I think we have failed greatly ...not with making the Word of God available, but in living what it says. Now, none of us live it to extent that we should ...but, we should not change what it says, or doubt the authority of it.

And we seem to be entering an age ...where we don't read much, but get our 'like's from Facebook and our digs from Twitter.  It gives us a false confidence, and we keep ourselves plugged in.  We do well with keeping the gadget charged, so we can continue to use it ...but, our confidence relies upon how well someone else has communicated something.

I'm not saying that we shouldn't Facebook, or Tweet ...as there is some good that does come out of it, and many people feel better about themselves, and connected.

We just also need to be connected to God's Word.

I certainly am not so diluted that I can't see how often I'm connected to 'blogging' ...but, whatever I say here is subject to all sorts of influences, and admittedly that can only be an opinion, not fact.  Yet, I do believe that God's Word is factual, and I just hope that I am also influenced by God in a big way. My relationship with God ...yes, I can feel it, and am grateful for it.  But, I realize that the relationship is not a perfect relationship ...as it is perfect from His end, but certainly not mine.

I hope I can continue to glorify God ...that is, represent Him accurately to others, and view Him in my mind's heart for who He is.

Romans 1:25, says that they changed the truth of God into a lie, and served the created more than the Creator.  And verse 28, continues, "Furthermore, just as they did not think it worthwhile to retain the knowledge of God, so God gave them over to a depraved mind, so that they do what ought not to be done."

Furthermore, verses 10 & 11, of 2nd Thessalonians, reads, "And with all deceivableness of unrighteousness in them that perish,; because they received not the love of the truth, that they may be saved; and for this cause God shall send them a strong delusion that they should believe a lie ..."

The thing that is always easy to find in our home ...is a Bible. Of all the valuables that we have ...the Bible is the best thing we can hand down to our children.

Remembering how we looked over some things Grandma Shocklee had written ... and the value of books, and our own legacy. I showed Josiah where some of my things were ...which were things Cindy didn't think were quite as valuable as they were to me. And I understand that ...as no one has listened to me as much as she has throughout the years. I'd think it best that any future generations, who never knew me, would not perhaps benefit as much as family ...to discover some Dead Steve Scrolls.

I'd hope to think every person knows deep inside what is right. But, because of many other things that may not be right ...the right thing is often sought among all the wrongs, where it cannot be found. The only thing available to be found, is more wrong ...disguised as solutions.

When each mind which has no mind for God, feels it is able to act and survive independently ...it perhaps also believes it has evolved to a new level, of which I still call arrogance (or ignorance, you can choose which one is least offensive).

And I believe that arrogance (or ignorance) is often just a step away from not surviving ...as it believes that its own thinking is not in danger.

(I know I am not without guilt here ...yet, I know my mind can only find 'right' with God. Without Him, I am very ignorant ...and without Him, I could consider myself wise, but I would be otherwise.)