This week we got word from the USCIS that we had moved up the queue (I mean ‘line’….gosh we are still Brits at core!) to become US citizens.
I blogged last May about how this process began with our having to answer some questions that seemed ironic given what had begun to happen in the US because of Covid19. As I checked some of the civics questions we must now answer I again began to chuckle in the light of the recent election.
Q1. How old do the citizens have to be to vote for President?
Answer. Does it not now appear that there is no minimum age, in fact you can have your vote counted even if you are not a citizen or are long dead?
The latest Time magazine ran a brazen article that could have accurately been entitled, “Yes! Here’s Exactly How We Did Cheat!” The link below describes some of the other bizarre things that occurred at the election…..
Q2. What is the name of the President of the United States?
Answer. If “Impeachment” is reserved for ‘a sitting President’ are the events of the last few days a fulfillment of the South African prophet Kim Clement’s prophecy back in 2007, “I see Two Presidents”?
Q3. What is one right from the first Amendment?
Answer. They seem to all have disappeared like the videos I have posted over the years that have been taken down. There is no longer ‘freedom of speech’ if your speech does not conform to the single approved Mainstream narrative. (If this is the last blog you receive, you’ll know I’ve just been censored for even suggesting there may have been election irregularities or for writing Q before each of my questions! : – )
It could all get quite depressing!
So I wondered….. “Maybe we should be applying instead (quite legally) for our Irish passports?” (At one time we had actually wondered if the Lord wanted us move back to ‘The South’)
…….So I thought I’d check up to see if things there were any better… only to discover that the Orwellian dystopian drift was even more marked in Ireland!
I perused Dave Cullen’s piercingly insightful videos at computingforever.com and then came across his best one ever which literally brought a tear (of joy) to my eyes……….Click the red pill below : – )
At our Men’s Group a few days ago (which we have always kept ‘real’ never ‘virtual’, ending with our ‘heart to heart’ hug) I employed the SASHET approach to get us going. ‘The emotions are the window to the soul’, so the question posed to each one was…
“How are you feeling?… Sad, Angry, Scared, Happy, Excited or Tender?”
When it came my turn, I realized my truthful answer was “All of the above”
Being honest in my ‘soul’ as I look out over the injustice, suffering and intimidation abroad in today’s world, how can we but feel anger, sadness and fear!
However when we ‘drop down’ from our soul to our spirit, and allow God’s promises to be the reality we choose to live from, then by FAITH, the same faith that Dave Cullen re-discovered, our emotions can be transformed into happy, excited and tender as we enjoy the Spirit’s fruit of joy, hope and peace.
FAITH comes from ‘hearing the word of God’ (Rm.10:17) and to keep our ‘tank full’ Hilary and I listen to several chapters of scripture first thing in the morning and always read a Psalm together. I have also been following the joy, hope and peace filled ‘in depth’ Isaiah study at Godskingdom.org
…and so we can join again wholeheartedly with our friend Barry Maguire as he taught us to sing….
“It’s a Happy day and I praise God for the weather (even -30C.)
It’s a Happy day, and I’m living it for my Lord
It’s a Happy day, and things are gonna get better.
‘Cause I’m living’ each day by the promises in God’s word”
So while many things still seem ‘Up in the Air‘ the message from the last blog holds true – by FAITH we know that ALL things are in ‘A Safe Pair of Hands”
“…and this is the victory that overcomes the world, even our faith!” (1 Jn. 5:4)