From one soul to another, I sincerely hope you’ll take Proverbs 16-19 to heart. It’s not good to be checking any or many of those boxes.
Fwiw, it saddens me to see those poor Russian soldiers dying so needlessly in their conquest.
I hope that Putin gives up soon and brings them back home, so that his destruction of Ukraine and their killing and their dying can end and the healing and rebuilding can begin.
I’ve spent a lot of time reading the True Life In God messages and found the messages and prophecies about Russia specifically to be very interesting and timely.
It was astonishing to see those prophecies coming true! But now it seems like Russia has lost her way again and I hope that’s not true, both for Russia and for the world.
Cheers!
"These six [things] doth the Lord hate: yea, seven [are] an abomination unto him:The choice of these words is interesting. It is all the more interesting as one surveys recent mainstream news regarding the current government in the Ukraine, as Biden lobbies for more money for it.
A proud look, a lying tongue, and hands that shed innocent blood,
A heart that deviseth wicked imaginations, feet that be swift in running to mischief,
A false witness [that] speaketh lies, and he that soweth discord among brethren.
--Proverbs 6:16-19
Corruption accusations continue to plague top Zelenskiy aides Reuters, 19 September 2023While these threads' proponents try to conflate all views into 1) pro-Z and anti-P, versus 2) pro-P and anti-Z, the many views expressed are more complex than that simplistic dualism.Leaked U.S. strategy on Ukraine sees corruption as the real threat Politico, 2 October 2023
US increases pressure on Ukraine to do more to counter corruption CNN, 3 October 2023
Battling corruption in Ukraine Financial Times, 30 September 2023
Is Ukraine really interested in fighting corruption? The Economist, 4 September 2023
Ukraine struggles to curb corruption in its military Deutsche Welle, 17 August 2023
Well beyond 600 days into this war between two non-NATO nations, hundreds of billions have been exhausted as tens of thousands of lives have been lost, and the conversation on these threads remains unconvincingly the same.
But the above many mainstream media citations demonstrate that the West is considering that Ukraine -- like Russia -- remains in the hands of a corrupt government.
Billions have been and remain in the hands of the corrupt, as the excerpt from Proverbs above speaks to, according to the news sources which are not as partisan as these threads.
"...hands that shed innocent blood..." for me speaks to Putin and Zelensky alike.
"... feet that be swift in running to mischief..." for me speaks to all those who have drawn off through corruption their "share." This likely includes many in the Biden administration as in the EU.
"A false witness [that] speaketh lies..." will ignore the many citations above, all recent, and all pointing to corruption among the recipients of billions.
Does any of this excuse Putin? Not at all. As said before, this war is between two non-NATO nations, both corrupt according to many sources, and one the destination of billions from the US, as our nation races into ever greater debt. That concern -- our US debt and our US deficit -- is for us central to all.
Debt ClockFederal Budget Deficit Grew to $2 Trillion in FY 2023 Tax Foundation, 12 October 2023