We assemble upon a great digital battlefield in the fight for our republic. It is critical to reflect upon the values that form the foundation of our national assembly…. “Isolation starts with a rebellion against God“, we must be conscious about the need to connect.
It’s hard to believe this image was originally shared on these pages and discussed almost a decade ago.
There was just something about the shift in messaging from the totalitarian left that sounded an internal alarm amid those who were focused on the open dismissal of liberty and freedom that resounded from the drumbeat of the Obama era.
“Fundamental change” was a looming catch phrase many just seemed to ignore.
And here we are… divided by a network of seemingly intoxicating systems; many purposefully driven by the modern dynamic of social media, steering a tribal outcome we are only now just beginning to fathom.
Ultimately the collective weight of progressive leftism is putting us is isolation. There are many historic references to this disconcerting sentiment to review with hindsight.
We saw this coming…. we just didn’t know the entry vector that would be used to accomplish the final stages of diminished freedom and individual liberty. As we look at the current COVID-19 mandates, dictates and controls one cannot easily dismiss the weaponized use of a virus to attain division under the guise of “social distancing.”
When we initially asked the question: “where would you choose to live“, we had no idea a virus would be purposeful to enhance the objectives of social engineering, isolation and ultimately, painfully, oppression. Oblivious to the grand design, we allowed a seemingly disparate network of big tech companies to control communication. The COVID aspect now generates in the physical world exactly the same distance created in the digital world.
It might, heck, -check that- it does seem overwhelming at times. But that is the nature of this collectivist strategy. That is the purpose of this bombardment. We must hold strong and push back against their lies and manipulations. If you look closely at their attack, it is weak and much of it is psychological bait. Do not fall into the trap of despair.
When I share the message “live your best life”, it is not without purpose. Every moment that we allow the onslaught to deter us from living our dreams, is a moment those who oppose our nation view as us taking a knee. Do not allow this effort to succeed.
You might ask yourself how can I, one person, a flea looking into a furnace, retain an optimistic disposition while all around me seems chaotic and mad.
That’s the point; it ‘seems’ chaotic and mad because it has been created to appear that way. There are more of us than them; they just control the systems that allow us to connect, share messages and recognize the scale of our assembly.
In/around July 2020 it was obvious in my travels we were on the precipice of a disconnect from human interaction that would numb our psyche to what ultimately matters, fellowship.
Not only are various governmental agencies forcing the separation of people from their community networks, we are also seeing faith-based organizations, churches, buying into the fear. Even in areas where churches are not forcibly shut down, many are seeing a structural shift where some faith leaders are willingly ostracizing their community under the guise of various COVID alarms. This is not good…. not good at all.
Fellowship is the essential ingredient to a purposeful life. How and why we interact with each-other is how and why we recharge our core humanity. To see faith leaders willing to separate from the function of fellowship is alarming. However, as individuals we must not allow this foreboding sense to become the normal expectation.
Throughout history large armies have been defeated through the process of division. It is not a leap to see the same strategic objectives being deployed against social assemblies including congregations. It is puzzling how many in leadership cannot see the danger in social and spiritual distance when the bond of fellowship is needed more than ever.
Each of us has a different connection to our community. Each of us has a different level of internal strength… such is the nature of living. However, the distance between people is manifestly not a good outcome when combined with the lack of food for the soul.
The influence of social media is already troublesome, physically distancing from human engagement only worsens the impact. There is no digital replacement for the true fellowship of humanity on a personal level.
Ultimately it is the currency of human connection that is the true value in our lives.
We have each felt how our positive influence upon the lives of others nourishes our own sense of purpose and fulfillment… Do not lose that. Do not think you can compensate for that through other arbitrary measures; you cannot.
With local, state and federal leaders moving beyond the workplace distance; and beyond the community distance; and beyond the church distance; and now entering your home to tell you the importance of separating yourself from your family we must evaluate these arbitrary decrees very deliberately.
Evaluate very closely what we are willing to give up. Perhaps we are in this position today because we didn’t sit still enough and contemplate the real priorities in our lives.
Our liberty is inherent.
Our freedom is inherent.
The removal of both requires consent.
I choose not to disconnect.
I choose purpose.
I choose my own humanity.
Love to all,
~ Sundance
[…] I asked a gentleman for the location to a convenience store to purchase some mints to chew throughout the day. I was directed to a specific store.
When I made my purchase, the mask on the other side of the counter was as sad as many that day, but I felt compelled to ask how she was doing. The typical “been better” was the return. However, as I started to walk away… I turned back: “what’s wrong”?
For the next few minutes I listened as I met a mom of four kids who was 15 days from a COVID-based eviction. There was really no-one to blame; and worse, for her no-where to turn. She was looking for housing grants to avoid the most painful decision in her short 30-year-life.
You see, there was a reason why I went into that store that afternoon, at least that’s what I told her; and there was a reason why she was there. In part with your support, and after putting all other tasks in the appropriately unimportant place they deserved, WE (yes, you and me) together found a solution and provided the resources she needed. Starfish dude strikes again… this time with His help and your help.
It would have been very easy to walk out and accept that simple: “been better”. Heck, I think of all the times I have done that before…. but not this time. This time something nagged about it…. and so I turned around and found tears, fellowship – and mints.
The next day another stroll, a little lost, and a veteran on the street… I can’t tell you his story because that’s for another day… but it is just as important and just as profound. As I walked away from him many minutes later he yelled at me: “HEY DUDE”. I turned my unmasked smile back in his direction only to have him say: “we need more people like you in charge”… Thumbs up, and I continued my travels.
Which is really the point of writing all this. Our nation needs more people like you, right now. Don’t wait… engage life, get optimistic however you need to do it. Then let that part of you shine right now… This is how we fight. Hold up that flag; give the starter smile… rally to the standard you create and spread fellowship again.
….God knows we need it.
THEY LIVE
bless you and yours and our family here at cth may we see the path and proceed forward
Excellent, my friend.
Yes, it is sappy and dated and trite. But we watched an early episode of Leave It To Beaver yesterday. Where life’s basic lessons growing up sometimes were taught.
It was a story about another bigger boy bullying and threatening the Beaver and Wally. And Beaver eventually asks his father, “if they are bigger than us, how do we win?” And the answer was one for every time and season, especially now:
”You beat them by not becoming like them.”
They are very beatable. It rests with us, not them.
Lumpy Rutherford.
At the risk of dating myself, the shows we watched as kids, including Leave It To Beaver, taught us lessons we’ve never forgotten.
It’s one reason our boomer generation grew up with the enduring values it did.
As part of that Gen, some of us learned enduring values, but too many of us did not.
Agree. I am also a boomer who holds those values, but I know it was my generation that opened the door and embraced the hippy, counter culture, sex, drugs, rock n roll, if it feels good do it mentality. It gave rise to the liberalism on college campuses, abortion and breakdown of traditional families. It made heroes out of Che, Angela Davis and groups like the Weather Underground. Our moral fabric was eroded. Our generation burned the flag and spat on our Viet Nam veterans. We failed to honor our parents Greatest Generation.
You need a larger view, I think . . I was born in ’41 and can remember how stunned my farmer family was when the bombs were dropped on Hiroshima and Nagasaki. They knew this meant humanity either must stop fighting wars, or destroy ourselves. I believe the Movement arose out of that awareness within the collective consciousness, manifesting in the anti-war sentiment, and also arose in reaction to the disgustingly materialistic advertisements with which the PowersThatBe manipulated women back into the home, and everyone else to become happy model consumers. Even as we built bomb shelters in our back yards.
Both anti-war and anti-consumerism were right for that time. And we freaks ( “hippies” was a Media word !) and the black-is-beautiful folks changed racial attitudes forever .. a truly monumental achievement in one generation. Plus, the movement concluded by embracing back-to-the-land homesteading — and Jesus.
If evil subsequently exploited this .. well, that’s what evil does .. right or left …
Thank God my folks were Silents (Korean War vets) and I am an older Gen X. That’s all. Oh, and ‘Better DEAD than RED.’
…..Goodnight John boy. Goodnight Mary Ellen… and the the camera pulls back and the lights in the cabin go out one by one.
Wonderful message.
Ken Osmond ( Eddie Haskel ) Decorated LA Police officer.
I’ve remembered this one by Haskel for over 50 years.
Jay, If you get a chance read the detailed report of his first shooting. He and his motorcycle partner did a heck of a job. Everything you can imagine is involved in the shooting, including using their Harleys as ramming weapons.
The show is on my DVR full time. It has been one of my little escapes since the election. Why not; I don’t watch FOX, or much else any longer. We have an autographed pic of Tony Dow from his hot dog sales at the beach episode. Silly, but we do not care.
Love this, Sundance. Thank you!
Me too
Me too!
This one is striking home, hugely.
As posted on the Open forum, my wife is
critically ill. Thankfully, she is also making
improvement. Her only surviving blood relative
is her sister, who live 30 plus miles away. In metro
Atlanta traffic, which would be more like 45-50 miles
away anywhere less crowded.
I’m trying to include her in on information
about her sister’s medical care, and as things
unfold her prognosis.
So I suggested that we meet at a halfway
point, to discuss where things were going and
how to address them down the line. Those plans
were scuttled, for what I think is the stupidest
reason ever.
Her liberal witch of a daughter in law forbids
her to have any contact with her grand daughters
if she finds out that grandma has been in any public
space other then the grocery store. Because of Covid.
The amount of cussing that I did after finding this out
I won’t get into, but it was substantial. My sister in law
is a low scale liberal. She’s getting the damn vaccine out
of the usual fear, while she’s letting her insane daughter
in law hold her grandkids hostage to her paranoia.
I’m wayyyyyyy past sick of this shit. Way more with
what’s going on in our familie’s life.
Prayers for your wife.
Thanks. Seeing improvement, and there’s a ton
of people that are praying for her. Here, Dayton, Tipp City,
Cincinnati, Akron, Vandalia, Savannah, Sunday school classes
in Decatur, and Ackworth, GA, 30 odd coworkers, 150 plus home
subdivision. And relatives outside Columbus. I think I’ve got pretty
much a prayer army going.
Praying for your wife and you also Tour. May God be your strength.
Add northern Minnesota to your list. . .
Best wishes going to your wife. One very important thing I learned many years ago while undergoing treatment for mood disorders is your family of origin will many times fail or disappoint you. By now you have probably realized there are other kinds of ‘family’. Don’t fret, you are loved.
So sorry to hear this. If only her daughter could understand that life is not simply existing–we must all (even the elderly) LIVE it.
There is so much information out here about the life altering effects of whatever they are injecting people with, when people have instant effects to serious effects within days people should be very weary of someone trying to change your DNA.
https://johnbwellsnews.com/cdc-covid-vaccination-sites-need-intubation-kits-to-treat-anaphylactic-shock/
Praying for your wife, too.
Hugs and prayers for you and your family!
Prayers for you and your wife Your Tour Guide.
I do hope things improve and I do hope you know that you and your wife are not really alone even though at times it feels like it.
Tons of prayers, Tour Guide.
I’m praying for your wife’s recovery.
I can tell you, nothing would stop me from seeing my sister. Not no one, not nothing. Ever. I find that really cruel and inhumane behavior from her relatives. God have mercy on someone like that. I wouldn’t wish that on my worst enemy. Even if she was exposed, the fact that a period of quarantine is not even a reasonable alternative is proof that this isn’t about Covid.
I live in a retirement community. The other day I was out walking and a woman stopped me. I see her often riding her bike with an American flag in the basket. She stopped & asked me if I would be interested in saying the Pledge of Allegiance with her? Why, Yes! Yes I would! She said after July 4th last year, a few folks decided to meet out in the street at 9 AM and recite the Pledge – every day. Some of these neighbors had Biden signs up last November. Does that matter to me? I don’t agree with them about their political beliefs, but we are all Americans. Heck no it doesn’t matter.
I don’t think I’m crazy when I say that the media is actively PROGRAMMING people to hate each other. Day after day, hour after hour, the network news blabs on and on and on and I am more skeptical than ever that most of it has any real truth. I feel like it’s manufactured propaganda. I don’t trust it. And I don’t watch anymore. None of it.
I don’t hate my neighbors.
I think they are misguided but I don’t hate them.
The more we try to find common ground, the better. The more we convince people to turn of the fake news, the better for the country. They are our enemy.
Neat story. The daughter in law is ok with her going
to the hospital, just not us meeting at a “super spreader”
place like Waffle House at the halfway point.
I’m almost to the point of telling lefties
“Thank GOD I don’t have a college degree.
I feel smarter due to that fact”
I’m almost to the point of telling lefties “Thank GOD I don’t have a college degree. I feel smarter due to that fact”
I didn’t bother with college. I’m using the Purdue OWL now to study the citation styles in an effort to become an established freelance editor, and the sheer number of grammar mistakes is just sad.
Praying well wishes and God’s healing comfort to you and your wife.
Prayers and thoughts to you and your wife
Sending you a hug
This fellow has an unusual communication style, but, if you can get beyond that and his very general message, you might find some comfort. He collects data from many sources. Ignore the ghost stuff though. God bless.
And thank you, Sundance!
Prayers for you. I can’t imagine your hurt. May your dear Wife recover quickly.
We did our weekly shop yesterday. At the checkout, saw one other person, a man, without a mask. He was headed out slightly ahead of us (we were wrangling hungry cranky toddlers.) He waited around right outside for us to come out, for the same reason I paused to speak to him – “It’s good to see someone else maskless.“
I always thank people for not wearing a mask. Or, under their nose!
I don’t wear a mask either, and I won’t be wearing one. My body, my choice.
Just got back from Publix, everyone still masked up. No one said anything to me but I did get a few fearful stares as if I had leprosy. Not sure if this ends in near future.
My neighbor has not been to our beach club in over a year. Her and her husband have had the second dose vaccine. I told her enough we are going to lunch and we did. Our lunch turned into four hours of talking to people she had not seen in a year. When I dropped her off she said it was the happiest she had been all year. She did wear her mask most of the time but ,some people need to take baby steps.
My DH and I went to Wal-Mart in the State next to us this week. We only made it past 3 or 4 aisles before Security hunted us down. There were 2 men, one had a black shirt with the word “SECURITY” written in white on it. DH had an interesting conversation with them while several in the crowded aisle overheard. Several were disgusted at the security people. No one showed any distain for us. We were asked to leave for not wearing a mask. Most likely, we will never shop at a Wal-Mart ever again. If everyone would stop shopping at Wal-Mart, wonder what they’d do? Change their policy perhaps?
Walmart is our only choice around here. Not once has anyone besides the door guard said a word about us being maskless, and then they only do if I make it obvious I’m not wearing one. It’s a locality thing, I guess.
So true, TreeClimber! Coming across another maskless human being in a public place is like seeing a light’s glow in a world of darkness.
Whenever I come across another person not wearing a mask, I make a point of smiling and saying something like, “You have a beautiful face” or simply “Nice face.”
As Sundance says, fellowship is important.
I entered a small feed store that I’ve been meaning to investigate ever since I moved here a couple years ago. I was surprised to find that none of the employees wore masks! I mentioned my delight and was rewarded with big smiles. We talked, joked, and laughed about the foolishness everywhere.
I bought some birdseed and decided to return again soon. I’ll find something to buy but I’ll really return for the hope and fellowship.
Az. is an open carry or concealed carry State, and I live in a 2A sanctuary county.
As a result, I have regularly seen/encountered people in grocery stores “openly carrying”, and its exactly what you describe. I briefly and politely give them a thumbs up, or exchange a few words of encouragement/comraderie.
And yes, with the mask “mandates”, I regulaly go shopping maskless, encounter others maskless, and share support.
Thing is, none who go maskless, go “out oftheir way” to confront or criticise those who wear masks, but the same can not be said in reverse.
THAT seems to get close to the “heart of the matter”; WE, for the most part, just wanna be left alone. Don’t try to tell ushow to live our lives, and wewon’t try to tell you.
The other side is convinced they know better, and that therefore they should be able to dictate.
They are insane.
Exactly right, Dutch… The seemingly undeniable and unyielding truth is that “Liberals ruin everything” (or at least they try to)…. Whether it’s media, towns, states, movies, television, sports, social media, schools, colleges… it doesn’t matter… And now they are out to ruin simple fellowship and common decency…
Yup, they are convinced they know best and everybody should kowtow to them… My Grandmother would say they are ‘busybodies’… A great word that you don’t hear much anymore — but perfectly describes my liberal friends and relatives… Busybodies — they just can’t mind their own business and leave the rest of us the hell alone…
Where I live, many do not wear masks. Because of this, out governor now heavily fines the business for maskless people on their property. This does make it more difficult to shop small and local.
Same here. My best local deli was being fined to death because some creep kept calling the board of health inspectors on him because customers weren’t wearing masks.
As a sign of respect for my friend the owner and because nobody wants him to go out of business, we wear masks while in his store. The same for a few other small businesses in my part of the NY Gulag.
Make a mask out of mesh or tulle.
Cut the center out of a mask and use clear silicone to fasten some fine mesh that the 3 pack of garlic comes in [mostly from Chyna] so you can breathe.
Or get a clear face shield.
Starfish Dude!
When will we get to hear the veteran’s story?
While there may be more of us than them, there are far more fake paper ballots filled out by them than us, so in our current system of elections, they win.
But as to living your best life now, I like the sentiment, but for so many people that’s not possible right now thanks to job losses, schools being closed, no sports and just nowhere to go for an outlet in many places around North America.
I wish I sensed more fight in my fellow citizens, but the get along to go along mentality seems to be prevalent among far to many.
In a way DARKNESS has come to our Nation (and to the World). This corrupt virus has taken over our Government and it’s impact has been great.
The BIG TECH virus and Globalist virus have toppled the USA.
I know Sundance was referring to the Covid-19 virus, and he knows the BigTech virus/Globalist virus is rampant.
This is Biological Warfare and it worked! China won the war without firing a shot. Our top agencies are in alignment with China Objectives for the World.
I find myself mediating more , and practicing bringing in the Spirit of Truth to be shown the way, and to radiate that out into the world.
Now, God can use our prayers to inspire Warriors to fight for Truth and Freedom.
Raise my consciousness.
Changes everything without firing a shot.
Thanks for the reminder.
Outstanding post and entirely correct analysis, but very difficult to implement from day to day. Sometimes it feels like being trapped under ice and looking for an elusive break in the surface to take just one more breath.
Having just moved from North to South, I have found that the innate courtesy and helpfulness of the people in my new locale have brought a hidden smile to my face under the mask on many occasions. I hope I’m up to returning the favor.
Your screen name always makes me smile. Well done.
Welcome to the South, CarpeTrachea. Spring is just around the corner!
Really I feel less isolated and more connected than ever. Just about everyone who is not human garbage or hopelessly insane is or is starting to loath the morbid, dead fake joe “presidency” thing for various reasons.
A timely reminder. Thank you Sundance.
you ask what can one man do. over time there have been a few necessary men: Winston Churchill alone saved western civ; Abe Lincoln alone saved the Union (Douglas or McClelland would have let the south go); George Washington alone was the rallying point of 13 colonies.
you want us to engage. I have always stayed apart from the madding crowd. keep moving back into the woods able to take care of myself need no affirmation from others winning the blue ribbon for my dill pickles
we need to have better sources of information. tsunami in Japan reported as tsunami. Trump election landslide tsunami reported as a minus tide.
people in cities are not who I am. we are just us and anybody coming up remote driveway better be MAGA
We forget, but when we do, it feels so good to be reminded that we are children of God and His son Jesus Christ, in whose footsteps we walk.
Thank you, Sundance. I have not read this in many years. It is filled with wisdom.
“Insurrection grows by what all other things die of.” — Thomas Carlyle, The French Revolution, 1844
God bless you Sundance! Though I’ve never met you, I consider you a Brother in Christ. So many times in the last 3yrs of participating on The Treehouse, I’ve found myself spiritually spent, angry and confused. A man in a spiritual desert, to find a cool drink of water, that soothed my parched lips, and caused me to refocus on my true identity, as His child. Too many times, with today’s events, with no apparent consequences, my perspective become horizontal, rather than vertical. Thank you my friend for this site, your dedicated work and walking your faith!
(((HUG)))
Given Antifa’s predictable attacks on Trump supporters at his speeches and gatherings, what Trump supporter wouldn’t expect violence at such an event.
The fact that Trump supporters expected violence isn’t proof that THEY intended to engage in violence, it could just as easily be argued that they expected to be the VICTIMS of violence.
Great piece Sundance one I needed to hear. I vacilate between hope and black despair. But your words gave me a little more hope. Thank you.
Gives me a little hope.
Am I crazy to believe that there might still be a military “takeover” of our government, resulting in the ouster of the illegitimate Biden administration and restoration of Trump? I’ve been following some sites that claim this will happen.
Is there any hope? Thank you.
Bill Schuetter: There is always hope, but, the solution will not come from the military. It must come from us, as we become fed up enough, each in our own way, and then, together, to take action.
Don’t wait to take action. No one is going to give a signal. You must be the signal; both the sender and the receiver. Don’t wait. Do something today. Then, do more tomorrow. Whatever you believe will work is what you need to be doing.
Seems like the only way out legally and constitutionally is through the military. The impeachment “trial” will bring witnesses out in the open, but that won’t change the outcome of the “election.”
Bill S.: Now that the federal government has literally walled itself off from the rest of us, we should focus on the local level, starting with ourselves and those with whom we interact regularly.
I feel that I can have a make a positive impact by my own behavior. No mask wearing when outdoors. Constant criticism and refusal of patronage to businesses (especially online) that try to push their politics and social positions down my throat; Direct communication with local city council staffers on issues that affect the civility of my immediate neighborhood (gang activity, homelessness, trash); Vocal and active support of constitutional rights–especially 1st and 2nd Amendment, but, also, the rest. Being a role model for neices and nephews. Correponding with overseas commentators about American politics (to give our side of the story).
And, my current personal favorite, flipping magazines upside down at the store when the covers feature JoeBama and Harris.
There are hundreds of things that we can do, right now, as individuals. We can run circles around the losers in DC.
I love it, as I do the same thing,and also getting one of these ,to replace my current flag.
“And, my current personal favorite, flipping magazines upside down at the store when the covers feature JoeBama and Harris.”
Remember,YOU have the power of the purse in your hand.Be like the script kiddies at reddit and use YOUR powers.Stop feeding the beast.alway do your shopping at YOUR local store,even if it costs you a little more you will starve the enemy of the very thing that he needs the most.YOUR MONEY.
I have been doing this for awhile now. I am buying my veggies. meats, dairy, etc. at the farmer’s markets and the family farms in my area. Healthier, too! No more Walmart bell peppers from Mexico for me!
How about some hints as to what we should be doing!
self flagellation does you no good.
A very important piece of writing. And so true. It brings to mind a time in my life when everything had come crashing down in a most spectacular fashion. Everything, like all at once. It was perhaps the lowest point of my life, and I had been unable to sleep for three days. After trying to tough it out, I dragged myself to the local drug store and purchased, with great reluctance, an over the counter sleep remedy.
As I checked out, the young lady at the cash register (about the same age as myself at the time) sensed something was wrong and looked up at me, gave me a wonderful smile and a few kind words. Sounds like such a small thing, but at that moment, it made all the difference to me. I went home, took the remedy and actually slept soundly for a long period of time, enough to think clearly, evaluate my situation and start to dig myself out. As you can see, I have never forgotten that young woman and what she did for me at the lowest point in my life.
It occurs to me that one of the functions of these evil mask mandates are to prevent exactly these sorts of situations, where people can be uplifted by a smile, a sympathetic ear and a few kind words.
Why did Nero blame the Rome fire on the Christians? Because they were the easy target. The Jews would fight back, and Nero knew it. But not the Christians. They would be led unresisting to the arena and be devoured, or be burned to provide light in Nero’s garden.
The Romans thought the Christians strange and pitied them (not good to be pitied back then).
The adversary had a strong presence in Nero. The fact that he was an amateur actor (the lowest rung of society) disgusted the population. He was arguably the most degenerate leader who ever lived.
Are we not in a similar situation today?
Years ago our pastor asked the congregation what they would do if ISIS demanded they renounce their faith under threat of execution. He encouraged us to ponder the question, and to be ready when the time came to reaffirm our faith.
Ironic that the threat is coming from within, and not from ISIS. Never expected it.
Meant this reply for Junker Georg
Yes, I was a tad puzzled when I saw that response to my post. Thanks for the clarification. Interesting historical perspective, though. 🙂
Actually they fought back ,by all of the them committing suicide on a mountain top fortress.
No. Like being beheaded on the Med shore, bloodying the waves. Remember?
Yes, the Benedict Option, at least a bit so far, but likely more to come. Speaking as a Minister, even the churches, at least the faithful ones who are pro-life, hold to only two genders, marriage as only legit between a man and a woman, etc., are needing to prepare for going underground…where even digitally they will have to start “digital catacombs” where the public will not have immediate access to the church’s online page, if they haven’t done so already. Christianity under Communism. Our Christian brothers and sisters in China have much to teach us in light of what is unfolding in the US.
When Junker George went incognito almost 500 years ago after refusing to be cancelled, he published an explanation of the Magnificat an Psalm 68, and translated the Scriptures into the language of the people.
If churches are required to perform gay marriages in order to be allowed to continue to perform Christian marriages, I will argue that we should comply, and in the readings, prayers, and closing call to repentance, clearly say what God says. Those who live like this will not inherit the kingdom of God. Might want to have armed security during the ceremony.
The strength and weakness of the first amendment is that it allows us to speak the truth of God’s word, but it also permits lying in the name of God. What we hear in private from the word, we must shout from the house tops.
If you belong to one of the false prophet rainbow flag churches, you need to find another. I want fire and brimstone instead of this limp wristed, surrender monkey, turn the other cheek BS from so-called Christian leaders. This is why I don’t belong to any church or their boring surrender to the barbarian horde sermons.
Love you all!!?
Yet some on here attack the Architecture and the Art in the Capitol as pagan.
So the word is that this Chy-Na virus is contagious. Maybe so, but I have also discovered, that in all places I go shopping at, so is my mask-less smile and happiness!
Wonderful, Barnabus!
Sundance, your intuition is spot on. It is so easy to just go along. Our attitude is an individual choice.
May God bless us and protect us from the evil one. God always brings a greater good from evil.
Sundance, I don’t feel isolated or powerless. This in my face treason has only made me more determined than ever to not accept their royal unlawful, unconstitutional decrees. Hopeless, no. Pissed off more than ever, yes.
Oh yeah! And if you’re not pissed off, you’re not paying attention.
All this while those who make the laws and enforce the laws have been meeting together, doing business as usual, using the Capitol gyms and cafeteria’s, attending annual getaways, vacations and in constant communication by telephone, dinners, lunches, email, text and casual visits to each others offices ‘down the hallways’.
And these are only a list of what I know about that found the way into conservative news sites.
I think we should;d all ask the question, Why does it take donations to elect an honest person? Why are 150 million voters dependent on being fed spin on a TV; which takes more money? Why is the amount of campaign money always headlines? When we change how we decide our vote they will be forced to change.
Can we discuss a plan and instigate it before the disappointed drift away and stop voting? Can we take back our churches and pulpits before they punish us for that right?
Until then I see the quagmire of abuses, secrets and deception in the swamp in Foggy Bottom continuing in 2018.
Funny you say this,as I asked a sitting US Rep Raul Labrador the same question in a public meeting.
“I think we should;d all ask the question, Why does it take donations to elect an honest person?”
Good to see another Idahoan here!
Thank you Sundance I needed to read all that and be inspired and supported in fellowship as we have some strange “fellows” trying to sink the SS Liberty under the fear driven and masterfully executed faux Controlavirus to finally micromanage with gross oppression every aspect of our lives in the most destructive of manners.
It seems most have lost their interest and appreciation for the values of fellowship, most concerning have been the religious institutions. It has been grossly disappointing and beyond understanding. As, one raised in a religious environment usually gains acceptance of fate and the peace of knowing that God is in control and we are in good hands. It’s too bad they dont practice what they preach…
You living your best life reminds me to live mine despite the current insanity politically, socially and medically. How do we mobilize our “cold anger” and begin to melt the vexations and oppression of the left?
Thank you SD and treepers. I’m grateful for the fellowship and encouragement here—helps to keep my glass half full.
I see a full glass,as you should too.
What a timely post!
Last night my wife and I were discussing how things are, how my son, a senior in high school, is failing his classes—an all-too-common occurrence. We talked about whether depression is a factor in his life. He’d never admit to it, but he would be one of the perhaps 40-60% of K-12 students caught in depression’s gravity well.
I recall from my social psychology studies years ago the conventional understanding that isolation and uncertainty wreak utter destruction upon the human soul if imposed for extended periods. It seems that our politicians and technocrats have forsaken that understanding—or, more likely, they are well aware of it and this is all happening by design.
Last Sunday my wife and I picked up an old friend from a senior living center and took her to church. The only person in this 200-strong gathering wearing a mask was one of the guitar players up on the platform. There was no fear in that assembly, only love, joy and hope.
“We know [positively] that we are of God, and the whole world [around us] is under the power of the evil one.” (1 John 5:19). Despite this, I know for a fact that my lifelong struggle with depression has become a daily set-piece battle since last March. COVID killed my own church and I know that fellowship, however I can find it, is key to living in the days ahead.
I would suggest that you have your son read this article you are posting too.And may I ask if your son has a cell phone pasted to his hand.
…not so much to his hand(s) as to his face!
“Where would you choose to live?”
If you really look at the image the choice is obvious; with the people in the foreground. Sure, they don’t have much physically… but look and you see them gathered together dancing near the fire, gathered together to do the work of fishing and farming, and at the high point of the village you see a Church.
For all it’s grandeur, the metropolis in the background looks hollow. There is not a person to be seen… it could just as easily be a ghost city maintained by robots as something inhabited by people.
So no, I’d take the foreground every time. Let the plutocrats have their hollow facade of Paradise; those in the foreground will inherit the real thing.
I know what you mean Chris Johnson.
The small humble dwelling in the foreground look at first glance undesirable, but when looking closer I think I would still choose them over the sterile, cement built communist China like buildings that look more expensive and prosperous.
One of the many things wrong with the concept of royalty is the separation it creates in the king’s mind and heart from the people. Let them eat cake.
Our billionaire class have decided to meddle in politics. Wealth creates separation (social distance) and the rich (Soros, Zuckerberg, Gates etc.) mostly do evil. They may mean well, they may not, but they are unable to tell the difference due to their separation from the people.
The Uniparty is democratically elected (maybe) but they are hugely separated from the people who elected them. The separation is now manifested by a fence around the Capital building. The GOPe are now in high dudgeon because their voters refuse to obey them. Due to their isolation and separation, the Republican establishment has totally lost touch with the basic truth of whom they serve, and why they are present in the nation’s capital.
The founding fathers made very few mistakes, but the lack of term limits is probably one.
No they got it right too,no one listened and took heed,
George Washington warned in his speech, never ever have political parties.
I practice my form of fellowship every day, when I am out and about or at the gym. Say hello and exchange pleasantries with everybody you meet no matter if they respond or not.
Just at the gym I frequent 5-6 days per week, there are about 50 people whom I recognize as “regulars” but only know a few of the names. It’s great feeling to see them smile when we exchange jokes, family stuff, et al.
Wow, Sundance, that was terrific! Timing is everything, someone once said. The feelings many have ARE of isolation and the desperately needed fellowship reaches across all walks of life. In my work of healthcare/homecare, the stories are sad and families have been torn apart. Often times, it’s just a quick listen which makes a person’s day, or the human touch and being told they are not alone or the sharing of fears and concerns.
A perfectly timed piece!
Thanks I needed this❤️. The mask bit is way over the top. Six feet apart? I’m born free. We Americans all are. ??
The d evil cannot break the American-Spirit
for The Lord God
is
our Spirit
The noose of their “guilty”
hangs them
~themselves.
different lunches.
so Dad and two uncles had a chance to make real money working on a road crew going past the farm. This would have been the thirties. Grandma would pack their lunch buckets with a thermos of hot vegetable soup and cut thick slices of bread for ham sandwiches. extra dill pickles.
one lunch time a kid next to them keeled over. His lunch bucket was open and only had potato peelings.
Retired Magistrate here: Well, we are living the good life here in rural Central Ohio.
The fuel oil truck managed to make it partway up our steep, partially snow covered driveway and deliver 352 gallons of fuel oil. The driver had trouble getting his pump to work on the truck but finally succeeded and lugged the hose up the hill and delivered the fuel oil. The good news is I had the money to pay for the fuel oil.
Today hubby and I went out for Krispy Kreme donuts, then went out to lunch and then to an estate sale where we purchased wonderful items really cheap. Had to wear a mask to get into the sale; however, everyone was having a good time purchasing really good items. Made it home and back up our steep and winding driveway.
A couple of days ago delivered Valentine’s Day presents to neighbors and visited to see how people are doing.
We are expecting a winter storm so we have stocked up on supplies, medications, etc. Have wood on the front porch for the stove in case we loose power and will fill up the bath tub so we can flush the toilets.
We have made a decision in that in our house we are the United States of America as founded. Many of our neighbors feel the same way. My husband and I are both older, retired and have some serious health conditions, but we are living our best life. We feel the best is yet to come, maybe not on this earth, but our ultimate destination thanks to Jesus Christ, our Savior, Heaven.
Hey, Marcia, you write as if I might really like you. Yeah, my husband and I do the Elizabeth Barrett/Robert Browning “grow old along with me; the best is yet to be” thingy and snicker
We heat with two Jotul wood stoves and our water comes from a spring 1/2 mile up the hill.
We no longer go to sales as we have way too much. Constant rain here blowing sideways gale flags up
Marcia, I really enjoy your comments especially the ones on your lifestyle.
We live much the same except we are no yet retired but our employment allows us, to make the story short, work mostly on line.
We live in a very rural area very cold and snowy and put up with home wells, septic tanks and wood stoves.
Farming full time as well as our other more well paying job does not give us much time to get to town so our interaction is mostly with our sparsely, very spread apart rural neighbors or the mail man or some one who is lost and looking for directions.
But we do our best to Fellowship those we do see accidently and those we seek out.
Keep out your very inspiring and interesting posts!
Thanks for another great post.
I saw this the other day:
It’s time for the American people to be inoculated against fear
“In less than a year, our lives have been defined by this fear. The government says we must be afraid. Some leaders appear to enjoy this power.”
https://www.americanthinker.com/blog/2021/02/its_time_for_the_american_people_to_be_inoculated_against_fear.html
Thanks for posting. I had missed that one.
Happy Early Valentine’s Day to you, Sundance and all Administrators. ?❤️
Thank you Sundance for another uplifting message. You have helped me become a more devout Christian and American Patriot and for that i am truly grateful.
Tennessee Ernie Ford – Let The Lower Lights Be Burning
Sundance, as always, thanks for the fellowship reminder (again)…you are truly inspirational, and we all need to inspire each other. Hell, that’s why I sit in these branches and share, learn and exchange ideas.
A colleague mentioned to me last week that he thinks that we are now in the age of the home workplace, where those employed work in their pajamas at their dining table or home office. I said that it won’t last long, because the inner souls of people will crumble without social contact. Attending a work zoom meeting is like quickly sitting at an office conference table with no pre-meeting chatter; how boring and empty that must be. People need to have their chit-chats in the breakroom, in the hallways, looming over the cubicle, or other whereabouts in the office so that they can talk about their kids, spouses, the little league game the night before, baby showers, graduations, birthday celebrations…you know, those fellowship things that make us smile and which helps us (as Sundance says) live our lives to the fullest happiness.
And to all the Treepers who sit here with me on these branches…thanks for your fellowship!!
I’ve teleworked for twenty years. And have never once missed going to the office. Why in the world would I want to waste my time commuting so I can engage in chit chat with basically strangers?
I would end up having to go in for a couple of hours every other year and would have to psych myself up to do it.
It can be as simple as a choice I think.
My husband and I have loved working from home for over 25 years instead of going to the office like we did for many years before.
Our sons on the other hand all miss leaving the house and going to the office.
One has four children all home for school on lock down so his problem is obvious.
The other has only one small little one and a very quiet office in his basement where he has no problem finding a nice peaceful place to work.
My husband and i are both more than happy to stay out here on our farm for weeks and hardly see anyone but all of our five sons and their families crave social contact.
Different things for different people.
America use to be about respecting that choice.
Just got back from a trip up on Sand Mountain Alabama. No one wears masks up there. God bless you Sand Mountain, a great community.
What wonderful post Sundance! I needed to hear it all again. Started to go out to lunch with friends. So good to have the fellowship again & commiserate about our East coast blue states’ lockdown & mask orders. Our church–leadership still too scared to open up. So bad. Zoom church is just not the same.
So sad what ole Joe has done to our country. Destroying all that our great President Trump accomplished while in office. At least today he was acquitted again in the sham “trial”. I hope he starts to speak out now. I think he will.
Sundance–God bless you for all you do on CTH. I love this site. My fave. God bless the Ad rems too for great work.
Thank you Sundance, and may God Bless you and all the Treepers.