Please Do Not Misunderstand

Please...PLEASE do not misunderstand this post!
I am using Amy Klobuchar as an example simply because she is my Senator, and so is known to me. 
Amy K is a Democrat, yes? 
A leader in the Democratic Party, well respected by her base constituency.
No argument so far, right?
PLEASE do not misunderstand the next part~
Amy K fully accepts the Democratic position on issues concerning the country.
But what if she didn't?
Pick an issue-LGBTQ, Immigration, Healthcare, Abortion...it doesn't matter which one you choose-if there were ANY single issue on which Amy K broke with the party...what would you think of her?
Remember, please-I am NOT suggesting that Amy K DOES disagree with any issue-I am asking a simple question: 
IF she DID...would your opinion of her change?
I am now arriving at the point of this post:
Any Democrat who does not toe the Party line, no matter how right they are on 99% of the issues...would be considered a turncoat, an enemy if they dared to disagree on any primary issue. 
I am not a Republican. I walked away from the party for my own reasons, one of which is that the Republican 'label' doesn't define who I am. 
I am a Christian.
There will be some who say, "We are Democrats AND Christians!"
Really?
Don't say that too loudly at the next meeting or you might find yourself labeled a turncoat.
At the very least you will be eyed with suspicion, and every statement you make going forward will be sifted and checked to see if you are one of 'Those'.
 

whadzit

 What is this?

Synchronized Yammering

Read on, wayward sons. There will be Peace. When we are done with all of the
confuserated assumpticatings, when we turn deaf to persifilagents, result: Peace.
Let your yes be yes and your no only mean no.
If the entire world keeps chorusing that there is no God, remember that their
synchronized yammering will one day fall silent before Him.
We cannot create our own Reality-we live in His.
And it's not a bad gig. 
"HEY!" you exclaim.
"The Lord is MY Shepherd! I have that psalm memorized!"
Yahbut, if your life says otherwise, there's another psalm:
 ^"12    Man in his pomp will not remain;      he is like the beasts that perish.
¹³    This is the path of those who have foolish confidence;      yet after them people approve of their boasts. Selah
  ¹⁴    Like sheep they are appointed for Sheol;      Death shall be their shepherd,      and the upright shall rule over them in the morning." Psalm 49:12-14

In a Perfect World

Simple. I won't spoil the movie for both of you who haven't seen it, but the film came to mind today as I was thinking about how different this world will be once
Christ returns and sets up His Kingdom in His city, Jerusalem. City of Peace.
Back to Serenity for a mome~ brave browncoats struggle against a 'Verse-wide totalitarian regime-think Luke/Leia VS the Empire and you've grasped the gist of what's gone on.
ALL of the problems faced by the heroes are caused by Men in Power behaving badly. Which sums up our world throughout History.
Nimrod behaved quite badly, and so has every wannabe Nimrod since his time-Alexander, Attila, Napoleon, Hitler-you've got the nod.
ALL of that nonsense ends when Christ returns.
How sure am I that this will happen? 100% positive, as I believe God, and He tells us in His Word that this is going to happen.
Then, at the time, we who are His will know perfect Serenity eternally. Mighty cool.