I Had a Dream About the Apocalypse...and here it is.

I had this dream about 2 or 3 years ago. It was so vivid that when I got up, 

I wrote some things down and then came to school and typed it out...here it is:

I was in my Grandma Hunter’s house, I stayed there one summer house sitting

and I was always afraid that the

back door wouldn’t lock and someone would get into the house.

I heard a noise and went to the back of the house, the door was open

and after searching with fear,

I found someone. The people I was with (not sure who they were) wanted them gone,

but I wanted to let them stay, especially since they seemed to need a place to stay.

That person, however, turned into a demon.

Next I remember driving on the road leading to my Grandma Hunter’s house,

highway 160 in Washington County.

There was a tornado to the left in the open field, it was dark,

but I could see it and it was running perpendicular to us

and was for sure going to encompass us.

I told who (I don't know who it was) was driving that they needed to speed up.

We sped up, but as the tornado got closer, I could hear it and

kept waiting for it to take our car out,

but it didn't. I remember seeing multiple tornadoes in the distance.

We were finished and now in a building that had survived the hit of the tornado.

I looked out the window to my right and saw two people standing amidst the rubble.

One was an old man (maybe Gandhi or God or Jesus?)

the other was Benjamin Netanyahu (yes, I knew it was him

and I can only imagine he represented Israel).

I turned and looked at the people who were there, not sure who they were,

and we got out of the building.

As we climbed out of the building, there were people

(I think it was my son, don’t know who anyone else was),

and we could see that other people were caught in debris

and being rescued. I had a sense

that I needed to climb the hill that was in front of me.

I started climbing and pushing the boy

I was with to the top about halfway up, water started to pour into the valley

and I could hear the screaming of people as they were drowning.

Fear swept over me as I need to get me and Brandon?

Higher to the top of the hill. We survived.

At this point, we were in rows of buildings

and huge tornadoes were coming at us…

as if the tornadoes

(I’ve been through one so this has something to do with it, I am sure)

were coming to destroy the rest of us. As the tornados approached,

I could hear the roaring wind,

and we started to sing a hymn, don’t remember what it was

or if it were one, but it seemed like a hymn,

nd I could feel the building lean as if it were going over.

It didn’t.

Finally, we were at the very top of this hill and not many people were there.

We were building something and a word was spoken, but done so incorrectly.

I said that’s not how you say it, and I said it was said “tertiary” and then spelled it.

I looked at a girl and said “that’s a word we need to remember,

write it down for when we start civilization again”.

It was me or someone else said maybe God wants a new beginning

and we shouldn’t write it down.

I looked up tertiary, it means third level or order and I found this with Wikipedia -The term Third Order signifies, in general, lay members of religious orders, who do not necessarily live in community and yet can claim to wear the habit and participate in the good works of some great order. Roman Catholicism, Lutheranism and Anglicanism all recognize Third Orders. They were a twelfth-century adaptation of the medieval monastic confraternities. Members of third orders, are known as tertiaries. In some cases, they may belong to a religious institute (a "congregation") that is called a "third order regular". 

I Googled it with Christianity and it used

and refers sometimes to the Third Heaven where God dwells.

We turned and looked and we saw the world crumbling.

The person said if God doesn’t want us to remember anything from the past,

we should put it in his hands and she let go of the card with the words.

It blew up and swirled around and then was caught in a tree…

at that point water started rising again on the hill

and then started pouring over the hill from the other side….

Then my wife’s alarm went off.

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Peace and Unity or Power?

I have tried and tried to be more apolitical publicly the last few years. Apolitical meaning an apathy towards political affiliation because I want to be positive and not turn anyone away from The Gospel because they may not like who I support politically. 

Now, I have shied away from some social issues from abortion to sex trafficking to capital punishment which I am 100% against all three. Right now some of you are saying, "no, yes, yes" or "yes, yes, no" and that is fine. I try to be consistent, I am pro-life from conception to death. I do not believe anyone can outsin the cross and if we terminate their life before they accept Jesus, we are sending them to...well, not heaven. (Believe it or not, so many people within the faith community debate heaven and hell, their meanings, if they exist, etc.)

I have not agreed with every single President in my life and I sure have not since I came to faith and accepted Jesus, but I have prayed for each and every leader.

Bush 43...yes.

Obama...yes.

Trump...yes.

and now for President-elect Biden...yes.

I wanted peace, love and unity under each of these Presidents, not just when maybe one particular President was in power that I tended to agree more with.

So my question is an introspective question, but also for you who may be reading: Do you want peace and unity only when your person is in power, or do you want it no matter who is in power?

I guess a second question would be, why is that then?

Maybe it is because we do not really want peace and unity, we want power.

And only in that power can we have peace and unity within ourselves, and we forget that there are, in fact, great human beings that may not agree with every single thing that we do.

Yet, we vilify and make enemies of all that disagree with us, as we call for peace and unity.

I am writing this because it is so obvious after a political victory especially when one party has been out of power and then wins. 

It happened in 2016 and it is happening today.

I pray for peace and unity today, not because I want power, but because I want peace and unity.

Utopia vs. Reality Comparisons

We have a huge division in our country today and I am not sure anyone would disagree with that notion. 

It is not like we are not good at it because from sports teams to geographical rivals to politics, we seem to always be taking sides and arguing with those that are "against" us.

But I was listening or reading something not too long ago and I heard this point.

We have one side in today's divided country that compares everything to their utopian perfection, what they want us to be vs. those who do reality comparison - us vs. everyone else out there.

There are positives and negatives to both, but let's look at utopian comparison first.

The problem with wanting a utopia or perfection is it is never attainable.

Never.

We are constantly striving, fighting, protesting, rioting, or just angry because we never attain that utopia.

We cannot get to where we want to be.

It's both admirable and sad.

It's admirable because those people want better for themselves, for others, for the country.

It's sad, though, because if they never understand that utopia is unattainable, they will be eternally miserable.

Then there are those who do the reality comparison.

They see the country in comparison to other countries of the world.

The US is racist, compared to what?

The US is sexist, compared to what?

This reality comparison shows that the country is better than much of the rest of the world and we can be proud of that fact.

Reality comparison is both admirable and scary.

It is admirable because if you have traveled or done any type of research, there are reasons why thousands of people are willing to risk their lives to come to our country.

And because of that, we seem to be a pretty good country compared to the rest of the world.

It's scary, though, because if we play this game all of the time, then we do not improve, become better.

So we have these two competing sides and most of us are stuck in the middle attempting to live our lives as happily as possible.

As divided as it seems, however, we need both of these ideals in our country to show appreciation for what we have/are and what we need to continue progressing to be even better.

But we do not want to cooperate - cooperation too often equates with losing in today's world.

We want to come out swinging and then retreat to our corner surrounded by like minded believers only to come out swinging again.

Maybe that is the way forward.

But it just seems so...barbaric, uncooperative and well...divisive.

That's My King! by S.M. Lockridge

"The Bible says my King is a seven-way king.. 

He's the King of the Jews; that's a racial king.. 

He's the King of Israel; that's a national King.. 

He's the King of Righteousness. 

He's the King of the Ages.. 

He's the King of Heaven. 

He's the King of Glory. 

He's the King of Kings, and He's the Lord of Lords. 

That's my King. Well I wonder, do you know Him?

David said, "The Heavens declare the glory of God and the firmament shows His handiwork. 

My King is a sovereign King. 

No means of measure can define His limitless love. 

No far seeing telescope can bring into visibility the coastline of His shoreless supply. 

No barrier can hinder Him from pouring out His blessings. 

He's enduringly strong. 

He's entirely sincere. 

He's eternally steadfast. 

He's immortally graceful. 

He's imperially powerful. 

He's impartially merciful. 

Do you know Him? 

He's the greatest phenomenon that ever crossed the horizon of this world. 

He's God's Son. 

He's a sinner's Savior.. 

He's the centerpiece of civilization. 

He stands in the solitude of Himself. 

He's awesome. 

He's unique. 

He's unparalleled. 

He's unprecedented. 

He's the loftiest idea in literature. 

He's the highest personality in philosophy. 

He's the supreme problem in higher criticism. 

He's the fundamental doctrine of true theology. 

He's the cardinal necessity of spiritual religion.

He's the miracle of the age. 

He's the superlative of everything good that you choose to call Him.

 

He's the only one qualified to be an all sufficient Savior I wonder if you know Him today? 

He supplies strength for the weak. 

He's available for the tempted and the tried. 

He sympathizes and He saves. 

He strengthens and sustains. 

He guards and He guides. 

He heals the sick. 

He cleanses lepers. 

He forgives sinners. 

He discharges debtors. 

He delivers captives. 

He defends the feeble. 

He blesses the young.

He serves the unfortunate. 

He regards the aged. 

He rewards the diligent. 

And He beautifies the meek. 

I wonder if you know Him? 

Well, my King is the King. 

He's the key to knowledge. 

He's the wellspring to wisdom. 

He's the doorway of deliverance.

He's the pathway of peace. 

He's the roadway of righteousness . 

He's the highway of holiness. 

He's the gateway of glory 

Do you know Him? 

Well. His office is manifold. 

His promise is sure. 

His light is matchless. 

His goodness is limitless. 

His mercy is everlasting. 

His love never changes. 

His Word is enough. 

His grace is sufficient. 

His reign is righteous. 

And His yoke is easy, and his burden is light.

 

I wish I could describe Him to you, 

but He's indescribable. 

He's incomprehensible. 

He's invincible. 

He's irresistible. 

Well, You can't get Him out of your mind. 

You can't get Him off of your hand. 

You can't out live Him, 

And you can't live without Him. 

The Pharisees couldn't stand Him, but they found out they couldn't stop Him. 

Pilate couldn't find any fault in Him. 

The witnesses couldn't get their testimonies to agree. 

Herod couldn't kill Him. 

Death couldn't handle Him, 

And the grave couldn't hold Him. 

Yea!, that's my King, that's my King. 

Father."Yours is the Kingdom.and the Power.and the Glory.Forever".and ever, and ever, and ever and ever. How long is that? 

And when you get through with all the forevers, then.AMEN and AMEN!

We Are Getting Closer!

Many who read this may already know that I have started a 501 (c) (3), Cornerstone Hoops.

I want to use basketball to give young people hope and I want to give others the opportunity to be blessings for these children also.

If all goes as planned, I will have my tax exempt number in December and then we will really get rolling.

I have a website, I have some social media stuff out there and I have started a podcast as well as this blog which has been around for about a decade now.

My desire is to give young people hope and teach them some skills of basketball.

I want them to have fun when with us and I want to be able to donate shoes, clothes, food, anything that a specific community may need.

I already have contacts in Minot, North Dakota; Baton Rouge, Louisiana; Athens, Georgia; Louisville, Kentucky; Bangladesh; Pakistan; Israel and Palestine of people who are interested in having us show up and do our thing.

I ask for prayer first and foremost. 

I also ask for volunteers. My hope is that through donations, I can help to pay for volunteers to help so not much comes out of your pocket.

And I ask for you to consider joining with us financially so that we can do more to love everybody, always using the great game of basketball.

I want everyone who is considering financially supporting us, that I do many odd jobs to help fund myself already and will continue to do so as we move forward.

Please feel free to contact me at phunter@scsc.school or 502.445.6311 if you would like more info or would like to partner up.

So Which is it? I am Confused

I have been teaching in a jr. or sr. high school for almost 22 years now.

When I first started teaching, we hammered the students that they needed to go to college to increase their possibilities of success.

So we got a glut of students in college increasing their knowledge and maybe influencing their thought processes along the way. Those college educated people got jobs in cities and live their lives just fine.

In the last 10 years or so, we have really hammered that college isn't for everyone and that they don't have to go to college to be successful. They can go to a trade school, start a business, but that there are more options and don't feel badly if you do not attend college.

So the amount of students not attending a four year college has gone down some, and those people usually live where the jobs are, in rural, less populated areas.

Now we are seeing an ever increasing political divide.

Many think it's Democrat and Republican, but if you look at an electoral map, it's urban vs. rural.

Urban people tend to be more college educated, more "poor" minorities tend to live there and both groups tend to vote Democrat.

Rural areas tend to not have as many college educated people living there and the "poor" there often are white.

If you follow social media, which is one of my weaknesses, I see a growing anti-rural or anti-urban sentiment.

Those who live in the rural areas believe that the urban people are elite snobs and those in urban areas believe the rural people are hick racists.

It's my opinion that these feelings are being driven by having so much information at our fingertips.

How much would we actually know if we did not have 24/7 coverage on the news and social media running continuously?

But we do, so what do we do with it?

Do we guide students into college again so they can be properly educated and indoctrinated on the left politically way of thinking? 

Or do we continue to send kids where they will be successful even if it means a two year degree and living in a rural area and indoctrinated on the right political way of thinking?

Or we could look at the millions and millions of people who vote for each side and not generalize that they're all elitists or they're all racists.

All that does is further the divide between the two groups, and I am sorry to say, it's the only thing I see anymore.

My fear is that we will all continue to move to the far left and to the far right stretching the middle until there is nothing left remaining. Blinded by inability to see past our own belief systems. Blinded that what we may define something as may be defined differently by someone else. And our middle will stretch so thin that we all fall down on top of each other ruining the great thing we have here in the USA, and that's a life that's better than many, many places in the world.

But what do I know?