I cast my vote, what will you do?

To begin with; I know this blog is not the norm. Please bear with me as I am directed to write. You see when a person follows Jesus Christ, and listen to the Spirit beckening them, they out of boldness and no fear will do a lot of amazing things. I take for granted the verse in the Word of God that says, take no thought of what you will say, "I will put the words in your mouth." Glory to God, Praise Him. To begin with, let me give to you my testimony of what God has, and is now doing in my life. My name is Larry Lakey. My wife and I use the name LARJAN, abreviation of larry and janet. I believe God has given each one of us a name, our names are to stand out; with this I mean if we follow God, we should not hide behind a stage name. This is coming from me, not the Word of God, this is what larry lakey believes.

Janet and I was living in a little community in NE Texas. Times were really hard for us. We had bought a place close to my sister and her husband. They were in bad health and needed a lot of care. Anyway I was hired as a security guard for a roofing manufacturer in a little town close by. It was a fairly large company and I worked from 10 at night until 6am in the morning. My job was to leave the guard house once each hour, check the status of all the equipment inside, search the building for intruders, read the guages, check the fire temperature in the fire pit, and then walk around the whole perimeter. Now this was a very large spooky place, dark and all I had was a flashlight. It was so scary that as soon as I left the guard house, I would begin to pray. To top it off a railroad track ran right by the plant, and this was the time when the mass killer that rode the freight trains and killed people at different places. I later found out that after he had killed a person at a little town close by that he rode a train right by where I worked!

I have been a christian for many years. I accepted the Lord when my first wife and I had a farm in North Texas. It was a very small church, a hand full of members. Later I made my home in Dallas, Texas, worked at an Electronic distributor for 25 years and retired as a vice president of the company. My wife and I was like so many, we became very materialistic, we had large beautiful houses, raised 6 children, and was in other words unhappy with what we have, as so many that are trying so hard to keep up their status do. I thought that having a lot of things would bring joy and happiness. I always thought in church that if we could give our 10% tithes and listen to what the preacher had to say that this would be good enough. Now like so many others being materialistic and trying to raise a family on a 6 figure income that still would not quite stretch, in order to have what we wanted; so many times we could not pay our 10% to the church! Not that we didn't want to, we really was made to feel quite guilty, but to keep up our unhappy life styles we were slack on tithes! Does this sound familiar to you. The words in Malachi "Will a man rob God", kept resounding in our minds, thinking all along that all God through Malachi was talking about is money. We have been literally brainwashed into thinking that all that matters is MONEY.

Brother Rick Warren has said, and I have come to believe the same thing; "Being rich is not a sin, a sin is dying rich. We cannot outgive God, if our heart is right. Tithing is old testament to support the Levites and the temple. "What don't you know that you are the temple of God." We as Christians should be thinking about giving all we have in Godly (Agape) love, money, time, and possessions if this is what God wants. You see, it (christianity) is not about us, it is about God. We are not to be people pleasers, but be God pleasers, with what manner of good works we can glorify and magnify His name with. It is our responsibility to take care of the poor and needy, the widows and the orphans, feed, clothe, and live a life worthy of His Name. Amen!!

Janet and I receive e-mails nearly everyday political in nature from preachers and others and quite frankly it turns our stomaches to know that politicians are being let use the sacredness of the church to get their messages across. When are we that are called by His name going to seek His face, and pray. If we all would do this then Jesus would heal our butchered land. Our country was founded by the fathers to remove the tyranny of religion, and that we could all have a free mind, not brain washed. While on the subject of tyranny, have you ever received an e-mail that started something like this; "I see you have some good knowledge of the bible." This also comes from a person using a stage name instead of a real name. Someone who wont admit to it, but has been indoctrinated by the theology of man. Lets put God back in control. We that are Christians know what the bible says, if we don't shame on us, we don't need fear of man in our lives. We are all to work out our salvation with fear and trembling. I want you to know that I love you all with Agape love, my prayer is that we all put God back in control of our lives, help the poor and needy, the widows and the orphans, and all learn to love and come together in unity, fellowship, trust, and peace. Have a beautiful God filled Christmas season, and our wish for you is to have a happy, and spiritual rich new year. God bless larry