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Collected Thoughts from Old Social Media Postings from Today in Years Past

(in no particular order)

We make up news and believe what fits our favorite narrative; we selectively read history and tirelessly reject logic. We are citizens.

Life is a gift from God - all life at all stages of life. Let us be consistent in our embrace of life and protection of life now and future.

The nice thing about being post-election is that we can speak to issues and those issues are unrelated to who we did or did not vote for.

We need to read more, ask more questions, believe less of what we hear, pray more, read more scripture, raise more objections, & think.

We have entered an era when people are going to be mad at us from all sides if we speak truth. Let us continue to do so in love.

We are come to a time when, if we truly seek and speak truth, it will challenge all our cliches and many of our core beliefs.

"And the LORD shall be King over all the earth. In that day it shall be The LORD is one, And His name one."- Zechariah 14:9

"Teach me to do Your will, For You are my God; Your Spirit is good. Lead me in the land of uprightness." - Psalm 143:10

" I know that the LORD will maintain The cause of the afflicted, And justice for the poor. " - Psalm140:12

We have had days of lament and that may continue, but Advent cries out to us to introduce HOPE into the equation and that calls for action.

While the ultimate destination is in the hands of God, our proximate destinations are in our hands as we cooperate with His purposes.

We are not on a roller-coaster ride into a predetermined future; we are laborers together with God, charting and implementing tomorrow.

Anyway, this election could have gone, we would have been speaking truth to power in a hostile environment & atmosphere of distrust.

The prophetic voice of the church is not in for a time of relaxation. We have much work to do. But the gospel is the power of God.

“Forgiveness is the attribute of the strong." –Gandhi 

Posted Four Years Ago - After a steady decrease in the abortion rate, we are considering restricting access to contraceptives. Is this pro-life?

Is it pro-life to destroy a life-giving environment for future generations of unborn children?

We must strive toward a consistent and comprehensive pro-life ethic that reaches beyond our own generation and beyond the womb without ignoring the womb or the present setting. 

"The haughty looks of man shall be brought low, and the lofty pride of men shall be humbled,and the LORD alone will be exalted in that day." - Isaiah 2:11 

“Because the poor are plundered, because the needy groan, I will now arise,” says the LORD; I will place him in the safety for which he longs.” - Psalm 12:5