Look in the Mirror

We had a recent election.  75% said the country is going in the wrong direction.  The Democrats, President, Senate, and Congress all had low approval ratings. Polls and pundits said a wave of change was coming. Yet what should have happened didn't.  

Democrats ran on abortion,  climate change,  and Republicans are evil. Republicans ran on the economy/inflation,  the energy crisis, and border security.  Abortion doesn't affect most lives, and the Supreme Court said it's a states rights issue.  Therefore, it was irrelevant to the federal election.  Climate change is something in the future if it's true at all. We do not have the technology to address the issues as Democrats want. Their solutions are destroying our lives today. And, if you are a Christian like me you believe God created the earth, and man doesn't have the ability to destroy the earth, unless God wants it destroyed.  If God wants it destroyed,  man cannot stop it. Lastly Republicans such. Many people are decieved by Democrat and media lies. Many people hate Trump, and those he supports. Some believe Republicans are a threat to democracy.  Putting aside we are a Constitutional Republic and not a democracy,  why? Republicans believe in the Constitution.  Limited government, individual freedom, and personal responsibility.  I personally don't think this election was about issues.  If it was Republicans would have won easily. I believe it is spiritual warfare,  good vs evil, God vs Satan.  If  you wonder which side is which read Marx and Madison.  It will show you who's on which side. Spooiler alert,  Marx hated religion.

So here we are, and at the point I want to make. Choices have consequences.  I want people who voted for any Democrat to take responsibility for your choice.  As inflation soars, and you cannot buy groceries for your family, look in the mirror, you did this.  When you cannot afford gas for your car,  look in the mirror, you did this. As delivery trucks cannot get diesel and shelves of the stores are empty, look in the mirror,  you did this. As you cannot afford to pay to heat or cool your home, look in the mirror,  you did this. As illegal immigrants enter the country, commit crimes, and use taxpayers resources, look in the mirror, you did this. As children and women are sold in human trafficking for sex, look in the mirror, you did this. As gangs cross illegally,  bringing drugs and violent crime, look in the mirror, you did this. As young people die from fentynal and other drugs coming in illegally,  maybe your child or grandchildren, look in the mirror, you did this. You elected a president with dementia, that doesn't have the mental or physical capabilities for the office. You elected Marxist that hate America.  That are bringing moral bankruptcy to the country and children. They are bringing racial division.  They are taking our individual freedom.  And our free and fair elections.  They have destroyed the rule of law. Look in the mirror,  you did this. 

But take solice, you showed Trump. 

Going Home

There are times that I just want to go home and be with the Lord.  I know this world is not my home.  Surrounded by sin, hurt, and depravity.   The culture is the antithesis of what lives in my heart.  So I wait.  I wait for the rapture or the Lord to call me home.  I love my friends and family.  And think of Paul saying to live is Christ to die is gain.  He went on to say it is better for you that I stay.  Therefore it is selfish to want to escape.  That said, then why are we who love the Lord still here? 
   God has called all Christian to be His Ambassadors in this world.  What does an Ambassador do? In good times they negotiate deals. They represent their Kingdom's interest.  In tense times they negotiate for peace.  Try to persuade their foes what is in their best interest.  This failing, they warn of impending war, and the consequences.  When all negotiations have broken down, the enemy will no longer listen, then the King will remove His ambassadors, and bring them home to protect them.
    So there is the answer to why we are in this sin sick world.  We are trying to bring those separated from God to peace.  We are representing in word and action their best interest.  The King, and only the King, will decide when all hope is lost.  Those separated will no longer listen.  Then, and only then will He remove us and bring us home.
   None of us are called to save the world.  We are ambassadors in our sphere of influence.  Our family,  friends, and acquaintances.  The Lord may bring others into our sphere that need Him.  We are to be open and available to the leading of the Spirit. 
   So we labor on as ambassadors.  With the honor of representing the King of Kings!  And await the time for His calling us home, and to hear the words "Well done good and faithful servant"!

Watchman, what time is it?

We are in perilous times in America, both corporately and individually. Many deny the signs of the times. Some say they do not want to hear about religion or politics, staying willfully ignorant. Some are misinformed believing things that tickle their ears. Some believe things our of self interest, whether through greed or envy. Some with good intentions not wanting to hurt others feelings. Truth and facts are a stubborn think. When we do not believe and obey God we willfully are sinning. Man is a triune being body, soul, and spirit. The flesh is the tent that houses man. It responds to the stimulus of the world. The soul is who man is, it is stimulated by thought, emotion, and will. We are born spiritually dead, separated from fellowship with God. When man accepts the substitutional death and resurrection of Jesus Christ we are born again to the spirit, and we once more can communicate with God. The soul and the spirit are connected. We discussed the three parts of the soul. The thought life is the first area of concern. We will direct our actions through thoughts. We can be deceived by thought. God admonishes us in 2 COR 10.5 to discipline our thought life by "casting down arguments and every high thing that exalts itself against the knowledge of God, bringing every thought into captivity to the obedience of Christ". Whatever we think we must ensure it is in line with God's word. The second area of soul is emotion. We must learn to control our emotions through obedience to the word, and by an act of will Our will is the key to our choices. It is influenced by the spirit through is connection to God, or by our thoughts and emotions responding to stimulus of the flesh. If we submit to the flesh we sin through the lust of the eye, lust of the flesh or pride of life. If we are obedient to the spirit we have truly died to the flesh and are born again. We will all fail at times while in this body of death, but we will be convicted in our spirit. If we confess our sin He is faithful and just to forgive us and our relationship is restored. Thus God has set us as His Ambassadors, His Watchmen. Ezekiel 33:7 says; “So you, son of man: I have made you a watchman for the house of Israel; therefore you shall hear a word from My mouth and warn them for Me. 8 When I say to the wicked, ‘O wicked man, you shall surely die!’ and you do not speak to warn the wicked from his way, that wicked man shall die in his iniquity; but his blood I will require at your hand. 9 Nevertheless if you warn the wicked to turn from his way, and he does not turn from his way, he shall die in his iniquity; but you have delivered your soul. 10 “Therefore you, O son of man, say to the house of Israel: ‘Thus you say, “If our transgressions and our sins lie upon us, and we pine away in them, how can we then live?”’ 11 Say to them: ‘As I live,’ says the Lord God, ‘I have no pleasure in the death of the wicked, but that the wicked turn from his way and live. Turn, turn from your evil ways! For why should you die, O house of Israel?’ The role of a watchman is not limited to speaking only about the sins and problems of the society. The watchman was also charged with proclaiming good news about salvation. Notice this in Isaiah: "How beautiful upon the mountains are the feet of him who brings good news, who proclaims peace, who brings glad tidings of good things, who proclaims salvation, who says to Zion, 'Your God reigns!' Your watchmen shall lift up their voices, with their voices they shall sing together; for they shall see eye to eye when the Lord brings back Zion. "Break forth into joy, sing together, you waste places of Jerusalem! For the Lord has comforted His people, He has redeemed Jerusalem. The Lord has 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 52:7-10). To Jerusalem and the land of Israel God says the watchmen will hold a vigil day and night for the peace of the people. "I have set watchmen on your walls, O Jerusalem; they shall never hold their peace day or night. You who make mention of the Lord, do not keep silent, and give Him no rest till He establishes and till He makes Jerusalem a praise in the earth. "The Lord has sworn by His right hand and by the arm of His strength: 'Surely I will no longer give your grain as food for your enemies; and the sons of the foreigner shall not drink your new wine, for which you have labored. But those who have gathered it shall eat it, and praise the Lord; those who have brought it together shall drink it in My holy courts.' "Go through, go through the gates! Prepare the way for the people; build up, build up the highway! Take out the stones, lift up a banner for the peoples! Indeed the Lord has proclaimed to the end of the world: 'Say to the daughter of Zion, "Surely your salvation is coming; behold, His reward is with Him, and His work before Him"'" (Isaiah 62:6-11). Here we see the watchman role given to a group of people charged with a prayer vigil for the well-being of Israel. These people, by their presence and their prayers, seek to keep the city from suffering the ravaging effects of evil. These passages in Isaiah paint an image of godly people who are given unique vision into the world of today and the world to come. They understand the universal application of the gospel of the Kingdom of God. They see that God will bring that Kingdom to earth and will offer salvation not just to Israel, but also to all nations. They see the reuniting of the tribes of Israel in the Promised Land as the beginning of the times of restoration of all things spoken of by Peter in Acts 3. But they also have insight into the world at the end of this age. They see the dark gathering clouds on the world's horizon that spell the end of Satan's reign as the god of this world and author of all its evil. This leads them to mount the "walls" of society and shout a warning to any who will hear. To say: "God is sovereign. He will bring a time of judgment on the world to prove that He alone is God. All other gods erected by people to hide His truth will be destroyed." This message includes teaching that will show any who listen the way to personal peace. It will show the true teaching of God and the way to salvation. It is also a message of how one can choose to escape the time of judgment God will bring on the world. God has set His people as a godly group of "watchmen," how they view this world and what it means for you. Do not fear man. Be that Watchman God called you to be. Hiding the light under a basket, or only giving half a gospel is not love, and it will not deliver your soul or the souls of others God brought into your sphere of influence, on the day of judgement

What Happened in Ohio

The election is over but the consequences will live on for decades. We have allowed special interest money to be used, through propaganda, to overturn the economic recovery plan of elected officials. The unions comprise 12% of national workers, however their deception and fear- mongering has succeeded in controlling our public sector expenses. The lap dog Democrats will receive healthy kickbacks in the form of campaign contributions. The true loser in this “process” is not only the taxpayers of Ohio and America, but every family.
Let me give you my predictions from your actions. This election is a harbinger for the other states and Governors that are trying to implement austerity programs in their states. This defeat will embolden the tyrannical minority to use similar tactics in all states. With this tool taken from governors, the cost of “public servants,” not just the firefighters, police, nurses and teachers, who shamelessly permitted propaganda ads in their name, but all bureaucrats. With this increased cost, communities, as they are doing now, will be forced to lay off workers. This will put the community in danger, and officials will overwhelm the public with levies and bond issues. If passed, these high taxes will stop people from moving into communities. Businesses will not open in these communities due to cost. If they do not pass, citizens will be put in danger. Schools will have larger classes and be unproductive. Without jobs the tax bases will continue to fall, causing more chaos. Our children will be forced to relocate to sensible states to get jobs. Who will take care of the elderly if all of the younger generation relocates?
These things, multiplied throughout liberal states, will cause a total collapse of our economic system. As you can see now the streets in cities across America are filled with Occupy Wall Street and Occupy name- the- city, protesting capitalism. You had the Tea Party in the streets last summer wanting to go back to the constitution and small government. Both sides have total disdain for government leaders. After the collapse of the dollar this will result in anarchy in our streets. We have seen this throughout the Middle East and Europe, as agitators from AFL-CIO, SEIU, and the Muslim Brotherhood joined forces to unite the workers of the world (as Marx stated and was repeated by Andy Stern President of SEIU) to overthrow capitalism. Richard Trumka, President of AFL-CIO, whose organization (with George Soros, SEIU, and Move On.org) was a major backer of We Are Ohio, won an award from the Communist Party USA for his work advancing their cause. I do not blame the rank and file union member. You were lied to, had your emotions and self-preservation instincts stirred, and mobilized to do the national leaders bidding. Marx called liberals “useful idiots”.
Now it is too late. We will play out the scenario and try to pick up the pieces when sanity is restored. Until then I am the 88. That is the 88% that will have to pay for someone else’s lapse of judgment. I will not, if within my power, support any business that employs union members. I will no longer support union charities. And I will vote No on every levy and bond issue until unions are gone.

One Last Appeal in Love

This may be foolish on my part, but because of my love of this country, and my love for friends that I feel are being deceived, I am going to try one more time to explain my stance on public sector unions and the Ohio Senate Bill.
First the collective bargaining for public sector unions does not work because it involves two groups (Public officials and Unions) negotiating with other peoples (taxpayers) money. The Union wants to get everything they can for their clients. The public officials (Politicians) want to get re-elected. Therefore the public officials give unreasonable concessions to pander to the union members (voters). To add to the problem the union and the democrats have an incestuous relationship. The union collects dues from its grateful members, pours that money back into democrat candidates, who once again give unsustainable benefits.
The union members, faithful employees, become comfortable and righteously believe they should get what they are promised. The buy houses, cars, have children, and built their lives on these promises. Then comes the day of reckoning the inevitable time comes when the promises can no longer be sustained. In comes the other political party. People subconsciously know that the state and country are in trouble. They know something must be done, but say do not touch my normal. Their (union) leaders and the other political party tell them everything is fine, the other side is just out to get you and destroy your normal, and the union. Because you earned and want your normal you believe the people you want to believe. The is called normalcy bias.
Normalcy bias
The normalcy bias refers to a mental state people enter when facing a disaster. It causes people to underestimate both the possibility of a disaster occurring and its possible effects. This often results in situations where people fail to adequately prepare for a disaster, and on a larger scale, the failure of the government to include the populace in its disaster preparations. The assumption that is made in the case of the normalcy bias is that since a disaster never has occurred that it never will occur. It also results in the inability of people to cope with a disaster once it occurs. People with a normalcy bias have difficulties reacting to something they have not experienced before. People also tend to interpret warnings in the most optimistic way possible, seizing on any ambiguities to infer a less serious situation.
The normalcy bias may be caused in part by the way the brain processes new data. Research suggests that even when the brain is calm; it takes 8–10 seconds to process new information. Stress slows the process, and when the brain cannot find an acceptable response to a situation, it fixates on a single solution that may or may not be correct. An evolutionary reason for this response could be that paralysis gives an animal a better chance of surviving an attack; predators are less likely to eat prey that isn't struggling.
The normalcy bias often results in unnecessary deaths in disaster situations. The lack of preparation for disasters often leads to inadequate shelter, supplies, and evacuation plans. Even when all these things are in place, individuals with a normalcy bias often refuse to leave their homes. Studies have shown that more than 70% of people check with others before deciding to evacuate.
The normalcy bias also causes people to drastically underestimate the effects of the disaster. Therefore, they think that everything will be all right, while information from the radio, television, or neighbors gives them reason to believe there is a risk. This creates a cognitive dissonance that they then must work to eliminate. Some manage to eliminate it by refusing to believe new warnings coming in and refusing to evacuate (maintaining the normalcy bias), while others eliminate the dissonance by escaping the danger. The possibility that some may refuse to evacuate causes significant problems in disaster planning.
Examples: Little Sioux Scout camp in June 2008. Despite being in the middle of "Tornado Alley," the campground had no tornado shelter to offer protection from a strong tornado.
New Orleans before Hurricane Katrina. Inadequate government preparation and the denial that the levees could fail were an example of the normalcy bias, as was the thousands of people who refused to evacuate.
The September 11th Attacks can also be seen as a case of normalcy bias. Although there were adequate signals that a massive terror attack was probably in the works, inadequate steps were taken to prevent it. The scale and method of the attack may have been too novel. Even though two airplanes hit the buildings, people would go back to their office to get a purse, turn off a computer, or turn off the lights.
Prevention: The negative effects can be combated through the four stages of disaster response:
Preparation, including publicly acknowledging the possibility of disaster and forming contingency plans
Warning, including issuing clear, unambiguous, and frequent warnings and helping the public to understand and believe them impact, the stage at which the contingency plans take effect and emergency services, rescue teams, and disaster relief teams work in tandem aftermath, or reestablishing equilibrium after the fact by providing supplies and aid to those in need.
I have tried to warn of the impending financial disaster. I have warned of the national union leaders, their Marxist beliefs and desire to destroy capitalism globally. I warned of their involvement with the riots in Europe and the Middle East as well as Wisconsin and other states. They recently tried a 50 state protest. I provided my reasoning, and evidence, however instead to discourse, or having my questions answered, I have been personally attacked and my character impugned. However I hold no animosity, and love you all. I want you to honestly look at the circumstances and evaluate them for yourselves.
The biggest benefit to the state in eliminating collective bargaining is to eliminate the power of the union leaders, and high ranking public officials. Thus devolving contracts to local levels where instead of mandated expenses local governments will negotiate within their abilities. I understand that this will hurt many people who do not deserve, and cannot afford reductions in pay or benefits. However if we do not address the disaster the alternative is total collapse and no income. We need to mitigate these impending disasters, and prepare now.
Demonizing the Governor, the republicans, or those who disagree with you does not lessen the truth of our situation. My prayer is that you will see the truth and it will free you through preparation and love instead of anger in your hearts.