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People want to know the future and spend zillions of dollars on fortune tellers or soothsayers. Yikes! Scary stuff.
These charlatans claim to predict the future with accuracy. They use tarot cards, palmistry, and crystal balls to provide services, making blurred predictions as they go along. The person paying for these prophecies can interpret the prognostications in multiple ways. So, when they leave, and something happens that somewhat sounds like the quack’s prediction, they exclaim, “Wow! She told me that it was coming.”
Most of these pretenders are con artists. However, beware! The devil knows a limited amount about the future, and you may run across a soothsayer who has a connection with Satan.
That is another reason to leave these fortune tellers alone. Don’t go near them. They are dangerous.
Halloween approaches, and haunted houses will spring up. Halloween is October 31, and the Day of the Dead is November l. Party goers who celebrate the evening before the Day of the Dead may find themselves in front of a lady with a crystal ball.
These parties are supposed to be fun. No evil is planned, but folks, the devil is a liar and a deceiver. What starts out as fun can lead to nightmares.
Long ago, I sat at a desk in the reception area. A group of palm readers came through the door and offered to read everyone’s palms. Several in the office agreed. I did not. Three of the colorful ladies dressed as gypsies retreated to back offices to begin telling fortunes.
But one stayed in my area. This brightly dressed palm reader, who had dozens of gold bangles on her arms, kept bugging me. She wanted my hand so she could read my palm. I kept saying no.
She finally said, “Without reading your palm, I know you are a Christian.”
I smiled and replied, “You are correct. And now, I’ll tell you about the one whose palms were pierced for me. Cruel men put nails in His palms and He died on a cross so that when I die, I will spend eternity with Him. Would you like to know Him?”
The gypsy shook her head. “I know enough already.”
With that, she got up from the chair and walked out the door. She didn’t even wait for her companions.
What does my future look like?
I know that God knows and that’s what matters.
