we were out in the wilderness of Alaska for a week and had no cell service, mail, newspapers, or any contact with the world. We did have a Satelite Phone for emergency use which we didn’t use, thank You Lord. Then as we were loaded up and driving back to Fairbanks, about 10 miles from Philip and Shelly’s home my cell phone started beeping as text messages starting coming in. I guess the reason I did it was because I was curious, but I went to the news to see what had happened in the world while we were gone. It doesn’t possible, but things seemed to have gotten worse than they were just a week earlier. From my observation and perspective, which is obviously not scientific, it appears as if the world is in a definite and rapid decline of peace, joy, hope, kindness, love, forgiveness, wisdom, and self control. In contrast the level of hate, bitterness, retaliation, anger, cruelty, accusing, blaming, and fighting has accelerated to a point that one wonders how much longer it can go on before a total implosion takes place. It would be easy to get depressed, and turn around and head back to the Yukon River wilderness, but I have a strong faith and hope in Jesus Christ, and that He said this is what would happen and that He would come and rule as King on the earth, and then  the lion will get along fine with a lamb. An event that will occur along with His coming is “Judgment”.  The Bible describes this event in many places, one of them is in 2 Corinthians 5:10  “For we must all appear before the judgment seat of Christ, so that each one may be recompensed for his deeds in the body, according to what he has done, whether good or bad.” I wonder what the excuses, defenses, blaming will sound like at that moment. Mine will be, “I love You Jesus”.