life of a female bible warrior

Crazy world we live in these days, isn’t it?

It’s difficult to make sense out of the chaos that continues to swirl around us in this world.

In my particular part of the globe, we’re seeing some pretty strange weather; I’m in South Central Texas. We had no winter to speak of this year. It got down to freezing for twenty minutes one night, the whole winter thus far. We finally got a little rain last night for about twenty minutes too. Of course, we’re regularly told by global warming non-believers that this is “normal.” Somehow I don’t feel comforted by their assurances, anymore than I feel pacified every time I listen to Donald Trump preach his plans for running America when he becomes president.

Ahh yes, the political aspects of things in America are just as harrowing, odd, weird, or whatever one wants to call them.

Never in my lifetime have I ever seen so many people willing to put the completely inexperienced an inappropriate into the most powerful position, as leader of the free world.

We are talking about an individual who claims that torture worse than waterboarding is the only way to go, who tosses out vague notions and reassurances of his rulings based upon absolutely nothing concrete. It is absolutely terrifying to listen to Donald Trump and picture what may be ahead for our beautiful America, or the rest of the world, for that matter.

I look around me at a lot of Christians gone absolutely off the deep end. I don’t know what Holy Bible they’ve been subscribing to or reading lately, but these people bear no resemblance to Jesus Christ at all; not sure if they ever really did. Watching their insistence on open-carry weapons, demands for a wall, promises to deport Mexican Americans, and stop Muslim Americans from re-entering the country once they leave, a complete ban on Muslims, a sincere plan to take away the health insurance of millions…..

I wonder how many people are going to just die under the next president.

I have had some real anxiety about all of this.

The continuous titter that Jesus Christ is returning soon, that we’re in the “end of days,” is a dull roar in my ears. I wonder if those heralding His return are ready to explain to Jesus Christ how  and why they have completely altered His message. How will they rationalize their behavior toward the poor, homeless, fatherless children and widows, the in-firmed and disabled, prisoners, etc., based upon what Jesus Christ said their behavior should look like? How will they greet Him when they have become the very monsters they were supposed to be fighting against?

How can they be greedy, violent, gun-obsessed, idol-worshiping, angry mobs who hate the current president and anyone different from themselves? A lot of Christians have become so judgmental, self righteous, and legalistic that I’m not surprised their churches are relatively empty these days; they’ve lost their love; they’ve lost their first love, Jesus.

Many many Christians have become the clanging symbols that the bible speaks about:

“Though I speak with the tongues of men and of angels, but have not charity, I am become as sounding brass or a tinkling cymbal.” 1 Corinthians 13:1.

And no, there’s nothing tinkling about them! Christians have become clanging symbols; they are making a mockery out of what Jesus preached we should be.

Voting for a known Seven Mountains Dominionist/Ted Cruz, or a torture-loving, Muslim-fearing bigot/Donald Trump, or someone else similar to both, while insisting that this is best for America? It’s all become so surreal!

Planning to carpet bomb Syria and commit genocide on the families of terrorists…?  I don’t think Christians have a clue what they’re doing anymore.

Jesus must be very sad and disappointed.