I’ve lived long enough to be embarrassed by a presidential
debate. We’ve got serious problems in this country, and we’re dancing around
ideas like they were hotter than the sun, and we’re saying things that should
never be said by presidential candidates.
Enough, already.
There was a time when serious people talked about serious
issues. Then Moses died. The people were stunned, worried, concerned. Where
would leadership come from?
And God said, “After the death of Moses the servant of God,
God spoke to Joshua, Moses’ assistant: “Moses my servant is dead. Get going.
Cross this Jordan River, you and all the people. Cross to the country I’m
giving to the People of Israel. I’m giving you every square inch of the land
you set your foot on—just as I promised Moses. From the wilderness and this
Lebanon east to the Great River, the Euphrates River—all the Hittite
country—and then west to the Great Sea. It’s all yours.
“All your life, no one will be able to hold out against you.
In the same way I was with Moses, I’ll be with you. I won’t give up on you; I
won’t leave you. Strength! Courage! You are going to lead this people to
inherit the land that I promised to give their ancestors. Give it everything
you have, heart and soul. Make sure you carry out The Revelation that Moses
commanded you, every bit of it. Don’t get off track, either left or right, so
as to make sure you get to where you’re going. And don’t for a minute let this
Book of The Revelation be out of mind. Ponder and meditate on it day and night,
making sure you practice everything written in it. Then you’ll get where you’re
going; then you’ll succeed. Haven’t I commanded you? Strength! Courage! Don’t
be timid; don’t get discouraged. God, your God, is with you every step you
take.”
Don’t be timid.
Don’t get discouraged.
God, YOUR GOD, is with you ever step you take.
I cling to those ideas, those notions, those ideas while
persons who somehow have become presidential candidates (one of whom will BE
president soon enough) squander the truth, call each other names, act without
common decency, and show themselves to be dangerous at worst and incompetent to
hold the office at best.
Seriously. Where will leadership, true leadership,
leadership that will save us come from?
Strength!
Courage!
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