Thank you!
“Mr. Trump, I am not asking that you do anything for me as president. You already have lightened my heart and given me hope by running and winning in this battle. Through my faith in God, I trust and support the actions you will be taking in moving America back toward her greatness.”
Amen Brother! God Bless & Protect P-E Trump!
This seems to be the result of learning to treat other people as objects rather than persons. Maybe as dolls to dote on; maybe as dogs or cats to be trained with “methods.” But treating them as persons with whom to relate — about whom to dare to even care, from the start? That seems to be foreign to our thinking.
We’re rich (relatively, compared to much of the world) and yet we’re poor. The riches are a forlorn placeholder, waiting once more for something to be about.
Kind words and thoughts cost nothing, beyond our own pride that is. People are often sad and distressed in this world. It is a world in which all have gone astray due to sin. We would be in the most horrible permanent pickle with God due to this, if it were not for His Son.
So do people try to embrace this Son as the precious forgiving, loving, gently correcting (to the willing) and soul rebuilding entity He is, and spread the attitude? Sadly, all so very often, no. It’s just been Christmas. How quickly that can lapse into me-mas.
The result is people, like that little boy, who are trying to find enjoyment and solace in demanding a part in the shallow, and even the mother, who only wants him to “behave.” The spiritual desert stretches out, burning and barren.
If a wealth revival (which Donald Trump appears quite competent to effect) isn’t also accompanied by a soul revival (which needs Jesus Christ) it will have been in vain, an acceleration of the emptiness.
I happen to believe that, in fact, in this age Jesus is stooping even closer to the world now. That Donald Trump is only one sign of an age of increased grace to come. But when Jesus is seen, we must needs give Him praise and glory. Without that, all we can participate in is more of the scorched emptiness beyond feeling that is one characteristic of hell.
Excellent!
The constant tantrum and belief that it can and should cause others to capitulate is that for the past 20-30 years, the adults thought it was immoral to use physical discipline when count downs, “no” and time outs didn’t end it.
So you get 20 year olds who throw whining or violent fits expecting everyone else to accommodate their beliefs, and that it is a violation of morality that their feelings trump everyone else’s opinions, ability to pay, etc.