Muggy today, it was supposed to be cooler, but isn’t.

I can’t figure out how those of you in the south with the high temperatures AND humidity handle it.  If I must have three digit temperatures, at least there is very little humidity – it is indeed a ‘dry’ heat.

Carla works in the garden until it just gets too hot for her, then she works on other projects – while still playing in the dirt or making it so she can.   (By the way, some of her tomato plants are now over 18 inches tall – hope the deer stay away from them.)

1 Kings 19:13-14 And it was so, when Elijah heard it, that he wrapped his face in his mantle, and went out, and stood in the entering in of the cave. And, behold, there came a voice unto him, and said, What doest thou here, Elijah?

¹⁴ And he said, I have been very jealous for the Lord God of hosts: because the children of Israel have forsaken thy covenant, thrown down thine altars, and slain thy prophets with the sword; and I, even I only, am left; and they seek my life, to take it away.

Verse 18 Yet I have left me seven thousand in Israel, all the knees which have not bowed unto Baal, and every mouth which hath not kissed him.

I don’t know about you, but I am feeling more and more an outsider to this country. 

It is as if those in ‘power’ want to do all they can to not only deny the Word of God but desecrate it.  Those who believe in His Word are to be chastised, persecuted and prosecuted.

Those making the decisions have no moral compass (okay, not all, but far too many.)

But, that isn’t the only problem.

Far too many people making decisions don’t have a working background in what they are making decisions about, instead they deal with theories and “should be’s,” not reality.

A good example is our agriculture.  Our country requires stringent guidelines.  What is permissible and not permissible in our food sources.

Other countries often do not have the same requirements and indeed would be put out of business if on American soil.

Yet, one of the things that has been removed from food items on our grocery shelves is country of origin.  We don’t know what we are getting from who.

It has recently been discovered that certain meats imported to America from other countries has such a high steroid count that it will show positive in a human’s system.

This is critical for many people, sports being the most obvious, but many businesses and government agencies also require a clean drug screen and the person who fails can be dealt with harshly.

There are many other items that fall into the area where if grown in America, the farmer would be shut down; yet we import it and now the buyer can’t be sure what they are buying.

My frustration list seems to grow every day as something comes out as to what our ‘leaders’ are forcing on us – or the idiocy of those that conveniently forget their responsibility to the citizens and instead become masters instead of servants.

I am NOT alone of course, and I am well aware of it.  But, still there are times that I really wonder if there are enough of us praying for our country and our people.

Elijah thought he was all alone and lamented to the Lord.  He was shown that what he thought was not true and that there he was not alone.

I once heard that one person, plus God, is a majority – but we have millions within our borders that need to kneel and thank God that we do live in America and ask Him to guide us back to the basic principles for what this country was founded upon.

Several million, plus God, is a huge army – we just need to listen to what God, the commander and chief – wants us to do.

Later, Art :-)