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So right is wrong and wrong is now...right?

Make it make sense! 🤯  Let's talk about it...☕☕☕ It was disclosed that Bill Clinton got up to shenanigans with grown women who were not his wife, then lied about it. Evangelicals said his actions demonstrated a lack of moral character that made him unfit to serve as president. They emphasized the importance of fidelity and honesty in public officials. They rallied for his impeachment.  At that time, it was perfectly correct and Biblical to call out the wrongdoings of the President for the Bible informs us in Acts 5 we should submit to authority but be prepared to obey God, not man. An aside 👩🏾‍🏫: That word "submit" deserves a thorough study and break-down all on its own. It's being used by some as a tool to say, "Authority is given by God, those in authority can do/say whatever they want and it's right", "Do what I say with no questions asked", "I'm the law around here and what I say goes", "Check your brains and your Bib...
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It's not you...It's them

When you can see/read people, you want to let them know they're not gettin' over and that you're not stupid. There are times you can't because you're being checked and aren't allowed to say what you really really REALLY want to say 🤐. As blunt as I can be, I also swallow words. I'm not allowed to unsheathe the word knife from my mouth. 😁 But that doesn't stop my mental side-eye 👀 and silent, "Hmmph, they really think I don't know, don't they..." Maybe, it's just me. 🤷🏾‍♀️ I've said it many times before and I'm sayin' it again: People are somethin' ELSE...Christian people too. Sometimes, we're the absolute worse because we sanctimoniously wrap our ugly and "sometimey" behavior in scripture.  If being accepted by people is crucial to your self-worth, you will always wrestle with feeling you're not good enough or always at fault when really you're the victim of someone being messy, their proje...
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He's Got You!

Lord, deliver us from evil! Dear Lord, stay the hand of the enemy! Lord, please come and see about us! Dear God, help us! Lord, save us from...! These are "small" prayers 🙏🏽 that tumble around in my heart daily. My small world is comparatively ok, but I'm very aware that the hand of evil is reaching and touching. I see the hurt, lawlessness, and injustice and it's heartbreaking. 💔 SO heartbreaking. 💔😢 Some nights, my heart is so heavy because of events, I pray for a personal God encounter. I crave and need a personal, rejuvenating encounter with Him. A "I'm here...I've got you," kind of encounter. I had a dream Sunday night that was so vivid. Some of the scenes still replay in my mind. I'll share one here.  I was riding in a car with a Christian powerhouse --the sho' nuf born-again, Bible believin' kind. I looked out the window and stared at the clouds. The longer I looked up, a huge shape took on more  definition.  The Christian rid...
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He said it, they did it, and they're doing it again.

"We tolerate no one in our ranks who attacks the ideas of Christianity. Our movement is Christian."                       - Adolf Hitler, October 27, 1928 Yes, Hitler really did say that. Let's talk about it... 👩🏾‍🏫 This was part of his tactics to deceive the German's Christian majority and gain their  support.  I wonder how many Christians called him a "Man of God" or "The Second Christ" during that time and got fightin' mad when someone pointed out the contradictions they'd seen...or perceived. 🤔 👩🏾‍🏫  Anywhoo...Hitler's tactic worked: Many Christians believed, received, and doggedly supported. 👩🏾‍🏫 After he used them to gain power and stopped playing Christian, the Christian reaction was mixed:   * Some resisted in any way they could.  * Some aided the oppressed and persecuted.  * Some continued to doggedly support Hitler.  * Some became Nazi informants (snitches) to aid his evil ...
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Will He Know Me?

You know, folk are worshipping so many different versions of God: * The version created using cherry-picked scripture. * A version wearing a red MAGA hat.  * A Christian Nationalists version. * A white supremacist version. * A version who's closed fisted and selfish. * A version who cares more about money than people. * A version painted by Trump's prophets. * A version that's hateful, racist, and bigoted. * The version who approves lawlessness, inequity, and injustice. * The version who approves any and everything.  * The version who winks at sin dependent upon the person doing the sinning. * The version who cares more about politics than His creations. * The one where the body (which will turn to dust) of man is more important than the soul of man. * A version devoid of empathy and kindness. . . . I can choose or craft any version of God that supports my personal agenda, preferences, biases, politics, and any version to use as a whip to ensure my personal comfort and prop...
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Support Israel...How?

Can we talk about Israel? Christians are adamant that the US should support Israel because the Bible indicates we should. I have no problem with that. The problem is HOW the pertinent scriptures are being interpreted. * What does it mean to bless Israel? * What does supporting Israel mean or look like? * Do we have to give blind support? * Do we have to "help" make God's promises regarding Israel come to past? * Does supporting Israel mean we must join them in and/or approve of all aggressive or questionable actions? Does God really need help fulfilling His Word regarding Israel? The Bible said Israel was His and He would fight for them. Even with that, He did not give them blind support. Israel was corrected when they refused to obey Him and His precepts/principles. Personally, I bless--ask for God's favor upon--Israel and pray for the peace of Jerusalem. That's biblical instructions. Israel, America, family, friends, anybody operating against the principles and ...
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He Did What?

Let's talk about Christopher Columbus... 👩🏾‍🏫 In 1492, there were already millions of folk in the Americas--the indigenous people. 👩🏾‍🏫 Leif Erikson, a Viking, was the first European to sail to North America. He reached Canada 500 years before Columbus ever pointed his ship west, intending to reach Asia. 👩🏾‍🏫 Columbus did not discover America in 1492. In fact he never stepped foot on North American shores.  👩🏾‍🏫 October 12 marks the day Columbus arrived in the Bahamas. He did reach the coasts of what today are Cuba, Haiti, and the Dominican Republic, as well as explored the Central and South American coasts. 👩🏾‍🏫 What Columbus did in Hispaniola (what is now Haiti and the Dominican Republic) to the indigenous and friendly Taino people is absolutely abhorrent: he forced them into slavery, punishing them with loss of limb or death if they didn't collect enough gold. The indigenous population was destroyed by his brutality and transmitted European diseases. 👩🏾‍🏫 C...
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