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Innocent Doves and Cautious Serpents. ... therefore prove yourselves cautious as serpents and yet innocent as doves ... on reading that particular Scripture ...
biblehub.com/matthew/10-16.htm
... so be wise as serpents and innocent as doves. New Heart English Bible ... yet if there be occasion for it, ... Matthew 24:25 See, I have told you ...
www.bible.ca/ef/expository-matthew-10-16.htm
Balancing Between Serpents and Doves “ ... Serpents and Doves . ... so be shrewd as serpents and innocent as doves .
https://ccsouthbay.org/blog/wise-serpent-innocent-dove
Therefore be wise as serpents and harmless as doves.” ... wise as serpents and innocent as ... What
I am not trying to take it out of context, nor misapply this scripture, but I am sure that you all get the point. And seeing as how we do live in a stress filled time, the "End Times," --- the apostle Paul told Timothy exactly what to look out for ! Just read, 1st Timothy, the 4th Chapter. And, 2nd Timothy, the whole Chapter 3 ! "But know also, that in the last days perilous times shall come..." --Verse 1. And at 2nd Tim. 4: 16, Paul said that, "but all men forsook me: I pray God that it may not be laid to their charge."
I have surely been "forsaken" too many times, no matter whose fault it might have been, and I will never say I was/ am perfect, yet I keep learning. I know that I just cannot have my own way, and other folks already had their families before I came along, so I must be even MORE PATIENT and long-suffering, and kind. But how many of us have all 9 fruits of the Spirit ?? Ha!
I also ran into a few women who were secretly, drug addicts, and they wanted me to give them money all the time to support their habit. Fact: the whole world is going to heck, and we Christians pray hard every night for God's KINGDOM to COME !! But that means we all will be judged. Are we all ready to meet our Maker ?
I have a very fine, nice, kind, friend who is smarter and more mature than I am, and she has already, "cleaned me up" quite a bit and helped me. I am embarrassed to learn just how far I have to go to be, "Normal," LOL ! And I just ate 2-- baloney sandwiches for super, so there goes my dang diet, again !! Well, I drink a lot of water, and things are slowly working out for me, but I really need to have more PATIENCE, and so I ask all of YOU good people to please pray for me.
Please pay attention to the Info and Intel about the American $$$$ -- dollar going down the tube, and I regret, perhaps very soon !! I even heard something dire about the date, 4-21-17, but then, I have been fed wrong information, too many times...... so I won't bet the next month's rent on that "News...." But still, we all need to be doing as much as we can. And I still believe that investing in tangible SILVER, is a smart, intelligent thing to do, especially when/ if the American Dollar is worthless ! As I have said many times, I was proud to vote for Mr. Trump and glad he is our new POTUS !! But all the king's horses and all the king's men, won't be able to put our American Dollar, back together again.... after Obama ruined it !! Sorry. Read the handwriting on the Wall ! Please remember..... even a smart, wise, business gentleman will have trouble doing a good job for THE PEOPLE, if he is hobbled, hog tied and hamstrung by the "Shadow Gov't" that Obama has put together even a year ago !!! Beware, Be Safe, but double the groceries and store up pure drinking water, every week ! Make sure that your firearms are clean, lightly oiled and then wiped off, with plenty of Ammo. Tell NO ONE about what you have in your house, or about your plans or fire arms, etc.! Teach all your children how important it is to just keep their mouths shut, and be discreet ! Pray to Father God, OFTEN, day and night, and teach your kids the right way to pray, and read the Bible with them.
Warm Regards,
Tom
----Here is the back yard of the sturdy house I owned in Union Grove, Wisconsin, in my name, only ! We grill out almost every day when it was warm outside ! but I lost my good wife, Sharon L. Schuckman, in death, about 5 years after we got married, and that fact really hurt me inside, and broke my heart..... I believe with all my heart that she is in Heaven, now. Bless you, Sharon, for driving all the way from Ohio, to see/ meet me, and become my dear wife.