This was another...gut punch day in America....with what happened in Utah...hard to take in. May God....if it be in His perfect will....bring His remnant together....that we might draw strength from another who may be stronger than we are....and give strength to another who may be weaker than we are.
In my over half a century of following politics...and reading so many books that I had to annually give 75 to the library book sale just to keep the basement from looking like a used book store....I have never encountered a man so thoroughly inundated with the need to stir up anger and fear than the current president. It is nearly an axiom that what he does that is not good....he accuses others of doing. To watch this is something to behold....to see a good part of the public actually believe it is smothering.
My ancestry is English....and I can prove it.... I somehow feel right at home on a rainy day....yet I have a very dry sense of humor....and I cannot cook. Someone traced my ancestors back to the 1500s....and one of them was not happy with the king....and had to flee to Ireland. We have vacationed in England a few times and it has always been history vacations. As I watch what is going on in England today....it's not as if it were not truly English....for it is....but it is the worst of being English. I just have to shake my head at the whole royal family....as I just shake my head at our royal family today...which is more Herodian than European. Either way they are made for each other.
Have you ever heard of Paul Washer? He gave an analogy in a ministry email that I received today....that of trying to walk a tightrope....with a safety net underneath....encouraging Christians to truly attempt to live for Christ....without fear....because Christ is also the safety net. Have you ever....at a time when this world seriously vexes you....thought about venturing out and actually trying to be separate from the world as the Bible commands us....but backed away because of the fear of failure....and finding yourself standing alone for Christ? Well that fear is based on reality....but as Paul Washer reminds us....Christ is also our safety net. So we should be encouraged....for yes we might be outwardly alone....(only for a time)....for friends and even family might reject us....but then....we would never be alone....for He is with us alwasys....even to the end of the age!
Jesus Is Lord....we know that to be a true statement. There is no doubt here! For these two statements....'Trump is honest'....or....'Trump is dishonest'....we can only believe either of those conclusions....neither of which can we know as we know that....Jesus is Lord. Jesus came to divide. We are told that. The Word of God divides. We are told that also. False prophets divide. Satan can divide a man and wife. A house divided cannot stand. Division itself can be good or bad. Trump is a divider....this also we can know with certainty....for this is not just opinion....it is not just a value statement. It is an empirical conclusion! He divides everything he touches....families and churches and whole denominations. This simply cannot be denied. It would behoove us to search the Scriptures and see the nature of this division....and where it is coming from.
If I were to walk a downtown street anywhere in America....the immigration police would not even consider stopping me for questioning. If my sister-in-law....a Filipino....were to walk the same streets....they might pull her in for questioning....scaring her....before seeing their mistake and releasing her. I love my country....and I served my country....but I no longer know my country. Maranatha....Lord Jesus come!
I admired the intellect and what I perceived to be wisdom of Benjamin Netanyahu for....decades. And I regularly pray for wisdom for the leaders of Israel....but today I am more concerned for him....than in admiration of him for his wisdom. I think that the prevailing....populist power play success in America right now....may have led him into overconfidence.
The official estimate is that between 200,000 and 250,000 Boat People died fleeing Vietnam....at sea....can you even imagine that? The Trump family is part of a 1.5....billion dollar venture....golf resort....two courses and a five-star hotel....a few miles south of where the....Hanoi Hilton....was located.
