Divided we Stand….
Today, the United States stands as a divided nation. No, these are not our worst times or darkest days, but we are a democracy with a stewing plethora of opinions all of whom have been fueled by an accelerate that has lead us to the pathway of destruction. That accelerate has been identified by most as racism; but as I complete discussions, I believe the accelerate is actually FEAR.
Not that racism doesn’t exist! I believe it is alive and well. While I do not believe that it is the ruling majority, I do believe it still plays a roll in every decision, every position and most assuredly played a roll in this past election. As I spoke to a few conservative Anglo friends, their assessment was that race had won the last two elections. Somehow, President Obama was chosen because he was black, not because he was the most qualified candidate. Of course, this could open up a long dissertation about racist views and stereotypes, I will leave this be. In summation, I should not to be bothered by the election of an unqualified, inarticulate Anglo man, even if he were chosen because of race, because of the past 8 years (summing of about 8 conversations). Statement after statement could be boiled down to FEAR!
While most gave the appearance of security and power, the voices and dialogue that was spoken and written was that of fear. The media characters, both liberal and conservative, painted broad pictures to rally the emotions and fears of those who fear the worst. Our country, though stable and recovering, was now in complete disarray, and an once honest and just government, had become corrupt and greedy in less than 8 years.
Drastic times call for Desperate Measures
Yep; hear ye, hear ye! When people are Desperate! When the circumstances are categorically drastic, the response is always extreme.
Our FEARS and our Ignorance were found in that the American People bought into the need to clean up Washington, made a bold statement by voting against ONE member of Washington, and then proceeded to Re-Elect those whom deemed corrupt! Then America elected a partner and contributor to those who were corrupt, and then gave them the assignment to clean house. Interestingly enough, the President can’t clean up Washington, only the People can, assuming Washington will not wash itself!
FEAR causes Unsound Decisions, Delays Progress, and Destroys Productivity!
They are here to steal our jobs! Yes, the very jobs many reading this blog would not work! During the 2008, I spoke with a unemployed worker, who would not take interviews or jobs that payed under $100,000 because his value had been established at $100,000. Other jobs he was over qualified for, and the others, he was uninterested in. He like many of you have lived off reserve/savings and unemployment (which is one of many socialist program) until he was rehired .But like him, many of you bought the idea that our jobs had been taken by illegal aliens. This would mean that companies were choosing to hire illegal aliens as opposed to citizens. Is that legal? Are we saying that companies in America are choosing to give money to illegal aliens and not to citizens to prosper itself? Truly, the only thing worse would be that company taking our jobs to another country!
I know what you are thinking, YES! I see illegals working in my office every day! I see illegals filling out applications. I see them sitting with the HR rep. I saw them going through the training. They are sitting at my old desk, living in my neighborhood, going to my school…… FEAR!
Know this, Capitalism is not equal to Righteousness!
This has been a long standing Ignorant Premise of our country! Profit at any cost! Manipulate to gain Advantage! Corner a market, then allow traffic with rules the further prosper you, and cause others to work harder, and while handicapped.Yes, even our faith (Christian) have suffered from this premise! Anglo Christians enslaved African’s and used the Word of God to justify the cruel and inhuman treatment of God’s creation! Many followed blindly as they were convinced that African people were not people, but were property, thus the actions taken towards them was not shameful or wrong to God, but acceptable.
Sadly, we are watching the same behavior! Our Gospel is being manipulated by political bugs, and many of our pulpits have been rented to own, at best leased out. We are manipulated by policies to gain our vote, not because this is a Christian nation, but because the people at the top determine the direction of the nation, and are able to prosper as it advances; and even when it is in decline!
Our congregants faced the same presentations from 2 elections past. A vote for this candidate is a vote for the Anti-Christ! How you ask, because they approved a policy that was un-biblical an a practice that was ungodly! And they are right! These are un-biblical and ungodly practices, but they aren’t the only policies that are ungodly, just the ones that are being highlighted. Furthermore, to label someone the Anti-Christ? Especially after the current President was labeled the Anti-Christ! It would seem that the incorrect claim/prophecy would alert those that future claims and prophecies were just as inaccurate, but they didn’t! It is one thing to not like a person or a their policies, but this label and what it represents in Biblical narrative is as though these irresponsible Pastors are saying that voting for this candidate would signify the end of the world! This is clearly manipulation and abuse!!!! So what now?
Divided we fall has always been a truth played out before us all. Though it still remains true, our hope is to maximize the moments while standing to recover well enough to pull it together before division fulfills is prophecy. We stand reeling from the barrage of punches thrown in our last recession, which featured greed and mismanagement that sent us to the canvas. We stand, woozy, struggling to hold our hands steady for the referee, leaning against the ropes, using every bit of the standing eight count. The world waits, as we attempt to prove that we are stable and able to fight. Only time will tell!
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