are just present enough to say to Russia, “Ohhhhh, you shouldn’t invade Israel!  What do you think you’re doing??  tsk, tsk, tsk.  That’s a bad boy, Russia!”  They don’t really stand behind her.  Israel has no friends at that time, except for God.

Now, you might not agree with me, but this is why I haven’t been as vocal about my views on the election, as I have in the past.  But, I do want to say…even with my “laid-back” feelings about this year’s election…I still voted!  And I think you should too!  If you have any ounce of understanding with what is going on, GET OUT THERE!  You only have a few hours to have a say in your world.  If you don’t, then you have no right to gripe about it later.  It’s a privilege that God has allowed to be set up in our nation, whether our nation turns for the better or the worse, it doesn’t matter.  We should take advantage of the right that God has given us, the opportunity to have a say in our government.  So, GO!  And stop reading Xanga/Revelife!!  (well, at least until after you vote)

(and after this little tidbit)  I’m really ashamed that there is fear of violence pending the decision of today’s election.  It makes me ashamed of America!  If the elections today are so emotionally spiked as to lead to violence, then our country is no better than any of the communist/militaristic nations in the world over whom we boast superiority.  Guard your actions and your reactions.  Move in safety and wisdom today.  People who are not governed by the Holy Spirit are apt to be volatile.  So, contain and control yourselves and live peaceably with others.  THAT, is a command of Jesus, not from me.