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I found myself a few minutes ago doing what I find myself doing fairly often. Rush Limbaugh had started his show sounding like he does every day....that of a chief propagandist to a major cult figure. There was an adoration there that shows in the inflection of the voice and sheer obeisance to an authoritative figure as Rush's voice proudly related...(this in relation to the President's constant attacks on John McCain)....separating his syllables for emphasis....how President Trump had once told him...."anytime somebody hits me....I hit them back 10 times harder." What I found myself doing....again....was uttering this prayer...."Lord...open our (Christians) eyes to this man....and the false prophet that he promotes....and this grand delusion that we brought upon ourselves....as we refused to take any responsibility for our collapsing nation.....preferring to blame others.....and then we called this profane man to make us great again....when any greatness that we may ever have had....was only as you saw fit to give....for your purposes.
How did we come to the point where we blindly follow a leader....a man....and a man so flawed that many of us who voted for him grimace at his antics....squirm at his gut-wrenching tactics....and shudder at the thought of what he would be like if he no longer needed his base? How did Christians fall for this man who is more blasphemous towards God than respectful in his arrogant and meaningless montage of 'God bless Americas?'
If we had read even a fair amount on who Donald Trump is and has always been....and had actually taken the time to research rather than just listening to talk radio....he would be no champion to any evangelical....he is that flawed.....but we won't listen to nor suffer any debate on who he may in fact be.
We really shouldn't have to read everything written about Donald Trump to see that we ourselves have made a serious error....as we need go no further than going over our own actions. This should have been a time of humbling. This America that we love....with the future for our children at stake....was collapsing in front of our eyes. We should have been on our knees pleading with God to have mercy upon us....to forgive us our dalliances....and to awaken us.....to humble us....and to hold off our enemies.....both from without and from within....by trusting in His power alone....as did Moses and Gideon and Jephthah....and we almost did that before this past election as Hilary seemed poised to be the 45th president....but then along came Donald Trump.
We were taken in just as Democrats were taken in by the 'hope and change' of Barack Obama. We bought into Donald Trump's pied piper routine hook, line and sinker. We might have had a chance to see who he is....and demand a refinement....and some semblance of honesty and transparency....if it were not for conservative talk radio. They should have called this new president out the day that he brought Jared and Ivanka into the inner sanctum of the Oval Office....but they didn't....and little by little....as the deceit became more obvious ....they swept it all under the rug.
I celebrated with everyone else on our side when Hilary Clinton was dispatched to oblivion. We had passed that test in standing firm against this corrupt political power.....even though we had failed in choosing who would be our best nominee.....and then we faced yet another test.....would we hold this man up to the principles that we had raised for a long time as a banner....or would we be changed as the lure money and power was waved before our face? We failed that test too.
We should have looked within ourselves two years ago and saw that we chose faith in an earthly prince over trusting in Jesus Christ. We wanted to be a patriot more than a pilgrim. What we need to do now is acknowledge that we made this mistake.....and seek God's mercy upon us....for His name's sake....not for the misplaced hope to make America great again.
I found myself a few minutes ago doing what I find myself doing fairly often. Rush Limbaugh had started his show sounding like he does every day....that of a chief propagandist to a major cult figure. There was an adoration there that shows in the inflection of the voice and sheer obeisance to an authoritative figure as Rush's voice proudly related...(this in relation to the President's constant attacks on John McCain)....separating his syllables for emphasis....how President Trump had once told him...."anytime somebody hits me....I hit them back 10 times harder." What I found myself doing....again....was uttering this prayer...."Lord...open our (Christians) eyes to this man....and the false prophet that he promotes....and this grand delusion that we brought upon ourselves....as we refused to take any responsibility for our collapsing nation.....preferring to blame others.....and then we called this profane man to make us great again....when any greatness that we may ever have had....was only as you saw fit to give....for your purposes.
How did we come to the point where we blindly follow a leader....a man....and a man so flawed that many of us who voted for him grimace at his antics....squirm at his gut-wrenching tactics....and shudder at the thought of what he would be like if he no longer needed his base? How did Christians fall for this man who is more blasphemous towards God than respectful in his arrogant and meaningless montage of 'God bless Americas?'
If we had read even a fair amount on who Donald Trump is and has always been....and had actually taken the time to research rather than just listening to talk radio....he would be no champion to any evangelical....he is that flawed.....but we won't listen to nor suffer any debate on who he may in fact be.
We really shouldn't have to read everything written about Donald Trump to see that we ourselves have made a serious error....as we need go no further than going over our own actions. This should have been a time of humbling. This America that we love....with the future for our children at stake....was collapsing in front of our eyes. We should have been on our knees pleading with God to have mercy upon us....to forgive us our dalliances....and to awaken us.....to humble us....and to hold off our enemies.....both from without and from within....by trusting in His power alone....as did Moses and Gideon and Jephthah....and we almost did that before this past election as Hilary seemed poised to be the 45th president....but then along came Donald Trump.
We were taken in just as Democrats were taken in by the 'hope and change' of Barack Obama. We bought into Donald Trump's pied piper routine hook, line and sinker. We might have had a chance to see who he is....and demand a refinement....and some semblance of honesty and transparency....if it were not for conservative talk radio. They should have called this new president out the day that he brought Jared and Ivanka into the inner sanctum of the Oval Office....but they didn't....and little by little....as the deceit became more obvious ....they swept it all under the rug.
I celebrated with everyone else on our side when Hilary Clinton was dispatched to oblivion. We had passed that test in standing firm against this corrupt political power.....even though we had failed in choosing who would be our best nominee.....and then we faced yet another test.....would we hold this man up to the principles that we had raised for a long time as a banner....or would we be changed as the lure money and power was waved before our face? We failed that test too.
We should have looked within ourselves two years ago and saw that we chose faith in an earthly prince over trusting in Jesus Christ. We wanted to be a patriot more than a pilgrim. What we need to do now is acknowledge that we made this mistake.....and seek God's mercy upon us....for His name's sake....not for the misplaced hope to make America great again.
