DEVISE

Definition:
concoct; to create or think of by clever use of the imagination

Synonyms:
invent – – – construct – – – design – – – produce – – – manufacture
contrive – – – come up with – – – think up – – – conceive
fabricate – – – drum up – – – hatch – – – cook up – – – make up
envision – – – imagine – – – trump up – – – improvise – – – visualize
dream – – – coin – – – vision – – – fantasize – – – daydream
extemporize – – – picture – – – ad-lib
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How many of those synonyms seem to apply in America today . . . ?

+ politically—
Reread the list, with politics in mind.
invent – – – construct – – – design – – – produce – – – manufacture
contrive – – – come up with – – – think up – – – conceive
fabricate – – – drum up – – – hatch – – – cook up – – – make up
envision – – – imagine – – – trump up – – – improvise – – – visualize
dream – – – coin – – – vision – – – fantasize – – – daydream
extemporize – – – picture – – – ad-lib

+ culturally—
Reread the list, thinking about the cultural tsunami wiping out everything in its path.
invent – – – construct – – – design – – – produce – – – manufacture
contrive – – – come up with – – – think up – – – conceive
fabricate – – – drum up – – – hatch – – – cook up – – – make up
envision – – – imagine – – – trump up – – – improvise – – – visualize
dream – – – coin – – – vision – – – fantasize – – – daydream
extemporize – – – picture – – – ad-lib

+ morally—
Reread the list, observing the moral freefall today.
invent – – – construct – – – design – – – produce – – – manufacture
contrive – – – come up with – – – think up – – – conceive
fabricate – – – drum up – – – hatch – – – cook up – – – make up
envision – – – imagine – – – trump up – – – improvise – – – visualize
dream – – – coin – – – vision – – – fantasize – – – daydream
extemporize – – – picture – – – ad-lib

+ spiritually—
Reread the list, in light of the ‘no man’s land’ with eroding spiritual foundations.
invent – – – construct – – – design – – – produce – – – manufacture
contrive – – – come up with – – – think up – – – conceive
fabricate – – – drum up – – – hatch – – – cook up – – – make up
envision – – – imagine – – – trump up – – – improvise – – – visualize
dream – – – coin – – – vision – – – fantasize – – – daydream
extemporize – – – picture – – – ad-lib

+ financially—
Reread the list, and wonder what we’ve really created.
invent – – – construct – – – design – – – produce – – – manufacture
contrive – – – come up with – – – think up – – – conceive
fabricate – – – drum up – – – hatch – – – cook up – – – make up
envision – – – imagine – – – trump up – – – improvise – – – visualize
dream – – – coin – – – vision – – – fantasize – – – daydream
extemporize – – – picture – – – ad-lib

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I came up with this ‘word for thought’ as I was reflecting on how many Americans ‘revise’ Jesus’ words about money.
I thought to check out if ‘devise’ was a real word that might fit.
WOW !
Fits all over today.