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Larry Miller

Philosopher, Pundit, Purveyor of Hope

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From time to time I find things worthy of discussion... they may be in the news... or in the ultimate wisdom of God's Word.

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Good Times Don't Last Forever

I was sitting listening to my Pandora channel of old time rock'n roll. Thankful that I grew up in a simpler, happier time. No computers, no cell phones. Happy, feel good music on the AM radio as I cruised down Broad St in my Tri-Power Pontiac. My needs were simple and I had pretty much everything a …

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It's Not Just About the Money

The lefties are weeping and wailing about the work Elon Musk is doing to remove wasteful spending from the national budget. They are complaining that his work is a threat to democracy. They may have a point if the American people voted for and were on board with spending our tax money on transgender…

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New Year, New You

While a new year is a good time to draw a line in the sand and determine to do things differently, a page on a calendar is not usually sufficient motivation to make basic changes in one's life. The gyms and health clubs across the nation are packed with well meaning people hoping to develop a health…

Read more

What is Christmas?

Christmas celebrates the birth of a child. The fact is that the actual birth took place sometime around the middle of March, but the important point is that this child is born. His birth was predicted hundreds of years before, and wise men, astrologers, who watched the movements of the planets and s…

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Memories of a High School Senior – 11/22/63

Coming up on November 22, I believed this was something I should share.

 

Like most everyone who was around on November 22, 1963 I have vivid memories of that day. I was a senior in math class being taught by a student teacher named Craig Svanos. Midway through the period someone stuck their …

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What Does the Left Have Against Christians?

Apologists for the progressive/socialist/communist left will tell us they have nothing against people following their Christian religion, or Jewish religion or even their Muslim religion... as long as they do it in the privacy of their own home. They are the most adamant proponents of the mythical “…

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Resisted, Reviled and Rejected

The story of Robert Kennedy Jr is a sad tale of what happens when a man who is part of a family that was once considered Democrat royalty chooses to follow a path guided by common sense and a concept of right and wrong. What we have seen is proof of the statement that neither his uncle nor his fathe…

Read more

Death of a Spy

Known as the “godfather of mass surveillance”, James Angleton got his start in the spy business with the Office of Strategic Services (OSS) during World War II. However before that, his father bought a business and relocated the family to Milan, Italy. As a young man he developed a love of poetry an…

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Olympic Injustice

Italian boxer Angela Carini's dreams were stolen by a male masquerading as a woman. She lost her opportunity and this tough guy beat up a girl. The Olympic Committee said they wanted everyone to feel welcome and accepted... meaning this intruder into woman's sports had to be accepted. Well, Ms Carin…

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An Expected Tragedy

It was difficult watching the video of President Trump being shot at by someone who may have thought he was doing the right thing based on the hate filled rhetoric that is flooding our news and opinion shows on television and social media. We rejoiced that he was not seriously wounded, but then wept…

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Good Times Don't Last Forever

I was sitting listening to my Pandora channel of old time rock'n roll. Thankful that I grew up in a simpler, happier time. No computers, no cell phones. Happy, feel good music on the AM radio as I cruised down Broad St in my Tri-Power Pontiac. My needs were simple and I had pretty much everything a teenager in a small town could want.

Sure things were not perfect as many perpetually negative America haters would be quick to point out. Things would soon change for the worse as word came to my school that President Kennedy was killed on the streets of Dallas. This precipitated some bad times for many young men around the country. Whereas the young president was preparing to withdraw Americans from Vietnam after seeing how the French had failed in that country – the new president, Lyndon Johnson, gave the go ahead to the Joint Chiefs and CIA to begin the involvement that would cost over fifty eight thousand American lives.

This took place just four days after the events in Dallas before Kennedy's body found its permanent home in Arlington Cemetery. The real push came in August of 1964 when the alleged attack on an American vessel in the Gulf of Tonkin was used as excuse for ramping up US presence – and the intelligence community along with the military-industrial complex had their war. The problem was that the incident we were told about and the politicians used as justification never happened.

We bought their story and learned the truth only decades later. The father of lies did his work on the American political class and brought and end much innocence in America. The good times or “Happy Days” were over as we saw weekly casualty reports that told us we were winning because more enemy were killed than Americans. President Johnson waged his war of attrition against an enemy that did not value life as we do. However these optimistic reports didn't ease pain of families who welcomed their sons back in body bags.

Years later, as I walked along the wall in Washington, looking over the names of the Americans we lost, all I could feel was rage at the damage this corrupt president had done to our country in general and some families in particular. Each of the dead had their own story and ambitions... but it wasn't only the dead. Many thousand more came back horribly wounded and disfigured. Even those with no visible signs came home after seeing and doing things no young man should have to live with. Some of the best and bravest had been sacrificed.

As for Lyndon Johnson, he and most of his cronies were long gone from the land of the living by this time. They had fallen into the hands of the living God – something far more frightening than anything an angry country could do to them.

The good time rock'n roll turned more somber and nihilistic. The young men now had a shadow over them as they didn't know if or when they would be drafted into a military where they would be expected to kill strangers they were told were the enemy.

As time went by more and more truth began to emerge despite the best efforts of the ruling elites. Recently President Trump has declared that we should see the truth about the deaths of President Kennedy and his brother Robert, along with Martin Luther King Jr. Considering how the ruling elites in government, military and industry saw each of them as an obstacle to their nefarious ends, it could be very interesting as well as very dangerous to those seeking to find out what really happened.

We may well be faced with the choice of the blue pill or the red pill. However we need to remember only the truth will set us free. Lets choose the red pill and pursue the truth. It may not be as comforting as believing the lies we are told but we will no longer be slaves to the ruling class lies.

It's Not Just About the Money

The lefties are weeping and wailing about the work Elon Musk is doing to remove wasteful spending from the national budget. They are complaining that his work is a threat to democracy. They may have a point if the American people voted for and were on board with spending our tax money on transgender operas in Columbia or sex changes in Guatemala or sterilization of women half way around the globe.

I don't recall any time the American public was in favor of such foolishness and leftist orthodoxy. Neither do I recall the American public enthusiastically supporting government workers, who generally make significantly more than the private sector counterparts, “working” inefficiently from home, while holding down other jobs, golfing, shopping or loafing around the house.

It's been said that standing against Elon Musk's efforts to eliminate waste is akin to standing for a bloated national government that fritters away money taken from hard working taxpayers. This is not entirely fair as the leftist radicals don't consider these things wasteful, but see them as essential in bringing down western civilization as we know it and replacing it with their psychopated version of a just society.

A merit based society is like kryptonite to those who, although they can't or won't achieve, but still believe they should reap the fruits of American prosperity as the same levels of those who actually make the country function. They have nothing but disdain for the traditional two parent family as the most stable way to raise children in spite of the rampant crime and poverty in most inner city communities where this value has been abandoned.

So as we see the Department of Government Efficiency moving through the agencies of the District of Columbia and the infected areas of Maryland and Virginia, we see people losing jobs doing things that should not have been done in the first place. We also see the left deprived of a major source of their power – taxpayer money shifted from the common good to the machinations of people who believe they are smarter than the average American and who believe they are the one to straighten out the little people who still believe in God, guns and guts.

So when we hear complaints about cuts in government spending we need to look at what is actually happening and remember, it's not just about money – it's taking power from those who do not believe in America.

New Year, New You

While a new year is a good time to draw a line in the sand and determine to do things differently, a page on a calendar is not usually sufficient motivation to make basic changes in one's life. The gyms and health clubs across the nation are packed with well meaning people hoping to develop a healthier lifestyle. However, after a month or two, the place gets back to normal and the unhealthy go back to their old, but comfortable, habits.

I would venture a guess that many reading this have already forsaken their good intentions and retreated to their comfort zone. Why is this? Is it that because they really don't want to be healthy, or lose weight, or learn more about a subject? Or is it that the price of accomplishing these things is too high in terms of time and effort expended or maybe even expense involved?

Perhaps we need to think about making changes in another way. Often times we make steps toward changes that would be nice to have, but are not essential in life, only to give up after the work and time involved is known. As I get older there are many things in life that would be nice to have, but am I willing to spend my time and resources on them when there are many more important things that are essential?

With making lifestyle changes, do you really need to be that different person or do you just want to be that different person. Wishing to stop smoking or be thinner is like wishing to win the lottery. I am pretty good at wishing, but I have found my chances of winning the lottery are almost as good as those who actually buy tickets.

Making changes comes from motivation and motivation does not come from a calendar. Even if your doctor tells you to loose weight or exercise more or you will die... you need to want to live longer. Why do you want to live longer? Is it because people count on you, or do you have something you are working on that needs to be completed? Or don't you care? The answer to that question will determine how much effort you will put into change.

Do you need more money or just want to be a better investor? Or do you wish for these things? You and your acquaintances can easily see the answer to all these questions when they look at the steps you have taken to achieving them. If you haven't done anything, you just have a wish and not a goal. If you do a little bit every day you will be moving toward your goal... whatever that may be. Over time, if you stick with it, you will see some results. Even if the don't completely hit your goal, you will much closer to it and be better off for your efforts. One more point to consider is that if don't have a time frame to define your success, it is difficult to say you really have a goal.

Getting back to the initial question, New Years Day has nothing to do with it. What matters is not the calendar, but you deciding it is time to move. How bad do you want to achieve your goal? Is there any reason you can't begin today? For your good, be careful that your reason is not just a convenient excuse.

Now, go get it! Seize the day!

What is Christmas?

Christmas celebrates the birth of a child. The fact is that the actual birth took place sometime around the middle of March, but the important point is that this child is born. His birth was predicted hundreds of years before, and wise men, astrologers, who watched the movements of the planets and stars knew immediately that something big was upon them. They took this word so seriously they set off on a long journey for their time to go and see what this event was.

Closer to home, there were shepherds outside the town of Bethlehem who experienced a visitation from a band of angelic beings telling them of the birth of this child. Uncharacteristically, they left their flocks to see what this was all about.

If this was the end of it, we would just have a cool story, but there is much more to this that the young mother and her bewildered husband could comprehend at the time. Kids are cute and a joy to their families, but this was not just any child.

This child was conceived by the Holy Spirit, without the help of a human father. This alone would make him unique, but this alone enabled him to be and do what he came to live among us to accomplish.

Around thirty years later he and a group of followers traveled the countryside in the land we now know as Israel. He spoke of having a right relationship with the Creator, not by following a list of dos and don'ts, but by having faith in his soon to be accomplished task. He healed the sick and drove out evil spirits – something following a list or rules will not prepare you to do. His followers learned to do the same.

At that time people who did wrong and committed sins (and everybody does wrong and commits sins) would bring an animal to the priests to be sacrificed in payment to a just God whom they offended by their behavior. This had to be done over and over again as the blood of the sacrifice only covered the sin and did not provide permanent forgiveness.

What was needed was a sacrifice that, once and for all, provided forgiveness for sin. This is the point of Christmas as the baby, now a man, the only perfect man who ever lived said he would pay the price for the sins of all of us. He died a horrible death at the hands of the brutal Romans on a cross meant for thieves and murderers.

The difference between his death and that of the thousands the Romans crucified as they maintained their control of the Jewish territory, is this man, Jesus, did not stay dead. Three days later he walked out of the tomb, conquering the enemy of death for all of us. Now most of us will not return to life on this earth, but we do have a choice of where we will spend the eternity after our time here is over.

By accepting Jesus death as payment for the sins of our lives where we have fallen short of the perfection God requires, he takes us to the paradise he, with God the Father, has created for us. If we don't accept that payment, the alternative is to spend eternity in the place created as punishment for the rebelious angels who were thrown out of heaven following Lucifer's rebellion. None of us are meant to be there and that is why Jesus sacrifce was provided.

That is why we have Christmas. It's not just about the baby, but the man he became.

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If we say we have no sin, we deceive ourselves, and the truth is not in us. I John 1:8
 

Memories of a High School Senior – 11/22/63

Coming up on November 22, I believed this was something I should share.

 

Like most everyone who was around on November 22, 1963 I have vivid memories of that day. I was a senior in math class being taught by a student teacher named Craig Svanos. Midway through the period someone stuck their head in the door with the message “Kennedy's been shot”.

This brought all math discussions to an abrupt stop and we could see the concerned look on Mr Svanos face. After a few moments he explained that he was in the National Guard and since we had no idea of what was going on he was concerned he might be called to active duty before he could finish this teaching assignment.

Vietnam was in its early stages and our high school days had only a few months remaining. As it turned out this was particularly bad news for some in our class. Without further word, I was thinking this did not look good for the young president. I was not a fan of his in any way, but this is not the way we did things in America. You just don't go and shoot someone because you have political differences... or a lust for power... how wrong I was.

I was aware of what they called the twenty year curse on US presidents who had died in office after elections all the way back to 1840.

1840 Wm Henry Harrison
1860 Abraham Lincoln
1880 James Garfield
1900 William McKinley
1920 Warren Harding
1940 Franklin Roosevelt
1960 John F Kennedy

 

1980 Ronald Reagan – survived an assassins bullet.


Some were assassinated and some suffered ill health, but whether it was during that term or the next, none left office alive. Because of this I didn't really expect any good news coming out of Dallas. In this, my expectations were met.

We all heard the story of a disaffected former Marine using an inexpensive war surplus rifle doing some amazing shooting, through a screen of tree branches at times, to take out the leader of the free world. As high school kids we didn't know any better and neither did the rest of the country.

Most events were canceled out of respect for the president but this was the last night of our senior play – and the show went on. We had almost the entire restaurant to ourselves afterward as apparently few people were out enjoying themselves at ten o'clock that night.

My first hint came Sunday afternoon as I was washing my car in one of the bays of a neighborhood gas station. One of my friends stopped in with the news: “Somebody just shot Oswald”. We got the government sanctioned news reports about another lone nut named Jack Ruby. Something just didn't feel right – and it wasn't.

 

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What Does the Left Have Against Christians?

Apologists for the progressive/socialist/communist left will tell us they have nothing against people following their Christian religion, or Jewish religion or even their Muslim religion... as long as they do it in the privacy of their own home. They are the most adamant proponents of the mythical “separation of church and state”. Their political understanding is that such a separation means the church has no place in government or public affairs. There is a reason for this, and it comes down to the very core of their belief system.

For the state to function in the manner they envision, it depends on the uneducated and unwashed masses to look to the ruling elites for rules to run their lives and to be final arbiter of right and wrong, as well as truth and lies. Many of them really do believe they are smarter than the riff raff they seek to control and others just use the political philosophy as the source and reason for their power. They say we are all equal but someone needs to be in charge and make decisions. It is like George Orwell's Animal Farm where it was expressed as “all the animals are equal, but the pigs are more equal”.

When this elitist thinking is confronted by the American tradition of Judaeo-Christian ethics they see an obstacle to their total control. They run into people who have a measure of proper beliefs that is outside of themselves and their dictates. They have an absolute measure of right and wrong where they cannot come back and say because the leaders are smarter and more powerful, their concepts are better than those handed down by our Creator. Hence those with such beliefs Christians and Jews are told they can have them in private, but they are not welcome in the public square.

A recent example was seen at a Kamala Harris rally where two young men shouted “Jesus ism Lord”. The vice-president told them they were at the wrong rally and had them escorted out the door. Her party recites the Pledge to the Flag – minus the words “under God”.

The last three and a half years have been dedicated to destruction of the “freedom of religion” concept as they have promoted their humanist “man is the measure of all things” belief to the exclusion of any kind of accountability to a creative deity, often purposely moving in the opposite direction. The results of their efforts have been chaos in foreign affairs, chaos in the economy and chaos in personal lives.

The most time honored expression is the rejection of the idea that children are a gift from God and it leads them to see unborn children as a gift that can be rejected by killing it in the womb. They say “my body, my choice” while carefully ignoring the idea that the concept works well when it comes to injecting foreign substances such as unproven vaccines into it – the concept falls apart when the scientific truth emerges that the child inside is only residing in their body and not a part of it.

From this they have moved on to more advanced forms of madness. While telling us to follow the science when facing a pandemic, they purposely go off in the other direction, abandoning the protection of women, which they made such a priority years ago when they were living in a male dominated society. Now they tell us a man can become a woman with some injections and pretty major surgery. Then they take if even further by telling us if a man identifies as a woman we must respect that and treat such a man as if he were a woman using “preferred pronouns”.

When a Christian, or Jew or Muslim says this is not right or acceptable, they are told that they need to adjust their thinking to the new “realities” of our time. False “realities” they have created.

Others without the religious background may speak up about the foolishness perpetrated on our country. They may cite science or common sense, but these have long been set aside by our betters who believe they know more and are not about to let them get in their way. It's like they are telling us we are all equal but the members of the leftist ruling class are more equal and smarter so we need to follow their dictates.

Communism and socialism in their various forms cannot tolerate a religious people who understand that there really are absolutes of right and wrong and who are willing to stand up to the totalitarian state that tells them otherwise. This is why they are all atheist societies with those who believe otherwise driven underground and practicing their beliefs in secret.

This is why churches must change their beliefs if they are to be tolerated by the dictatorial elites... such as the churches in 1930s and 40s Germany who turned blind eye to the persecution and eventual extermination of Jews and other “undesirables”. Dietrich Bonhoeffer would not bend the knee to the Nazi regime and they considered him an enemy of the state.

How long will it be, if we allow these people to stay in power, until they determine that Christians, Jews and Muslims are enemies of the state. It is in their minds already, just not stated publicly.

Resisted, Reviled and Rejected

The story of Robert Kennedy Jr is a sad tale of what happens when a man who is part of a family that was once considered Democrat royalty chooses to follow a path guided by common sense and a concept of right and wrong. What we have seen is proof of the statement that neither his uncle nor his father would be welcome in the present day Democrat Party.

It would have been possible to become part of the ruling establishment if he were willing to take on the anti-American, anti-western civilization and anti-common sense philosophy of the Obama-Biden-Harris cabal. His “problem” is that he has a sense of American values and does not wish to destroy the greatest country in the world.

Kennedy's efforts to give the party a candidate that average Americans could vote for in good conscience labeled him as an enemy of the socialist/progressive wing that currently controls the Democrat Party. The powers that be didn't even want to let the voters interfere with their selection so they did everything to keep him off the ballot where ever possible. Everything was done to keep him from looking like a legitimate candidate – to the point of endangering his life by refusing Secret Service protection.

The lack of effectiveness of this protection for another out of favor candidate is a story for another day. However it may have more relevance than I initially believed as Kennedy's father, the Attorney General had begun the process of replacing the Secret Service protection of his brother with FBI or US Marshall protection even as bullets were flying in Dallas.

With the hostility from the Democrat establishment, Kennedy was on his own. He was subject to the same type of misinformation (read lies) as Donald Trump. Every where he went he was treated with almost the same level of hostility. Then people like Pelosi, Schumer and Obama wonder how he could reject the party of his father and uncle. The fact is, they rejected him. He was a man without a party but with five percent of the vote, which could be crucial in a tight race.

Robert Kennedy Jr knew the plans of the current administration would be a disaster if permitted to continue for the next four years. He understood that with Donald Trump in the White House, the America he knew would have a chance to continue. He did not agree with Trump on everything and Trump does not agree with him on everything – but knows the man has something to contribute. This is the way things used to be when Rs and Ds could work together for the good of the country. The two of them and their followers may have a chance to create a new American consensus.

One thing the two men have in common is a sense that they and many Americans believe we did not get the full story from the Warren Commission. This is an extremely dangerous position as more than fifty people have lost their lives by poking around this information and learning too much.

The leaders of the Democrat Party and, even his own family, are angry with him for abandoning the former party of the working man, when in fact the party abandoned him and the concern for the working man decades ago. They believe he should have just dropped out and let them kick him around a few more times... something no patriot should every do.

What Robert F Kennedy Jr did was the right thing to do. It should entitle him to a new chapter in his uncle's book, Profiles in Courage... and in his own way he is working to make America great again.

Death of a Spy

Known as the “godfather of mass surveillance”, James Angleton got his start in the spy business with the Office of Strategic Services (OSS) during World War II. However before that, his father bought a business and relocated the family to Milan, Italy. As a young man he developed a love of poetry and British culture – which he felt superior to American. He also developed an appreciation for the efficiency of fascism. He wasn't completely comfortable with the slaughter that usually came along with it.

He spent much of the war in Italy and toward the end helped various high ranking Nazis escape the hangman's noose by guiding them trough the “ratline” that took them through Italy and often to South America. For a while he ran the CIA assassination efforts and was there when governments were overthrown that acted contrary to American interests... that is the interests of the CIA and American multi-national corporations. These included the “spontaneous” revolutions in Guatemala and Iran in the early 50s. His sites were on Cuba, but that never materialized.

He began tracing correspondence of Americans who communicated with the Soviet Union. This program was expanded to include many others – all the while being clearly illegal for the CIA as the FBI had responsibility for domestic issues.

As he neared the end of his life he began reconsidering some of the things he had done. Raised as a Catholic, at the time he believed in the righteousness of his actions. However, later he mused about many of his colleagues, “If you were in a room with them, you were in a room full of people that you had to believe would deservedly end up in hell.” And he added, “I guess I will see them there soon.”

This is probably what happened, however it was totally unnecessary. Mr Angleton was not a good man and neither were many of those he associated with though out his life. However neither he, nor his boss, Allen Dulles, who directed him in his work were too far gone to change.

The blood of Jesus could cover all of his sins, and they were many. Just like it covers all of ours if we ask. As I studied the activities of this man and some of his associates I had little sympathy for them because of all the death and destruction they caused. Yet, I still would have been compelled to tell them they don't have to carry all that into eternity. As long as you have breath you can turn around and ask God for forgiveness, even if you have spent your life filled with evil thoughts and deeds.

I never met Mr Angleton. I doubt I would have liked him. Yet I still feel sad for the man who recognized he did wrong and did not accept the remedy.

Olympic Injustice

Italian boxer Angela Carini's dreams were stolen by a male masquerading as a woman. She lost her opportunity and this tough guy beat up a girl. The Olympic Committee said they wanted everyone to feel welcome and accepted... meaning this intruder into woman's sports had to be accepted. Well, Ms Carini did not feel accepted as she knelt sobbing on the mat.

It seems these days, people that don't fit into normal society are the ones we have cater to and make them feel that they are normal. The fact is... they are not normal.

From the beginning there were men and women. They have not always retained the desires for the opposite genders they were designed for as we could see from the story of Sodom and Gomorrah. This we understand.

Lately we have seen people outright reject their birth XX or XY genetics and try to say that their feelings are more important than scientific reality. Some are even proclaiming that men can have babies. Never mind that it is physically impossible, but to keep with the woke rejection of reality they have to say it is possible... just as it is possible for a man to become a woman, which is OK by them because they can't even honestly describe what a woman is.

This being the case, how can they say this guy in the Olympic boxing ring was woman enough to compete. They can't, but they solve this problem by telling us we must accept what ever someone wants to identify as.

I could sit in my garage and say I am a car. Would that make me one? No more than some guy “identifying” as a woman becomes one – even if he pays some surgeon to altar his plumbing. He is still XY until the day he dies. That XY on average gives him a stronger skeletal structure and more powerful muscles... even if they dilute their testosterone. If he is some sort of genetic anomaly, it is not fair to put him or her or whatever in the ring with someone without the superior advantage.

By catering to the fantasies of men who say they are women, we are denying them the psychiatric care they need to adjust to reality. Worse than that we are permitting them to take the place of real women who have worked to earn their place in whatever their endeavor in life. This was seen in the Olympic Tragedy and NCAA swimming events along with other less publicized injustices.

People and organizations eager to display their virtuous woke credentials by accepting and protecting all sorts of foolishness. Denying the scientific realities of biology, they open themselves to chasing all kinds of silliness – like men can become women. Using the same thinking, by spending all kinds of money and making restrictive rules for the little people we can correct the fantasy inspired, man made climate change, global warming/cooling or what designation du jour may be.

Keep in mind, these are the same people who believe JD Vance is weird.

 

Genesis 5:1,2

This is the book of the generations of Adam. In the day that God created man, in the likeness of God made he him; Male and female created he them; and blessed them, and called their name Adam, in the day when they were created.

An Expected Tragedy

It was difficult watching the video of President Trump being shot at by someone who may have thought he was doing the right thing based on the hate filled rhetoric that is flooding our news and opinion shows on television and social media. We rejoiced that he was not seriously wounded, but then wept when we found that the errant shot took the life of another American who was protecting his wife and daughters. This is not the America we want for our children and grandchildren.

Some are saying the other side has crossed the that we cannot tolerate. Others say the genie is out of the bottle and are talking about retaliation. This is an understandable reaction in light of being called deplorables, a danger to democracy and a host of other vile and patently false descriptives. The point is do we want to become just as hateful and divisive as those who spew lies and hate on the six o'clock news? All that would do is put us in two armed camps that will one day explode into more and more violence.

Does not responding in kind mean we quietly accept the rules of those who despise our country and wish to turn it into a socialist “paradise” where we don't even know the difference between a man and a woman? Hardly!

Matthew 10:16 tells us “be wise as serpents and innocent as doves.” What does that mean? Ronald Reagan told us to “trust but verify” things we are told. It means having three uniformed police officers – along with other armed security in plain clothes - at our church on Sunday morning. It means being welcoming, but watchful.

What it doesn't mean is hating our fellow Americans who have been taken in by the false promises of those who would divide our country. In doing so we only confirm the division they are creating in our land. Martin Luther King Jr once said, “I have decided to stick to love...Hate is too great a burden to bear.” Jesus said, “love your enemies.” What neither of these said was that it would be easy. If we are to be united again, we need to build bridges, not burn them.

What can we do to change those who hate us and the country we love? Nothing! We can do nothing to change them. It is up to us. II Chronicles 7:14 tell us “if my people, who are called by my name, will humble themselves and pray and seek my face and turn from their wicked ways, then I will hear from heaven, and I will forgive their sin and will heal their land.” Are we willing to admit our own short comings and try to fix them?

But you it's not fair. It's not our fault! Maybe it is, maybe it isn't, but we allowed things to go this far out of hand. Is fixing the blame more important than fixing the problem? If it is the problem will remain unfixed.

Abe Lincoln was in a similar situation. We may be just as divided as in the early 1860s. He concluded his second inaugural address with the following:

With malice toward none, with charity for all, with firmness in the right as God gives us to see the right, let us strive on to finish the work we are in, to bind up the nation's wounds, to care for him who shall have borne the battle and for his widow and his orphan, to do all which may achieve and cherish a just and lasting peace among ourselves and with all nations.
The solution is simple, but it sure won't be easy.

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