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​Love you all, praying for you,
 
I just love God’s Word.  It is love, it is truth, the whole truth, and nothing but the truth. It is life.  It reveals the Author of truth, and the author of lies.  It exposes truth versus lie. And specifically warns that if you reject truth, you will be given over to delusion.  You will become stuck on stupid.   I saw a sign in a yard recently that made me laugh.  We Stand Up To Hate.  It made me laugh because what it really means is – “We Hate Those Who Hate.”  A sign that says ‘hate haters’ – perfectly exposes the deception, and the source of the problem.  The problem is me, the problem is you, not someone else.  Typical of hypocrisy – blaming others – while guilty ourselves. It’s a trap.  It’s the current culture – blame and shame and tell everybody else to do, while themselves doing what they condemn others for - the epitome of lack of self-awareness, the absence of truth.  Stop Hate is merely a pretending of virtue, while perpetuating it.  Do you think a sign that says Stop Hate – will ever stop it?  How?  “You stop hate, while I still do it” only perpetuates what we claim to stand against.  So what really stops hate?  Is there anything that will stop it?  Only Love stops hate.  Have you ever seen a sign in someone’s yard that says, We Love You.  Now that – is the start – to the stop of hate.  Hate will stop when people choose love, instead of choose hate.  And it starts with me, and you.  The test of love is how you treat those you don’t agree with.   Can you disagree, and still love?  God said love your enemies, do good to them.  Truth is essential to love.  If you love someone you will speak the truth in love, and respect them enough as God created them, with the ability to choose for themselves.  God did say, stand for those who cannot stand for themselves – those who are not given a choice, or a voice, who have no say in their fate.  But God never said “Punch A Hater.”  That’s just more hate, it does not end it.  Why is there division in this country?  Truth doesn’t divide, it presents a choice, but it doesn’t divide.  Those who reject truth, who hate, are the first to accuse others of hate, they are the ones who divide, not those who have truth and love.  Praying that you will reject hate, with love.  That you will love by speaking the truth in love.  That you will pray, that you will not be deceived by what many are trying to present as truth, but that you will be led by the Holy Spirit of God into all truth – just like He promised.  Praying that this nation will choose love, the love of God, and to love their neighbor, so love will overcome hate, and that those who love – will start a wave.  A kingdom divided against itself cannot stand.  Praying that this nation – will reject the hate that will soon destroy it, and instead know the love of God – who helps us love others, even those different than us.  Praying that you will love… and pray with me… May God save America.       
 
Love you all,
dad