Don't Worry About People!

The LORD is on my side; I will not fear.What can man do to me? The LORD is for me among those who help me; Therefore I shall see my desire on those who hate me. It is better to trust in the LORD than to put confidence in man. It is better to trust in the LORD than to put confidence in princes. Psalm 118:6-9 NKJV

People--they can love on you one minute and hate you the next--depending upon whether you agree with them or disagree with them. There's the rub--mere mortals are too fickle to trust or to have great confidence in. This is why we have to trust in The Lord, who knows all things and the hearts of all people.

People will say one thing when actually they mean another. This is evident in what we see in this election cycle. Yeah, I know--here I go again, but I think it is important to point out material differences in what is reported in the media and what is actuality. Take for instance the visit to Detroit by the Republican nominee. On the surface  or rather from the angle pictures were taken and publicized, it would appear that the church was full. It was not, another picture as seen below--was taken from the rear of the church. Here we see a completely different story. The true story--one the nominee will never tell. In fact, there were more people outside the church protesting his visit than inside.

It is this kind of "manipulation" with truth that causes confusion and misleads others. Now, think about it. How much else has been manipulated so that the media publicizes one thing, but just the opposite is true? And for the record, the visit that was supposed to be an attempt to reach out to "African Americans" was a smokescreen--more manipulation and none of us in the Black Community were fooled by it. In fact, many of us saw this manipulation as insulting. The fake humility, the attempt to "teach" Black Americans about Lincoln, and then--in a church where people read the bible--consistently--he tries to school them about a passage of scripture. Absolutely laughable!

Even with all the negativity--tossed by both parties--those of us who know The Lord are not fooled by it. And most of us, would rather the candidates speak to the issues, not the personal insults because the bottom line is--one is less honest than the other (though neither has been completely transparent).
Fear--as a tool to manipulate--is actually a tool of the devil. For The Word tells us that perfect love, casts out fear. Since we know God is Love--then fear has to represent the devil--who works on the minds of people, causing them doubt. And we know, that when doubt enters in the mind of people, fear resides in their hearts. Doubt and faith cannot reside in the same place at the same time and we are told that those who doubt what God can do is a double-minded person, unstable in all their ways.  

For those of us who have both natural eyes to see what's in front of us and spiritual eyes to see through the smokescreens, we know--for our confidence is in The Lord, not man.

With the screaming and fear-mongering about Hillary and emails and Benghazi (all investigated and clearing her), not much has been said about the corrupt business deals that have caused people to lose their businesses and many people to lose money with misleading claims made to people about Trump University, the modeling agency, the casinos, and so much more. The bottom line for me is this--he may have money, but it is how his wealth was obtained--taking advantage of people-- that leaves a really nasty taste in my mouth. And before anyone attempts to chastise me, all this information is public knowledge--I'm just restating it for the record. I really feel sorry for all those who have bought into his rhetoric that is nothing more than lies. I believe the facts--speak louder than the innuendo by those who are capable of critical thinking. 

So we have a choice to make in November and it is less about someone trying to take away guns (that's never been said, but it has been manipulated to cause fear in others) than it's about--who's qualified to get the job done. If a person who is a business man can now create "millions of jobs" why didn't they do it as a private citizen? Of course, we know Trump exaggerates everything, so his word actually means nothing. Even when he keeps claiming he's not a politician, he hasn't realized that running for a public, elected position is the definition of a politician.

They both have some confidence building to do with all people. And while I support Hillary Clinton as the most qualified person to get the job done, my confidence remains in The Lord, not her and certainly not Trump.