The Good Word for the Day in which We Live

Psalms 11

For the choir director: A psalm of David.

I trust in the LORD for protection.

So why do you say to me,

“Fly like a bird to the mountains for safety!

The wicked are stringing their bows

and fitting their arrows on the bowstrings.

They shoot from the shadows

at those whose hearts are right.

The foundations of law and order have collapsed.

What can the righteous do?”

But the LORD is in his holy Temple;

the LORD still rules from heaven.

He watches everyone closely,

examining every person on earth.

The LORD examines both the righteous and the wicked.

He hates those who love violence.

He will rain down blazing coals and burning sulfur on the wicked,

punishing them with scorching winds.

For the righteous LORD loves justice.

The virtuous will see his face.

Joe Biden in a Nutshell

• Biden taps non-binary drag queen to look after nuclear waste February 18, 2022

Price Gouging is Good

Price gouging is good for at least two reasons and it all has to do with supply and demand. Right now, demand is high for certain products. There’s not enough supply to meet the demand, so what do we do? Do we just cross our fingers and hope the suppliers ramp up production to meet our demand? Hope is good and we should have that, but we have more than that. What we want is supply to meet demand. How do we do that? We either increase supply or decrease demand. Price gouging does both. (It’s really market forces without governmental intervention.)

First, if we increase the price of a product, say toilet paper, the demand will decrease. Folks will think twice before hoarding those precious rolls leaving some for others that may really need it. Second, the higher prices will incentivize more production. Those toilet paper manufacturers will naturally want to supply more if they are going to make more money. As more product comes into the market, increasing supply, it will meet demand and the price will go down. 

Yes, it is emotionally satisfying to be against price gouging. But the next time you go to get some TP, ask yourself how the restrictions on price gouging are doing. Thank you, political leaders, who really only follow and rarely lead.

Christian Sabbath

Along with premarital sex/cohabitation and increasingly homosexuality, the christian church in the west has long ago given up on viewing Sunday as the Lord's Day in relation to the 4th commandment. When one can rationalize that the 4th commandment (a creation commandment as well) is not applicable in terms of our work and recreation, then what else might we relegate to a bygone era? 

http://politicsreligiontruth.blogspot.com/search/label/Sabbath

This Is What Trump Is Doing. Trump in a Nutshell.

Certain cities are labeled “anarchist” and federal funds are withheld from them since they will not take significant action to stop rioters. 

Aside from all of the negative media reports of President Trump's personality, he is doing some pretty great stuff. Here are just a few of them:

Nominated for the Nobel Peace Prize. 

United Aran Emerates and Bahrain peace agreements with Israel

Sending our own into space - Not since the Obama administration have we sent our own crews into space. We always hitched a ride on others’ rockets (Russian). However, we have seen private industry take the lead and we have launched our people from Florida - finally. In addition, we are preparing to return to the moon!

Unfairly Portrayed in Media and by the leftists in congress:

They tried several times to subvert the system and remove the president. This link is a good break down of the many many attempts to do just that. None were successful. None were warranted. No president has been so unfairly treated since before even taking office. 

Supreme Court and Abortion - He has appointed two conservative Supreme Court Justices. One more will undoubtably be needed in the next four years. Overturning abortion is in our sights. 

2nd Amendment Stalwart - You may hate the NRA, but that is just because you have been taught to do so by the leftist media. The NRA and those who love their rights support Trump. Take away our guns and you take away our rights. 

Executive Order on Religious Freedom

https://www.frc.org/op-eds/religious-freedom-a-consistent-priority-for-the-trump-administration

Most of these below this line were done early on. He has done much more since that time. 

Immigration - Obviously. What is a country without enforceable boarders?

Trump moves US embassy from Tel Aviv to Jerusalem

Trump rolls back Obama rules that helped transgender prisoners

Trump moves to ease the firing of federal workers

Release of Korean missionaries from North Korea

Release of Venezuelan prisoner

Title 10 cut funds to abortion providers. Reagan era rule.

Tariffs - Good for the American Worker. We are losing the trade war. It is about time we get in the fight. 

Trump to pardon conservative commentator Dinesh Dsouza

Remapping all of judiciary

North Korea war remains returned

Jeff Sessions' "Religious Liberty Task Force" Declares Holy War on LGBT People

Trump stands up for religious liberty

Trump administration to rescind Obama guidelines on race in college admissions

Doubling steel and aluminum tariffs with respect to Turkey causing Turkish current to fall further

Revokes $200 million in economic aid for West Bank and Gaza. Will redirect the $200 million to high priority projects elsewhere.

NASA chief: 'Without question,' U.S. rockets will launch astronauts from U.S. soil next year. It's been a long time since the US has put its own people into space. Too long. 

Trump brings Churchill bust back into the Whitehouse. Right where it should be. 

NAFTA/USMCA trade deal

Brunson released from Turkey

So-called Birthright Citizenship, which costs our Country billions of dollars and is very unfair to our citizens, will be ended one way or the other. It is not covered by the 14th Amendment because of the words “subject to the jurisdiction thereof.” Many legal scholars agree.....

US Restores Iran sanctions lifted under Obama nuclear deal

Trump proposes a new way around birth control mandate: Religious exemptions and Title X

Transgender military ban

Trump recognizes Venezuelan opposition leader as nation's president

Trump's Travel/Muslim ban - Not all Muslims are terrorists, but (virtually) all terrorists are Muslims - and they come from a certain few countries. 

Who's Honor and Glory?

We fear the gaze of others judgment against us (and our own). Pride, Fear, Self-Glory

We feel this way because we desire glory and adulation and honor. These belong to God. Why do we seek what is His alone? 

When we feel pride, fear, shame, and humiliation, it is an indication, an attribute, that we are seeking and have not yet attained the glory we desire. But this is God's glory that we are  attempting to co opt for ourselves. 

No glory or honor is ours. All must go to God alone! Any attempt or desire to get any glory is robbery of what is rightfully His. 

THEREFORE 

No need to fear. 

No need to fret.

No need to feel ashamed of the past.

Fear what? That I will lose that which I ought not to have expected?

Stop striving. Look to Jesus and live.