“A gray head is a crown of glory; It is found in the way of
righteousness” (Pro. 16:30). “Where
is the wise man? Where is the
scribe? Where is the debater of this
age? Has not God made foolish the wisdom
of the world” (1 Cor. 1:21). “The fear of the Lord is the beginning of
wisdom. A good understanding has all
those who do His commandments; His praise endures forever” (Psalm
111:10).
BE
ADVISED: THIS TURNED OUT TO BE MUCH LONG
THAN I ANTICIPATED BUT IN REVIEWING IT I DO NOT SEE ANY PLACE I WANT TO CUT SO
HAVE DECIDED TO BREAK IN HALF TODAY AND HALF TOMORROW.
Hey
Gang. I assume everyone out there has
kept their head out of the sand and up to speed in what is happening in the
swamp, called Washington, D.C. I confess
I have gone from high blood pressure to extremely high blood pressure during what
I, personally, believe is an extremely dangerous way to conduct business at any
level of relationship, but especially at the top government level where their
actions impact on every citizen in our nation.
To give you
a tiny example of how I believe the actions driving one of our political parties, are
dangerous to the stability of our nation, let me share two messages that came
across my computer this week. These are
people we know personally: first is from
a young lady, very intelligent, but one might observe that she is very secure
in her opinions!
She wrote: “Though all the evidence and even
Kavanaugh’s own behavior during the hearing support Ford’s allegations, that
shouldn’t even be the determining factor.
Regardless of whether or not Kavanaugh assaulted Ford, we do know with
100% certainty that Kavanaugh lied about numerous details yesterday to the Senate
Judiciary Committee and to the American public.
He is a liar. That ought to
disqualify someone from the highest court of the land. If the GOP approves Kavanaugh, they
demonstrate their disregard for the truth, the law, and the constitution. It’s treasonous.”
The second
from a person who has survived the wars for the past 79 years and carries the
scar tissues of experience. She wrote:
“Gonna vent. I am 79 years old. I have lived through Carter, Reagan, Clinton,
2 Bushes, and Obama. Never, never in my
lifetime have I seen a President be scrutinized over every word he speaks,
humiliated by the public to the point of wanting to hurt someone, slandered,
ridiculed, insulted, lied to and about, threatened to murder him, threatened to
rape our beautiful first lady, and have his children insulted and humiliated. I am ashamed of this Country. I am ashamed of the ruthless, hating, cruel
people that have no morals, and feel they have the right to say and do the
things they are doing. I don’t know how
to fix it. I wish I did. Every other President after they got in
office were left alone, they weren’t on the news 24/7 being dissected by every
word out of their mouth. Always being
pressured to do this or that and so now we have pleasure of discussing tax
reform but for how long. Whoo – hoo, I
am sooo not excited. Leave him alone and
let him do his job.”
As I read
and reread the word of these two ladies from different generations, I had
totally different feelings. In the one I
felt anger, even hatred and no room for discussion or seeking understanding -
even the truth. She had made up her
mind, period.
In the other
I felt sadness, deep hurt and a degree of anger for what has become to this
once very proud, powerful and light to the world. A recent leader in Canada said before his Congress,
“Who will replaced America in our world, if they go down?”
Tune in
tomorrow for the second half.
Blessings,
Gramps
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