When bad things happen to Santa.

Yesterday I commented on the crazy stuff happening with Santa in the Phoenix mall, surrounded by his body guard with assault rifles.

But what happens when Santa delivers his toys in Africa?

It can be a perilous enterprise, especially in lion territory.

This picture prompts the question:

 "Where was Santa's bodyguards when he really needed them?

I guess the kids in the Zulu village didn't get their presents that year!

Enjoy your weekend.

Ian

Dedicated to my friend Jeff Baker in Australia who always did  have a strange sense of humour.

Happy Serial Killer Christmas

So this is Christmas!

Coinciding with the appearance of Santa Claus and his heavily armed body-guard in a Phoenix mall came the news that the serial killer from Norway had been ruled insane.

 If that be so, the certifying board that ruled Anders Breivik a nut case should also include this happy little cadre surrounding Father Christmas. 

Is it not possible for people to connect the dots?

 Earlier this year another imbecile went on a shooting spree in a Tucson mall less than a hundred miles from Phoenix, killing four people and permanently maiming Gabby Gifford, the state senator.

Now the Arizona shoppers can see the same fire arms
advertised with Santa under the banner

 "Peace and Goodwill to men on earth"

But we hear this spurious refrain:

" Guns don't kill people: people kill people."

 Be sure of this my friends that 100 % of people who don't have a gun in their hands, don't shoot anybody.


Will someone please disarm these goofy folk and give them carol sheets instead.

Ian

So you wanna roll the dice?

I had a number of kind comments on yesterday's post on the Powerball winners.

It has prompted me to tell you another story.

About ten years ago I was flying from Canada to Salt Lake City.
Sitting next to me was a passenger on his way to Las Vegas.
Before I de-planed I asked him where he was going. 

"To the Casinos, of course!"

I replied that I had bet everything I had over 40 years ago and come up a big winner. 

Instantly I had his attention.

"Was it Black Jack? Was it the Crap tables? or was it a poker game?"

"None of them." I responded. "Over 40 years ago I bet my whole life on the person and promises of Jesus Christ. I was an instant winner and have been every day since!"

My friend was stunned for a moment and then he burst out.

"You know I really admire you. That puts faith in a new light for me."

Perhaps it did but he stayed in his seat and went on to gamble his money in Las Vegas.

Feel like taking a risk today? Put everything on Seven.
It's the Perfect number that stands for God and if you trust in Him you will never be a loser.

Ian

Powerball 2011.

Today, three men are $250,000,000 wealthier than they were yesterday, thanks to a monster jackpot that they won in the Connecticut state lottery.

Are they any happier? Probably not.
 
Some years ago I was waiting to have my car fixed. The man working under another vehicle shouted out that the winner of the state lottery had come from Barrie. I shouted back to him:

 "$20 million dollars couldn't pay for what I've got under the third button of my shirt"

A gray haired lady standing by whispered to me  "If I may ask,what have you got underneath your shirt?"

I replied "The living Lord Jesus Christ madam."

When I and friend went to see her, we found that she was an heiress to a family fortune.

Rich but unhappy and desperate for hope and true joy.

Thank God she received both that night and served Christ for the rest of her life. 


The secret of true happiness is given by Jesus in the Beatitudes. (Matt 5) Winning the lottery is not mentioned, but the key to joy is in every line.

Follow Christ's counsel and you will not only have abounding joy, you will also make your home in heaven and for that you cannot buy a lottery ticket.

Ian

Shop till you're dropped!

This Thanksgiving was a far cry from the gentle early settlers who opened up the great North American Continent.

For them, heads were reverently bowed in prayer as they thanked God that they had survived their first year as pilgrim colonists and praise was offered for what little they had.

Turn the clock forward and three centuries later we have Black Friday.

 Even before the turkey was digested  America witnessed an unseemly rush to the malls that resulted in pepper spray assaults, two shootings, innumerable tramplings and the death of a shopper suffocated in a check-out crush.

Ah, dear forefathers, was this what you braved the perils of the oceans and the privations of the wilderness to see?

But friends, be encouraged, coinciding with the great mall stampede, was the launch of the "Curiosity". This was a space vehicle sent to explore Mars in detail. 

Perhaps when we have thoroughly and finally ruined this planet we can all take off to Mars and do the same thing again 40 million miles from here?

Ian