There was a time when mules were of great value in the creation of what sustains all human community life. Mules that pulled ploughshares were evaluated with a level of discernment that would rival modern NFL drafts.
Entire communities, often spread miles apart, knew the strength of each other person’s mules. Auctions would bring people from great distances, and there were quiet men of great knowledge who understood the invisible traits that qualified the best mules.
The best, the absolute best, were held with a regard even more valuable than the land they walked. The remarkable thing about these mules was their diversity in physical appearance. Ultimately, what made the great mules of such value was the part that could not be seen, the part the quiet men looked for.
Those mules were like the men who recognized them, and the crowd would whisper to each other in muted tones as they watched the subtle yet deliberate movement of the quiet men with great intensity. Words would be spoken of a silent language that would take place between the quiet men and the mules afore them. There was something invisible being measured and evaluated. Eventually, decisions were made.
The hands behind the plows were ultimately the beneficiaries of the advice from the quiet men, and those calloused hands would become quiet men themselves in later years.
When the collar reached the shoulder, the best mules did not need instruction, they knew what came next. The silent language that transferred from the auction to the destination continued. Over time, the hands atop the plow and the mule became of one purpose. This is when the legends of some mules began.
The best mules had something within them that resolved to the task at hand. The scale and scope of the topsoil was the canvas, but the raw and often harsh task at hand was the real challenge. For some lesser mules the effort required in new ground was too much, but for the best it was just another day; although perhaps a day of week, or month when the bone structure formed the shape of the collar.
The hands upon the plow tested the ability of the mule. It had to be done dispassionately if the family was to achieve success, and ultimately if the community were to thrive.
When the blade was moved a degree deeper, the collar pulled just that much tighter – deeper. The best mules knew what those sensations implied. There were times for looking forward, but when the resistance was the strongest, these were not those times. At these times the mules looked down at only the two feet in front of them, and they focused on those two feet, and then the next, and then the next…. until they felt the pressure subside. Then it was time to turn.
There were lands where no mules could succeed – miles of square acres containing buried rock and dirt compacted over centuries, long before humans started apportioning it. However, there were some mules who had the capability to move that soil, plow through those rocks, and with nothing more than brute force create the opportunity for harvest. This is what the quiet men were looking for. These were the silent questions exchanged.
I think about those quiet mules returning to their stables as the sun dropped, and the feeling of the straps being scraped across the back as they are removed. I think about that silent message as the farmers hand touches the side of the neck with great appreciation. I wonder if the approval connects to the determination that will follow at sunrise. Is this the trait the quiet men were looking for? Is determination the invisible language within that interview, an auction now long in the past? I think it was.
The events of the past several weeks have shown us there are harsh landscapes ahead. We are traveling to places that have never been contemplated. We are witnessing things accepted that were always out of bounds. There are no boundaries in this new place. This land is hard, and it will take quiet men with callouses to guide us through it.
It is time for the old mules to revisit the legend of their kin.
It is time for the counsel of quiet men.
It is a time to remember the purpose of that old collar hanging on the wall.
It is a time for that unspoken language to be understood.
It is time for the old mules to take lead and plow the terrain.
For the nervous readership who are not quite sure what comes next, find an old mule and ask them,…
….”What comes after Amen?”.
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People in South Africa saw through the concocted conviction tag line, decades ago, and widely supported Mandela for President in an election.
They chose better policies
over silly, sham politics.
Maybe there needs to become another example, closer to home?
Trump has previously proven his words,
with good deeds, ( while under duress )
that has helped the honest people in the USA,
and that helps the world.
James 2:22
… faith AND good works … : )
There is high confidence that good deeds can happen again – with the help of supportive people
( that is our role, in many, many ways.
There is strength in numbers….)
Love thy neighbors…
How does one overcome the deep sadness and ethical conflict knowing that those “neighbors”, that are hailing the persecution of an honest man, are providing the ammunition for his end. How does one love evil?
We should hate evil, but are required to have our neighbor’s best interest at heart. Our faithfulness to God will require us to stand for righteousness and stand against evil, even to our neighbor’s face.
In a time of war, Joshua and David are more helpful than Peter and Paul.
The Bible says “Don’t cast pearls before swine.” Don’t waste your energy on a Fool who has no interest in learning. It’s OK to avoid toxic people. We have no obligation to them if they are Fools. If the latter is a loved one we are dealing with all we can do is pray for them. Jesus said in the end times many who do not walk with God with have a veil of deception cast over them by Satan. They will be vulnerable to his wiles and won’t be able to see the truth. We certainly saw that in the German people in 1930’s Germany, and we are seeing this now in our country. Study Ephesians 6 with your Christian family. Learn how to put on the armor of God.
You love people, not the evil they portray. And you pray for them, their salvation, for God to lift the shackles from their minds. It’s a difficult task. Jesus’ last and most important commandment says “Love one another and I have loved you.” John 13:34
I struggle to understand what you are saying. Mandela was a communist. His party has brought poverty, war, and destruction on South Africa. They are being defeated in the current election there. The Dutch farmers are being killed, their water/wastewater systems are in shambles, the infrastructure is crumbling because the people with the skills and knowledge to maintain and repair it are discriminated against and locked out of their jobs. You bet, South Africa is a great example of communist success. I suggest you do some research and find out what is realyy happening before proclaiming such success.
I’d pay for the privilege of triple-upvoting this. Outstanding rebuttal.
Wait, your using the hard core communist Mandela as some sort of savior of freedom example and comparing him to President Trump? Whew! Is this the same Mandela whose bloodthirsty wife use tires set on fire and draped them around the necks of thousands upon thousands of victims, the same Mandela who led a party that has been in power decades and is now actively engaging in a murder genocide against the white minority in South Africa, As is usual with communists and socialists, Mandela amassed a huge fortune while in power and lived in a gated almost exclusively white very wealthy neighborhood until his death. Read up on who Mandela really was. Another communist death democrat media invention.
Beware of “good works” that use other people’s money and don’t impact the “worker” at all.
Whomever said, “Jesus was a convicted felon too” is brilliant.
That will be my standard answer.
I only personally know 2 people who hate Trump. My elderly mother who only remembers the CNN “news” about how Trump grabbed a woman’s youknowwhat. She refers to him as “the bad man”. And an old farmer who is not a Christian, nor tuned into anything other than what “the news” feeds him. I pretty much don’t associate with the haters. And that is more for my self-protection than anything else. I’m well aware that the “Christians” in Germany would gather on Sundays, and as the trains rolled by, they would sing louder to drown out the sounds of people screaming for help. The worst kind of hypocrite in my opinion are the Pharisees of our modern time. Church going “Christians” who promote evil and then righteously declare how good they are. God will deal with them eventually.
Don’t get me wrong. Jesus is King of Kings, no matter what happens here. Not all churches are corrupt, but too many are.
Yes, we are that divided as a Nation. I’ve never seen anything like it. I pray God’s protection over Trump. I pray for this country that we will survive and right the wrongs.
Watching Trumps lead lawyers interviews…..This guy is the biggest wuss I have ever seen.
I saw that too. He didn’t want to criticize the judge in any way. He sort of reminded me of one of Amber Heard’s team.
It’s called comportment and temperament, knowing that the evil adversary will jump on any hint of unraveling composure.
Amen for sure!
Yea, though I walk through the valley of the shadow of death, I will fear no evil: for thou art with me; thy rod and thy staff they comfort me.
Alexander Solzhenitsyn warned all of us that when the party asses come for your neighbor’s mule do what you must to help your neighbor to stop them. Otherwise you will have nothing and no one to help when the asses come for you and your mule. Semper Fidelis even though my flag is flying in a distressed fashion for the next 3 days of morning for the loss of our once great nation.
Mine will fly that way until the election in November.
Flags in distress position signals you are beaten when you have only had your face shoved in the mud. Maybe you should let the flag fly in all her glory. We are still a great nation. Stand tall with pride because there’s more mud to come. This was just a rock in the road.
Just a thought….
Mine has been flying that way since 1/20/2020 and will continue to do so until President Trump takes his oath next year.
God Bless my President, Donald J Trump
Yes.
Thank you for this, feeling very disheartened which of course is part of the bigger point.
Psalm 64: 3-8
“They sharpen their tongues like swords
and aim their words like deadly arrows.
They shoot from ambush at the innocent man;
they shoot at him suddenly, without fear.
They encourage each other in evil plans,
they talk about hiding their snares;
they say, “Who will see them?”
They plot injustice and say
“We have devised a perfect plan!”
Surely the mind and heart of man are cunning.
But God will shoot them with arrows;
suddenly they will be struck down.
He will turn their own tongues against them
and bring them to ruin;
All who see them will shake their heads in scorn.”
In the name of Jesus, Amen. This and Psalm 35 are perfect to pray on behalf of Trump and our nation. With our help, God will turn 5/30/2024, the most Evil day in our nation’s history, where The Enemy Within tore up our Constitution and danced on the shredded paper, into a victory for America and all of His children. Witness Trump’s poll numbers shoot up today and his record one day campaign contributions of $35 million today due to this atrocious act of evil carried out by the corrupt prosecutor, judge, and jurors of this partisan NYC court. More importantly these evil criminal who have made a MOCKERY of our Republic and our Bill of Rights have awakened a sleeping GIANT. Like a lion enduring some obnoxious flies buzzing around, but choosing to ignore these and not get up from his comfortable position, we have put up with these Marxist criminal’s shenanigans for 8 years now. Most people are saying they are now DONE. People’s eyes are now WIDE OPEN, including many of the people who were formally in the Democrat’s camp. How this plays out remains to be seen and depends on how low and dirty the crime cabal running these election interference capers goes. If this Cabal puts Trump in jail before the convention, I would guess all bets are off. If they do, it will be because they intend to assassinate him in a place where it will be easy for them to destroy all evidence so there can never be proof of what happened, just like they did with Epstein. Will the country sit back & believe the lies like they did in the aftermath of the JFK, RFK, and Martin Luther King assassinations in the 60’s?Many on here who were alive then may remember a country frozen in grief for each of those. We now know the official explanations of those murders were all lies. These modern criminals don’t even bother to disguise their criminal conduct anymore. Will we be frozen again?
The fact that the MSM pundits keep saying “I don’t think this judge intends to put Trump in jail,” means that is EXACTLY what they are planning to do. We have witnessed how they gaslight and lie over and over and over. We all know the propaganda media is in on the gas lighting. And YES, this crooked judge is CERTAINLY evil enough to do just that. PUTTING TRUMP IN JAIL IS THEIR GOAL. Patriots would be wise to start stocking up on essential supplies now. Get ready to defend your families and your neighborhoods when the SHTF. Make a plan with your neighbors. Hope for the best and prepare for the worst. If they succeed in jailing/killing Trump, IMHO Biden will strike fast and furious to go after anyone who he & his alphabets perceive to be his opposition. That is what they do in banana republics, and that is what we are in now. It’s time to face facts.
I’ve stated before that I’m not a religious person, nor do I subscribe to a named religion but, there is a quote I will never forget……
Trust in Allah, God, or the the great spirit but…always tie your camel!!
In other words, we cant depend on on a higher power to make common sense choices for us. We are givin absolute control over our own lives and will be judged by the decisions we make. Some things are left to us to resolve and figure out. Yours and my future depend on what we do, or dont do from now on.
Many faithful men & women in the Holy Bible went through stressful, trying times, and it was the God of Abraham, Isaac & Jacob who delivered them all. Human beings do have free will to live their own lives, but our decisions do have consequences – good and bad. Your best decision in THIS life is to place your TRUST in Jesus Christ, the King of kings, and the LORD of lords.
Only He can deliver us from today’s evil. He has a plan, He has a watchful eye, and He is faithful even to the End of Age.
Amen !
Prayer is fine but there also must be action.
Mark Levin, on Gateway Pundit says job 1 right now is Trump’s lawyers need to get the case to the SCOTUS. Very true. Right now fake “judge” Merchan and Fat Alvin Bragg need to be neutralized and ultimately investigated.
Then you go after the real perps as soon as Trump is elected.
Let’s start with the lowlifes who engineered the Crossfire Hurricane Coup before Trump had even taken office. That would be the Magic Negro, Hillary Clinton and Joe Biden. All three were in the oval office when the plot was hatched. Begin first with the foot soldiers. Peter Strzok and Lisa Page, Chris Wray, Merrick Garland John Brennan and James Comey. You always start with the smaller scum in order to implicate the bosses. They need to go to jail for what they did.
And the lawfare lawyers. Can’t forget them: mainly Mark Elias, Norm Eisen, Andrew Weissman and the guys who worked for them.
Get ’em all and jail ’em all. As Dan Bongino says: “Cutesie time is over. Quit screwing around!”