When I first signed on at the "Tea Party's" offical answer to "Facebook"...I was immediately introduced to the part of the community call "SOUTHERN GENTELMEN"... we immediately entered into at first a heated exchange.. they said I was "confused" and "misinformed" by "Nothern" propaganda" and they made an attempt to be polite and said I was "idealistic".The subject matter is to real, and relavent I'm not being idealistic at all...but as real as this sensitive topic can be...picture the antagonists in your view of history President Lincoln vs Jeff Davis...one man's hero is another man's villain. Karl Marx is as far from Lincoln as anyone can be Barack Obama could not tie the man's shoe... Lincoln's legacy is History we in just over 165 yr have become the most prosperous and powerful "Unite States" and unquestionably the youngest and most powerful nation the world has ever known. That being said we arrived at this point because of victory over the worst form of terrony .... S L A V E R Y. The use of human beings as a "carpet" to stand while arguing the Geo/political fine points of states rights is wrong not a skewed view, but rather the truth this is the way you explained it. You can not reduce human suffering to the"inconsequential" subtext of the confrontation. That is about as real as it gets...The problem is if it is wrong now it was wrong then...Our form of Government was maintained and the Union secured...we have stumbled and strived and come this far by faith,and repentance as nation,and most of the Lord's churches that still hold to his word. Remember it was 20+ million (or less people) that were counted the same as cattle,sheep,pigs...property as measure of a man's "net worth"....IS W R O N G!! GOD DEALS IN ABSOLUTES NOT ABSTRACT ARGUMENTS BASED UPON MAN'S LOGIC.
I'm expressing how it feels from the "Mirror image" of our history same "Mirror" but the refection is "reversed"...the time of the "Grand ole South" maybe a "paradise" lost to the slave owner, but 'a walk through hell for the slave". Emotions will always run high on both sides of this "Mirror" that happens to be "OUR" nation. Sorry I can't join in with you and your fellow Southern Gentlemen who long for a return to that "glorious time"...I've come this far by faith leaning on the LORD. Trusting in his HOLY WORD HE"S never failed me yet. The Apostle Paul writes "Forgetting those things that are behind, I press forward to the high calling of GOD in CHRIST JESUS"...in detail it all boils down to a "Heart Issue" the LORD spoke through his prophet Jeremiah "The heart is deceitful and desperately wicked. Who can know it? I the LORD try the heart I try the reins and will JUDGE every man according to his doing". So that puts your "Motives" off limits to me or anyone else it is the exclusive domain of the LORD. ONLY remember JESUS agreed with what HE gave to JEREMIAH when HE said "JUDGE NOT LESS YE BE JUDGED"...but also said "YOU JUDGE A TREE BY THE FRUIT THAT IT BEARS" only the actions of a man can be judged that gives us our rule of law founded on the WORD OF GOD. Our motives and hidden agendas are between the individual and the LORD if they are in line with HIS WORD and principals great, if not our arms are to short to "BOX" with GOD.
S E L A H
MY DAD'S GENERATION...WE WERE THERE OUR NATION OUR BLOOD WE SHARE...OUT OF EVERY KINDRED,PEOPLE,TONGUE AND NATION...OUR COUNTRY UNDER "GOD" THE "LORD"OF CREATION...BY "HIS" BLOOD WE HAVE RELIEF FROM THE WAGES OF SIN WHICH IS DEATH....SO THIS DAY THE FAITHFUL CELEBRATE,REJOICE AND ANTICIPATE THE RETURN OF OUR KING...VICTORY AND JOY FOR ALL ETERNITY "HE"BRINGS...
S E L A H
I feel privileged to have the opportunity to post my "Op-Eds" on this site, my prospective on the heartbreaking events we are witnessing will always be from the prospective of a Christian who is "Not ashamed of the Gospel of Jesus Christ" knowing my mission is to take a stand for HIS principals while I yet have the opportunity.
Our nation is at a crucial crossroads and possibly may have already passed the point of "no return". This Democratic Republic that was given to us to keep "If we can (Ben Franklin)" is slipping from our grasp. Our times are like none other in human history, man's knowledge and technological capabilities are mind blowing. The potential for abuse, corruption, tyranny, on a massive scale are biblical in proportion. Our opposition to sounds of chains being forged for the people of the United States is crucial. We are the last line of resistance and must stand, resist, and let it be known we have the LORD on our side, HIS name is JESUS not Allah! The victory is ours until HIS return...then the liberals can have it! the following is a response to an official correspondence I received from Florida U.S. Rep Ross...
The following poem and illustration is something I feel would cause many in our community to look at our situation through eyes of faith...and pray then get up and get on with the business at hand. S E L A H (means a reflective pause)
THE HORSEMEN RIDE....REV:6
by James Wesley Jr
Do you hear the horsemen?..Horsemen as they ride...can you hear their hoof beats? There's judgment in every stride pain, suffering, agony! These are left behind them...behind them as they go...,But the sound that goes before them as you hear their hoof beats pound are the sounds of Grace & Mercy..These are the Gospel sounds, because of the Blood Jesus shed we have hope & peace inside...we have hope and peace with HIM,"BEFORE THE HORSEMEN RIDE"...
REV. J.M.Wesley Jr.@1988