This Day in History - The Gettysburg Address

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Four score and seven years ago our fathers brought forth on this continent, a new nation, conceived in Liberty, and dedicated to the proposition that all men are created equal.

Now we are engaged in a great civil war, testing whether that nation, or any nation so conceived and so dedicated, can long endure. We are met on a great battle-field of that war. We have come to dedicate a portion of that field, as a final resting place for those who here gave their lives that that nation might live. It is altogether fitting and proper that we should do this.

But, in a larger sense, we can not dedicate -- we can not consecrate -- we can not hallow -- this ground. The brave men, living and dead, who struggled here, have consecrated it, far above our poor power to add or detract. The world will little note, nor long remember what we say here, but it can never forget what they did here. It is for us the living, rather, to be dedicated here to the unfinished work which they who fought here have thus far so nobly advanced. It is rather for us to be here dedicated to the great task remaining before us -- that from these honored dead we take increased devotion to that cause for which they gave the last full measure of devotion -- that we here highly resolve that these dead shall not have died in vain -- that this nation, under God, shall have a new birth of freedom -- and that government of the people, by the people, for the people, shall not perish from the earth.

Abraham Lincoln
November 19, 1863

My thoughts on recent events

The world is falling apart at the seams. We are on the edge of a potential World War 3 with several civil wars thrown into the mix. Paris was attacked Friday November 13 by radical Islamism, whose sole mission is terrorism of the worst kind. They despise the western world and Christianity and have displayed that over and over. This is not to blame all Muslims, because most of them want to be left alone and want to live in peace.

But as we view all the problems around the world, America is coming unhinged. There are many ridiculous uprisings throughout the country. Racial tension with a false narrative and the rise of the entitlement age, where students believe they should get a free college education (another false narrative). Our police are under attack.  Oh, then there are those that complain about a red cup used for overpriced coffee.

As a Christian I know I don’t get everything right. The way things are going here the United States and throughout the world there is no way we come out the other side without the hand of Jesus. We all need to step back from our needs, wants, and entitlement mindset and truly repent.

God has not left us; we as a people have stopped seeking after Him. Until we stop trying to force others into categories, classes, and groups of one thing or another, and see each other as we were made to be Children of God, we doom our very existence. But seek first the kingdom of God and his righteousness, and all these things will be added to you. Matthew 6:33

 We can all exist tighter in harmony. All lives matter, there is only one race; the Human race. But until we choose to see that, we will live in a world full of chaos. So God created man in his own image, in the image of God he created him Genesis 1:27, For God so loved the world, that he gave his only Son, that whoever believes in him should not perish but have eternal life. John 3:16, So if there is any encouragement in Christ, any comfort from love, any participation in the Spirit, any affection and sympathy, complete my joy by being of the same mind, having the same love, being in full accord and of one mind. Do nothing from rivalry or conceit, but in humility count others more significant than yourselves. Let each of you look not only to his own interests, but also to the interests of others. Have this mind among yourselves, which is yours in Christ Jesus, ...Philippians 2