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[Goodbye]
has RN being gracious.
[Varmint Signs 7] has a herd of dachshunds road-raging.
[What A Pig] contains some thoughts about the firing of the Arkansas Razorbacks head
football coach.
[Varmint Signs 8] has a sneaky kitty practicing sneak attacks.
[President Obama’s Osama Ad] contains some thoughts on the Republican uproar over the
president trying to make some political hay.
Congress shall make no law respecting an establishment
of religion, or prohibiting the free exercise thereof; or abridging the freedom
of speech, or of the press; or the right of the people peaceably to assemble,
and to petition the Government for a redress of grievances.
A
lot has been made of the [separation of church and state] in the United States
of America over the years. I may be
mistaken, but I am fairly sure that it started when the founding fathers of
this country sought to avoid many of the problems that had plagued the
governments of most (if not all) of the European countries down through the
centuries, with the official recognition of one particular set of religious
beliefs over all others appearing to directly lead to the fall of many of them.
Be
assured that the making and breaking of governments in this world is something
that our Heavenly Father does indeed do—regardless whether He is acknowledged
or not. For it is written: “To God belong
wisdom and power; counsel and understanding are his. What he tears down cannot be rebuilt; those
he imprisons cannot be released. If he
holds back the waters, there is drought; if he lets them loose, they devastate
the land. To him belong strength and
insight; both deceived and deceiver are his.
He leads rulers away stripped and makes fools of judges. He takes off the shackles put on by kings and
ties a loincloth around their waist. He
leads priests away stripped and overthrows officials long established. He silences the lips of trusted advisers and
takes away the discernment of elders. He
pours contempt on nobles and disarms the mighty. He reveals the deep things of darkness and
brings utter darkness into the light. He
makes nations great, and destroys them; he enlarges nations, and disperses
them. He deprives the leaders of the
earth of their reason; he makes them wander in a trackless waste. They grope in darkness with no light; he
makes them stagger like drunkards.” [Job 12:13-25 NIV]
No,
the United States of America was not established as a Christian nation, but
this does not mean that our Heavenly Father did not have a hand in its birth,
nor has had a hand in its growth. For it
is also written: Let everyone be subject to the governing authorities, for there is no
authority except that which God has established. The authorities that exist
have been established by God. [Romans 13:1 NIV]
The
key to understanding what is going on has to with the absolute truth of the
matter truly being that this world was never meant to last but for a little
while in comparison to the whole of eternity, and that what our Heavenly Father
has been wanting to accomplish is for as many as will from amongst all of
mankind to freely want to spend all of eternity with Him in His Kingdom of
Heaven as heirs to all that is His in glory.
Subsequently, the establishment of an evil government works as well as a
good one does toward accomplishing His purposes, and in many respects, it works
better. For the awful truth is that most
of us only think of Him when things are going bad.
Ironically,
liberals generally want what our Heavenly Father wants us to do, such as
seeking to take care of the poor and needy, while refusing to even acknowledge
His existence—let alone give Him credit for placing that desire in their
hearts. Equally as ironic, conservatives
generally do not want to share anything with anybody while singing His praises
for all to hear.
Alas,
despite the insistence of many of the political pundits that the 2012
presidential election should only be about the languishing American economy, debates
over the differences in their religious beliefs will undoubtedly become more
heated as the opposing forces march toward the final showdown on November 6th. For with President Obama being a member of
the [United Church of Christ], along with being accused of secretly being a [Muslim],
and the expected Republican challenger, Mitt Romney, being a [Mormon], there is
certainly plenty for the lunatic fringe on both sides to get heated about.
However,
do any of them truly believe that the way this country will go is in our
Heavenly Father’s hands, and that it will be as it should be for us all in the
end? Quite sadly, most (both in and
outside of the American Christian community) want to keep Him plumb out of it.
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