A couple of president's are celebrated this day. One who ran a large plantation with slaves, and one who set all of the slaves free. Of course, no president has been or is the perfect man. We can dig up something in each presidential life that is probably not to our liking as judges. Oops, isn't that judging thing what Jesus told us not to do? Ah, but we are also to discern and be wise. Judging levies a sentence on the accused: discernment sees the fruit and notes the soundness or rottenness of it. For too long Christians failed to say anything in order that we didn't judge, and a few rotten fruits fell into the crate of society.
We live in an age of unparalleled information. In this age, there is something else going on too: Christians gathering in prayer for our government and our nation. The rotten fruits may be in the shipping crate already, but we can pray for God to send a cure. Many a formerly 'rotten' man or woman has come to believe in Jesus and received the healing from within, right where all that rottenness lurks. The healing power of Christ works on all that bad fruit, and it is not too late for prayer and the power of our Lord.
Well, someone on the media waves said that the cold and flu season was winding down last week. I guess that means that it still retains enough punch to wind a fellow right down. I was out of it from Thursday night until sometime yesterday, and the aftereffects linger yet awhile. Praise God for the body's defenses, and for the noble sacrifice of many Kleenexes.
In Christ,Bucky
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