Signs of the Times (or signs of September)

Turning a blind eye to signs does not alter the truth!

Gen.9:13-17

And God said, “This is the sign of the covenant I am making between me 

and you and every living creature with you, a covenant for all generations to come:  

I have set my rainbow in the clouds, 

and it will be the sign of the covenant between me and the earth.  

Whenever I bring clouds over the earth and the rainbow appears in the clouds, 

I will remember my covenant between me and you and all living creatures of every kind. 

Never again will the waters become a flood to destroy all life.  

Whenever the rainbow appears in the clouds, I will see it 

and remember the everlasting covenant between God 

and all living creatures of every kind on the earth.”

So God said to Noah, “This is the sign of the covenant I have established 

between me and all life on the earth.”

2 Tim.3:1-5

But mark this: There will be terrible times in the last days.  

People will be lovers of themselves, lovers of money, boastful, proud, abusive, 

disobedient to their parents, ungrateful, unholy,  without love, 

unforgiving, slanderous, without self-control, brutal, not lovers of the good,

  treacherous, rash, conceited, lovers of pleasure rather than lovers of God— 

 having a form of godliness but denying its power. 

Have nothing to do with such people.

When we see signs it alerts us to whatever the sign is drawing our attention to!

From streets to businesses to for sale signs to events etc.

From flashy billboards to modest handmade creations!

But one thing is imperative for a 'successful' sign. 

It must be easy to read!

Daybreak's sign is always easy to see...the fading dark!

...and for better or worse signs of summer fading are becoming more evident

Signs of September start to unsettle August’s veneer

An air of fond farewell drapes summer’s beaming belvedere

In hues of misty mint and blues begins the tug of war

That draws us to conclusions we can no longer ignore

Signs of August’s slipping foothold bids us to slow our feet

And linger in the plum and gold aura of Bittersweet

Awareness of what all too swift and surely will become

An echo-dazzled wonderland of summer’s soldered sum

While gardens groan with goodness, while man and earth sheds fair youth

Where ignorance and purposed blindness cannot alter truth

Where all around us signs of seasons spin and sweep and surge

A vexing kind of vortex as the past and future merge

Signs of September sparkle in the eye of Father Time

It kindles as it swindles, a nostalgic pantomime

Of June, July and August’s darling days that soon depart

Like a harvest of diamonds tucked somewhere deep in the heart

© Janet Martin

The signs of the times are blaring!

Are we paying attention?

Matthew 24 teaches us the signs to watch for as the day of

the return of Christ draws near

Matthew 24:9-13

Then you will be handed over to be persecuted and put to death, 

and you will be hated by all nations because of me. 

 At that time many will turn away from the faith and will betray and hate each other,

 and many false prophets will appear and deceive many people. 

 Because of the increase of wickedness, the love of most will grow cold, 

 but the one who stands firm to the end will be saved. 

 And this gospel of the kingdom will be preached in the whole world

 as a testimony to all nations, 

and then the end will come.

Matthew Twenty-four (is knocking at the door)

Johnny Cash

 

Matthew 24 Kitty Wells

 

Matt.24:42-44

Watch therefore, for you do not know what [g]hour your Lord is coming. 

 But know this, that if the master of the house had known what [h]hour the thief would come,

 he would have watched and not allowed his house to be broken into. 

 Therefore you also be ready, 

for the Son of Man is coming at an hour you do not expect.