We get it! Many of you are frustrated, confused, and quite frankly ready to give up and give in. We are here to give you hope, and to give you direction needed to counter the attacks on our FREEDOMS and LIBERTY. We are being attacked from every side, and our ability to resist seems only a futile attempt to forestall the inevitable. Our Nation is being invaded from our southern border, while at the same time allowing the spread of disease, drug and sex trafficking, much of it while providing our tax dollars to aid those who are violating our established laws. Our Congress seems determined to plunge us and our prodigy into eternal debt by passing out free money while printing more and more. There is so much violence in so many of our cities, and those who are sworn to subdue it are vilified and prevented by the woke minority from doing their jobs in the way they were trained. Our current government seems hell-bent on making sure every single person in our Nation is injected with vaccines that now seem less and less effective, can in fact aid in the spread of new variants, and have their own risks that can lead to death and permanent injury to long-term health. Major corporations are able to control freedom of speech by cancelling anything which is contrary to the narrative they choose to promote. All of this happens while those we have elected to Congress are feckless, weak, often duplicitous, and more concerned with their own status and pay, than with the health of our Nation and wishes of their constituents. There are attacks on our right to own and bear arms, and on those humans that are yet in the womb. Let us not forget the way our current administration and military leaders chose to exit Afghanistan. They left behind Americans, Green Card holders, and those who gave aid to our military for over 20 years, along with their families, only to eventually be hunted down and tortured or killed. Consider the BILLIONS of dollars of prime war equipment left to terrorists and to countries that only seek our Nation’s harm. Our Nation’s credibility around the world has been jeopardized by forsaken promises, which have only embolden our enemies. All of this was done as our toothless government leaders stood idly by, making only carefully couched statements in an attempt to divert attention from their own plan that was BUNGLED BADLY.
There remains hope. Even though we are pressed on every side, we have tools, methods, and a righteous cause on our side. We have faith, and when combined with courage and determined actions, we will prevail. The picture above depicts an event which occurred around 3,000 years ago. It is a story pitting good verses evil (I Samuel, chapter 17). The Philistines were a warring nation seemingly set against the nation of Israel by God due to Israel’s failure to drive the Philistines out, as Israel had been commanded. In the battle depicted above, each opposing force camped on opposite hills with a valley between. The campion for the Philistines was a champion warrior named Goliath. He stood over 9 feet tall, wore scale armor, had a spear like a weavers beam, and his shield carrier went before him. Goliath taunted the Israelites, challenging them to send out their best to battle, the loser’s nation would then serve the winner’s nation. When he spoke, the Israelites would run in fear as they had no counter to the size of the warrior Goliath. David, a young Israelite shepherd, coming to bring supplies to his brothers on the front line, witnessed his people cowering in fear, not having faith that their God would overcome anything if His people would only believe it so. David had proved his braveness while shepherding by killing both a lion and a bear. He convinced King Saul of the Israelites that he was up to the task, and was fitted with the King’s armor, but this was not David’s way of fighting, so put them aside. David went to a brook, and picked up FIVE SMOOTH STONES, and went on the offense with his sling shot in hand. If you have heard this story before, you know the outcome.
Here are the lessons we can learn to defeat those opposed to us. We must recognize that there is a war about us that cannot be seen, between good and evil. FIRST, have FAITH that God is on our side. We fight for truth, morality, FREEDOM and LIBERTY. SECOND, COURAGE is that which propels us to action. THIRD, we must gather our own FAMILIAR WEAPONS. Why did David get five stones? The story tells us he only needed one. We must have backups to backups, options from which to choose from. It is not necessarily a weakness of our faith, it is using wisdom to not GO FORTH without adequate preparation. FOURTH, we must ENGAGE the opposition. Go boldly, without fear, but with resilience and purpose. FIFTH, David chose to IGNOR RIDICULE, THREATS, AND PROMISES shouted by Goliath, for they are not the weapons of war, but only the weapons of the overconfident and unbelieving. It is really interesting to notice that David told Goliath he would remove Goliath’s head. With what? David didn’t have a sword, he only carried a walking stick. After David pulled out one of his FIVE SMOOTH STONES, loaded his sling, he ran to meet Goliath, slung the stone and sunk it deeply into the forehead of the giant Goliath. SIXTH, know where lies your OPPONENTS WEAKNESS, the soft spot in the armor. LASTLY, USE OPPONENTS TOOLS to prove their vulnerability. David used Goliath’s own sword to remove Goliath’s head. They intend those tools for our harm, but use the same tools they want to use on us to defeat them. David killed Goliath, and the Philistines fled and were overcome by the Israelite nation in pursuit.
SEVEN lessons are there for us to learn and use. Do not be fearful of the fight that lies ahead. Rely upon your wisdom and training. Go on the offensive, and do not simply play defense. Fight fire with fire and use the same tools those who oppose us use. We do not need to lie, cheat, or steal. When we have succeeded, we will have saved our Nation, upheld our dignity, and joined the ranks of those who have gone on before us to defend and sustain the greatest nation on this earth, The United States of America.
What stones do you choose to gather?