We seem bent on the destruction of our world and the people God created to populate it.
I am frustrated by the idea that any time there is a problem in the world that we are, as Americans, the policemen who must go in and sort it out.
Syria is fighting a civil war and using biological weapons on their own citizens. It was provided by us, Britain, Russia and a host of others known and unknown to facilitate the process of war.
There was a line in the movie "The Da Vinci Code" where the old man behind the violence seeking to have his 15-minutes of fame explains the art of war using the blade and challis symbology.
Robert Langdon:
The ancient male symbol was the blade, it's a basic phallus. It's still used today on military uniforms.
Sir Leigh Teabing: Yes, and the more penises you have, the higher your rank. Boys will be boys!
So there we have it... war explained in graphic detail. It is usually about who has the biggest penis as demonstrated through missiles, bullets, bayonets death and who wants to show off their power by making someone else powerless and abused so the party of the first part feels better about themselves.
I'm tired of these little boy war games. I'm sick of the carnage, the bloodshed, the waste and the horror.
Mostly I am tired of the people who could make contributions to the betterment of our world being massacred and brutalized by those who are exercising the art of war and domination rather than using their position to better the lives of their citizens.
And I am sick to death of the people in our nation ignoring the needs of our own people in favor of being involved in yet another overseas bloodbath that will leave widows and orphans and grieving parents and siblings in our nation for the benefit of people not willing to fight for their OWN freedom from oppression.
You cannot GIVE someone freedom. It has to be earned by every generation. Those unwilling to fight to preserve it and who allow mamby pamby legislators to rob them of it under the guise of "safety" do so to the peril of the very freedom they claim to treasure.
Our nation is running headlong into socialism and communism as fast as they can. While many of us see the signs and protest and vote otherwise, those loudest voices screaming for iniquity are currently winning the charge.
Although the battle for the souls of men has long been waged for generations, we are in the winding up scenes of this earth. The outcome has been determined and we have been promised through prophecy that the battle that Satan is currently waging will be won by Almighty God and Jesus Christ.
We are not exempt from the suffering and hardships being had all around us. Nor are we guaranteed safety of the body. In the words of Gladys Aylward, "my faith does not guarantee safety of the body, but rather the safety of the soul". She knew about war and violence and oppression from living and working in China during the Sino-Japanese war and from seeing the disgusting and vile practices of the wealthy, the powerful and the controlling that were foisted upon the people through communist and wicked domination and self-seeking rules that punished the common and lowly and exalted the wealthy and powerful.
I am not perfect, but I long for a perfect society that sees the worth of the soul above all else. I am not pure, but I long for a world where the pure in heart are in charge and a world where though I love imperfectly, that the charitable Christ-like love of God is made manifest in every action.
My son Thomas and his lovely wife Tianna are expecting their first child. I want the world to be a lovely and gentle place for that precious Child of God to inherit. I want them to live in a place where God is recognized not shoved aside for the worship of that which is impure and unclean. I want them to have a world that is Godly and good.
Mostly, I want for every hungry, needy, naked soul to find respite, rest and refreshment to their body and their soul. Were it in my power to offer it... I would.
God bless us all if it is right that He should do so.
