[johniegrad]

Ping to the most faithful poster that I know.

[chichipow]

Thank you sir.

Very good.

[pke]

We put our trust in the Lord today and always.

[Ulysse]

Prayers , guns and swords...to defend freedom

[nagdt]

Thank you for posting.

Now, rather than sit and squirm about the vote of which I have no control...I’m going to hit a few large buckets at the driving range and make believe the balls all have one of 3 names...

Reid...
Pelosi...
Obama...

[buck61]

Now, O kings, understand,
take warning, rulers of the earth;
serve the Lord with awe
and trembling,

Sobriety is a great human trait !!!! You seem to possess a large volume of this, and I thank you for this post !!! :-)

GREAT !!!!

[Candor7]

I would prefer a summary of cheap ammo sources.

Praying never stopped a single fascist as far as I can tell.

[truthandlife]

Thank you. I needed that. God is in control and I am trusting Him.

[neodad]

Amen and Amen...

[Bloody Sam Roberts]

Regardless of anyone's particular personal convictions, prayer is appropriate on this occasion.

For it will take a miracle for this monstrosity to be defeated.

[PLD]

Thank you!!

[Mountain Mary]

Thank you, johniegrad

[central_va]

The principle, on which the war was waged by the North, was simply this: That men may rightfully be compelled to submit to, and support, a government that they do not want; and that resistance, on their part, makes them traitors and criminals. No principle, that is possible to be named, can be more self-evidently false than this; or more self-evidently fatal to all political freedom. Yet it triumphed in the field, and is now assumed to be established. If it really be established, the number of slaves, instead of having been diminished by the war, has been greatly increased; for a man, thus subjected to a government that he does not want, is a slave. And there is no difference, in principle --- but only in degree --- between political and chattel slavery. The former, no less than the latter, denies a man's ownership of himself and the products of his labor; and asserts that other men may own him, and dispose of him and his property, for their uses, and at their pleasure.

          – Lysander Spooner

[jazzlite]

Thank you for this post. It helps to put these earthly matters into perspective.

[loveliberty2]

Thank you for this contribution!

As anyone familiar with the processes of pottery making knows, the symbolism of the reference to the shattering of the "jar" is powerful here.

At America's founding, there was a deep awareness by those who capsulized the ideas of liberty into our Declaration of Independence and structured them into a form of self-government in a written Constitution that the hand of Divine Providence was at work. It was recognized in words like "Creator," "Supreme judge," "nature's God," and "Governor of the Universe," among others--all recognizing a Source of life, liberty, and law that was over all, the governed and those elected to positions of power.

Back to the "potter" metaphor. Unlike the awareness of America's wise Founders and early Presidents, of a Hand which moves in the affairs of men and nations, today's pseudointellectuals who pretend to power in America fit what Burke referred to as T. S. Eliot's description, a "provinciality" - the provinciality of time and space." Their breadth, depth, and height of understanding appears limited, making them unaware of their position in the total scheme of things.

There are several other portions from the "wisdom" writings expanding on the metaphor from your reading. Two are offered here for contemplation, along with your excellent contribution today.

“So I went down to the potter's house, and I saw him working at his wheel. But the pot he was shaping from the clay was marred in his hands; so the potter formed it into another pot, shaping it as seemed best to him. Then the word of the LORD came to me ‘. . . can I not do with you as this potter does? . . . Like clay in the hand of the potter, so are you in my hand.’” – Jeremiah 18:3-6“(NIV)

“Woe to him who quarrels with his Maker . . . . Does the clay say to the potter, 'What are you making?' Does your work say, 'He has no hands'?” - Isaiah 45:9 (NIV)

[KC Burke]

“The world is trying the experiment of attempting to form a civilized but non-Christian mentality. The experiment will fail; but we must be very patient in awaiting its collapse; meanwhile redeeming the time; so that the Faith may be preserved alive through the dark ages before us; to renew and rebuild civilization, and to save the world from suicide.”

T.S. Eliot, Christianity and Culture

[bellringer]

Amen and Amen! I’m a Christ follower, and trust in divine providence. I’m also in the process of learning God’s word—it is the bedrock upon which we can stand. Joyce Meyer has taught me to find in God’s word, when doing spiritual warfare—(which make no mistake that’s what we are engaged in)-to put on the armor God gives us in His word—Shoes of peace, the belt of truth, the breastplate of righteousness, the helmet of salvation, and wield the power in the sword of God’s word.
Our nation’s motto is after all—”IN GOD WE TRUST”
We must surrender and trust in God’s will, for it will never fail.

[loveliberty2]

Oh, my!!!

In rereading my Post #22, a glaring error jumped out at me. My reference to T. S. Eliot was preceded by the wrong person's name--guess "sounds like" words sometimes just pop into one's mind.

Anyway, it was the late and great author of "The Conservative Mind," Dr. Russell Kirk, who referred to Eliot's "provinciality" observation.

Just wanted to correct the record!

Thank you, again, for posting these wise words today.

[loveliberty2]

Oh, my!!!

In rereading my Post #22, a glaring error jumped out at me. My reference to T. S. Eliot was preceded by the wrong person's name--guess "sounds like" words sometimes just pop into one's mind.

Anyway, it was the late and great author of "The Conservative Mind," Dr. Russell Kirk, who referred to Eliot's "provinciality" observation.

Just wanted to correct the record!

Thank you, again, for posting these wise words today.