What's Going On in France? Short Version

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Did You See It? California Meteor Shower August 9, 2021

Juliette's Dreams: Free E-Book

 

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¹⁷ “‘In the last days, God says,

    I will pour out my Spirit on all people.

Your sons and daughters will prophesy,

    your young men will see visions,

    your old men will dream dreams.

Acts 2:17

 

   God communicates in special ways.  He may touch your heart when you listen to a song.  He may send someone to speak an encouraging word or perform an act of kindness.  He may command your guardian angel to hide your car keys, causing you to leave home five minutes late – and avoid a fatal collision.

   Every night, when we close our eyes and His angels watch over us, our subconscious minds sort through the day’s events.  Sometimes the Lord will use that quiet time, when we are free from distractions, to examine our worries, show us solutions, and even reveal future events.

   Usually I don’t remember my dreams in the morning.  However, in November and December 2020, I received several dreams about the End Times that were so startling that I immediately wrote them down in a journal upon awakening.

   The first dream was about transhumanism and a foreign invasion on America’s West Coast.  It was so vivid that I felt like I was watching a movie.  The ensuing dreams were shorter, yet also rich in detail.  I had more of these astonishing dreams in the summer of 2021.  I believe that God has shown me glimpses not only of my own future, but also of significant events scheduled to happen on Earth.   

   I have collected these dreams in a free e-book, Juliette's Dreams: Volume I.  

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   Civilization is disintegrating.  Medical crises, runaway inflation, supply chain disruptions, Internet hacks, power outages, devastating storms, bloody riots, unidentified aerial phenomena, transhumanism, and even creepy robot dogs -- this bizarre new reality imperils everyone on Earth.

   When I was a kid, my friends and I joked about the End of the World as if it were a game.  If you had to outsmart aliens, androids, or zombies, where would you hide?  A cave?  A tropical island?  How long would you stay there?  What survival gear would you bring?

   Now we’re facing the sobering truth that this is not a game.  

   Realizing that life on Earth is fragile, preppers are rushing to stockpile canned food and pack bug out bags.   If electricity and the Internet abruptly vanish, cell phones and computers will be useless.   We will gather around battery-powered radios and read books by candlelight.

   For my Christian readers, I have created a free e-book with essential Bible study resources, including Psalm 91 and God's Positive Answers.  While we still have Internet access, you are welcome to download this free handbook, print it out, store it with your Bibles in your emergency supplies, and share it with your family and friends.  

   Please contact me with your suggestions for future editions of this handbook.

 

The Story of the Two Wolves

Pixabay.com public domain illustration

One evening an old Lakota told his grandson about a battle that goes on inside people.

He said, "My son, the battle is between two wolves inside us all. One is evil. It has anger, envy, jealousy, doubt, sorrow, regret, greed, arrogance, self pity, guilt, resentment, inferiority, lies, false pride, superiority, and ego."

He continued, "The other is good. It has joy, peace, serenity, humility, kindness, benevolence, empathy, generosity, forgiveness, truth, compassion, and faith."

The grandson thought about it for a minute, and then asked his grandfather, “Which wolf wins?"

The old Lakota simply replied, “The one you feed.”

Lessons From History

Public domain artwork credit: Pixabay 

I found this quote from Professor Barker on social media; we need these encouraging words in our troubled times.

History is the story of what men and women have thought and done in the past. 

It tells how they have lived and struggled and worked. 

It tells how they have suffered from errors, false ideas, and misfortunes. 

But it tells also how they have continued for many thousands of years to make the world always a happier and more comfortable place in which to live. 

There are sad, discouraging chapters in the book of history, but it tells a cheerful story when we read it as a whole, for the successes of the men and women of the past have been far greater than their failures. 

From these peoples of the past, we have gained a background of strength, of ability, and of courage.

                                                     

Eugene Campbell Barker (1874 – 1956)                               

Chair of the History Department

The University of Texas

The Great Reset: College & Careers

Since my last blog post, the construction dust of the Great Reset has started to settle.  We did not ask for this Brave New World of lockdowns and social restrictions, but we grown-ups have gamely attempted to adjust to it. 

It is not easy to be so greatly jarred out of our comfort zone.  Should we expect things to go back to normal soon?  In a few years?  During our lifetimes?

Over the past few months, I have noticed a bellwether change.  Money and status -- elements of modern life that used to be of paramount importance -- have lost their luster.  If you are not driving a quarter-million-dollar sports car by the time you turn thirty, maybe it is because that goal has become meaningless.

New priorities are emerging.  People are assessing who they are, what they have, and where they want to be right now.  The five-year plan, once the hallmark of a business professional, is rarely brought up in an interview anymore.   How could applicants possibly know what they will be doing, let alone what the world will look like, a few years from now?

 

Social isolation has wreaked havoc with colleges and careers. 

 

Let’s look at the pandemic’s impact on higher education.  With many universities closed, classes have moved online.  This is not the way that most students envisioned pursuing their academic dreams.  When the dorms closed, the social atmosphere evaporated.  Where is the sense of camaraderie created by embarking on this big adventure with one’s classmates?  How will students build the priceless lifelong friendships that college inspires? 

Another joy of higher education is taking classes taught by that guy – the professor everyone loves, who cracks jokes while he compacts the rise and fall of the Roman Empire into ninety minutes.  Devoid of a lively on-campus environment, education breaks down into cold, mechanical steps: read the chapters, write the paper, take the test.  The computer screen is both a window and a barrier.  We can see and hear the teacher, but interaction is strained. 

Online classes, therefore, demand a higher level of self-motivation.  If attending college is far more about earning a piece of paper than enjoying the journey, students will have to decide if that goal is worth both the cost and the effort.  Before the pandemic, nearly half of college students dropped out before the end of their freshman year.  Will we see that statistic climb in 2020?

Let’s suppose that students – especially those who are close to graduation – chug through their remaining classes and earn their degrees.   Now they are applying for jobs…side by side with over thirty million people who lost their steady paychecks during the pandemic.  

The competition for good jobs is fiercer now than during the Great Recession. 

And that economic downturn was no cakewalk, as anyone who survived it can tell you.

About ten years ago, an interesting phenomenon emerged: after many jobs were eliminated and unemployment benefits ran out, millions of people disappeared.  Poof.  Gone.  No, not raptured to a better place.  They were still here in the Earthly realm.  But they stepped outside of The System.

During the Great Recession, the government expected laid off workers to either find another job or go back to school and train for a new career.  But when millions of former employees fell off the radar, data analysts coined the phrase, “discouraged workers” to explain their absence from labor reports.

Discouraged was an inaccurate label.  The truth is that these former employees reinvented themselves.  They discovered new ways to earn money.  They created small businesses.  They raised alpacas and created artisan goods.  They built tiny houses from reclaimed materials.  They started blogs and vlogs.  They sold their furniture, bought sailboats, and traveled the world. 

They had adventures.

Some eventually returned to the nine-to-five world, with the confident and fearless expectation of one day again setting out into the unknown.

Bloggers are armchair sociologists; we analyze trends and guestimate what will happen next, tasks infinitely more challenging in 2020 than ever before.  Once the economy improves, I predict that we will see a greater variety of jobs return (albeit with online interviewing, social distancing, and other modifications).  This will improve the odds for job seekers to find a position related to their education and work experience.

As the lockdowns and social restrictions continue, however, not only is society reinventing itself, but also many employees are examining their job duties, their working conditions, and their career goals.  Just as in the Great Recession, it is likely that we will continue to see working-age adults pursue options – temporarily or permanently -- outside of the traditional job market.