The president has been in Asia this week
attending the APEC summit. As soon as he got on the plane, the
politicking started. There has been an all out assault this week on the
president and US troops in Iraq, and it did not start with the
terrorists, but with the lusters-after-power players in Washington. The
terrorists gratefully acknowledged the help some in Washington were
giving to their cause, though. Colonel North has the lowdown on the week’s events and how they are affecting our boys overseas and at home. No End But Victory live-blogged the showdown in Congress last night over whether to pull our troops immediately from Iraq. (Hat tip: Blackfive.) The resolution was defeated.
And
in a seemingly unrelated story: the atheist who spent four years trying
to get the phrase “under God” stricken from the Pledge of Allegiance, has now sued
to get the phrase “In God we trust” stricken from our money. “In God we
trust” was first added to the money after the Civil War, during the
time of reconstruction. Life was so hard for both North and South, but
especially in the South, trying to recover from the war, that Congress
decreed the phrase be added to our money to remind all Americans to
Whom to look for succor in distress. (Chapter 58: Hard Times in the South, in Story of the Great Republic.)
What do these two
stories have in common? Nothing, at first glance. But they are two
sides of the same coin. God is Ruler and Judge, His is the kingdom, power, and glory.
We are created beings, and as such, owe our Creator worship and
service. (God is so good, however, that He does not just desire our
worship and service; He loves us and longs for us to give our hearts in love to Him, and to walk in companionship
with Him.) Lust for power which belongs to God, rebellion against His
boundaries on the proper use of such, denial that He exists or that we
owe Him honor or obedience, and hatred of Him and hatred of submission
to His will, are all interrelated.
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