SOMETHING TO THINK ABOUT
Thought of the day for Thursday June 18th, 2026... What Is Killing the USA.....
In January of 2024 the voters of America spoke, they made it clear that they placed no faith in a Black Woman. They (Those who voted for Trump) let the world know that 34 felony convictions, a string of failed businesses, a man who was adjudicated a rapist, a man who claimed to love America, who hugs the US flag, but led an insurrection against his own government. None of that was an impediment, for them (Trump Voters) he was the man raised by the hand of the Almighty to restore America to greatness, but whose concept of greatness? In the days immediately after Trump's re-election some of his more extreme supporters took to social media, they directed their venom toward the descendants of those who made America the richest, most powerful nation on Earth. Some messages said to "Report to the nearest cotton field". Today many of the farms that produced the cotton that was once "King Cotton" have been re-possessed, the farming families that farmed for generations are now trying to make sense of their futures. The help that they believed was coming never materialized. The trillions of dollars of foreign investment that Trump often touts was going to revitalize America as yet has not produced a single job. According to the Trump administration factories are springing up everywhere". I'm not sure where everywhere is, but I have not seen any new factories being built in my area of northeast Pennsylvania.
In fairness America's decline did not begin in January 2024, nor was the genesis in 2016, when Trump was first elected. America's fall began centuries ago, when Europeans began what they refer to as the "Age of Discovery", when they (Europeans) discovered lands that were inhabited for eons. The land that became known as America was no exception, countless generations of indigenous peoples roamed the width and breadth of this land, today they are relegated to modern day concentration camps called "Reservations". Years later Europeans Kingdoms united under the banner of Christianity, approached the Pope, requested his approval to enslave non Christians. Pope Nicholas the 5th, gave the Portuguese the absolute right to capture and enslave non Christians, in other words Africans. The Pope who is still the spiritual leader of more than a billion Catholics, who is believed to be God's Representative on Earth gave tacit approval for 400 years of death, destruction and misery, all in the name of God. America in 1935 put the slogan "In God We Trust " on the US Dollar. We say that America was established as a Christian Nation, that embraced the teachings of the Bible.
There is an interesting scripture; it is John 8:31, it states " Know the truth, it (Truth) shall make you free". I saw a post the other day on social media, it read "None of us today were enslaved, nor slave owners, so is the Biblical passage still relevant?. Are we free? Do we know the truth?. In modern America the truth is arbitrary, it depends which media outlet provides the daily propaganda. The Bible speaks of a savior who came to Earth to redeem the human family, one would think that everyone would be pleased, in fact overjoyed that the Savior had finally come. However God isn't like ICE agents, God doesn't kick open doors, God wants to be invited in. Despite America's many references to the Almighty, God has never been invited. We have an array of religions, but righteousness, that which makes us one with the Creator has never been well received. We like our own version of truth, of religion, we like to dictate to others what God accepts, that which is unacceptable. The Bible speaks of the dangers of sin, yet we elected a Man of Sin to run what was once the largest economy in the world. Today there are those among us that want to spread their own concept of Christianity to us, they are the people who sought to ban abortion, who hate those who are gay, those that speak a language other than English, who's skin is of a darker hue. They (Groups like the Heritage Foundation) want to convince us that the merciful God is on occasion racist, sexist, xenophobic and misogynistic. They are the ones behind the war in Gaza, by their economic support for Israel. They say we should be a blessing not to God, but to Israel, that if we bless that land we shall be blessed in turn. So far the war in Iran has cost the American People 13 lives, billions of dollars, Israel isn't finished yet. Knowing the Truth" is to see beyond the hypocrisy, the lies that lead to the establishment of America, to finally accept the truth, despite the difficulty. To end the notion of "White Supremacy", to Humble ourselves and Pray, then to turn from our Wicked Ways", that will give life to America, not a belief in a man named Trump