Lyle's Blog

Comrade Kamala accused Donald Trump of having no plan for our lives. This is very unnerving for those who are comforted by government plans. Witnessing government actions over my lifetime is at best disturbing. Eisenhower warned us of the military-industrial complex and how it robs us of our pursuit of happiness.

Of course, government is now involved in every aspect of our existence. Our Betters have developed and implemented plans for our existence on Planet Earth whom they are the guardians of. To say our modern lives are complex is the understatement of understatements. Congress and an army of bureaucrats drown us in laws and regulations with the sole purpose of making us slaves to the nonsensical dictates of political hacks.

Will the public continue to believe the promises made by politicians running for office? Apparently so. I guess if you run the money-printing operation day and night (which they are), those worthless papers can be laundered in any fashion by those who achieve the coveted seat of power.

The word trillion has lost its punch and I can hardly wait till we touch the first quadrillion. After all, fifteen zeros are sure to grab the public’s attention, Twelve zeros are passe, bigger is better right? Kind of like a Big Gulp. Thirty-two blessed teaspoons of sugar or go all the way and get forty teaspoons in a Super Big Gulp.

Government promises are paid for with your money. We are greedy and therefore need better promises from each new batch of politicians. Bigger is better has been the chant of our people for decades as we’ve succumbed to becoming a democracy instead of a republic. Our voter rolls are over-laden with those insatiable souls who have no qualms about destroying the future for the sake of growing fat and lazy.

So now we stand (or sit in a mobility cart) on the threshold of this promised utopian fraud. Plenty of finger-pointing will transpire when the collapse comes and I have no doubt the American public is any more aware that they will repeat the common response and choose the pleasure of tyranny over the work of individual responsibility. It’s so much easier to play the blame game and rob others to support your selfish life.

This is why the 2nd Amendment is so important. They’ve taken all the others away and our ability to protect ourselves from the mob (and by extension, government) is unfortunately all we have left. Prepare now while there is a lull in the coming storm.

Jesus said, if you’ve seen me, you’ve seen the Father. We think of Christ as feeding the poor, healing the sick, forgiving sin of those willing to confess them; Jesus is Mr. Compassion. The American church has embraced this definition of God and his Christ and used it to exalt social justice to solid Christian doctrine. What we do not understand is kindness and compassion, empathy or whatever you want to call it is merely a product of the new birth in Christ. You become a new creature to the glory of the Father.

But Jesus had a sharp rebuke for Peter in Mathew 19: 23. Get behind me Satan is a chilling response to Peter. Jesus was offended that Peter considered the will of men instead of the will of God. Peter thought he knew God but quickly found out that he had only begun to brush the surface of that impossible desire to know the one who created all things.

Saul was the first king of Israel. He didn’t do what God told him to do. His desire was to have the adoration of the people for his great exploits. Keeping the spoils of war was important to his prestige. Popularity and the praise of men was essential to staying of the throne. When David came along and achieved greater victories, Saul became jealous and the very presence of David made him angry. Saul lived his life and served as king for his own glory.

When David became king he did very sinful things. The difference between Saul and David is simply this. When confronted with his sin Saul made excuses and wasn’t repentive. David was confronted and humbled himself. That’s why David is a man after God’s own heart. David is an example for us; we need to humble ourselves before God and stop thinking this bag of flesh that’s perishing has any value outside of grace.