I just sent this text message to all my family and friends:
Not a prayer request, just a comment on what God has laid on my heart in the last few minutes.
Yesterday as I was being my normal news hound self I read wikileaks emails of John Podesta. I saw the ones where they have laid a plan and infiltrated the Catholic church to bring it down. I skimmed over those looking for, what to me, was the othet important stuff (political) because of my opinions about the stuff wrong with those Catholics.
As I started praying for our country this afternoon with all this ridiculous political circus, threats of war with Russia in Syria, bombing Yemen this morning and the news of practice nuclear bomb runs in Nevada last night, God hit me with a different topic.
He reminded me of the Catholic thing. And the quote of Dietrich Bonhoeffer back in Nazi Germany. Bonhoeffer was a Lutheran preacher who left the US to return to Germany under Hitler and try to oppose Hitler. In his words,
“First they came for the Socialists, and I did not speak out -
because I was not a Socialist.
Then they came for the Trade Unionist, and I did not speak out -
because I was not a Trade Unionist.
Then they came for the Jews, and I did not speak out -
because I was not a Jew.
And then they came for me -
and there was no one left to speak for me.”
And I now feel I needed to speak out, because I’m not a Catholic, but I want them defended.
That’s it. I don’t know a lot of people, but the few that I do, I text with daily. And my apologies to any Catholic FReeper FRiends reading this, I know we are brothers and sisters in Christ. As an evangelical, I just skip over the Catholic posts. I’m sure some of you do the same with evangelical posts. But an attack on our brothers and sisters in Christ is evil. And I, for one, stand with you. In Spiritual warfare, political lines and front lines if necessary.
You are correct, this is not the beginning but it will be a long struggle ahead.
Pray for guidance.
The same globalist elite establishment that supports Hillary supported Hitler. Bonhoeffer’s Christianity provoked him to speak out against the political blindness and brutality which destroyed Germany. He paid with his life,....are you ready for a Hillary Presidency?
Thank you, fellow Christian!
Thank you for the thoughtful post.