Beginning of the end

I was shocked to hear the latest earthquake took place in Western Australia. We've witnessed many earthquakes and famines in the recent past like never before..  the frequency of such have increased dramatically... raising the alarms ..

I'm seeing more and more things which I have already seen in the bible becoming true., in real life. Yes, the end times have arrived.. it's the time ..  we could only cheat ourselves by ignoring what's written in the bible. But if we pay a bit of attention to what the bible says, we could easily understand where we're heading towards.. 

This is what's written in the book of Matthews , chapter 24, verse 3-14.
The Signs of the Times and the End of the Age
  
3 Now as He sat on the Mount of Olives, the disciples came to Him privately, saying, “Tell us, when will these things be? And what will be the sign of Your coming, and of the end of the age?”

4 And Jesus answered and said to them: “Take heed that no one deceives you. 5 For many will come in My name, saying, ‘I am the Christ,’ and will deceive many. 6 And you will hear of wars and rumors of wars. See that you are not troubled; for all these things must come to pass, but the end is not yet. 7 For nation will rise against nation, and kingdom against kingdom. And there will be famines, pestilences, and earthquakes in various places. 8 All these are the beginning of sorrows.

9 “Then they will deliver you up to tribulation and kill you, and you will be hated by all nations for My name’s sake. 10 And then many will be offended, will betray one another, and will hate one another. 11 Then many false prophets will rise up and deceive many. 12 And because lawlessness will abound, the love of many will grow cold. 13 But he who endures to the end shall be saved. 14 And this gospel of the kingdom will be preached in all the world as a witness to all the nations, and then the end will come.

So, how can we deny the fact that these are the end times, when we have facts and evidence ... confirming its destructive agenda.. awaiting to unfold ?

The essential Billy Joel

Last saturday I had to visit "vibrations", (a popular original cd/dvd/blueray store in Sri Lanka) to get couple of cds, some classics to listen during my stay in Sri Lanka. I bought three two cd sets, Byrds, Carpenters (to replace Nishad's cd) and Billy Joel's.

Billy Joel has been one of my favorite vocalists. A song writer, vocalist and an amazing pianist. The "Essential Billy Joel" album I bought contains 36 great tracks. You never want to touch the receiver or the player when these cds are on. Although I have listen to all of his hits, I got myself hooked like I have never heard him before.

True, this album doesn't contain some of his great performances. But it doesn't take the gloss away from this great two cds. An album is all about having its music connected to you. His music has been the background music for all the great days in my life. In general, I love music a lot as it's my secondary dietary intake.

However, the best album I've had of him was "The bridge". This dual disc album also contains a number of tracks from the said. The songs simply don't bring just the memories of all the good times but also what music is all about. There are couple of over heard songs included, but besides the fewer such vast majority of songs are off 80's. I love the music of 60's, 70's and 80's a lot than the crap.



'This is the time' is one of my favorites! I love this track a lot as much as I like 'A matter of trust', 'Piano man', 'She's always a woman' and all of them .. ;-) Yes, I love adult contemporary music a lot....