Sometimes Loss Is a Wake-Up Call That Leads to Gain

Wake Up! Flee the deception of Egypt!

Let the Lord fight for you. Let Him protect and defend you. Let Him make His way where you see no way. Rely on His living presence not on your own feelings, desires, and opinions. Listen to His voice. Stand still and see the salvation (rescue) of God. If Christ is in you and you call Him your Lord, then live every moment like He is!

The answer isn’t on a ballot or in stale religion. (2,000 years ago, religion and government teamed up to crucify Jesus. That team is still a bad idea!)

The presence of the risen Jesus is the answer we humans need. Make it your first priority to always listen to Him and humbly do what He says (even when you’d rather not).

Love your enemies! In the midst of the hatred of slaveholding and civil war, Abraham Lincoln said: “With malice toward none, with charity (love) for all . . .” That’s the kind of leadership the world needs today.

To insult people because of their political views or their belief system is a sign of weakness; to kindly disagree is strength. In a free country people have the right to have and express political views that differ from yours. To keep your country free respect that right!

To make America hate again is the recipe for disaster. We need to make America radiate the hope of its founding documents again!

The most important
Battleground state
Is your state
Of mind.
It’s essential to find
Ways to be kind.
Filling your mind
With hate
Won’t make
Your country great.
Anyone can berate
And insult
But that’s a trait
That will result
In toxic bitterness.
The risen Christ
Is the open gate
That leads to a life
Far beyond hate.
Daily follow
And rely on Him.

If you think that hate
Will make a country great.
You’re not thinking.

Stale religion
Can produce hate.
But the risen Jesus
Doesn’t want you to
Walk through that gate.