May September 21, 2025 be the day of America's rebirth.
Back in 2021 I had posted a statement about the death of the USA in response to the injustices that were happening in response to citizens protesting (but not rioting) in response to Joe Biden having been certified as the next president. If this is what "justice" looked like, and if this was how the US government was responding to a citizen's true right to free speech and organized, peaceful protest, then, yes, I believe I was right in saying that our country was cooked.
Lazarus was dead for 4 days before Jesus raised him from the dead. (John 11:1-44, NKJV)
The USA was dead for approximately 4 years as we witnessed a presidency, an administration, a government, and honestly, a culture, with blood on their hands. Thousands of people died from an experimental biological agent that was forced on them (although many of those individuals also took it willingly, having bought in to the fear that the lies about the virus that had been circulating like mad for over a year by that point). We hemorrhaged money into a war that has accomplished nothing except that. Oh, and killing another thousands upon thousands of people. We stupidly pulled out of a Middle East war, and even more stupidly, ordered our soldiers to leave all their high-tech war-fighting equipment for our enemies to hijack and use for their gain. Inflation -- and higher taxes on top of it -- pushed millions of people to the brink. People lost jobs. Even people who kept their jobs could scarcely afford to live, let alone those who had lost them.
Oh, and "our" "president" let in millions of criminals from other countries to steal, rape, and murder our fellow citizens, an increase in crime in just about every location imaginable in our country. Yeah, I would say that the USA was cooked.
I will lift up my eyes to the hills—
From whence comes my help?
My help comes from the Lord,
Who made heaven and earth.
With Donald Trump back in office, a lot of what I listed above has been reversed, with more coming. But what I think stands out the greatest right now, politically speaking is this: never before in American history (maybe except during the Civil War years, perhaps) has it ever been so obvious the divide between good and evil:
One side prays and worships the one true God of the Bible; the other side riots and loots.
One side honors God-fearing men who pray and encourage and love others sacrificially like Charlie Kirk; the other side honors selfish drug addicts like George Floyd, who according to toxicology reports, had overdosed so badly that by the time Derek Chauvin had come to arrest him, he was on his way to dying no matter what Chauvin might have done. [And yes, this is for me a turnaround from what I used to believe on this matter!]
(I still can't believe my former church was the loudest among all my groups at the time which included atheists, agnostics, and multiple races, in not only supporting George Floyd, who was dead, and condemning anyone who thought otherwise!)
Beloved, do not avenge yourselves, but rather give place to wrath; for it is written, “Vengeance is Mine, I will repay,” says the Lord. Romans 12:19, NKJV
I've been telling my wife that, since Charlie Kirk's murder, I've become even more conservative than previously. I think a major part of it is that, the more I see of the two political sides (especially lately), the less doubt I have about what is true. And with having less doubt on what is true, the less space I have (I'm finding this out) for other people to also doubt. It's one thing to dislike Trump; although God is continuing to work on him, and although I see lots of fruit of the Lord's work on him, I also know that he has a checkered past. Even now, I do think Trump can get a bit too full of himself, carried away with credit for the good things that he has done and is doing. I remain steadfast: kudos to Trump for his excellent work! But, glory always goes to God, and to God first.
But I don't think I would have the stomach to contend with anyone who claims that Charlie Kirk was a hater. He was not; he loved people with the love of Jesus, and that oftentimes meant saying challenging things that cut some folks the wrong way. That does not mean he was a hater!
Especially in my years growing up liberal, as well as the years in my 20s and 30s when I was third-party, I was still surrounded primarily by liberals (which by the way, included family). And that was for two reasons: 1.) I tend to be a loyal personality, oftentimes to a fault, staying with bad company because I still held out hope that just my presence being in their lives would be enough (and because, if they were truly as open-minded as they had claimed, then I wouldn't have needed to work super hard to persuade them of anything!); 2.) I did hope that by receiving Jesus as my King and Savior that that alone would be enough to help them consider other options. I was optimistic to a fault that such folks could be convinced to let their open-mindedness lead them to the right truth, in the same way that God used mine to lead me. However, that has not happened. And as such, over the years I moved away from many of these folks.
“He who corrects a scoffer gets shame for himself,
And he who rebukes a wicked man only harms himself.
Do not correct a scoffer, lest he hate you;
Rebuke a wise man, and he will love you.
I have a concern that there are still those who have remained in my life that will look at Charlie Kirk and whitewash him in the same way they've whitewashed President Trump. And if that's the case, then I have to reexamine even more relationships than I previously had thought, and consider what to do with them. There are some things where I am content to let disagreements lie; there are others where I'm not. I believe that a true understanding of who Kirk is one of them, because the evidence is clear that he was a man of faith, and that he was martyred for his faith. Trump hatred is one thing; Kirk hatred, however, equates to Jesus hatred, as far as I'm concerned. And if I identify as a Jesus follower (or at least try to), then Jesus hatred equates to hatred of me. That's a problem, no matter who it is that is doing the hating.
Do not be misled: “Bad company corrupts good character.” 1 Corinthians 15:33, NIV
It is a lie that Kirk's assassin was a right-wing, gun-loving nut. It has been proven that his assassin, Tyler Robinson, had been radicalized by Antifa and other groups on campus. Robinson is even in a romantic relationship with a man transitioning into a woman. Robinson's family is conservative, but he himself is the only liberal among that group. Let us set that record straight once and for all.
Like liberals, conservatives want justice as well. But unlike liberals, conservatives go about it the right way: by prayer and submission to God, and by following the laws already established in the land, which pave a way for justice to be done and for true healing to begin.
He has shown you, O man, what is good;
And what does the Lord require of you
But to do justly,
To love mercy,
And to walk humbly with your God?
As far as I'm concerned, President Donald Trump is doing the job that I and so many others elected him to do: 1.) preside over America (hence the title of president), and 2.) restore America. I just now realized that juxtaposing Micah 6:8 with a screenshot of a Trump TruthSocial post is likely to make any church-going liberals mad (that is, if any of them were to read my blog). So I will buffer it with another Bible verse that is similar to Micah 6:8:
“And now, Israel, what does the Lord your God require of you, but to fear the Lord your God, to walk in all His ways and to love Him, to serve the Lord your God with all your heart and with all your soul, and to keep the commandments of the Lord and His statutes which I command you today for your good? Deuteronomy 10:12-13, NKJV
I'm doubling down on truth. Trump may not be perfect (I have doubts that he is indeed saved and therefore we must pray for him), but in my book he is a top-three US president of all time (after George Washington and Abraham Lincoln, of course). But with Kirk's passing into eternity, the time is now to double down on truth, to double down on faith, and to double down on the things God puts on our hearts. I wrote on this blog on January 20, 2021 that a Truth Revival was needed. Praise God, I think beginning September 21, 2025, I am finally seeing it. Praise God indeed.
