Before you answer affirmatively or negatively, I ask that you consider some things I will attempt to bring to the forefront of the discussion. I believe that America’s moral shift is one of the most significant reasons for our current condition politically, relationally, internationally, fiscally, and spiritually. You can agree or disagree; that is your right and choice. 

For decades, I have watched a noticeable shift in the definition of morality in my beloved America. I am more than 70 years old, and in my decades on the planet, I have witnessed many changes in politics, interpersonal relationships, religious agendas, approaches, and virtually every sector of life. Some of those changes have been astoundingly good, and some alarmingly bad.

Some find my use of the Bible in my discussions anathema, and others applaud my commitment to my faith and my valuing of God’s Word, precepts, and principles.  Some question my beliefs, and some disdain my political views.  Again, that is their right, privilege, and choice.  I do not run from my position but staunchly stand by my convictions.

When I examine history and my experiences, I look at America and readily acknowledge that this Republic is in a constant state of flux. Change is inevitable in life, for nothing remains static. However, some bedrock issues should never change or be abandoned in the pursuit of modernism and progress. One of those is basic human morality, which I believe is biblical morality.

The argument that religion or God has no place in the political discussion and the function of government is a flawed argument.  I contend that based on what I believe the Bible teaches and the writings of our founders.  Our 1^st U.S. President, George Washington, said, “While we are zealously performing the duties of good citizens and soldiers, we certainly ought not to be inattentive to the higher duties of religion. To the distinguished character of Patriot, it should be our highest glory to add the more distinguished character of Christian.” _––The Writings of Washington_{, pp. 342-343.}

That was not an isolated view, for many, if not most, of the founders held the view that God and morality were essential in our becoming a free republic and enduring as one.  John Adams wrote to Thomas Jefferson on June 28, 1813, saying, “Now I will avow, that I then believe, and now believe, that those general Principles of Christianity, are as eternal and immutable, as the Existence and Attributes of God; and that those Principles of Liberty, are as unalterable as human Nature and our terrestrial, mundane System.”

Benjamin Rush’s view of morality is expressed in his ‘Essays, Literal, Moral, and Philosophical’ published in 1798.  “If moral precepts alone could have reformed mankind, the mission of the Son of God into all the world would have been unnecessary.  The perfect morality of the gospel rests upon the doctrine which, though often controverted, has never been refuted: I mean the vicarious life and death of the Son of God.”

Alexis de Tocqueville, in ‘Democracy in America,’ expressed his view of what made America great.  He believed that equality was his era’s great political and social idea.  He believed that the United States of America offered the most advanced example of equality in action.  He admired American individualism but warned that a society of individuals could easily become atomized and paradoxically uniform when “every citizen, being assimilated to all the rest, is lost in the crowd.”  He feared the ‘democratic tyranny of the majority,’ in which individual rights were compromised or usurped.

America was a beacon of hope and freedom that shone brightly worldwide. Its otherness compared to the despotism of the world and the tyrannical monarchial systems drew people like moths to a flame. In the view of the founders, that beacon could only continue to shine so long as we honored God and recognized the value of following His precepts.

George Washington in his inaugural address of 1789 said, “I dwell on this prospect with every satisfaction which an ardent love for my Country can inspire: since there is no truth more thoroughly established, than that there exists in the economy and course of nature, an indissoluble union between virtue and happiness, between duty and advantage, between the genuine maxims of an honest and magnanimous policy, and the solid rewards of public prosperity and felicity: Since we ought to be no less persuaded that the propitious smiles of Heaven, can never be expected on a nation that disregards the eternal rules of order and right, which Heaven itself has ordained: And since the preservation of the sacred fire of liberty, and the destiny of the Republican model of Government, are justly considered as deeply, perhaps as finally staked, on the experiment entrusted to the hands of the American people.

In a book published in 1835, Andrew Reed and James Matheson, two British ministers, wrote of America, “America will be great if America is good. If not, her greatness will vanish like a morning cloud.”  We have shifted significantly in our moral moorings, and the devaluation of biblical moral principles is weakening the foundations of our Republic.

America was not founded solely on certain ideals but on a certain kind of people, predominately Christian, and it is dependent on their moral virtue for survival. When the pillars of morality are destroyed, the nation will plunge into a social darkness that makes it impossible to remain free.

As the morals of a society are eroded and fade, so do the liberties of that society.  T.S. Eliot advanced this idea in his series of lectures at Cambridge University in 1939.  He said, “The choice before is the creation of a new Christian culture and acceptance of a pagan one.  To speak of ourselves as a Christian Society, in contrast to that of [National Socialist] Germany or [Communist] Russia, is an abuse of terms. We mean only that we have a society in which no one is penalized for the formal profession of Chistianity; but we conceal from ourselves the unpleasant knowledge of the real values by which we live.”  

America seems to be abandoning our founding principles and morphing toward a pagan philosophy of moral relativism, where power alone determines what is right.  Our inalienable rights granted by our creator are hanging in the balance.  Freedom of speech, religion, and equal protection under the law are endangered.  Our Republic moves nearer extinction as our definitions and practice of morality shift away from the biblical precept.

I believe that if we are to salvage America and keep our Republic a Free Constitutional System, we must return to God and restore our moral moorings. That would include strengthening the family unit and readopting the idea that “We hold these truths to be self-evident, that all men are created equal, that they are endowed by their Creator with certain unalienable rights, that among these are Life, Liberty, and the pursuit of Happiness.” 

I call on all believers in the Lord Jesus Christ and followers of the Bible to embrace the call of 2 Chronicles 7:14 and fall on our faces in repentance, individually and nationally. I ask God to bring us back to being One Nation Under God, where liberty and justice can be experienced. America is a prize worth fighting for, and I ask you to join the fight for Faith, Family, and Freedom!

God bless you, and God bless America!

It causes my heart to hurt as I am painfully reminded of how little is remembered regarding the events of WWII and the incredible sacrifice made by the Greatest Generation.  Their sacrifices are in the same ballpark as those of the Revolutionary War era.  The fight was for Freedom, not just for us but for much of the world.

With the revised history taught in our primary and secondary educational institutions, few of the present generation know what transpired.  Some have been so indoctrinated and brainwashed regarding the atrocities of the despots of that era that they deny the horror of the Holocaust, the purging in Russia, and the genocide of other regimes.  Denying something does not make it no longer a part of history; it only makes us ignorant of reality. We are a society that has begun calling good evil and evil good.

The Allied Forces, under Supreme Commander Dwight David Eisenhower, devised a plan to land 156,000 Allied troops on the beaches of Normandy on June 6, 1944. Over 4,000 paid the ultimate price, and in a few days, more than 326,000 troops, over 50,000 vehicles, and 100,000 tons of equipment were on the beach. That was an amazing feat pursuant to our Victory!

By August 1944, all of northern France had been liberated, and by the Spring of 1945, the Allies had defeated Hitler’s Nazi forces.  Historians have called ‘D-Day’ the beginning of the end of WWII.  I am eternally grateful for the sacrifices of those in uniform and those on the home front who tirelessly and sacrificially did what was required.  Their valiant commitment to freedom will always inspire me.

The Allies conducted an ingenious deception operation to hide the true target of the invasion.  They hoped to convince the Germans that the main invasion target would be Pas-de-Calis (the narrowest point between Britain and France).  They attempted to convince the Germans that Norway and other locations would be potential invasion points.  The plan had some success and was incredibly creative and well-orchestrated.

They used fake equipment, a phantom army commanded by General George Patton, supposedly based in England, across the channel from Pas-de-Calis.  They employed double agents and fraudulent radio transmissions in their efforts.   Deception has always been a significant part of warfare.  The devil uses it powerfully on us, and sadly, those who want to fundamentally transform America are engaged in it daily. 

Our American prosperity and freedom have resulted in many developing a level of unappreciative ness. We have moved from a sense of gratitude and thankfulness to a sense of entitlement and allowed political correctness to tarnish our entire system of government and life. 

General Eisenhower told the troops that eventful morning, “You are about to embark upon the Great Crusade, toward which we have striven for many months.  The eyes of the world are upon you.  The hopes and prayers of liberty-loving people everywhere march with you.  In company with our brave Allies and brothers-in-arms on other Fronts, you will bring about the destruction of the German war machine, the elimination of the Nazi tyranny over the oppressed people of Europe, and security for ourselves in a free world.    Your task will not be an easy one.  Your enemy is well-trained, well-equipped, and battle-hardened.  He will fight savagely…”

That is precisely what we need to hear today in America and in the Body of Christ.  Our enemy will fight savagely, is well trained, well equipped, and battle-hardened, but we will be victorious IF… The “if” is the key.  IF we unite and refuse to give up or give in.  Freedom must be for everyone!  Freedom of Speech, Press, and Religion must be valiantly protected if we are to remain Free. 

We must stand against tyranny, no matter what suit it is dressed in.  We must stand against oppression, no matter where it comes from.  We must stand against the dismantling of our constitution and republic, no matter who is seeking to do so.  All enemies, both foreign and domestic, must be opposed.  

Thank you to all who served, those who survived, and those who died for us!  Your sacrifice will never be forgotten by this American Vietnam veteran, father, grandfather, Christian, and lover of freedom!  

God bless America, and God bless you!

REVISITED – – YES MICHELLE – – “All This for a D***** Flag.”

 I wrote this for Memorial Day, May 27, 2013, and I feel that I need to revisit it for those who “Hate America” and “Disrespect and are Unappreciative” of the sacrifices our fallen veterans made.  I believe it is still appropriate today! MEMORIAL DAY 2024!

I want to focus more on those who have served, are serving, and who paid the ultimate price for freedom than politics or political figures.  However, having viewed the video of Michelle Obama’s comments at a 9/11 celebration more than a dozen times and reviewing the comments of “lip-reading experts,” I have concluded that she said what is reported – “All this for a d***** flag.”  The facial expressions and body language of both Michelle and Barack Obama belie their attitude toward the celebration and the flag or the honoring of the flag and what it represents.

I submit the following as partial support for my view:

Obama and his wife were attending the 9/11 Memorial Ceremony and watched as the Color Guard folded the flag into a triangular shape, according to custom.

A video camera caught the two from the sidelines.

Obama’s wife leaned over and said to him, “All this for a d*** flag?”

Obama turned to her, smiled smugly, and nodded his head in agreement.

How do we know what was said?

The video was presented for translation to a lip-reading instructor at The River School, a Washington D.C. school for the deaf.

I deeply respect the American flag, not just because it is the flag of the United States but because of what it represents, has represented, and hopefully will represent into perpetuity.  I deeply respect the American Flag because of the many men and women who have served and paid a very high price to obtain and maintain freedom in this country and other parts of the world. 

For this Vietnam veteran, American citizen (naturally born), Christian, and Texan, the American Flag stirs my heart every time I see it. Any time the National Anthem is played, I immediately rise to my feet in respect and place my hand over my heart as I face the flag.  Why do I do that?   This flag is more than just a piece of cloth; it symbolizes Freedom and Liberty, which are precious to me.

This Flag was the ensign under which our forefathers fought in initially winning Freedom from the Tyrannical Rule of the British Crown.  I’m thankful that over the years, Britain has become one of our closest friends and allies in good times and bad, but at that time, they were seeking to oppress and enslave the colonists. 

Those new Americans had tasted freedom and believed that death would be better than the slavery and tyranny that was being pressed upon them, so they rallied around the flag, which represented a cause that embodied Freedom and Liberty as God-given rights.  They committed their property, time, energy, intellect, and persons to prosecute that war that would end in our establishment as a nation called “The United States of America.”

That Flag has been the ensign under which our men and women have fought against oppression and despotism over the last two centuries.  We stood in WWI, and most thought that was the war to end all wars; it was not long until we discovered that evil that had not been stamped out and adequately dealt with raised its ugly head, and we were plunged into WWII. In that war, the men and women in uniform, as well as the citizenry, rallied around the American Flag and stood against the tide of oppression and evil, securing Freedom for our homeland as well as many throughout the world.  It has a special place in the hearts of those who have served and are serving and I say thank you to each one.

There are those in political power in America today who do not see desecrating the flag as a problem, but any offense to Islam is, in their view, criminal.  That alone speaks volumes about the condition of our nation and the issues we face. 

This Flag, which Frances Scott Key wrote about as the British invaded Washington in 1814 and became our national anthem, is a treasure to most of us. With President James Madison’s aid, Mr. Key sought to free his friend from British imprisonment and was taken captive. 

The British feared he would reveal their plans, so they put him on the British Frigate Surprise.  The British commenced an intense bombardment of Fort McHenry, and when the smoke cleared, Mr. Key and the others saw the tattered American Flag still flying over the fort, which inspired him to write “The Star-Spangled Banner.”

On this Memorial Day, I pause to honor the memory of each one who has served in any capacity to gain, maintain, or reclaim our Freedom.  Words will never be sufficient expressions of our gratitude.  I conclude with some words from our Founding Fathers regarding Liberty:

“Any people that would give up liberty for a little temporary safety deserve neither liberty nor safety.” – – Benjamin Franklin

“Government is not reason; it is not eloquence. It is force. And force, like fire, is a dangerous servant and a fearful master.” – – George Washington

“Posterity! You will never know how much it costs the present Generation to preserve your Freedom! I hope you will make good use of it. If you do not, I shall repent in Heaven that I ever took half the Pains to preserve it.”  –  – John Adams

Yes, Michelle and all who fail to appreciate what the FLAG stands for, “All this for a d**** flag,” the American Flag!  That flag is a symbol of Freedom for all to see!  May God help us NEVER FORGET and be thankful for what this flag represents and symbolizes. 

May God guard, guide, and protect you, and may God bless America!

My title question is worthy of consideration, so let us open the can of worms and see if there is anything to fish with:

John Adams:

[Signer of the Declaration of Independence, Judge; Diplomat; one of two signers of the Bill of Rights; Second President of the United Sates]

“The general principles on which the fathers achieved independence were the general principles of Christianity. I will avow that I then believed, and now believe, that those general principles of Christianity are as eternal and immutable as the existence and attributes of God.”

“The Holy Ghost carries on the whole Christian system in this earth. Not a baptism, not a marriage, not a sacrament can be administered but by the Holy Ghost. . .There is no authority, civil or religious – there can be no legitimate government but what is administered by this Holy Ghost. There can be no salvation without it. All without it is rebellion and perdition, or in more orthodox words, damnation.”

Without religion, this world would be something not fit to be mentioned in polite company: I mean hell.

“The Christian religion is, above all the religions that ever prevailed or existed in ancient or modern times, the religion of wisdom, virtue, equity, and humanity.”

“Suppose a nation in some distant region should take the Bible for their only law book, and every member should regulate his conduct by the precepts there exhibited. . . What a Utopia – what a Paradise would this region be!”

“I have examined all religions, and the result is that the Bible is the best book in the world.”

I must ask, “Does that sound like someone who believed that the influence of the Church, the Bible, and God should be absent from the daily deliberations o government?  I do not know how you would make that argument, but some still try.“

John Quincy Adams:

[Sixth President of the United States; Diplomat; Secretary of State; U.S. Senator; U.S. Representative; “Old Man Eloquent;” “Hell-Hound of Abolition.”

“My hopes of a future life are all founded upon the Gospel of Christ, and I cannot cavil or quibble away [evade or object to] . . . The whole tenor of His conduct by which He sometimes positively asserted and at other countenances [permits] His disciples in asserting that He was God.”

“The hope of a Christian is inseparable from his faith. Whoever believes in the Divine inspiration of the Holy Scriptures must hope that the religion of Jesus shall prevail throughout the earth. Never since the foundation of the world have the prospects of mankind been more encouraging to that hope than they appear to be at the present time. And may the associated distribution of the Bible proceed and prosper till the Lord shall have made “bare His holy arm in the eyes of all the nations, and all the ends of the earth shall see the salvation of our God” [Isaiah 52:10].”

“In the chain of human events, the birthday of the nation is indissolubly linked with the birthday of the Savior. The Declaration of Independence laid the cornerstone of human government upon the first precepts of Christianity.”

After considering his thought, I believe it is unbelievable that anyone would attempt to divest the political from the influence of God, the Bible, prayer, and core principle beliefs held by the followers of Christ in governmental affairs.  How they can stretch it to that point is beyond me.

SAMUEL ADAMS

[Signer of the Declaration of Independence; “Father of the American Revolution;” Ratifier of the U.S. Constitution; Governor of Massacusetts]

“I . . . [rely] upon the merits of Jesus Christ for a pardon of all my sins.”

“The name of the Lord (says the Scripture) is a strong tower; thither the righteous flee and are safe [Proverbs 18:10]. Let us secure His favor, and He will lead us through the journey of this life and, at length, receive us to a better.”

“I conceive we cannot better express ourselves than by humbly supplicating the Supreme Ruler of the world . . . that the confusions that are and have been among the nations may be overruled by the promoting and speedily bringing in the holy and happy period when the kingdoms of our Lord and Savior Jesus Christ may be everywhere established, and the people willingly bow to the scepter of Him who is the Prince of Peace.”

He also called on the State of Massachusetts to pray that . . .

• The peaceful and glorious reign of our Divine Redeemer may be known and enjoyed throughout the whole family of mankind.
• We may with one heart and voice humbly implore His gracious and free pardon through Jesus Christ, supplicating His Divine aid . . . [and] above all to cause the religion of Jesus Christ, in its true spirit, to spread far and wide till the whole earth shall be filled with His glory.
• With true contrition of heart to confess their sins to God and implore forgiveness through the merits and mediation of Jesus Christ our Savior.

From my study of the founders’ views, I believe that an integral part of their thinking and acting was to secure and embrace the influence of God and the Bible in all deliberations.  America’s roots are evident. The new philosophy is foreign to modern philosophy and interpretation.

The glaring question in my mind is, “Do We Want A Constitutional America founded on the Core Values of the Bible or an ever-evolving document that caters to the whims of the powers that be at the time?”  

My vote will always be for a government based on the precepts and principles of God’s Word! We need to remember what is at stake in every election.  Our Freedom and Republic depend on it.

God bless you, and God bless America!

I will once again declare that I am a Christian, a Vietnam Veteran, a patriot, a lover of America and freedom. I see the problems of the world and realize that based on what I believe God has called me to do and be – “A Watchman on the Walls,” I cannot ignore the issues at hand. However, I believe that the problems in America and the World have only one hope – GOD! I believe that if believers will follow the prescription of 2 Chronicles 7:14, we can see a respite and enjoy a window of opportunity to reap the harvest and restore freedom for multitudes.

As I reflect on the sitting president and his administration and compare it to history, I conclude that Joe Biden’s administration has created a condition conducive for World Conflict of epic proportions.  It is through weakness and appeasement that conflict is inspired.

Our First President, George Washington, understood the importance of strong leadership and strength.  In his fifth annual message to Congress in the 1793 State of the Union, he declared his view.  “There is a rank due to the United States among nations which will be withheld, if not absolutely lost, by the reputation of weakness. If we desire to avoid insult, we must be able to repel it; if we desire to secure peace, one of the most powerful instruments of our rising prosperity, it must be known that we are at all times ready for war.”

In Federalist No.24, Alexander Hamilton argued for peace through strength by stating that strong garrisons in the west and a Navy in the east would protect the Union from the threats of Britain and Spain.  Ronald Reagan, in 1980, used the phrase during his election challenge against Jimmy Carter by accusing the incumbent of weak, vacillating leadership that invited attack on the United States and its allies.

Reagan expounded that view in 1986.  He said, “We know that peace is the condition under which mankind was meant to flourish. Yet peace does not exist of its own will. It depends on us, on our courage, to build it and guard it, and pass it on to future generations. George Washington’s words may seem hard and cold today, but history has proven him right again and again. “To be prepared for war,” he said, “is one of the most effective means of preserving peace.” Well, to those who think strength provokes conflict, Will Rogers had his own answer. He said of the world heavyweight champion of his day: “I’ve never seen anyone insult Jack Dempsey.”

When a president or any elected official exhibits weakness, vacillation, and ineptitude and seeks appeasement as the mainstay of their agenda, conflict is inevitable, and war is invited.  I draw from the annals of history, “You have sat too long here for any good you have been doing. Depart, I say, and let us have done with you.  In the name of God, go.”  That originated with Oliver Cromwell in 1653 but was resurrected in 1940 in the debate in parliament over the policies of Prime Minister Neville Chamberlain.  He negotiated with Hitler and declared “peace in our time.”  We know that was a farce.  Weakness emboldened Hitler as it has throughout time.

The failures of President Biden are too numerous to list, but to offer a few and connect the dots on how they embolden those who desire our destruction aggrandizement and world dominance to engage in conflict.  When I call the Biden leadership feckless, I am being charitable. 

Can we forget the utter disaster of the Afghanistan withdrawal that left enormous caches of weapons for the Taliban and other terrorist groups to obtain?  It is reported that Hamas is using some of those weapons in their assault against Israel.  Foreign leaders may not have liked Donald Trump but respected him and feared America.  They neither fear America nor respect Biden and feel they can do what they do without concern about American intervention or response.

Donald Trump, we were told, would plunge us into World War III. Still, when he did things like taking out Qasem Soleimani, the Iranian top general in Baghdad, there was no invasion of Ukraine and no Hamas attack on Israel.  Instead, President Trump negotiated the Abraham Accord, which produced bilateral agreements normalizing Arab-Israeli relations in Bahrain, Morocco, Sudan, and UAE.  Strength produced peace.

In 1981, during Regan’s presidency, the air traffic controllers threatened to go on strike.  A federal employee is not allowed to strike.  Reagan warned that he would fire them on the spot if they did.  Nobody believed him, so they went on strike, and he kept his promise.  At that time, the USSR was watching and realized that Reagan meant what he said and did not offer idle threats.  There was peace through strength.

Today, under Joe Biden, we have the war in Ukraine and Israel.  Why? Because those who seek to dominate have zero fear of Biden, they know he is weak and is a modern reincarnation of Neville Chamberlain, only with deep-seated and long-standing corruption on his resume.

Joe Biden said, “Peace in our time” in his dealings with Iran.  Wait, that wasn’t Biden! It was Chamberlain in his dealings with Hitler, resulting in WWII.  Hamas has the same intent as Hitler, wiping the Jews off the face of the earth.  They want the land of Israel to be a Muslim homeland.  In Biden’s condemnation of the Hamas attack, he failed to even mention Iran’s involvement and complicity.  Why?  Appeasement of Iran?  Without question.

Joe Biden lifted the sanctions against Iran and allowed them to engage in international nuclear cooperation and the sale of oil, which funds their pursuit of nuclear weapons.  It also allows them to have the funds to support terrorists such as Hamas.  Biden has called for a ceasefire in the Hamas-Israeli war.  Way to go, Joe; let Hamas inflict incredible damage and take lives, but then allow them the cover of a ceasefire to regroup and reattack without facing the consequences of their actions.  That only inspires them to act more cowardly and wickedly.

Let me drop this little nugget that reveals how little this administration cares about America or Americans.  It is reported that they are forcing Americans trapped in Israel to sign promissory notes to repay ALL travel costs if they decide to be rescued by the U.S. Government.  What? 

American citizens in harm’s way should not be expected to buy help from their own government.  They are calling it “assisted departure options.”  The email stated that if people opted to leave via any assistance from the U.S. government, they would do so via a loan from the U.S. government, which requires travelers to sign a promissory note (an agreement to repay) before departure.  If you don’t sign the note, you don’t get help.  Wow!  What are the terrorists thinking when they hear that?  It is not U.S. strength and willingness to defend and protect its own citizens.  Therefore, they are emboldened to do more harm.  Way to go, Joe!

This is not the first time the Biden administration has abandoned American citizens. They left up to 9,000 stranded in Afghanistan in 2022.  The communications manager at the American Accountability Foundation, Yitz Friedman, related his story of being trapped in Israel at an X post.  He brought to light the unconscionable actions of the U.S. State Department. 

He revealed that Poland, Hungary, Brazil, Romania, and other countries sent planes to bring their citizens home, but not the U.S.  He said that he called the U.S. Embassy asking for help and was told to “pound sand” (hoof it to get out the best way he could).  He said that were it not for the Trump-negotiated Abraham Accord, the option to fly to a “friendly Arab country” in a time of war would have been impossible.  Thankfully, they were able to leave Israel via an Emirates flight and reach Dubai.  Strength produces peace, whereas weakness and appeasement ensure conflict.  You can thank Joe Biden and his administration for our dilemma.

The window is rapidly closing, and the doomsday clock is ticking if we do not act decisively and immediately.   America’s future is hanging in the balance!  It is time for us to fall on our faces in intercession and repentance before God and cry out for His mercy and help!

God help us to wake up and reclaim our Republic.

We are well into 2023, with signs of hope and hopelessness everywhere! There is hope if your faith is in the Lord Jesus Christ and the power of God.  There is hopelessness if your faith is in politicians and politics.  Sadly, the politicians all drink at the same watering trough and play to the same media.  They are narcissistic egotists and suffer from delusions of grandeur.  They do not see themselves as public servants and serving at the behest of the voters, but once elected, they deem themselves as our Lords and Ladies who know best.  In their minds, we should be beholding to them and awed with gratitude.

The modern mainstream media that was once ‘News Media’ has become a weaponized propaganda arm of ideologies inharmonious with freedom and liberty.  The media and politicians have become megalomaniacs, and their maniacal actions threatened our Republic more than any foreign adversary. 

Most of them seem to believe what Barack Hussein Obama openly lamented, the Constitution is too restrictive and prevents them from doing what they desire.  In this administration, that is not a problem; they ignore the Constitution and the Courts and dare Congress to intervene.  They play to the WOKE crowd and those who have an entitlement mentality. 

The objective is not always clear, but the end game is – Control and Totalitarianism.  The media works with the followers of the toxic liberal agenda of globalism and the myriads of insane demands presented by the WOKE adherents.  Modern media provides little useful information and is hardly worth watching or listening to.  News Media is a misnomer; they are biased propagandists and should be identified as such.

There was a time when actual factual information was reported, and opinion pieces were few and well-identified.  Today, opinion pieces dominate the MSM, and the purveyors of those reports deem them as Law and Gospel.  Unfortunately, those who only get their information from the MSM believe the reports, even when debunked.  Megalomania reigns supreme in the Media, Politics, Entertainers, and Activists and is becoming a norm rather than an anomaly. 

The media today decides “what news we need to hear.”  Need is determined by the network’s ideological position.  The need, in their view, is what will best advance their ideological cause, not providing factual and complete data so we can make an informed decision.  There were obvious opinion shows such as Meet the Press, 60 Minutes, Edward R. Murrow, Eric Sevareid, and others. We knew we were getting their views, not necessarily the total picture. 

In my early years, we had about three stations, ABC, NBC, and CBS affiliates.  The newspapers reported events that happened, not what they wanted us to believe and why they happened.  Magazines were filled with pictures and advertising and a little informative reporting.  That was an era when men would try to convince their wives that Playboy was for the articles, not the pictures.  We had no internet, cable channels, cell phones, or social media, and the news was the lifeline of information for many.

Back in the day, journalists actually existed and vetted the stories they published, and if a mistake was revealed, there was a correction or a retraction.  Good luck finding that today! Today it is spin and propaganda. The superfluous diatribe and drivel are mind-numbing and repulsive to the thinking person who loves truth and freedom.

I believe that genuine news reporting is vital in maintaining freedom because it should be a key cog in educating the public about the truth.  Our entire system was designed to provide information to the public, and the voter then could make a reasoned choice in candidates and policies.  That ship sailed long ago, and it is challenging to be informed with factual data, but possible.

George Orwell’s 1984 and Alvin Toffler’s 1970 book Future Shock accurately describe today.  Toffler said, “People of the future may suffer not from an absence of choice but from a paralyzing surfeit of it.  They may turn out to be victims of that peculiarly super-industrial dilemma: over choice.” 

With the 24/7/365 availability of “stuff,” the average person is easily swayed and frequently confused.  It reminds me of Proverbs 18:17, “The first one to plead his case seems right UNTIL another comes and examines him.”  In Ecclesiastes 12:13, we are advised, “Let us hear the conclusion of the whole matter….”  Too many get their daily exercise jumping to conclusions and jerking their knee in reaction.

We have the truth available and more means of it being presented than at any time in our history. Yet, we have fewer facts and more misinformation and disinformation than ever.  There is no journalistic discipline or accountability in today’s world.  Someone said, “It’s in our biology to trust what we see with our eyes and hear with our ears.”  That gives credence to the idea often attributed to Lenin, Hitler, or Goebbels – “If a lie is told often enough and spoken loud enough, it will eventually be believed.”  Who said it is not important? The reality of seeing it walked out in our world is!

I have contended and contend that it is up to each of us to vet the information we receive as fully as possible.  Edgar Allan Poe is credited with saying, “Do not believe everything you read, and only believe half of what you see.”  There is validity in that when it comes to modern news reporting and political speech.  I read a quote from Colombian philosopher and critic of modernity Nicholas Gomez Davila, “In an age in which the media broadcast countless pieces of foolishness, the educated man is defined not by what he knows, but by what he doesn’t know.” 

We are responsible for what we say and do not say.  We are also responsible for what and how we hear.  Computer technology has a saying, “GIGO – Garbage in, garbage out.”  That is amazingly accurate in many minds today; we hear so much from the sewer of misinformation that we hardly know what is true and what is a lie.  Truth is like a gem hidden beneath the surface in the mine of information; it is up to us to glean it.  We cannot depend upon the megalomaniacs to provide us with the truth. 

I do not like being skeptical and do not want to become a hopeless skeptic, but we need to be cautious about what we hear and doubly about what we repeat.  The Bible says that the Truth will make us free.  The only dependable truth is God’s Word; if we allow the Holy Spirit to direct our moral compass, we can sail into the sea of truth and become free.  Politicians and broadcasters have become what was said about used car salesmen, “If their lips are moving, they are lying!”   I say that with deep remorse because the deception is widespread and destructive.

God help us to return to moral and constitutional sanity, or we will lose the republic. 

God bless you, and God bless America!

My title is ambiguous and requires further expounding to have any meaning.  Before I plunge into the deep cold waters of doubt and questions regarding the federal government and governmental actions and antics, let me say I believe God!  I believe God, not the government.  I believe God, not the purveyors of theories.  I believe God’s Word to be the Inspired Word of God and not only profitable but vital. My motive is to cause everyone to think for themselves not to be controversial.

Now, what do I have questions regarding?  Many things, but what I am focused on is the COVID mandates, treatments, or lack thereof, and the motivations behind the reports, hidden data, and actions during the past two-plus years.  Ancient history for many but painfully prevalent for others. There are far more questions for me than answers.  I do not care which side of the vaxx or not vaxx issue you stand on. That is not where my concern lies.

My concern is not only the information we have been privy to but the failure to disclose the whole gamut of the demands, mandates, lockdowns, information, and misinformation.  My questions arise out of the disagreement in the medical and scientific communities.  My questions arise from the draconian tyrannical actions of Little Napoleons from the local to national levels of government.  My questions arise from the infringement upon our Constitutional and Inalienable Rights, Privileges, and Liberties. 

I have read doctors’ reports on both sides of the coronavirus issue.  There is a plethora of documents that both support the mandates and that decry them as fraudulent, deceptive overreaches that cost lives and diminish freedom.  Who is right, and who is wrong?  I suspect there is a middle ground in which the real truth lies, but most of us outside the loop will never fully know, except as revealed by God Himself. 

Medicine, like the other sciences, is supposed to involve critical thinking and deductive reasoning.  In science and medicine, a hypothesis is always created to explain the myriad complexities of the healthy and diseased.  Each hypothesis is to be tested with the new information and insights that arise.  This results in knowledge about any disease or condition being nudged in one direction. 

Unfortunately, in the COVID-19 pandemic and paranoia, there seems to be a reluctance to allow new information or proven treatments to shift the hypothesis first issued. The information presented was to gain control on many fronts.  There are intellectually curious physicians becoming vocal in questioning the validity of the original mandates, diagnosis, and treatment or non-treatment plan pursued by the CDC and government-run health organizations and physicians.  That raises questions.

There was a time when leeches were used in bloodletting to cure diseases.  That practice is now known to be fallacious but was in place until the late 19^th century. Incredible as it sounds, supposedly intelligent scientists believed in the somewhat superstitious practice rooted in anything but medicine.  We have now embraced practices that God instructed the nation of Israel to do as He delivered them from Egyptian bondage.  In the so-called pre-educated era of Moses, Israel applied wisdom in contrast to the superstitious practices of other nations. 

Until recently, Vioxx was considered a safe painkiller until it was discovered that it caused heart attacks and strokes.  The ‘safe and effective’ drug was found to be other than ‘safe.’  We have seen the danger of Oxycontin, marketed as a non-addictive pain killer. It destroyed the lives of hundreds of thousands, if not millions of people, through its highly addictive nature.

My physician said, “I took the Hippocratic Oath and promised to Do No Harm.”  He said that seems to be a forgotten thing in much of the medical community today as government mandates push us toward abandoning that oath.   He said I promised not to be ashamed to say, “I do not know when I do not know, and I also refuse to play God.”  I trust my doctor, and he willingly listens and seeks answers if I have questions. 

He was disturbed by Dr. Fauci and others in the limelight during the height of COVID and insisted that no doctor, scientist, preacher, politician, or person knows everything.  My doctor believes we should be open to new information and reach our conclusion regarding any hypothesis using the compiled data available.  Any doctor or scientist that declares, “I am the science,” is attempting to replace God as the supreme and should not be trusted.

In America, we are told that at least 80% of the population received one dose of the vaccine, and at least 68% received two doses.  The incredible thing is that there is no end to COVID infections after almost three years.  The World Health Organization (WHO) has not declared that a new variant will be the most transmittable yet coming.  We are told that hospitalizations have been rising since Thanksgiving. 

It is evident that the vaccines did little, if anything, to prevent COVID infection. They may help to prevent hospitalizations, but that seems questionable based on new reports.  The rise in cardiac issues in young men and the rise in people dying from extraneous things at a much higher rate than pre-vaccine is concerning.  Are those things connected? What will happen in ten years post-vaccine? Have we opened pandora’s box and created something that will have repercussions well into the future?  We do not fully know, but it should cause us to ask questions.

In the beginning, we were told by the CDC, Dr. Fauci, and the WHO that vaccinated people did not carry the virus.  That was wrong. Few physicians questioned the original assertion. The CDC has or has had on its website that the vaccines are ‘safe and effective.’  If that is true, why is COVID still around, especially among those vaccinated and boosted? 

Physicians are concerned about the rise in myocarditis.  VAERS data reports that there have been 25,000 cases post-vaccine.  Steve Kirsch calculated that the VAERS underreporting rate is a factor of 41, which indicates that there could be as many as one million cases.  That is concerning! The recent incident by the NFL player Damar Hamlin has reignited questions and should. 

Young and healthy athletes can and do suffer cardiac arrest playing their sport.  In the past decade, there have been about 30-60 per year, but post-vaccine, many have transpired each month.  Is there a connection? We need answers!

One more thing before I conclude was the disturbing report by Steve Kirsch that sudden death was the Number One cause of death among those under 65 who received the COVID vaccine.  Also, over 260 athletes and former athletes in the USA died from cardiac arrest and other severe issues after receiving the vaccine.  Is there a connection? We need some definitive answers.

A Rasmussen Report suggested that almost one-half of Americans believe that COVID-19 vaccines are to blame for the unexpected and unexplained deaths.  More than twenty-five percent claim to know someone who could be included in those statistics.  If the non-medical populace is curious, should physicians not be extremely curious and determined to discover answers? 

I am not trying to write pro or con on the vaccine, only that I have questions, and the deceptiveness and failure to disclose information by the CDC and government fully cause me concern.  It leads to more distrust, which is not a good place because it could cause us to be trepidatious about everything, even the good things presented to us in the future.   We need answers, not fodder, for more questions.  Again, I declare I trust God!

America, we need to insist that our politicians, government, and scientific community be forthcoming and honest with us.  Hiding things and having fabrications exposed will only increase the divide between ideologies in America and the world.  We need honesty, and we need to become involved in our government.

God bless you, and God bless America!

Why do I say, ‘Ancient News?’  Well, because the classified document scandal of Joe Biden is the tip of the iceberg of corruption and ineptitude exhibited by this administration.  It is a revelation of how inept his handlers are in keeping him out of the frying pan as they try to keep him from jumping into the fire.  It is only the surface wounds that have been inflicted upon our republic, and little is being done about it. 

Talking about it now qualifies as Ancient News in politics.  Anything political, other than Trump, has a shelf life of a few hours, days, or weeks, not months.  The Left loves to say, “That’s Old News or Ancient History,” when confronted with something they got caught doing wrong.  Politics never deals with yesterday’s news; it daily provides new opportunities to advance the participants’ agenda.  The Media is complicit in putting out fires that could damage the toxic liberal agenda in pursuing fundamentally transforming America.

We were bombarded with images of top-secret documents in Trump’s Mar-a-Lago house, and even Joe Biden called it irresponsible.  Now, we have photos of classified documents in Joe Biden’s Corvette and are told, no worries, the garage was locked.  Seriously?  There were documents found at Biden’s private office at the Penn Biden Center for Diplomacy and Global Engagement at the University of Pennsylvania.  Other locations surfaced, revealing that this irresponsible behavior was widespread. 

Some of the Leftists have insisted that Trump or his acolytes planted the documents (all of them) to shame and discredit Uncle Joe.  This administration, as did Obama, claims to be totally transparent and operates at the highest standards of ethical behavior.  Transparent might be the right word if you are talking about making our classified documents available to everyone!  That is not an acceptable situation, but one that has been and will be downplayed when it involves a Donkey.  It will be treasonous if done by an Elephant. 

There were calls for Trump to receive the death penalty for his actions, but it seems they want to pin a medal on Biden for similar activities.  We have been told it is okay because Trump had more documents than Biden.  We are told that it is okay because Biden’s lawyers voluntarily disclosed the existence of the documents after they found them rummaging through the closet at the University of Pennsylvania. 

I find myself asking, “Why were they rummaging through the closet?”   We are told it is okay because Biden didn’t know they were there.  That might or might not be valid with his diminished mental state, but still not a justification.   Biden’s lawyers instructed him not even to ask what was in the documents to maintain his blissful ignorance.  That is not a valid justification.

What strategy is to be used by the Biden team and those seeking to put out the fires of evidence?  They will continue to claim, “He didn’t know.”  If that is the strategy, that should be the death knell in his presidency and guarantee he will not be the nominee in 2024.  That level of ignorance and ineptitude should resoundingly disqualify him more than he is already disqualified.

The documents were removed from a secure location to an unsecured one by someone!  If not Biden, then who?  According to existing laws, removing documents from a secured location to an unsecured one is potentially a crime.  Biden and his team seem to have lost track of the documents, meaning they were not protected, and that is irresponsible at best and criminal at worst.  The documents were stored in a location not secured by the Secret Service, which is potentially a crime.  Hey, if Trump is guilty of a crime, then how can it not be charged that Biden is also?

Let me throw in another quite disturbing caveat.  Joe Biden has revealed that in 2016, his infamous son, Hunter, had access to the Delaware garage, where classified documents were housed.  Suppose you do a little research on the chronology. In that case, you discover that October 2016 was just a few months before Vice President Joe Biden left the White House and allegedly stole classified documents.

What was in the documents?  According to reports, sensitive information regarding Ukraine was in the garage with the Corvette.  But it was locked, so no worries, right?  Sensitive information regarding Ukraine?  As I search my memory banks, I recall some questions about bribery, Hunter’s illegal dealings, and Joe’s kickbacks as the Big Guy connected to Ukraine.  Imagine that?  Joe didn’t know what was in the documents, but to keep them out of the hands of investigators, they magically appeared in his garage and other locations.  Convenient coincidence, right?  That does not sound like irresponsibility; it sounds like devious diabolical subversion.

Reports are that on April 25, 2016, Creative Artists Agency (CAA) agent Craig Gering emailed Hunter Biden with ‘confidential notes from our meeting,’ in which Gering listed apparent plans that were discussed for the vice president upon leaving office.  That included “wealth creation,” but no detailing that plan was included.  However, there was a reference to the Penn Biden Center in Washington, DC., with a possible job opportunity for Hunter.

Here’s a clincher and concern for me; The Biden Institute of Foreign Relations at the University of Pennsylvania, per the email, focuses on foreign policy.  It mentioned that the Penn Biden Center in Washington, D.C., was a possible opportunity for Hunter.  Gering noted that the Center operated much like the Clinton Global Initiative!  Interesting!  The Clinton Foundation and Initiative have proven to be a massive money laundering operation that has made the Clintons wealthy and seems to have been involved in influence peddling.  Quite benign, right?   Hunter’s history of influence peddling makes him someone who should never have access to classified documents.

Let me get to the point of Trump; and declare that if they charge Trump with a crime regarding classified documents, they must also charge Joe Biden.  Trump, according to the rhetoric and spin of the Biden administration and the Democrats, stonewalled the Department of Justice from obtaining classified documents containing national-security material.  It appeared that an obstruction of justice charge was easy and expected.  What do they do now, since Uncle Joe’s dirty hands have been exposed?

With the Biden classified document scandal, can they successfully sell the idea of charging the former president, Donald John Trump, with a crime, politically?  Do they dare take that step in their attempt to prevent Trump from running again?  Do they risk Biden and many other Democrats?  Are they so convinced that Donald Trump will destroy them that they will cast all caution to the wind, ignore the public’s potential view of the hypocrisy, and say, “Damn the torpedoes, full speed ahead!” 

America, this may be swept under the rug, but it reveals the importance of getting to the truth in American politics and draining the Swamp and dismantling government, and holding politicians accountable.  ONLY if we return to our moral moorings and, in that, return to God.  We can.  The question is, will we? The ball is in our court; what will we do? 

God bless you, and God bless America!

I believe that we too easily become distracted with personalities and side issues in our elections and that opens the door for the destructive policies of the transformers to become entrenched.  We focus on individual races rather than the Republic to our own hurt. 

I understand that it is in the individual races that we are able to cast our ballots for those we choose to represent us in Washington.  I do not mean to diminish that.  I also understand that we cannot vote in all the elections nationwide.  However, we can focus on the overall objective of the candidates and political parties and work through the means available to support or expose candidates and political agendas. 

I believe that dating back to the statement by Benjamin Franklin when asked at the constitutional convention, “Dr. Franklin, what kind of government do we have?”  He said, “A Republic, madam if you can keep it.”  The “if you can” is the decisive factor and sadly, we have too frequently lost sight of what we are to keep, how we are to keep it, and why it is imperative that we maintain oversight in our government.

Our national bureaucracy has been infiltrated by statists, globalists, and political activists seeking ideological agendas that are counter-republicanism.  They are anti-everything our founders proposed, established, and warned of the ease with which it could be dismantled.  We are voting for the Republic, Inalienable Rights, and Freedom.  I am soberly serious in that declaration.  Our individual and national freedom is hanging in the balance.

Under the current administration, we have watched our economy be reduced to ashes.  We have watched the mandates and restrictions based on incomplete and often inaccurate information regarding the pandemic caused by the Wuhan Virus (COVID-19).  We have watched from the national down to the local level politicians and bureaucrats seize the opportunity to impose their brand of totalitarianism and revoke our liberties.  They have infringed upon our constitutional rights and, initially, we sat in silence and complied like docile sheep. 

Over time, many that were seeking to be compliant began to realize that maybe, just maybe we had not been given full disclosure.  Many began to realize that the economy was needlessly shuttered.  As people began to feel the pinch at the pump for gasoline to power their automobiles enabling them to live their lives, work, and earn a living, they began to question their actions. 

We have observed the growing shortages in the healthcare industry, airline pilots, teachers, and a myriad of other occupations.  We have experienced the escalating prices of energy, food, clothing, and virtually every good and service we need to continue as a sovereign nation and individuals.  Virtually none of it was necessary and virtually every action was rooted in a political agenda and ideology that was the antithesis of freedom. 

I have heard the moans, complaints, criticisms, and vitriolic language in reaction to our current state.  I hear people gripe and lambast politicians from one party or the other without focusing on the root problem and the prime objective we should be voting on in November.

Yes, the power needs to be stripped from any politician or party that runs amok in an escalating push to fundamentally transform America.  Yes, to defeat as many of those as possible.  Yes, we need to focus on individual statewide races, governorships, legislators, and local politicians as well.  Yes, to all those.  If we give control of the House and Senate to the GOP, I am confident that we will see moderate resistance to the destructive policies now being enacted.

I wish I could say, the GOP will drain the swamp, dismantle the Deep State, and slam the brakes on the Biden administration’s trainwreck, but I try not to deal in fantasy.  There are too many establishment types in both parties who are peas in the same pod with different letters after their names. 

However, I do believe that we can send a message to Washington that will cause the career political elitists to take notice.  How?  We can become vocal.  We can become involved.  We can turn out to vote En masse and then volunteer as poll watchers and sound the alarm at every irregularity.  We can begin our campaign to flood the DC switchboard with phone calls.  We can fill the political email boxes with our vocalizations of what we desire and expect.  We can blow up their phones with our texts.

What is our message?  We want the Republicanism of the Founding Fathers restored.  We want the FBI purged of all political activists and agents of liberalism.  We want the IRS depoliticalized and to end the army of new armed agents who are willing to use deadly force on citizens.  We need to demand the restoration of the military to be the fighting force it was designed to be.  We need to demand a return to Constitutionalism. We want God to be honored in our public square.

Will our saying that is what we want, impress them?  Not by itself.  But if we couple that with putting our money where our mouth is and being persistent in our calls, texts, letters, and voting, we will cause a ripple in the political waters they cannot ignore.  We will not achieve our objective in one election.  We must become committed, like those valiant patriots in 1776 to fight to the finish.  We must become smarter than them and learn to listen to not only what they say but watch what they do.

We have been played by politicians and this occupant of the White House and his team have used racial hoaxes to accrue power since the inauguration.  Sadly the Left have weaponized race and their propaganda arms in the MSM parrot the claims that if you are not a Leftist Democrat you are a racist.  The propaganda is never ceasing, and more than two to one press releases have been issued by the DOJ regarding the J-6ers domestic terrorists.  Why?  Because painting all conservatives as insurrectionists is more politically profitable than focusing on real and present threats to our republic.

We have the FBI Swat Teams raiding the homes of Pro-Life citizens and organization leaders in the name of protecting our democracy.  It is a gross overreach of their authority and power and has the blessing if not the direction of the DOJ and the White House.  We have become a nation, like the despotic totalitarian regimes of communist and third-world nations, where our law enforcement, military, and bureaucracies are weaponized against the opposition of the party in power.  That is what we are voting on next Tuesday! 

Sadly, many in the religious world have joined forces with the Leftists and either misinterpret the Bible, the value of the home and family, and the moral fiber needed to survive as a republic, or they ignore those precepts.  We recently had the U.S. Catholic Bishops celebrating illegal immigration.  Some religious authorities are insisting that the Bible supports abortion when the Bible and virtually all ancient Jewish history reveal that abortion was considered murder and anathema to God’s commandments.

I know that some will take umbrage at my usage of the Bible, but it is the core of my personal beliefs, and I will not run from my beliefs.  I believe that God values life and freedom.  I believe that America was founded on principles embodied in the Ten Commandments and the biblical precepts regarding government and law.  If you disagree that is your privilege.

We are voting for the Republicanism of the Founding Fathers in this and every election.  I pray that you will become inspired, emboldened, and committed to the cause of preserving the United States of America and returning our culture to its moral moorings, which would be to return to God.

God bless you and God bless America!

2 Timothy 1:12 – “…I am not ashamed, for I know whom I have believed and am persuaded that He is able to keep what I have committed to Him until that Day.”  NKJV

I believe in God and Jesus Christ as my Lord and Savior!  I am troubled over what I perceive to be a lack of commitment in much of the Christian community today.  I know that sounds judgmental, but I honestly do not mean it to be.  I just question and do not understand some of what I see.  I am startled by the lack of vision for the whole and the abundance of vision for self that I hear in churches and from believers.

I could allow myself to think as I used to think before I experienced the Christ of the Cross.  I have an option to either blend in with the crowd and popular thinking or I can opt to swim upstream against the current of much popular thinking.  I choose to invite the Holy Spirit to enable me to think God’s thoughts!

I have been amazed at how many people come into local fellowships declaring that God has called them to be there and then depart over frivolous things.  I have witnessed people starting churches only to find it difficult and declare that God said to shut it down.  My question is always, “Did God instruct, you to do it initially?”  If so, does that mean God is fickle and changes His mind at the first sign of difficulty?  If the difficulty is a justification to quit, how did the early church survive?  James suggested we both expect trouble and respond to trials with joy for it is helping develop our faith and courage.

I declare today that I do not have all the answers and sometimes wonder if I have any answers.  However, I realize that I do not have to have all the answers.  I know the one who does!  I can trust God to be who He declared He was and is and rest confidently in the fact that He knows my need before I even pray.  I trust Jesus to be Lord! 

I make the choice to think according to the Word of God and base my thinking on what God says not how I feel, desire, wish for, or prefer.  I choose to adjust my life to fit what He says rather than try to adjust His word to fit my life.  I choose even when I cannot see in the natural and it seems the promise is delayed or will not come. I choose to believe in and trust God.

I choose to stand against the powers of darkness, not in my strength but on the basis of the shed blood of Jesus and His Covenant revealed in His word.  I choose to roll myself onto God and trust Him in all things and at all times. 

I choose to allow God’s word to adjust my thought processes bringing every thought captive to the obedience of Christ.  I confess that I have had a lot of practice in wrong thinking and now invite the Holy Spirit to reprogram my thought life.  I ask that He convict me every time I drift toward the old thought patterns and bring me into conformity with the Word and thereby transform my life.

That is my declaration today!  What is yours?   

May God be with you as you go through your day!