When I was a young boy, now over 75 years ago, my mother decided it was time for me to sleep in the bedroom on the third floor, near the attic, directly under the roof of the house. The room had a iron bed, a chair and a dark walk-in cupboard like structure covered by a large curtain. I was sure there were monsters in that cupboard and also under my bed, who on some mornings would just love to grab me. Although I was perfectly safe in bed, I knew that once I try to get up in the morning, they would pounce on me. It would be a horrible slaughter!
So I figured out if I could surprise them while they were still waking from sleep, they would be unable to catch me. So waking some mornings, I would lie quietly with the blankets safely pulled over my head and then suddenly leap up, jump out of bed, open the door and fly 4 steps at a time down the 3 stairways to the safety of the kitchen where my mother was preparing breakfast. I would be safe! I can now say, it worked every time.
But the monsters under the bed have come back. What about yours?
Do you not feel at this time in Canada, we all have monsters under our beds?
The big – T – word – that cruelly rhymes with gifts – is everywhere; in the papers, on TV, in the media and on the lips of those who are – or soon hope to be – commanding the beautiful ship “Canada”. There are rough seas ahead they say, we need to stay focused on a new course with full sails, everyone for Canada, all the way! Let’s get busy to protect our lives, our jobs and our incomes. It’s now Canada’s time to mature and seek its own way in the world, for our neighbours have gone roque, saying: ‘We had enough of giving hand-outs, it is pay-back time. And they say it is not just us, it is so for the whole world, in big and small ways. We’re done!’
Folks, this may bring us tough times, let’s hope when it starts, there will not be many job losses and economic pain. We pray, it will not be so severe, as we worship, work, shop and carry on our daily lives.
You may wonder, just one man able to cause these upsets? …….and where then is God?
Years ago, I heard a speech given by Dr. John N. Gladstone at a Canadian Charity (CCCC) convention shortly after the fall and demise of the Iron Curtain. He said: the people of Bulgaria, having now gained their independence are asking each other as they look forward to form a new government: ‘Where is God? Have you seen God lately?’
Some years ago, pastor Dr. Stephen Tong, a Chinese Indonesian Reformed pastor (some call him the Billy Graham of the East) from Jakarta, Indonesia, while speaking in New York said: ‘When in history we see many world shaking events, we need to be awake and pay attention, for God is moving! He is causing these events to rouse us awake, to show us who is in control’. My Dutch friend called the other week and told me again: ‘Jon, God is moving us closer to His goal, things are centralizing, like the winding up of a clock, maybe next year we will be dancing in heaven!’
Are you afraid of the monsters under your bed?
Say with me: God is good, all the time; all the time, God is good!
JS March 31, 2025
NOTE: April 2, 2025 in the White House Rose Garden, we are holding our breath &/or exhaling!
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