“ ‘The days are coming,’ declares the LORD, ‘when I will fulfill the good promise I made to the people of Israel and Judah.
“ ‘In those days and at that time I will make a righteous Branch sprout
from David’s line; he will do what is just and right in the land. In those days Judah will be saved and Jerusalem will live in safety. This is the name by which it will be called: The LORD Our Righteous Savior.’ Jeremiah 33:14-16 NIV
If
we look at The Word of The Lord, we know that true safety will only be
found in Him. None of the rest of what people say will matter since we
know we can trust the word of those in positions to keep us safe.
Specifically, the WH administration apparently has no regard for the
safety of Americans since Michael Flynn was put in a position--with
access to sensitive information--and Russian ties for which he lied
about.
I hate to sound redundant, but it would appear that everyone in this administration lies to the point of being pathological.
How many times have we seen Sean Spicer attempt to spin truth with more lies?
Isn't this how we arrived at "alternative facts" with Kellyanne Conway?
We
know the liar-in-chief lies about everything, including the lies and
thinks the rest of us are either stupid or blind (we see his tweets).
I
suspect that those heading the military and NSA are lying to the
president to bolster his ego and polling, but their lies--may lead us
into a war into which the loss of lives will be catastrophic.
I
do not believe for one moment--that Mike Pence didn't know about
Michael Flynn since there are photos of them with Russians before the
election. Since Mike Pence doesn't have a Christian bone in his body,
his lies about that make all Christians suspect. No one can honestly
claim to be a Christian and not love all and defend the rights of the
poor and needy.
The religious right in
Congress--both House and Senate have apparently been lying to people to
years in order to maintain a seat--a job in which taxpayers are paying
them to go on recess more than they do actual work for the betterment of
all Americans. Their only concern has to be pass laws that benefit the
wealthy (2%) and the rest of us (98%) are on our own--as demonstrated
with the passage of the latest version of tRumpcare. If we cannot expect
lawmakers to care about our access to affordable healthcare, what makes
us think they'll care about our safety?
Stating
the obvious--the launch of missiles on Syria were not sanctioned by
Congress and neither was the dropping of a bomb on Afghanistan--though
they should have been. The United States was not in imminent danger from
either country, but the liar-in-chief--in effort to flex his muscles,
ordered the launches. No safety from that end of Washington can be
expected.
And then--on top of everything
else--he demonstrates his disdain of protocol and respect for
traditional proceedings--yet again, in an attempt to intimidate Sally
Yates before a Senate hearing began and since the Senate would not
cancel the hearing, the Republicans--of note--Kennedy, Coryn, and Cruz
made fools of themselves trying to attack Ms. Yates' credibility with
off-topic questions. No, we cannot count on our safety being protected
by rude, belligerent old white men who wanted to do nothing else than to
humiliate a woman. They were humiliated instead when the Hamanesque
effect took place.
Our only avenue for
safety can be found in Jesus Christ and while we pray for sound judgment
in those in leadership positions, we must remember--our hope and trust
is not in them, but in Him.
