The events of the past week are somewhat unprecedented and down right head-scratching. The office of the President of the United States has always been viewed as the most powerful in the world and yet that power appeared impotent last week. The President wanted Obamacare repealed and/or replaced...it did not happen even in light of the President's party holding all the cards. The President stated that there is a reversal of government policy regarding transgenders serving in the military. The military brass has ignored the President's proclamation. After a somewhat unwise and self-serving speech delivered by our President to 40,000 Boy Scouts, the Boy Scout leadership felt compelled to publicly distance themselves from our President and all politics.
On another matter, the President appears to have a desire to 'replace' Attorney General, Jeff Sessions with perhaps a more sympathetic AG who might derail the on-going investigation into potential wrong-doing by the Trump Campaign and possible collusion with Russia during the 2016 election. That idea was throttled by GOP lawmakers who have warned the President, that should he fire the AG or Special Investigator, 'there will be hell to pay.'
On top of these frustrating defeats sustained by our President, he now has 'in-White House' fighting driven by a foul-mouth friend who has raised eyebrows with extremely vulgar language, which we can only hope will not appear in future Middle-school history books.
I recall when Donald Trump was elected President, a Preacher told me that it was my duty as a Christian to pray for our President. I have done that for the last 6-months. I'm now going to stop and start praying for Christians who continue to defend that which flies in the face of Christ's teachings.
I embrace the teaching that we all sin and fall short of God's glory. I make no excuses for my sinful shortcomings but simply pray for forgiveness. That said, I cannot and will not accept Evangelicals' lies, excuses and lame defenses from Church people who refuse to acknowledge and the wrong-doing by this President and his administration. It's time to pray for those people instead of the President.
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