“For although we do live in the world, we do not wage war in a worldly way; because the weapons we use to wage war are not worldly. On the contrary, they have God’s power for demolishing strongholds. We demolish arguments and every arrogance that raises itself up against the knowledge of God; we take every thought captive and make it obey the Messiah.”
I’m reminded of CS Lewis, writing in 1948 “…This is the first point to be made:and the first action to be taken is to pull ourselves together. If we are all going to be destroyed by an atomic bomb, let that bomb when it comes find us doing sensible and human things-praying, working, teaching, reading, listening to music, bathing the children, playing tennis, chatting to our friends over a pint and game of darts-not huddled together like frightened sheep and thinking about bombs. They may break our bodies (A microbe can do that) but they need not dominate our minds.”
Jeff, well needed reassurance for some of our fellow C&Cer's.
We're in an ongoing psychological warfare operation that's world-wide. The enemy uses chaos to sew fear. They use patterns of chaos, calm, chaos and so on...All to destabilize people.
Al of the folks I knew from the great depression, while growing up shared 2-unique (unique to folks of the greatest generation) ideas with me: There's no free lunch and the sun will come out again, it always does.
Lastly if it wasn't for this assault on humanity (as God originally made us versus Klaus and the hard drive in the head version) I'd never would have come to know such a great group of folks and an outstanding attorney. Jeff has shared the simple and yet vast power of facts and evidence.
Well done sir. I went down the rabbit hole early on, and found myself gobbling up all kinds of fodder that fed the fear monster. I did a pretty good job of keeping things in their respective compartments: (things proven to be true, things that appeared true, things that made a great story but not proven, etc....) but I started losing my ability to see the sun come up the next day, and my social life suffered. My lovely wife was gracious enough to point it out to me. When she did I saw it immediately and began adding just two words to every scary story I read. "but God" and things began to change. The dark clouds began to move away and I saw things for what they really were. A few clever evil folks doing a pretty good job of herding a blinded population toward a cliff, but the bite they've taken is way too big for even their egos to chew. They've given it even better than the old college try I'd say, but the light is getting too bright for them to continue their charade.
Apr 27, 2023·edited Apr 27, 2023Liked by Jeff Childers
Thank you Jeff for that breather. I have taken a step back from all the “news” lately. Been sick, have guests at the house with us, processing the sudden death of a dear friend (not vaxxed) and am just tired mentally from all the fear and bad news.
It’s not bad to step back and get a different perspective of life. Enjoy the sunshine, stop and smell the roses for a bit, breathe some fresh air, exercise, converse with friends and family about something else and stop commenting on everything once in a while.
Our minds need a break too. Our emotions need a break. We need to refocus where our hope is and who our hope is in. It’s not in DeSantis or Trump or RFK Jr. It’s not in actors or musicians or scientists or teachers. It’s not even in our own selves. Until we solidify who our hope is in, the rest won’t matter.
Take some time today fellow C&C friends and smell some roses and appreciate the beauty God has given us. If even just for one day.
PS - I was gifted with a bird nest right outside our living room window two weeks ago. It was a Cardinal. She laid 3 eggs and I watched her everyday guard those eggs. I watched them hatch. I watched the beautiful red male come and bring food to the new babies. It was an amazing display right in front of me of the birds of the air. For the first time in my life I became a bird nerd checking on mama throughout every day. I watched those babies fall out of the little nest and learn to fly. Literally within 5 feet of my view. So thankful God gave me a front seat into that breath of new life!
“I’ll end with this. If it hadn’t been for that awful government-induced pandemic, you would never have found the community of all the other like-minded folks who just want to be free and let alone by the government, your new friends and your new extended family.”
How very accurate! Add that many people renewed their belief and trust in God.
I discovered the infiltration of my Church and turned back to Traditional Catholicism. I’ve never been so encouraged and happy in participating in Mass and finding fellow believers.
By various accounts, the Bible says we should not be afraid more than 300 times, with some specifying “365 times”. It seems the Old Testament and New Testament generations had a whole lot to fear back in their times, so if they can heed this divine advice, so the heck should we. Be. Not.Afraid.
Although I am a regular reader, I have never commented before. I loved your post today. So true. Fear has the potential to cripple anyone and developing the ability to take one’s thoughts captive matters significantly to our personal wellbeing. It would be an interesting stat to understand how much the levels of anxiety for our society have risen over the last few years. Stay diligent. Focus on the “whatsoever” things. (Philippians 4:8). Blessings to you!
I'm reading through my Bible this year and am up to the OT prophets. They predicted doom by the ungodly for Israel because of her disobedience to God. (Sound familiar?) Yet, a remnant would be saved and then ultimately God will restore them.
Habakkuk 3: 17-19 sums it up:
For though the fig tree does not blossom, and no fruit appears on the vine, Though the yield of the olive fails and the terraces produce no nourishment, Though the flocks disappear from the fold
and there is no herd in the stalls, Yet I will rejoice in the LORD and exult in my saving God.
GOD, my Lord, is my strength; he makes my feet swift as those of deer and enables me to tread upon the heights.
Day 4 off FOX and I’ve already stripped the deck and got it ready for new stain. And…taking the little grands to feed the ducks today! The evil is still palpable but embracing a little good is highly rejuvenating! Thanks for the reminder Jeff! 👍👏
As I read this I thought of my newest favorite words from the Bible, but God. I already saw it in the comments 💜 I didn’t have too much fear in 2020 but 2021 almost killed me. As the vax roll out began, I believe I had a mental breakdown. I cried all the time and couldn’t eat or sleep for months. I read the Bible, watched several sermons a day and prayed. I thought I would never smile or laugh again. My parents, in their 80’s, who I help a lot were so worried about me. I fought faith over fear every moment of the day. I live in a blue state which didn’t help and we remained locked down longer than any other state, I believe. Now I am almost normal. I can do things but I don’t like being away from my house. I believe the federal reserve has to crash and that is scary because no idea what will happen after but I don’t believe God turned his back on us to live in what we created, like I feared He might have done. My husband lost his job for refusing the jab and it never concerned me at all. I trusted God in that. He only went a couple months without work before getting a new job. I believe this bad stuff is happening to shine a light in the darkness and rid us of some of this evil. I wish I would have found you earlier but in the last year + I have appreciated your words and look forward to your thoughts every day. I spend more time in the comments than it takes to read your article 😄 it is a great group for sharing and encouragement. Thank you all!
"Trust me." Those words fell over me like a blanket at around 3am after several very restless nights. I'm sleeping better now. I don't need to ask for anything, I just need to trust.
“For although we do live in the world, we do not wage war in a worldly way; because the weapons we use to wage war are not worldly. On the contrary, they have God’s power for demolishing strongholds. We demolish arguments and every arrogance that raises itself up against the knowledge of God; we take every thought captive and make it obey the Messiah.”
— 2 Corinthians 10:3-5 CJB
Just the title make me “♥️” before I even read C&C this morning. Please never stop doing what you do Jeff . God bless you & your family. We ♥️ you.
I’m reminded of CS Lewis, writing in 1948 “…This is the first point to be made:and the first action to be taken is to pull ourselves together. If we are all going to be destroyed by an atomic bomb, let that bomb when it comes find us doing sensible and human things-praying, working, teaching, reading, listening to music, bathing the children, playing tennis, chatting to our friends over a pint and game of darts-not huddled together like frightened sheep and thinking about bombs. They may break our bodies (A microbe can do that) but they need not dominate our minds.”
Jeff, well needed reassurance for some of our fellow C&Cer's.
We're in an ongoing psychological warfare operation that's world-wide. The enemy uses chaos to sew fear. They use patterns of chaos, calm, chaos and so on...All to destabilize people.
Al of the folks I knew from the great depression, while growing up shared 2-unique (unique to folks of the greatest generation) ideas with me: There's no free lunch and the sun will come out again, it always does.
Lastly if it wasn't for this assault on humanity (as God originally made us versus Klaus and the hard drive in the head version) I'd never would have come to know such a great group of folks and an outstanding attorney. Jeff has shared the simple and yet vast power of facts and evidence.
Thanks and God Bless.
Well done sir. I went down the rabbit hole early on, and found myself gobbling up all kinds of fodder that fed the fear monster. I did a pretty good job of keeping things in their respective compartments: (things proven to be true, things that appeared true, things that made a great story but not proven, etc....) but I started losing my ability to see the sun come up the next day, and my social life suffered. My lovely wife was gracious enough to point it out to me. When she did I saw it immediately and began adding just two words to every scary story I read. "but God" and things began to change. The dark clouds began to move away and I saw things for what they really were. A few clever evil folks doing a pretty good job of herding a blinded population toward a cliff, but the bite they've taken is way too big for even their egos to chew. They've given it even better than the old college try I'd say, but the light is getting too bright for them to continue their charade.
Thank you Jeff for that breather. I have taken a step back from all the “news” lately. Been sick, have guests at the house with us, processing the sudden death of a dear friend (not vaxxed) and am just tired mentally from all the fear and bad news.
It’s not bad to step back and get a different perspective of life. Enjoy the sunshine, stop and smell the roses for a bit, breathe some fresh air, exercise, converse with friends and family about something else and stop commenting on everything once in a while.
Our minds need a break too. Our emotions need a break. We need to refocus where our hope is and who our hope is in. It’s not in DeSantis or Trump or RFK Jr. It’s not in actors or musicians or scientists or teachers. It’s not even in our own selves. Until we solidify who our hope is in, the rest won’t matter.
Take some time today fellow C&C friends and smell some roses and appreciate the beauty God has given us. If even just for one day.
PS - I was gifted with a bird nest right outside our living room window two weeks ago. It was a Cardinal. She laid 3 eggs and I watched her everyday guard those eggs. I watched them hatch. I watched the beautiful red male come and bring food to the new babies. It was an amazing display right in front of me of the birds of the air. For the first time in my life I became a bird nerd checking on mama throughout every day. I watched those babies fall out of the little nest and learn to fly. Literally within 5 feet of my view. So thankful God gave me a front seat into that breath of new life!
“I’ll end with this. If it hadn’t been for that awful government-induced pandemic, you would never have found the community of all the other like-minded folks who just want to be free and let alone by the government, your new friends and your new extended family.”
How very accurate! Add that many people renewed their belief and trust in God.
I discovered the infiltration of my Church and turned back to Traditional Catholicism. I’ve never been so encouraged and happy in participating in Mass and finding fellow believers.
Thanks, Jeff, for your positive segment today.
Thank you. Yea tho I walk through the valley of the shadow of death I will fear no evil.
By various accounts, the Bible says we should not be afraid more than 300 times, with some specifying “365 times”. It seems the Old Testament and New Testament generations had a whole lot to fear back in their times, so if they can heed this divine advice, so the heck should we. Be. Not.Afraid.
My favorite part of the morning is reading C&C. Thank you, Jeff.
Although I am a regular reader, I have never commented before. I loved your post today. So true. Fear has the potential to cripple anyone and developing the ability to take one’s thoughts captive matters significantly to our personal wellbeing. It would be an interesting stat to understand how much the levels of anxiety for our society have risen over the last few years. Stay diligent. Focus on the “whatsoever” things. (Philippians 4:8). Blessings to you!
Inside the Bible :
Fear not (appears 302 times in 129 verses)
Do not be afraid (33 X in 7 vss)
Be anxious for nothing (1 vs)
Do not fear (66 X 20 vss)
Do not worry (24 X 7 vss)
I will not fear (3X 3 vss)
Whom shall I fear? (1 vs)
I will not be afraid (2 X 2 vss)
Do not be dismayed (99 X 16 vss)
It is the most repeated command in all of the Bible .
I'm reading through my Bible this year and am up to the OT prophets. They predicted doom by the ungodly for Israel because of her disobedience to God. (Sound familiar?) Yet, a remnant would be saved and then ultimately God will restore them.
Habakkuk 3: 17-19 sums it up:
For though the fig tree does not blossom, and no fruit appears on the vine, Though the yield of the olive fails and the terraces produce no nourishment, Though the flocks disappear from the fold
and there is no herd in the stalls, Yet I will rejoice in the LORD and exult in my saving God.
GOD, my Lord, is my strength; he makes my feet swift as those of deer and enables me to tread upon the heights.
He's our only hope no matter what happens!!
Day 4 off FOX and I’ve already stripped the deck and got it ready for new stain. And…taking the little grands to feed the ducks today! The evil is still palpable but embracing a little good is highly rejuvenating! Thanks for the reminder Jeff! 👍👏
As I read this I thought of my newest favorite words from the Bible, but God. I already saw it in the comments 💜 I didn’t have too much fear in 2020 but 2021 almost killed me. As the vax roll out began, I believe I had a mental breakdown. I cried all the time and couldn’t eat or sleep for months. I read the Bible, watched several sermons a day and prayed. I thought I would never smile or laugh again. My parents, in their 80’s, who I help a lot were so worried about me. I fought faith over fear every moment of the day. I live in a blue state which didn’t help and we remained locked down longer than any other state, I believe. Now I am almost normal. I can do things but I don’t like being away from my house. I believe the federal reserve has to crash and that is scary because no idea what will happen after but I don’t believe God turned his back on us to live in what we created, like I feared He might have done. My husband lost his job for refusing the jab and it never concerned me at all. I trusted God in that. He only went a couple months without work before getting a new job. I believe this bad stuff is happening to shine a light in the darkness and rid us of some of this evil. I wish I would have found you earlier but in the last year + I have appreciated your words and look forward to your thoughts every day. I spend more time in the comments than it takes to read your article 😄 it is a great group for sharing and encouragement. Thank you all!
"Trust me." Those words fell over me like a blanket at around 3am after several very restless nights. I'm sleeping better now. I don't need to ask for anything, I just need to trust.