Making a Difference in your Life, in the Parts that are for Keeps!
Unstable, unhinged, unAmerican perpetrators of increased violence today are encouraged, inspired, motivated, and supported by the increase of angry, inflammatory rhetoric by leaders on the left, including politicians.
The first step to curbing the increased violence is to curb the rhetoric that is becoming more common, and hold those accountable who are hiding in plain sight.
We all need a cause–
— something to believe in
— something to give life meaning
— something to live for
— something to die for
What is your cause ?
How strongly do you believe in your cause ?
Consider the definition of fanatic–
“A fanatic is someone who believes in something more strongly than you do.”
“This Holy Week, Christians around the World remember the Crucifixion of God’s Only Begotten Son, our Lord and Savior, Jesus Christ and, on Easter Sunday, we celebrate His Glorious Resurrection and proclaim, as Christians have done for nearly 2000 years, ‘HE IS RISEN!’
Through the pain and sacrifice of Jesus on the Cross, we saw God’s boundless Love and Devotion to all Humanity and, at that moment of His Resurrection, History was forever changed with the Promise of Everlasting Life.
As we approach this Joyous Easter Sunday, I want to wish Christians everywhere a Happy and very Blessed Holiday. America is a Nation of Believers. We need God, we want God and, with His help, we will make our Nation Stronger, Safer, Greater, more Prosperous, and more united than ever before. Thank You, and HAPPY EASTER!”
Well, that sounds like it could have come from Billy Graham or George Washington or Abraham Lincoln, or other Godly American leaders of the past.
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Palm Sunday, 2025, President Donald Trump posted that on his platform, Truth Social.
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There’s more.
This is Donald Trump’s Presidential Proclamation for Holy Week 2025:
“This Holy Week, Melania and I join in prayer with Christians celebrating the crucifixion and resurrection of our Lord and Savior, Jesus Christ—the living Son of God who conquered death, freed us from sin, and unlocked the gates of Heaven for all of humanity.
My Administration renews its promise to defend the Christian faith in our schools, military, workplaces, hospitals, and halls of government.
We will never waver in safeguarding the right to religious liberty, upholding the dignity of life, and protecting God in our public square.”
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Thank You, Jesus, for Your Resurrection—and for our resurrection !
And thank You for those words from President Trump.
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(part one—read this first)
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TRADEOFFS
Is life a deal, a tradeoff—maneuvering to get the most of what you want while giving up the least to get it ?
What, or Who, are you dealing with, in life—in real life—in your life ?
or
CONSEQUENCES
Is life a choice, with consequences—finding what is most important—deciding to get what is most important, whatever it costs—accepting and living with the consequences—never looking back ?
What, or Who, are you choosing—always looking ahead—all the way ahead ?
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What is the cost ?
What is the price ?
– of satisfaction ?
– of making money ?
– of getting rich ?
– of security ?
– of contentment ?
– of freedom ?
– of goals ?
– of accomplishment ?
What is the price ?
– of integrity ?
– of faithfulness ?
– of faith ?
– of love ?
– of relationships ?
– of happiness ?
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What is your price ?
What will you pay ?
What will you give up ?
What will you sacrifice ?
What will you suffer ?
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What do you want ?
What do you want most ?
What is life worth ?
What is your life worth ?
What is death worth ?
What is your death worth to someone ?
What is your death worth to you ?
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What is life after death worth ?
What is life after death worth to you ?
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What is the connection between–
— the price of life now ?
and
— the price of life after now ?
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This was written with questions only, to get you to think—think first about your life, your ambitions, your pursuits—and not immediately react to my answers, or anybody else’s answers, to life.
If we cannot get an honest evaluation of our life, we will never make honest decisions that last.
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(part two—later)
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“Any time the media is unskeptical of the government, we have a problem.”
—–Todd Hermann
“You can’t try to be a Christian.”
—–Ed Demirs
“When the powers of hell assail
And my strength begins to fail,
Thou, Who knowest all about me,
Stand by me.”
While I’m getting older and strength fails, physically and mentally and emotionally, I find more meaning all the time in words of Christian hymns that have been around awhile.
What I didn’t expect, but should not come as a surprise—as I turn to the Lord more often because I have to, the enemy sends more attacks both big and small.
I’m praying His commands and promises many times a day, “Be still, and know that I AM God.”
And, “Call upon Me in the day of trouble . . .”
The . . . indicates that I’ve learned to stop there, describe the newest trouble (which God knows all about, but wants me to tell Him), without saying how I want Him to fix it.
That moment of stopping, knowing I’m not in charge, is part of being still.
Then He chooses when and how to deliver me—His solution, not mine.
Then, I can glorify Him, without taking any credit.
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“Be still – – – – – – and know – – – – – that I AM God.”
“Call upon Me in the day of trouble [every trouble] – – – – – – I will deliver you – – – – – – AND you will glorify Me.”
“Trust in The Lord with all your heart, and lean not on your own understanding.
In all your ways acknowledge Him, and He will direct your paths.”
Learn to lean . . .
Learn to lean not . . .
“We don’t have to go to every fight we get a ticket to.”
—–Peter Rosenberger, Hope For The Family Caregiver, on American Family Radio
God is not a Republican, but
“The devil is a Democrat”
—–Seth Gruber, director of The 1916 Project (movie),
documenting abortion and planned ‘un’parenthood
Watch the film, “The 1916 Project” in any way you can.
“Boldhearted men are always called mean-spirited by cowards.”
—–C H Spurgeon
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