Busy

Are You ...
? Busy, Busy, Busy?
~ Author Unknown
Music: "Flight of the Bumblebee"

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This one hits me between the eyes.....how about you ?
.......The Malady of America.......

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Satan called a worldwide convention.
In his opening address to his evil angels, he said,

We can't keep the Christians from going to church.
We can't keep them from reading their Bibles and knowing the truth.
We can't even keep them from forming an intimate, abiding relationship experience in Christ.

We know if they gain that connection with Jesus,
our power over them is broken.

So,
I have a plan.......

let them go to their churches;
let them have their conservative lifestyles,
but......

steal.. their ..Time

Then they can't gain that relationship with Jesus Christ....

Got it ?!

Ingenius....if I do say so myself !

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This is what I want you to do, angels.

Distract them from gaining hold of their Savior
and maintaining that vital connection throughout their day!

"How shall we do this?" shouted his angels.

Keep them Busy....

busy in the non essentials of life ...

and invent innumerable schemes to occupy their minds.

Tempt them to spend,
spend,
spend,
and to borrow,
borrow,
borrow.

Persuade the wives to go to work for long hours
and the husbands to work 6-7 days each week,
10-12 hours a day.......

so they can afford their empty lifestyles.

Keep them from spending time with their children.

As their family fragments,
soon their home will offer no escape from the pressures of work!

"It might work !" chorused the evil angels.

Next......

Over-stimulate their minds
so that they cannot hear the TV, VCR, CDs and their PCs going constantly in their home
See to it that every store and restaurant in the world plays non-biblical music constantly.

This will jam their minds
and break that union with Christ.

Fill the coffee tables with magazines and newspapers.
Pound their minds with the news 24 hours a day.
Invade their driving moments with billboards.
Flood their mailboxes with junk mail,
mail order catalogs,
sweepstakes,
and every kind of newsletter
and promotional offering free products,
services ...
and false hopes.

Put skinny, beautiful models on the magazines
so the husbands will believe that external beauty is what's important,
and they'll become dissatisfied with their wives.

"Ha!!" shouted the evil angels.

Right..!!

That will fragment those families quickly!

Then......

Even in their recreation, let them be excessive.
Have them return from their recreation exhausted,
disquieted
and unprepared for the coming week.

Don't let them go out in nature to reflect on God's wonders.
Send them to amusement parks,
sporting events,
concerts
and movies instead

Keep them busy, busy, busy!

"Keep them busy.....busy.......busy.......!!" chanted the excited angels.

Now........

when they meet for spiritual fellowship,
involve them in gossip and small talk
Then they will leave with troubled consciences and unsettled emotions.

"YES....!!" shouted the angels.l.

Go ahead....
let them be involved in soul winning.

"Noooo........" jeered the crowd.

BUT......!!

crowd their lives with so many good causes
they have no time to seek power from Jesus.

"Good....!!! the crowd exclaims.

Soon they will be working in their own strength,
sacrificing their health and family for the "good of the cause".

"It will work!.... It will work!.....It will work....!"
the angels cheered as they paraded about,
carrying Satan on their shoulders.

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Yes, it was quite a convention.

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The evil angels went eagerly to their assignments
causing Christians everywhere to get More Busy...

more rushed...

going here ...

going there...

THE END

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Look about you, friend.....

Is it working ?

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