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America's Pharisee Lucado & Trump

2/28/2016

America’s Pharisee Max Lucado and Trump
© 2016 Hadassah Shabnam Lal

As “Super Tuesday” in the American elections approaches, America is becoming increasingly ‘polarized’ particularly amongst Evangelicals, and other Christian voters. The candidate that is the subject of much division is the GOP frontrunner Mr. Donald J. Trump, as self-made American businessman and Patriot, who also happens to be outspoken and fearless.

The most recent attack on Mr. Trump came from a well-known Christian author, writer and preacher named Max Lucado at Oak Hills Church from San Antonio. According to Lucado, Trump does not pass the decency test.

While the line of people standing with Mr. Trump appears to be getting longer, and his supporters continue to grow, there is no shortage of people lining up to take potshots at Mr. Trump and ride his coattails to gain their share of the spotlight in America’s political scene.

As a 4th generation Christian from Pakistan I am appalled at Mr. Lucado’s comments. Last time I looked, Mr. Lucado is neither God Jr. nor God. He has made millions from his 32 books and has a net worth of $10 million, which by the way is a paltry sum compared to Mr. Trump’s of $8 billion dollars as of June 30, 2014. However, the difference is how that money was acquired. Mr. Lucado acquired his wealth by feeding on the spiritual needs and hungers of people, and in short, prostituting of the Gospel. Mr. Trump on the other hand, has acquired his wealth through, building, buying, wise business decisions, and investments, not to mention the thousands of jobs he has created in America and overseas. Mr. Lucado has made his millions on the weakness and needs of people who are hurting, while Mr. Trump has made his billions by strengthening the economy and empowering people with jobs.

Mr. Lucado is the true epitome of the Pharisees and the Pharisee spirit that is afflicting America today. He stands in his pulpit, casting stones at Mr. Trump while acting as a self-righteous cad.

Why was Mr. Trump singled out? Because he tells, it like it is. Alternatively, because he does not utilize flowery bull crap like the other candidates? I noticed in his self-righteous attack at Mr. Trump and about self-restraint of the tongue etc. Mr. Lucado even went so far as to score “Brownie Points” with President Obama, by saying he appreciates the manner in which he has maintained the comportment of the office. I don’t know which Ivory Tower Mr. Lucado lives in while casting his verbal stones at someone who he deems inferior to himself, but I do know this.

Obama is a disgrace to America, he is the most biblically hostile President in American history, and Lucado is kissing his feet? This is the same President whose immigration policies and enforcements have forced America’s benevolent Christian Homeless shelters to house displaced Muslim Syrian refugees who are so troublesome that their own governments don’t even want them. I know of two instances in which Middle-Eastern refugees came in through the Mexican border with false papers. Currently, one of these self-funded Homeless Shelters for men is housing 20 Middle Easterners who laughed and made fun, when the “Passion of the Christ” was shown. They have demanded the same Christian Shelter to provide a separate prayer area so they can worship their Allah who sanctions murder, rape, pedophilia and death of anyone who does not acquiesce to their brand of religious hatred. These are the people that Mr. Trump wants to stop, and Obama has enabled to squirm into our cities with his liberal policies and agenda. Shame on you Mr. Lucado for kissing the feet of a man, who for all intense purposes has proven himself to be the archenemy of America. In your comments, who went so far as to compliment Obama? Whose side are you on, and what kind of a Christian are you? Do you not know that our nation was founded upon the Jude-Christian principles of the Bible? This brings me to my next point.

Grace for the Moment by Lucado

I just happen to have Mr. Lucado’s devotional book, which was on special for $5.00 at Family Christian. As I opened it, I realize now that Mr. Lucado is a hypocrite as well.
I will cite three examples of his devotionals.
Packed for a Purpose. “He has filled them with skill. Exodus. 35:35. He elaborates on the importance of how “you were born prepacked. God looked at your entire life, determined your assignment, and gave you the tools to do the job. Well, considering Lucado’s criticism of Mr. Trump, and his holier than thou attitude, did he ever stop to consider that God did not feel it necessary to consult him, when he created Mr. Trump and laid out his path in life? Not everyone is a smooth talking individual whose words “drip with honey” as did Obama’s words of Hope and Change. Well America, Hope came and went, and Change never came.

Know Your Knack
Lucado quotes from the Message Bible “Make careful exploration of who you are and the work you have been given, and then sink yourself into that. Gal. 6:4.
God never prefabs or mass-produces people. No slapdash shaping. “I make all things new,” he declares (Rev. 21:5). He didn’t hand you your grandad’s bag or your aunt’s life; he personally and deliberately packed you…you can do something no one else can do in a fashion no one else can do it. Exploring and extracting your uniqueness excites you, honors God, and expands his kingdom. So “make a careful exploration of who you are and the work you have been given, and then sink yourself into that.” Discover and deploy your knacks… When you do the most what you do the best, you put a smile on God’s face. What could be better than that?
Well Mr. Lucado, was this written to some person out there? Someone from whom you could extract money? They buy your book? Help make you $10 million dollars richer? It appears to me that Mr. Trump has done exactly that, and with wisdom, tenacity, hard work and even some failures and setbacks, he has amassed wealth, put thousands to work, managed to keep his children on his side through divorces (is a Christian perfect?) I believe that Mr. Trump has done precisely that and more, and now he is willing to risk it all for the sake of his country, he certainly doesn’t need the money, or the risk. What are you willing to risk? Sit in your ivory tower and throw stones, well Mr. Trump has come out of his Gold Tower, and is tirelessly flying all over the country to campaign to restore some pride to Old Glory and America.

I’m glad that Mr. Lucado preaches that Love Accepts All Things, but he himself wants a smooth talking, perfectly speaking individual like himself. He speaks of love being so not so easy, and not being painless and peaceful, yet he is not affording that to others. He is in his Ivory Tower, but grossly out of touch with those of us Americans. We Christian Americans are tired of the promises, rhetoric, economic woes, and lack of security for our children, and their children, our arms being taken away, our rights as Christians being trodden upon, we are tired. At least Mr. Trump has made an effort to study what has crippled America so much, and is proposing some solutions.

It is Mr. Lucado who is filled with a lot of Christianese terms and rhetoric but does not practice what he preaches, but hey, at least he has made $10 million doing so. Moreover, I conclude with his devotional regarding work.

Our Work is God’s Work
“Jesus got into one of the boats, …that belonged to [Peter}, and asked him to push off a little form the land. Luke. 5:3. Jesus claims Peter’s boat. He doesn’t request use of it. Christ doesn’t fill out an application or ask permission; he simply boards the boat and begins to preach. All boats belong to Christ. Your boat is where you spend your day, make your living, and to a large degree live your life. Perhaps Mr. Trumps boat is his fleet of cars, a private jet, helicopters, and the plethora of Towers, and other businesses that he has built worldwide employing thousands, who are you to say? Maybe in this season, God is calling Mr. Trump to be a Trump. To express the anger of the American people with a system that has repeatedly let them down, politicians who are nothing short of liars/lawyer. These very people who have allowed the murders of thousands, the maiming of thousands of troops, and continue to cut away at the benefits they need not to mention endangering the lives of Americans by infiltration of illegal refugees. Maybe, just maybe Trump is what America needs, and not another Metro sexual, pro-Islamic, Anti-American not to mention the most biblically hostile President who is hell bent on the destruction of America. Well at least his speech is descent. I also believe that Mr. Lucado needs to revisit the definition of the word “Grace.” I believe that if Mr. Lucado claims to be a Christian, then he should apologize to Mr. Trump for his behavior as a self-righteous judgmental Pharisee.

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Trumps' Wall

2/23/2016

Trumps Wall
© 2016 Hadassah Shabnam Lal
I sincerely believe that in keeping with the passage in Neh. 4:14, Mr. Trump's Stance on the Wall is an echo of fighting for our nation, and our families. Neh 4:14

And I looked, and rose up, and said unto the nobles, and to the rulers, and to the rest of the people, Be not ye afraid of them: remember the Lord, which is great and terrible, and fight for your brethren, your sons, and your daughters, your wives, and your houses.
I am a God fearing American Patriot who just happens to be a fourth-generation Christian from Pakistan. I support Mr. Trump and his love of America. In addition, I do not fit the typical profile of a typical Trump voter. Yes, I am a registered Republican; I will never ever vote Democrat. I am a hater of the neither White Male nor Black Male for that matter. However, I am sick and tired of the constant manner in which the Liberal (I call them LibTards) continues to ridicule and malign Mr. Trump at his suggestion that a wall be built on the Mexican border to protect Americans and keep illegal immigrants out of America. Is that really such a bad idea? America is under attack, but judging from the pacifist behavior of the most Biblically hostile President in American history, not to mention the most Anti-American and pro-Iran individual to insultingly lie to the American people, you would not know it. Actually the ideas of walls surrounding cities and nations, is an ancient idea as well as a biblical idea. While many so called polling this and polling that organization, as well as the “politically correct” idiots who continues their attacks on Mr. Trump, he is gaining momentum, voters, and is cutting boundaries as the Alphabet Soup Media continue their attacks, and the Internet based News Services continue their onslaught as well.

I am not just an American Patriot, with a Masters. I am a single mother who has raised a wonderful, God-fearing son who is in college, works full-time and is actively involved in his Church in Ministry. My father was a teacher who brought his young family to America legally in order to give all of us better futures, opportunities and a chance to pursue the American dream. That dream is now becoming a nightmare as we see increased crime, illegal immigration, not to mention the fact that Mexico recently renewed relations with Iran, thus making it easier for terrorists to come through the Mexican border.

I believe that Trumps' Wall is actually a necessity and for those who claim to be Christians, it is a biblically justified option.
The world “Wall” is mentioned 179 times in the Bible. While the word “Walls” in the plural is mentioned 66 times, the world “Wall” is interestingly first mentioned in reference to when the Israelites were fleeing from the Egyptian Slave Masters. The waters parted in Exo. 14:22, 29 and the Bible describes the waters as a “wall” unto the Israelites. In Num. 22:24 the Angel of the Lord that was protecting the Israelites during their sojourn is described as a “wall” on this side and a wall on that side. In the book of Joshua 6:5 and 6:20. Then we read the instances of the walls being brought down in Jericho at the blowing of the Trump. Next we read the famous story of Nehemiah who was commissioned to “rebuild the Wall” in Jerusalem after it was in disrepair and such disarray. In fact, it was to be rebuilt, so that their enemies would not consider the Israelites under reproach/ridicule. (see. Neh. 2:17). Just as wicked Sanballat mocked the Jews (see. Neh. 4:1) in rebuilding the wall, Mr. Trump is being ridiculed by Liberal biased hateful media, as most of them are clueless about America’s Judeo-Christian heritage, let alone the increasing threat that the Mexican and even the Canadian border pose to America’s national safety. God saw that the rebuilding of the wall was so important, that the actual word “WALL” is mentioned 30 (thirty) times alone, in the book of Nehemiah. (See. Neh. 1:3; 2:8, 15, 17; 3:8,13,15,19,20,24,25,27; 4:1,3,6,10,13,15,17,19; 5:16; 6:1,6,15; 7:1; 12:30,31,37,38; 13:21). America needs to build a wall period.

Sadly, just as there is nothing new under the sun, we find a passage in Ezekiel 13:10 about how the people were seduced with “Peace; there was no peace” because of the “flimsy” wall. America currently has a joke of a fence in some places on the border with Mexico. Some of the illegal immigrants are anything but peaceful as they bring their brand of rape, killing, and drugs across our borders.

Meanwhile, America has increasingly become more polarized on the issues of illegal immigration and all of the “feel good peace-seekers and LibTards” want to embrace and support illegal immigrants, at the expense of the American Taxpayer. See my blog on the Ecuadorian Immigrant. In the book of (Acts. 9:25) we find that the “religious establishment” was plotting to kill Paul, so he was placed in a basket and lowered down a “wall” Apparently the “wall” had stood the test of time. If we had one in place, it would certainly make it more difficult for people to cross into America’s borders.

Let’s face it, Americans are not running to go to other countries, but people are certainly running to come to America. Considering the fact that my father had to go through all of the proper protocol to bring his young family to America, why should others not do the same? I stand with Mr. Trump in his idea for building a “wall” it may be the only solution to an ever-growing ugly problem that affects all of America. America’s already taxed welfare system is being forced to care for those who are too lazy to enter the United States ethically and legally. Horrendous crimes are being committed by some of those being allowed into our great nation. Since we are a Christian nation and the Bible served as the basis for over 34% of the constitutional verbiage (the very foundation of America’s Republic), there is clear justification in the Bible for having a wall to serve as a protection for its citizens therefore, it is imperative that we build a wall. Apparently, the bright government officials in Washington have yet to come up with any other viable solutions.

Shame on Libtard Americans

2/16/2016

Shame on LibTard Americans
© 2016 HadassahShabnamLal
In light of this latest set of the stupidity in comments on twitter regarding our right to bear arms by Jeb Bush and also the pro 2nd Amendment stance by Donald Trump who are both running for President as of 2/16/2015 I wish to share the following links. Shame on you Americans who were born here but are total LibTards (Yes, Liberal Retards are those who take for granted the rights of Americans in reference to their Bibles and their guns). Massive amounts of Rapes & Murders are being committed upon Europeans because of their ban on guns. We have the most Anti-American and Anti-Biblical individual occupying our White House (I refuse to refer to him by a title that he has utterly disgraced by attacking everything American including our Bibles and Guns). Please read the following articles authored by true Americans. Thank you everyone, it is time we Bible Believing, Gun toting Americans get on our damn knees and start praying for a man to be elected who will have the courage, the tenacity, and the testicles to stand up to the enemies of America, and that man is Donald Jr. Trump. Read his book Crippled America instead of all the bullshit the Libtard Alphabet soup media is feeding America. Considering 60% of those Millennials get their news from FaceBook, that’s a frightening thought. But then again 60% of the Boomer generation and older cite their news sources as the Alphabet Soup media (ABC, NBC, CBS, CNN). The Libtard ticket has Bernie=Free Shit; Killary=Bullshit, and their logo is a JackAss (Donkey). We are in deep trouble, and it’s time to wake up and stand up and exercise your right to vote, everyone. All that Community Leadership and Organization has placed an enemy of America in our White House, let’s take America back.

The Second Amendment and the Inalienable Right to Self-DefenseBy Nelson Lund, Ph.D.

http://www.heritage.org/research/reports/2014/04/the-second-amendment-and-the-inalienable-right-to-self-defense

America’s Most Biblically Hostile President by David Barton on 6/16/2015
http://www.wallbuilders.com/libissuesarticles.asp?id=106938

The Greatest Valentine

2/14/2016

The Greatest Valentine
© 2016 HadassahShabnamLal
What do you think of on Valentine’s Day? Hearts made of Chocolate? Roses from a loved One? Or a marriage proposal from a boyfriend to be his bride forever?
Well I have the story of the greatest Valentine given to each and every one of us. I was given this gift to share with all of you who happen upon my blog. You see God has all of us on a unique journey because He is a very personal God, He created you and I for a specific time, and a specific purpose that is in line with our respective giftings and anointings. It is my anointing and message to share the often bewildering and amazing coincidences that tie the natural to the supernatural of God, and the amazing to the ordinary.
It was January 20, 2007. I clearly felt an instruction from the Lord to go to “PetSmart” the local pet store. Birds have always fascinated me, and I have owned 3-4 parrots. When I arrived at PetSmart, I found a beautiful set of diamond doves. I was contemplating purchasing them, so began to do a bit of research. It was during my research that I happened to learn about a specific species of Dove or Pigeon named “Bleeding Heart Doves” which I found to be absolutely beautiful. As I thought about my fascinating find, the Lord spoke to me every so clearly his reasons for placing the peculiar mark of a “Bleeding Heart upon doves/pigeons. Why did the God of the Universe choose a foraging lowly pigeon/dove to showcase His Love to the world, why not a Dog? Or a Cat, or a plethora of other birds? But specifically the species of a Dove/Pigeon. It is because God wanted to showcase His Love in a wonderful and unique way.
In association with Yeshua/Jesus who personified a “Bleeding Heart” as he went about healing, raising people from death, and performing miracles, the term is particularly applicable. As I pondered over my discovery, Scripture provided even more proof of God’s creation and sovereignty. There are at least four separate instances which make mention of the Spirit of God descending in the likeness of a Dove upon Him as he was mikvahed/baptized (see. Mat 3:16, Mar 1:10, Luke 3:22, and Jhn 1:32). Interestingly He is often referred to as a the Righteous Branch in(Jer 23:5 and 33:15, and then in Zech 3:8 and Zech 6:12). In the beginning verses of Genesis we see that the Spirit of God was hovering over the waters in Gen 1:2. There is also reference made that it was a Dove that brought a plucked Olive leaf branch (see Gen 8:11). God is a God of order and Completion, thus it is amazing that upon the Baptism of Yeshua/Jesus the Branch of Israel had the Spirit of God lit upon him in the form of a Dove.
Yet the Love of God becomes even more clear because in John 19:34 we find upon his crucifixion, a soldier pierced his side which resulted a flow of blood and water. Thus, the Heart of the Son of God was pierced in the physical and in the spiritual (which is spoken of prophetically in Isa 53:5, Zech 12:10, and Rev 1:7 (when He returns) to fetch His Bride the Church and Israel His Wife (see Rev 21:9).
Amazingly Yeshua/Jesus promises to all of those that believe in Him as the Son of God, Lord and Savior, that He will not leave them comfortless, but send His Holy Spirit to comfort them and their broken hearts. In fact, in Acts 2:37 the followers of Messiah were pierced in their hearts upon being convicted of their own sinfulness upon hearing of how his precious blood was shed for them (see Acts 2:21-2:38). I find it interesting that upon their repentance, baptism, and remission, they were promised the “Gif of the Holy Spirit). Just as amazing is how God has placed the mark of a Bleeding Heart upon a Dove as a gift to all of us, since the Holy Spirit is often depicted as in the form of a Dove
Historically and Biblically, doves have often been symbols of righteousness, peace and sacrifice. Doves are often said to be of a gentle nature, highly intelligent, and easily tamed. Interestingly when it came for the dedication of Yeshua/Jesus his parents at the Temple, in accordance with keeping of the Levitical Laws as his parents were Jewish and his Father was of the lineage from the House of King David, they presented two doves (See Luke 2:32). On a side note, according to Levitical Law, when a woman bore a male child, her time of purification was (33), three and thirty days (See. Lev 12:4). Yeshua/Jesus was said be (33) years of age when He was crucified.
We are all sinners, none of us is perfect, except for the One true Son of God who came and gave His life as a ransom for many. His Love is amazingly reflected in His Creation (See Col 1:16). As the Lord spoke to me, He revealed that the reason why He created the “Bleeding Heart Dove/Pigeon” was as a sign to the world of the suffering of His Son, the Pierced Heart of His Son, who died for all of us, yet now He lives, and His triumph and love are reflected in this beautiful bird.
According to “The New Story of Science” by Robert Augros and George Stanciu: “A universe aiming at the production of man implies a mind directing it,” they further state: “Though man is not at the physical center of the universe, he appears to be at the center of its purpose.” Yes, I believe that we are God’s creation made for His purpose and somehow to shine His light of His Son.
Lastly, it is quite difficult to make a distinction between the male or female of the Bleeding Heart Dove/Pigeon thus proving the validity of Gal 3:28 (there is no male nor female…all are One in Him).

False Refugee from Ecuador

2/12/2016

False Refugee from Ecuador
© 2016 HadassahShabnamLal
I had lunch with a young friend (Puerto Rican descent) who happens to be staying at a local Christian Mission for the Homeless in Indianapolis. It seems he was asked to translate for a “refugee from Ecuador” by one of the Mission staff. This young man said he looked at this “refugee” and immediately knew he was not from Ecuador but of Middle Eastern Origin. When the Mission Staff member asked him to translate and speak Spanish to this “supposed Spanish speaking Ecuadorian Refugee” he proceeded to ask him some pointed questions, and then it became quickly apparent that the “refugee was obviously not Spanish speaking; nor from Ecuador; even though the Mission Staff member stated this person had immigration papers as a “refugee from Ecuador” Once this young man who was asked to translate pointed out the glaring inconsistency about the “bogus nationality and papers of this refugee from Ecuador” the “False Refugee from Ecuador” was not seen nor heard from again.
I believe that this is happening often in Homeless Missions across America. The illegals are using America’s Christian Missions to literally bite off the hand that is feeding them, and falsely entering and posing as Spanish Speaking Refugees from South American nations. This is precisely why it is imperative that we as a nation elect a strong American to the office of the President of the United States of America, hence I stand with Donald J. Trump for President.

http://www.cbsnews.com/news/more-syrian-refugees-turn-themselves-in-us-mexico-border-laredo/

http://www.cbsnews.com/news/8-syrian-refugees-turn-themselves-in-at-united-states-texas-mexico-border/

"With the Focus on Syria, Mexico Burns is republished with permission of Stratfor."

Kennedy Stole Gibran Quote "Ask Not..."

2/9/2016

Kennedy Stole Gibran Quote “Ask Not …”
@ 2016 HadassahShabnamLal
Many Americans had plaques adorning their homes with the phrase by the late President John F. Kennedy a liberal Democratic president elected on November 8, 1960 in one of the closest presidential races in America.
The infamous phrase is:
“Ask not what your country can do for you, but ask what you can do for your country.”
It is sad that his young life was taken by an assassin’s bullet. It sadder still that President Kennedy vehemently supported the Supreme Court’s decision in removing prayer out of our public square and schools. The above mentioned phrase was stolen by President John F. Kennedy from “The New Frontier” by Khalil Gibran a Christian Artist/Poet from Lebanon (1/6/1883-4/10/1931). Of course this was before the advent of the Internet, thus people could readily steal the work and ideas of other authors. It is also ironic that the very term “New Frontier” was used by Kennedy in his acceptance speech in the 1960 United States Presidential election to the Democratic National Convention at the Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum as the Democratic slogan to inspire America to support him. It became the label for his administration’s domestic and foreign programs. Only problem is Kennedy stole it from Khalil Gibran, who at that time had been dead nearly 30 years. I would like to add, that as of this writing, the Primaries for the 2016 elections are heavily under way, with Republican Candidate Donald J. Trump being my choice for America. Like Khalil Gibran, I am an Eastern Immigrant from Pakistan, a Christian. As I read “The New Frontier” by Khalil Gibran, I could not help but notice the glaring similarities in politics that are taking place everywhere. It is a new century; a new millennium has dawned in America. However, the “Old Establishment” of the Republican Party have antiquated ideas and ways of thinking, and the Democrats are even worse with Bernie Sanders and his motto of “Free Shit” and Hillary Clinton with her motto of “Bull Shit” after being responsible for the deaths of many in the wake of her playboy husband Bill Clinton and his scandals, along with hers; particularly the Benghazi escapade in which American Ambassador Chris Stevens was tortured and murdered and his cries for help along with other U.S. Military personnel went unheeded, not to mention the whole mess with her emails and servers. It appears that stealing, lying, cheating and plagiarizing is still the norm esp. by the liberal Democratic Party. The New Frontier by Gibran follows as was written by him, directed to the Middle East,but I believe many of you will find it an interesting analogy, and applicable to present day American politics as well.
The New Frontier by Khalil Gibran
Written and first published in 1925 in Arabic. Also translated as The New Deal.

There are in the Middle East today two challenging ideas: old and new.
The old ideas will vanish because they are weak and exhausted.
There is in the Middle East an awakening that defies slumber. This awakening will conquer because the sun is its leader and the dawn is its army.
In the fields of the Middle East, which have been a large burial ground, stand the youth of Spring calling the occupants of the sepulchers to rise and march toward the new frontiers.
When the Spring sings its hymns the dead of the winter rise, shed their shrouds and march forward.
There is on the horizon of the Middle East a new awakening; it is growing and expanding; it is reaching and engulfing all sensitive, intelligent souls; it is penetrating and gaining all the sympathy of noble hearts.
The Middle East, today, has two masters. One is deciding, ordering, being obeyed; but he is at the point of death.
But the other one is silent in his conformity to law and order, calmly awaiting justice; he is a powerful giant who knows his own strength, confident in his existence and a believer in his destiny.
There are today, in the Middle East, two men: one of the past and one of the future. Which one are you? Come close, let me look at you and let me be assured by your appearance and your conduct if you are one of those coming into the light or going into the darkness.
Come and tell me who and what are you.
Are you a politician asking what your country can do for you or a zealous one asking what you can do for your country?
If you are the first, then you are a parasite; if the second, then you are an oasis in a desert.
Are you a merchant utilizing the need of society for the necessities of life, for monopoly and exorbitant profit? Or a sincere, hard-working and diligent man facilitating the exchange between the weaver and the farmer? Are you charging a reasonable profit as a middleman between supply and demand?
If you are the first, then you are a criminal whether you live in a palace or a prison. If you are the second, then you are a charitable man whether you are thanked or denounced by people.
Are you a religious leader, weaving for your body a gown out of the ignorance of the people, fashioning a crown out of the simplicity of their hearts and pretending to hate the devil merely to live upon his income?
Or are you a devout and a pious man who sees in the piety of the individual the foundation for a progressive nation, and who can see through a profound search in the depth of his own soul a ladder to the eternal soul that directs the world?
If you are the first, then you are a heretic, a disbeliever in God even if you fast by day and pray by night.
If you are the second, then you are a violet in the garden of truth even though its fragrance is lost upon the nostrils of humanity or whether its aroma rises into that rare air where the fragrance of flowers is preserved.
Are you a newspaperman who sells his idea and principle in the slave market, who lives on the misery of people like a buzzard which descends only upon a decaying carcass?
Or are you a teacher on the platform of the city gathering experience from life and presenting it to the people as sermons you have learned?
If you are the first, then you are a sore and an ulcer. If you are the second, then you are a balsam and a medicine.
Are you a governor who denigrates himself before those who appoint him and denigrates those whom he is to govern, who never raises a hand unless it is to reach into pockets and who does not take a step unless it is for greed?
Or are you a faithful servant who serves only the welfare of the people?
If you are the first, then you are as a tare in the threshing floor of the nations; and if the second, then you are a blessing upon its granaries.
Are you a husband who allows for himself what he disallows for his wife, living in abandonment with the key of her prison in his boots, gorging himself with his favorite food while she sits, by herself, before an empty dish?
Or are you a companion, taking no action except hand in hand, nor doing anything unless she gives her thoughts and opinions, and sharing with her your happiness and success?
If you are the first, then you are a remnant of a tribe which, still dressing in the skins of animals, vanished long before leaving the caves; and if you are the second, then you are a leader in a nation moving in the dawn toward the light of justice and wisdom.
Are you a searching writer full of self-admiration, keeping his head in the valley of a dusty past, where the ages discarded the remnant of its clothes and useless ideas?
Or are you a clear thinker examining what is good and useful for society and spending your life in building what is useful and destroying what is harmful?
If you are the first, then you are feeble and stupid, and if you are the second, then you are bread for the hungry and water for the thirsty.
Are you a poet, who plays the tambourine at the doors of emirs, or the one who throws the flowers during weddings and who walks in processions with a sponge full of warm water in his mouth, a sponge to be pressed by his tongue and lips as soon as he reaches the cemetery?
Or have you a gift which God has placed in your hands on which to play heavenly melodies which draw our hearts toward the beautiful in life?
If you are the first, then you are a juggler who evokes in our soul that which is contrary to what you intend.
If you are the second, then you are love in our hearts and a vision in our minds.
In the Middle East there are two processions: One procession is of old people waling with bent backs, supported with bent canes; they are out of breath though their path is downhill.
The other is a procession of young men, running as if on winged feet, and jubilant as with musical strings in their throats, surmounting obstacles as if there were magnets drawing them up on the mountainside and magic enchanting their hearts.
Which are you and in which procession do you move?
Ask yourself and meditate in the still of the night; find if you are a slave of yesterday or free for the morrow.
I tell you that the children of yester years are walking in the funeral of the era that they created for themselves. They are pulling a rotted rope that might break soon and cause them to drop into a forgotten abyss. I say that they are living in homes with weak foundations; as the storm blows—and it is about to blow—their homes will fall upon their heads and thus become their tombs. I say that all their thoughts, their sayings, their quarrels, their compositions, their books and all their work are nothing but chains dragging them because they are too weak to pull the load.
But the children of tomorrow are the ones called by life, and the follow it with steady steps and heads high, they are the dawn of new frontiers, no smoke will veil their eyes and no jingle of chains will drown out their voices. They are few in number, but the difference is as between a grain of wheat and a stack of hay. No one knows them but they know each other. They are like the summits, which can see or hear each other—not like caves, which cannot hear or see. They are the seed dropped by the hand of God in the field, breaking through its pod and waving its sapling leaves before the face of the sun. It shall grow into a mighty tree, its root in the heart of the earth and its branches high in the sky.

Pakistani Immigrant Supports Trump

2/2/2016

Pakistani Immigrant Supports Trump
© 2016 Hadassah Shabnam Lal
As a fourth generation Christian from Pakistan, I place my support behind Mr. Donald Trump. I believe that he differs from the other Republican candidates because he does not need to have any money from the “establishment” thus he cannot be bought. In following with the founders of our Nation under God, Mr. Trump is a Patriot and his heart is in the right place, that is precisely why he has garnered so much support. The fact that he chose to raise 6 million dollars for the Wounded Veterans of America rather than appear at the circus parade of Fox’s Republican Presidential Debate even lends more credence as to why he is “anti-establishment, and pro America.”
The state of America currently as of January 2016 coupled with the post 9/11 era is dismal to say the least. We have a President who has done more to damage and bankrupt America’s economy, social status amongst its enemies and allies alike, and kick the middle class to the curb. Not to mention shoving his liberal agenda from gays to Muslims in our faces like mad floodwaters, undermining everything that we as Americans hold sacred and sure. Yes as a nation, we are in a crisis, and we need a change that differs from where we have been. We need a change such as that of the era of Reaganomics when the Berlin Wall came down, when the American hostages long held in Iran were released when taken captive under a weak and spineless democrat named Jimmy Carter. The following excerpt succinctly summarizes the echo of conservative Americans. It appears that evil and its face does not change with time, as the following was given by Dr. Peter Marshall who served as a Chaplain to the United States Senate from (1947-1949). Thank You Dr. Marshal for your valuable service to our One Nation Under God. The following excerpt applies as much to America today (February 2, 2016 as it did on 11/9/1947 when it was given. I urge anyone who loves America to share it, please and thank you. #HadassahShabnamLal www.hadassahshabnamlal.com
The Wartime Sermons by Dr. Peter Marshall
Our Covenant Nation (An Excerpt)
November 9, 1947
Shared by Hadassah Shabnam Lal (February 2, 2016)
www.hadassahshabnamlal.com
The forces of evil are organized on a world scale.
They fight against God, against religion, against peace
They seek to promote confusion, to sow suspicion, and to set man against man.
All who believe in God, who love America, who cherish our heritage, who seek peace, who are sick of war, and who long for goodness, must fight for these things- and they are worth fighting for.
In this battel, Catholic and Protestant can stand together.
We have the secret weapon of prayer-more powerful than the atomic bomb.
God is still upon His throne. He has not abdicated.
His Kingdom yet will come upon the earth.
Truth and righteousness will ultimately triumph, and the sacrifices of those who have fallen, the blood of martyrs, the prayers of the faithful, and the tears of the saints will yet be vindicated.
But, we must fight for these things and be willing to agonize for them…
Fighting the battle in our own hearts and should
Seeking God’s help to overcome our temptations and be good and do good.
For the sake of peace, for the sake of America, for our own sake, for God’s sake.
This war is the war that is not yet over. We are in it.
God help us…to win this one too…that we not lose the other one.

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