Paint Party Friday: Shake the Nations!

I got this clock for free

from Watson's drugstore

(after buying a lot medicine!)

and decided to change the face.

"Nothing is as far away as a minute ago."

it says.

We can't bring back the past.

It's gone forever!

After the Jews were brought back from 

Babylonian exile and captivity,
they were so excited to build

 the temple and restore it. 
But then they got lazy and ungrateful, 

and for 16 years
they neglected the temple 

and allowed it to fall back into ruin.
They prioritized building THEIR OWN houses.

Then God spoke through Haggai the prophet, 
"Consider your ways! Go deep into the hill country;
bring timber and build the house that I may take
pleasure in it and receive my glory!" Haggai 1:8
Are we like the Jews, forgetting all God has done for us?
Wanting not God's best, but preferring what the world 
tries to pass off as the best for us?

"I will shake all the nations..."Haggai 2:7

A lot of preachers cite this verse

for what will happen at the end times

and say THAT is what is happening now-

earthquakes, severe weather conditions,

terrorism....

Is it a physical shaking?

Or is it like the shaking, the winnowing,

allowing the chaff to separate from the grains of wheat?

What would God want to separate?

The believers from the unbelievers?

The gold from the dross?

Correct teaching from false?

When times are difficult, 

more people turn to God.

I think that is why He will shake the world.

It does not matter if these are the 

end times or not.

For each one of us, there will be an end...

and a new beginning.

I like to think I'm investing for that

new beginning.

And I need to do it now!

Because a minute ago is gone forever

and the future depends

on what I do today!

Every week I choose one wonderful visitor

who leaves a comment

to receive an ATC from me.

I know it takes so much time and effort

to leave a comment

and I appreciate it soooo much!

This week,

Random.org chose

 #43, Connie who is a woman of 

many talents!

She is so creative with her sewing machine

and her guitar! 

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