Betrayal.

 If a student minister is told by a communist campus pastor, ''Don't let the church destroy your faith'', what are we to think?

Either 'the church' is just the corporate body and not the people, or faith is a misnomer and it is the opiate of the people.

No.

The church IS the people and God guides it in Christ.  Faith is actually a way of life.

No wonder collectivists fear it and mislead as false shepherds.

A true leader is strong by learning from others. He or she speaks out, knowing he/she is a focal point, willing to lead by example.

Our Freedom is at stake.

Don't be misled.  Betrayal of self is the result.

Be true simply to truth.

S M L

 I've had occasion to review some previous blog entries.  They tend to be lengthier, depending on the topic and intention.  The amount of entries varies widely til I came to 4 a month, 48 a year.  Likewise, these vary as well.

There are several entries in several parts.  Last year, one entry was a sentence long.  It is not laziness -s-.  It is simply the emphasis at the time.  

I give you my views, with which to agree or disagree or even ignore.  

I could and have written papers and articles.  Some are presented here.  I have even placed short short stories and the beginning of my novel series here.  I hope they are more than trinkets.

My purpose and intent is to display a pallette for a portrait.  It is to inspire Freedom and Restoration.  No more.  No less.

Compare and contrast if you like.  Think for yourselves.  

Sizes vary so find what fits.

Stop And Start

 Old year/new year.  A month gone already.  Still here.

That's true for location as well as situation, both personal and nationally.  

I still haven't moved, not even to a temp place.  That will change as business unfolds.  We'll leave that there for now.

As for US, we go down to the wire and stretch credibility.

It is an affront to treat the resident as though he's in charge and the President is a 'former'.  Technically he is, but is he?

There is mystery enough to suggest things will change.  And like my personal business, the real President is playing close to the vest.  

The enemies of the Republic know something is afoot.  Specifics lack.   They are trying to find out what.  They'll know soon enough.  

Those who would be our masters are afraid, yet they seek to slam the lid on us.  Shoulder tap.  We see you.  

The whole world is resounding with a resurgence of Freedom.  It is a wave that will wash away the filth of tyranny.  

The Founders foresaw things like this.  They stopped and started too.

And the results played out as they are now and again.

Rockin Eve

 I miss  Dick Clark.

DJ, American Bandstand host, show biz producer kept him busy.  Even a stroke late in life didn't stop him.

His New Years Rockin Eve was a must for me.  Best way to ring in the new year with the ball drop and good wishes.  It was respite and renewal, come what may.

He's been gone a while.  It's just not the same for me.  But life and new years go on.

As long as Earth has circled the Sun, the years have rolled by.  Before and long from now, people will celebrate with hope and assurance that we will prevail.  

Through good times and bad, our simple moments of humanity fuel us for the journey ahead.

I head into some uncertainty as to a home and business.  I take this chance to catch a breath and jump into the future.

I will not stop helping Restore the Republic.

Our Founders experienced some rough new years and many lost all save Freedom!

I hope you celebrate and keep your own memories.

Happy New Year!

Wishful

 Thinking?  It has 2 branches.  Flights of fancy or hopeful future.  Obsession could be the border.

What ifs must be limited and one is cognizant that's what they are.  Otherwise one can get lost and solutions with them.  Best to examine challenges and figure out paths to success/victory.

It's tough.  Nobody said it's easy.  If they do, avoid them.  OTOH mountains can be made from molehills.  Find a balance.  See what fits and what doesn't.  

Don't rely on those who either fantacize or extrapolate. Hopium is made of this.  

Nothing is done overnight.  Bit by bit is best.   

Model?

The Founders debated and did as I mentioned.

Those Restoring the Republic do likewise.

Fulfilment is coming.

Don't let the enemy deceive.  They are disgusting.  Expose them.

More than wishful.

It is truth.  Factful.

Sums

 I don't make resolutions.  If I want to get fitter, I go about it.  I stop and start something when I determine it.  But the end of a year and a beginning do give way to thoughts of success and failure.  Things cross my mind big and small in my life.

Old commercial jingles from childhood, to encounters long gone are frequent companions.  Stuff inconsequential except for me just rise from seemingly primordial memories.  They bring tears or laughter when associated with events tiny and huge.  

Tonight it's the kids.

Wife's pregnancies, those months caring and reading Shakespeare at night, to feeling the movement of life come to mind.  The danger due to previous miscarriages, to realizing life was changing and was more populous are remembered.

Diapers and tears to laughter and songs and all in between followed.  Yep music was important.  The kids got a taste of lots from Dr Demento to Classical.  

When it came to TV/movies, we sat and explained together.  Having an acting background helped that.

Life?  Questions asked and answered.  Sometimes on the mark, others food for thought.

Realism was prevalent, yet there was plenty of artistic imagination.

We worked together and well.

As for me, my parentung is a hallmark of my life.  It is mt greatest achievement to be a father ot the kids.

There's more but this sums it up.

The future is theirs.

They will pass it on. 

Honesty

 The best policy.  

Does this make my posterior look big?

Tact vs candid lol.

As for current events, truth laid out is best.  It may be rough but waking up is essential.  

Tact is NOT cowardice.  One needs instinct and experience to know when and how much to apply.  Witness those Restoring the Republic and how they have a symphony of truth.  They withdraw, proceed and play the enemy's strings.  

Be honest with yourselves.  It is the basis.  And truth is its root.  

Know the facts in truth.  Don't live in delusion and no flights of fancy.  That's collectivism's downfall.

What's the system/means.

I leave you with this:

“I keep six honest serving-men

   (They taught me all I knew);

Their names are What and Why and When

   And How and Where and Who.”

-Rudyard Kipling, The Elephant’s Child