Using our Christian voices can be daunting in a country that is so divided. Biblical truth is becoming more and more offensive, even to some people professing to know Christ. Too many Christians have not read the Bible from Genesis to Revelation, and in an age like today where deception is rampant, it is imperative that we know what the Word says. The devil sure knows.
I have been battling with myself about how to use my voice…or if to use my voice, specifically when it pertains to politics. We are already pummeled with opinions, commentaries, and lie after lie on television and social media. The loudest voices seem to be the most deceived ones. Truth whispers from the sea of deception until we can barely hear it.
So I ask myself, should Christians address some of today’s tough controversial issues from a Biblically sound perspective? If we don’t, are we burying our heads in the sand? Do we need one more political voice in the upcoming election year, and if so, how should that voice be used? I haven’t been able to answer the questions. What do you think?
I am feeling a little like Elizabeth Warren My great-great-something maternal grandmother was a full blooded Cherokee. I’ve always believed I have Native American blood running in my veins. I received my Ancestory.com DNA results a week or so ago. No Native American in my genes. I’m surprised at how misplaced this information has made me feel. This must be fake news!! I’m going to try 23andMe.com! Maybe they will tell me the truth! Or maybe I should save my money and snap out of the denial.
Beaver Dam, Rock Springs Nature Trail, Natchez Trace Parkway
L’Oreal Tans and Lashes Are you a self-tanner? L’Oreal has a product called Sublime Bronze self-tanning mist that works pretty well. If you’ve never done it yourself, just know you’re going to not be perfect with it the first time and own the unevenness. The next time will be better. This stuff is better than the professional tan folks pay $35-$50 for at Palm Beach Tan (which I did back in the spring).
I did have an incident with self-spraying, though. The directions say to use a moisturizer for dry skin before misting. I have some Avon Signature Silk lotion and the creamy body wash, which are in very similar containers. I slathered the body wash on, thinking to myself as I applied it “I don’t remember this lotion being so hard to rub in.” It works pretty well as a moisturizer (not really! There is just no way to tell this story and not look ridiculous.) But you should see the designer tan (by designer I mean abstract design) I have on my legs…which mercifully has begun to fade in the places that didn’t rub off from the beginning from the coat of soap. Just use regular lotion is all I’m trying to say.
On another note, L’Oreal’s Telescopic mascara was for years
my favorite, and still would be if the wand hadn’t broken on the last two tubes
I bought. Now I’m in the market for a
new favorite, and I’ve tried many over the years. What do you use?
Speaking of Politics Not that we were, but we are now. What a spectacle politics is since Donald Trump’s election! The hate for him began before he became the stumbling block to the election of Hillary Clinton, so I wonder if somehow they recognized he was a threat to her presidency quest long before conservatives did.
President Trump doesn’t use a filter for his words, and if
he thinks it, he tweets it. I do wish he
would rein that in a little! Using
Twitter to say what he wants is his weapon of choice for his voice because, I
suppose, the media has twisted his words so many times. I’ve said this before: President Trump does exaggerate, but he’s not
lying near as much as the lying media says he does.
He does give the opposition fodder, doesn’t he? He spins the web, the other side gets all tangled up. Have you ever seen a fight between a wasp and a spider? The wasp loses. Maybe Donald Trump is the spider of society, there to catch some stinging varmints. And people hate spiders, don’t they? But they serve a purpose.
Personal Shame Shame is an emotion long ago squelched. Consciences are so seared, and the cloud of deception hangs so low that the shamed don’t recognize they are shameful. Good is bad, bad is good. God’s word told us it would be this way.
I have some personal shame that even though I have no cable
TV, I know what’s going on with the Bachelorette. Social media keeps me
informed, which says a lot about where I have allowed myself to land when
surfing the ‘net. I need to repent and turn
away from the pollution. The young (she’s
23) bachelorette acts a little like she’s been on a two-year mission trip to a
third world country and suddenly finds herself in a Krispy Kreme doughnut shop.
After all the cheers and jeers of her
season have quietened down, we will find that she took that particular show to
a different level, a lower level that began several seasons ago, which is one
reason I no longer watch the show (but obviously keep up with it enough to make
judgments, right?)
Back to Politics There’s enough pride, deception, and shame to go around in Washington. Hell’s tool shed has been raided and tools are everywhere, strategically placed to divide this great country, while the duped continue to watch, believe, and applaud. It reminds me of a song from my childhood, “Oh, be careful little ears what you hear…Oh, be careful little eyes what you see.” As it turns out the song was correct, and if you’re not careful, you just may believe what they are telling you and see only what they want you to see. It’s the whole spiritual vs physical seeing and hearing, a much too heavy topic to cover this fine Saturday morning.
But Christians must remain vigilant and prayerful for His will
on earth as it is in Heaven, not our own wills.
That’s really hard because most of us think we know best. I know I’m guilty of that. November 2020 will be here quicker than we
realize, but we still have over a year of political bickering. All the more reason for prayer!
This Blog/My Book I’ve had no passion for blogging lately. I have some giveaways still packed away that I planned to use to gain a bigger following (a shameless self-marketing ploy), but I realized that if I’m not writing, I don’t need a following. I don’t know what I’m going to do with this blog, but here’s my idea:
I’m writing a (yet unnamed) book about Christians in
chains. Personal freedom, getting out of
the pit…I mention weight and weight loss a lot because that has been my issue
my whole life, but it’s not about the weight, it’s about the freedom and how
Christ paid the heaviest price for the freedom we have but don’t know how to
access. I have thought about posting excerpts
here from the book.
Focus Pocus I was supposed to be writing my “Focus” post Tuesday night, but I got caught up watching the State of the Union Address. For the first time in my life, I watched the whole thing. I thought President Trump did an outstanding job. But I’m not sure if my patience is going to last two whole years of political mayhem. It seems like only six month ago my social media accounts were covered in Donald Trump and Hillary Clinton.
My “Focus” post still isn’t written.
Snarky Sarcasm Scrolling Facebook and Twitter sometimes makes me want to put on my cyber combat boots, pull out my snarcasm, and start typing some truth. But with my bad attitude, I’d just be a clanging cymbal, you know, because it’s hard to show love to folks online who are politically insane. Scrolling social media can be bad for my blood pressure.
Fakery and Compelsions I wonder why Christians post memes and stories that aren’t true. I suppose they do it because they don’t check the facts first. It’s just my observation, but they don’t seem to appreciate it when the truth is pointed out. :::grin::: But I have this truth compelsion.
50,000 points to anyone who can tell me where “compelsion
complex” comes from without googling it.
Never mind, here’s a video:
Barney Fife, of course!
Making the devil laugh The devil likes us to get us engaged in social media wars. It’s a great distraction and keeps us from doing anything productive. When you get into political arguments, old slew foot knows you are not going to change their minds; you are going to enrage them. It’s not your responsibility to tell them what is right and wrong. They already know your arguments and they don’t believe it. They believe there is nothing wicked about killing a full-term baby in the womb. You can’t fix that. Prayer changes things, though, and the change might be in you.
In Quest of Truth 