It Is A MESS Out There

Let every person be subject to the governing authorities. For there is no authority except from God, and those that exist have been instituted by God. Therefore whoever resists the authorities resists what God has appointed, and those who resist will incur judgment. For rulers are not a terror to good conduct, but to bad. Would you have no fear of the one who is in authority? Then do what is good, and you will receive his approval, for he is God’s servant for your good. But if you do wrong, be afraid, for he does not bear the sword in vain. For he is the servant of God, an avenger who carries out God’s wrath on the wrongdoer. Therefore one must be in subjection, not only to avoid God’s wrath but also for the sake of conscience. For because of this you also pay taxes, for the authorities are ministers of God, attending to this very thing. Pay to all what is owed to them: taxes to whom taxes are owed, revenue to whom revenue is owed, respect to whom respect is owed, honor to whom honor is owed.  Romans 13:1-7   
I guess this will be somewhat political this morning. That's the way my thoughts are running. We need to respect authority. All authority is from God. There are large segments of our population that are staunch Democrats and Republican. then there is a smaller section that I will just call Independents because they may one election vote one way and another election vote another. I personally Identify most with the Republican but would like to call myself independent. There are occasions when I will vote for a Democrat. Mostly if I cross that line it is because of integrity. The Republican party platform more closely resembles Christian Values to my way of thinking. We are becoming so divided as a nation. The fighting seems to continue over stupid stuff.  When we had the primary debates all the Republican candidates promised to support the eventual nominee. The only one that had difficulty making that promise was Donald Trump, but he finally did. Then he became the Republican nominee. The ones that I felt had the most integrity of the bunch were quit to voice support for Donald. But the main or more well known of the established Republican party had issue right away  and did not keep their promise off the bat. Donald Trump overcame that division and became President Elect. When  every one was so sure Hillary was going to win, she pushed Trump to say he would support the election night results. SO now that that is over who has issue with the election night results and is asking for recounts. Hillary, if you haven't been watching. The ones that didn't even vote or voted differently and don't like the result are now protesting.. He picks his cabinet, and there are complaints about every one. He is a conservative candidate, representing the Republicans on who's ticket he ran. Why shouldn't his team look very conservative. We felt the country needed a change of direction and how do you do that? Certainly not by choosing the same type of people that have been there for the last eight years. Believe it or not the word of God guides us in all areas of life. Let us respect and support our duly elected representative from God. He is God's servant for our well being. The mess in the street is not of God. The rioting and protesting and destroying property is not of God. The protest against police, and especially the killing of police officers is not of God. If you are a Trump supporter or a Hillary supporter, these negative actions are not of God. That shouldn't even need to be said. The negative comments about every possible member of Trumps cabinet are not of God and are not constructive. Put them in mind to be in subjection to rulers, to authorities, to be obedient, to be ready unto every good work, to speak evil of no man, not to be contentious, to be gentle, shewing all meekness toward all men. Titus 3:1-2 We need to come together as a nation and stop this evil talk. Do you remember the story of the tower of Babel?  God confused the languages of the people because he knew that working together they could accomplish anything. It wasn't time yet to build skyscrapers, the people didn't yet have that knowledge. But working together we can make this country greater. I believe God gave us someone from outside the mess in Washington DC, to help us. I truly believe Trump is God's doing and we fight against God when we do not respect authority. It is a mess out there and we can fix it working together and supporting the leader God gave us.  God bless, LVZ.