A friend asked for my opinion on recent events in the Middle East a few days ago. While I could provide a basic overview of my thoughts, I have to wonder if maybe it's useless. The government says one thing, facts as I've heard them say another, and maybe...maybe trying to speculate about what's going on is useless.
Let me ask now, and please try to understand. If we can't trust our government or our leaders or our media to tell us the truth...where is our country?
We can be left nominally free to make the decisions, but if we're given misinformation to act off of, how can we vote and choose well or responsibly? If we make choices off the information that those in power give us, they become their choices, don't they?
We say the Pledge of Allegiance at the school I volunteer at now, and it's something I look forward to on kindergarten mornings - standing in front of the flag and pledging allegiance.We end fife and drum rehearsals at attention in parade formation, playing the national anthem. I love America, and its freedom and how it treats its citizens. As a Christian it is my responsibility to pray for and obey those who govern.
But Uncle Sam is lying to me and to you, to the extent that, when I hear their statements, particularly out of the White House, I don't know what is true and what isn't, and that scares me.
Maybe this is useless. All I can do is pray for wisdom, vote, and put my faith in God and His direction for our country.
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