Look at Psalm 2:2 The kings of the earth set themselves, and the rulers take counsel together, against the LORD, and against his anointed, saying,..{Don't fight or switch, Ask of the Lord...}

Is any king great enough to break the bands of God? No.

How many a king and great one sets his authority above the authority of the Lord? There are those whose kingdoms are godly and those whose kingdoms are not. A shameful position to be in, but a real quandry for the ones whose lot is to contend for dominions.

“We didn’t start the fire!”{Billy Joel reminds us} we inherited this struggle. Sometimes we think we are fighting for our inheritance and our father’s honor. God calls us, wherever we are in the struggle, to look at who or what we are fighting for. Jesus calls us o'er the tumult Of our life's wild, restless sea, Day by day His sweet voice soundeth, Saying, "Christian, follow Me."~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ As of old apostles heard it By the Galilean lake, Turned from home and toil and kindred, Leaving all for His dear sake.~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Jesus calls us from the worship Of the vain world's golden store, From each idol that would keep us, Saying, "Christian, love Me more."~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ In our joys and in our sorrows, Days of toil and hours of ease, Still He calls in cares and pleasures, "Christian, love Me more than these."~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Jesus calls us: by Thy mercies, Saviour, may we hear Thy call, Give our hearts to Thine obedience, Serve and love Thee best of all.~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~

The rich young ruler shows us Jesus' fond affection for righteous endeavors. Am I going to inherit the kingdom, if I have done so much for it’s people? What else could I have done? Is there another labor to accomplish? That isn’t the question. It is not about adorning the gospel and the kingdom of Christ with your rich presence.

Come, ye sinners, poor and needy, Weak and wounded, sick and sore; Jesus ready stands to save you, Full of pity, love and pow'r; He is able He is able, He is able He is willing; doubt no more! He is willing; doubt no more!

Come, ye needy, come and welcome; God's free bounty glorify; True belief and true repentance, Ev'ry grace that brings you nigh, Without money Without money, Without money, Come to Jesus Christ and buy! Come to Jesus Christ and buy!

Let not conscience make you linger Nor of fitness fondly dream; All the fitness He requireth Is to feel your need of Him: This He gives you— This He gives you— This He gives you— 'Tis the Spirit's glimm'ring beam! 'Tis the Spirit's glimm'ring beam!

Come, ye weary, heavy laden, Bruised and broken by the fall; If you tarry till you're better, You will never come at all: Not the righteous Not the righteous Not the righteous Sinners Jesus came to call; Sinners Jesus came to call.

Lo! th'incarnate God ascended, Pleads the merit of His blood; Venture on Him, venture wholly, Let no other trust intrude; None but Jesus, None but Jesus, None but Jesus Can do helpless sinners good. Can do helpless sinners good.

I love Teddy Roosevelt’s character personified in history, as an example of American and New York ambition. There are those whose ambition and grit adorn history by it’s deeply set. I identify with Teddy sometimes. Always shaking the status quo, was he. His quote in England was about hating that royalty was so much a given he wanted to tear it down and take over. That is the American way, sometimes.

Just tear it down. Not God’s dominion is to be torn down, not at all. Submission to providence, that is deeply engrained in the North Carolina way is the antithesis of Teddy Rooseveltish religiosity. A militant progression of takeover. Not that!

Like stairs coming down from the attic, what Jesus said to the rich young ruler was submit to the authority of Christ, for Christ’s sake. Not for the authority that buying and having can get you. If Christ is your authority, He gets the Glory and you are loved by Christ, whomever you are, rich or poor.

The ambition that God attends is the ambition to see godliness passed on as an inheritance. Codifying the truths and pressing them home into the soul. Life with Father--{Jayne interpretation through the sieve of loving the angry father in my life} chapter 1 Clarence Day said there is one thing my father taught me and that is that the opposite of materialism is not savagery and cowboy living, it is godliness with contentment that is great gain, {instructed Mrs. Day}. An amazing discovery. We are to sharpen the inheritances of faith that we have received. We do not discover Christ anew, every generation, we grow more deeply and find greater ways to pass His love along to the next generation. Follow me as I follow Christ…He is the fountain!

On how we love the older women in our lives?

I really think that it is a man’s responsibility to referee between the generations of women that

God has blessed him with. There is a salvation to be won. She shall be saved. Future tense. Some generations have it easy. Some not so easy. He has to instruct younger to respect and grow to live with even the most difficult of mothers, after he has bandaged up her scars from the battle that they have cut and scarred eachother in. Now healing is going to be in reconciliation and forgiveness.

In my Opinion!

There is nothing more fulfilling in a man’s ministry than seeing some of the sins of the mothers not repeated in his daughters. Dwell with her according to knowledge. She is scarred and burned. She needs healing. She is strong and confident she need molding and sharpening. He has a responsibility to fit her for service on earth and heaven at last.

She shall be saved.

Future tense. She may not be saved on this side of heaven, {I think may be implied perhaps} the deception is so rampant and pervasive. She may be deceived that she has forgiven others and been forgiven and she is just walking with harbored grudges. God only knows how many women have devoutly entered hell with just such a deception.

She shall be saved by grace through faith. Not the appearance of faith. Not the ignorance of sin. Repentance and faith. We are so religious and yet so often deceivedly devout.

I imagine that Herodias, herself was a very religious woman and yet she was the enemy of John the Baptist and probably brought his head to her god as a sacrifice. Deceived in religion. We have sects of supposed Christendom that are akin to these deceptions and so many women fall prey to them. Help us Holy Ghost.