Tigger56

I take it by your words that a mask is mandated for you. I know so many lives have been in turmoil and I see it on so many faces when I go out. So many have masks on and I see no joy in their eyes. I even see people with masks on in their cars. I lift others in prayer everyday along with all the nations. I pray the sick be healed, the weak be shielded, and the fearful be comforted. I seek God's mercy. I know that I have been greatly blessed and am truly grateful, but my heart cries out for all the sadness around me. I do my best by giving a big smile to all (unencumbered by a mask). My life for the most part has continued as normal considering the circumstances. I have yet to quarantine myself to my home, I have continued to work. Our church stopped gathering for a couple of weeks but then continued having church services. I realize one can worship the Lord from home and many have too, but the greater power is in gathering, in united worship, praise, and light. I have been able to travel during all of this. My wife and I spent our anniversary in Gatlinburg, TN., her and I have been once to Myrtle Beach, SC to handle some church business and to enjoy the area. We then went back to Myrtle Beach, a couple of weeks later with some of our family. I hope you too will be able to soon travel again and enjoy the life the Lord has blessed you with in abundance. We haven't had rioting around here either and hope your community hasn't been subjected to that as well.

The world is going crazy! Well, actually already crazy but getting worse. Common sense is no longer common and fear is the action and word of the day. My wife just got a shirt that has written on it, "Faith over Fear". I have read that all Walmarts and all Sam's Clubs are going to start requiring a mask starting on the 20th. Easy, won't be going to either of them, don't feel a need to give them my money. Thus far since all of this craziness of the "mask", I haven't had to wear one. I do have one available if it absolutely cannot be avoided. It states on it, "This mask is useless". So am prepared if necessary! But thus for, Praise God, there have been other options. 't

Really? What about the elderly mom or dad in the nursing homes? Also I have had people I know restricted from seeing their loved ones in the hospital. One of my dear friends could only wave at his mother through a window at the hospital and yearned to hug his mother and be with her. I had a brother that recently had multiple strokes, he wasn't even sure where he was... frightened and alone yet no loved one was allowed to go to him (and this is America!), I guess I should just accept the new norm (I hate that term), and no I won't accept it and will keep fighting it. There is one lady in our church that is being denied spending time with her grandchildren because her daughter and son in law have bought into all the lies and are fearful to expose their children and will not allow her to visit at this time. I have to wonder what country you are in if you are not aware of these things!

Restrictions that seek to prevent couples and families from joining together need to be resisted and fought against for love grows in the presence of light and love. Love requires presence and communion. Love can last for a long time without presence if the love is deep and the heart is committed, but for love to grow requires presence. Be with those you love and those who love you, and in time spent together love will grow, and do not allow the wisdom of man to convince you that it is love to deprive loves light from joining together as one.

Some truth to that. But can't help but notice all the headlines of the virus in beach goers. The main stream news plays us by choosing what they will report and what they will not and what they stress as important and ignore other things. The news will post the great increase in the virus but fail to really mention that a lot of this is due to increased testing. Kayleigh McEnany, white house secretary stated this: But you won't find this in headlines " ... On April 6 the height of the pandemic, we did 151,525 tests. On Thursday, we conducted 635,587 tests. When you have a 5 fold increase in tests, you have a greater identification of cases ... Fatalities are at a 2 month low." Yet, I see, more panic being fueled in headlines. If Biden wins the election, the pandemic will disappear, if Trump wins it will continue ... all within the news! Another important statistic: Per the CDC, the state of Georgia is at 94% of its expected deaths (all causes) for this point of the year. South Carolina is at 101%. Florida is at 96%. New York City is at 201%, New Jersey is at 137%, Illinois is at 114%. Isn't it time people stop harping about masks and start asking tough questions of the governors of the blue states? If the virus is as bad and the main stream media desires us to think the parking lots of America would be filled with the dead.

Small expectations often brings small reward and minimal effort results in minimal gain for we most often reap as we sow, yet often those who do little expect great results and this can be seen in prayer and in our expectations of the Lord. When we seek little and do little, when we fail to walk in obedience and fail the Lord in so many ways, why do we still expect the Lord to do great and mighty things for us? Does not the Lord have expectations from those who call upon His name? Do the laws of harvest not apply unto us? One of the great laws of the harvest is that we reap what we sow and we also reap more than we sow, so we must sow in righteousness and we shall also reap in righteousness. Sow in the faith and belief that the Lord is mighty for His people and we shall reap as we sow. Walk always in obedience for in obedience there is great reward.

Nope, won't let you take the lazy way out. Research it with opened eyes. There is much out there. I would recommend staying away from all the main news channels when you do it. I do find Tucker Carlson on Fox news as a voice of reason in so much rhetoric of darkness.

What amazes me that YOU are always right as many others. You accuse some of us of not listening and being unteachable, but I for one see you and others the same way. We definitely all hold to our beliefs with great tenacity and compassion.

Tiggers don't have pointed heads! We have rounded ones with fur!

If you have a computer which I assume you do, look it up, truly research.

Or visa versa perhaps.

I am truly sorry that you caught the virus. I hope you will fully recover. You say that it is painful for supposed Christians to make the remarks you read. But isn't Christianity more than simply about yourself? You seem to be basing your feelings only upon what happened to you, but most do recover from this virus and many without the effects you have. Our church members have truthfully been very blessed in not having the virus. We do have one older couple that now know that they had the virus back in January. They had thought it was just a horrible flu. They have fully recovered with no lasting side effects. You have suffered and that is horrible but it does not justify the abuses of power seen, it doesn't justify the lies told and the harm done in the supposed fight against this virus. It doesn't justify the attempts to rob of us our freedoms, the attempts to close down economies. It doesn't justify the elderly not being able to see loved ones in nursing homes. It doesn't justify loved ones not being able to comfort one another at funerals. It doesn't justify the increase we have seen in suicides. It doesn't justify the loss of livelihoods as some businesses have been closed while others prosper. It doesn't justify the unreasonable fear placed in the masses. It doesn't justify the closing of schools. It doesn't justify the judgement place upon those who ignore these acts of a planned agenda of darkness. I see abuses of power, I see an agenda of darkness. I see unreasonable fear. I will continue to declare the truth and expose the lies of darkness as much as I can. I will not wear a mask, I will not stay in my home (unless I am sick). I will not forgo the assembling with like believers. If I get sick then I get sick. My life is in the Lord's hands and I will continue to fight for the freedom to worship when and how I desire along with other freedoms as well. If you cannot see the lies and agendas being set forth in an outright war against our freedoms and against our churches then I can only pray your eyes will be opened.

20. The virus only effects close loved ones of families that desire to attend funerals but can't due to the darkness of heart of our leaders, yet the virus does not effect the thousands that showed up for the funeral of the criminal, George Floyd.

What you consider to be a rant I look at as a continual reminder of the dangers we are facing as a nation and as Christians. It is alarming that so many do not see the dangers but instead focus exactly on what the media wants you to focus on. I am thankful for the freedoms I do have but that doesn't mean I want to give up other freedoms and continue down the slippery slope that the far left desperately seek for this nation. I appreciate that on this forum that you can continue to discuss matters that matter to the individual.... at least I thought we could without continually be referred to as "ranting". You can kept talking about what matters to you, I mean, we aren't limited to one time only, right? For is faith could only be stated once, or love only once then there goes a lot of the conversations. I know we are in a war against darkness and if I feel the need to keep reminding others... is that against this forum? You are correct that I don't social distance, I do not wear a mask, I stand for what I believe. I don't believe in violence in the streets, harming innocent people and destroying property. I do believe in voicing my concerns to my senator, governor, elected representatives. I believe in speaking out when others would prefer I be silent. I believe in walking in my faith in the Lord by speaking truth, defending truth and in applying truth. I have come to understand that truth is truth whether others believe it or not. The fact that your response to me is negative is also no surprise. But who knows perhaps in time....

Thank you for the support. I really do appreciate knowing that at least a few agree with some of the things I share!

17. The virus effects citizens from other countries differently. Social distancing in our country is 6 ft. in South Korea, Australia, Belgium, Germany, Greece, Italy and the Netherlands and Portugal it is 1.5 meters, In England it was 2 meters but discussing changing it to 1 meter. 1 meter is 3 ft 3.37 inches. So the virus travels differently or effects differently? 18. The virus effects beach goers negatively but rioters are immune!

Acquiescence is defined as the silent submission or passive acceptance of something without protest. All who stand for light and truth, all who love this nation and desire to defend the civil and religious liberties and freedoms that we have known must not be silent, we must rise up and we must protest loudly and boldly, for there is great danger in silent submission and passive acceptance, for without protest your silence will be seen as your acquiescence to the enemy that seeks to remove all that we have held so dear.

Absolutely

Go onto Google, type in any 3 random numbers and add the two words ... new cases ... and you will be surprised that no matter what 3 numbers you keep choosing there will be something about the Covid 19 virus. Go ahead ... try it!

Sounds great. However, the truth is that though the information given is correct .... it doesn't matter. The virus isn't airborne, the Mode of transmission: The COVID-19 virus spreads primarily through droplets of saliva or discharge from the nose when an infected person coughs or sneezes, so it’s important that you also practice respiratory etiquette (for example, by coughing into a flexed elbow). So I don't need a mask to prevent me from spitting on someone or even sneezing on them. That is common sense. Just like I don't need to be told to wash my hands, brush my teeth, or comb my hair. Anyway, once again, none of you truly know how to respond to the actual purpose of the post you just can't get off the defense of the mask. That is the remarkable effectiveness of darkness. Darkness hides itself behind lies, partial truths, misinformation, limited information, etc.... There has never been a response quite like what we have seen about this virus. It is the most unusual virus ever seen. It effects churches but not Walmart, it effects voting but not public rioting, it effects small businesses but not large corporations, it effects the general public but not the elite. It is amazing what this virus does and how it picks and chooses. In the concept of partial information, let me give you an example: We hear in the news constantly how many new cases of virus there are, how many deaths but never how many recover. The only deaths that are publicized continually are the ones from the virus, why don't they just go ahead and publicize the amount of deaths continually from cancer, heart disease, the flu, etc... its not complicated it is because it is an agenda of fear and of darkness. If you can watch the media and not realize that you are being fed exactly what they what to feed you with the slant they desire, with partial and inaccurate information, then I have some ocean front property in Kansas to sell you.

Actually masks can help spread the virus. I really wish people would educate themselves and not simply believe all that the media says. Think about these facts .... N95 masks and masks with exhale ports are for contaminated environments which filters the air you breath but does not filter the what you breath out so if you are infected and think you are helping others... you are not. Surgical masks are for sterile environments whereas if they are being used in outside and inside normal conditions they will clog quickly and be rendered useless if you come in contact with the virus. Your mask will actually capture the virus and you get to become a walking virus dispenser unless you change them out every 20 to 30 minutes. Whoopee. The last which I see on a lot of people is the cloth mask, homemade or otherwise. They offer NO filtering at all and helps capture the carbon dioxide you are breathing out which is unhealthy for you. They can become mildew ridden and will help you develop dry coughing, sore throat, etc.... which will cause alarm in others as they look at you in terror as a possible carrier. (I feel sorry for those with allergies in this season of fear as a cough can send people in a tizzy to get away!) The cloth masks ultimately are worse than wearing none. You're welcome.

If all lives mattered there wouldn't be abortion.

Psalms 23:1-6, "The Lord is my shepherd; I shall not want. (2) He makes me to lie down in green pastures: he leads me beside the still waters. (3) He restores my soul: he leads me in the paths of righteousness for his name's sake. (4) Yea, though I walk through the valley of the shadow of death, I will fear no evil: for you are with me; your rod and your staff they comfort me. (5) You prepare a table before me in the presence of my enemies: you anoint my head with oil; my cup runs over. (6) Surely goodness and mercy shall follow me all the days of my life: and I will dwell in the house of the Lord forever.” Evil and wickedness can only offer you reward and satisfaction in the physical for there is no eternal reward in wickedness, and those who are wicked and evil use fear as a weapon against you in the same way, they can only threaten you and harm you in the physical but can never remove rewards and blessings that are spiritual and eternal.

Compromise is indeed the acceptance of evil. We cannot placate evil in any aspect of our lives. We must not be captives unto evil ourselves otherwise how can we free the captives in this world. Light is most needed in darkness, and the light is brightest in darkness, so do not despair when darkness surrounds, replenish your oil, trim your lamp, and keep shining forth the light of hope and truth.

And once again the original post is ignored as so many would rather defend when their balloon gets popped. Look at the original post and reply not to the sentence about masks but in regards to light and darkness. Please.... try.