A wise old priest once said, When all else fails, don’t start praying… You should have been praying a long time ago.

Unfortunately, most of us don’t.  Start praying a lot sooner, that is.  Instead we face trials that seem insurmountable, testing that seems to push us to the brink, temptations that seem more alluring by the day, health issues that linger, and relationships that never progress.  Life is full of difficulties.  It always has been and always will be less that what we would wish–especially as we approach the end times.

Read the words of Isaiah (24:3-13) The earth will be completely laid waste and totally plundered. The LORD has spoken this word.  The earth dries up and withers, the world languishes and withers, the heavens languish with the earth. The earth is defiled by its people; they have disobeyed the laws, violated the statutes and broken the everlasting covenant.  Therefore a curse consumes the…