The United States is in a big mess, not that we didn’t make the mess, just an observation that it exists. Of course, we made the mess, so we might as well own it. For years, we have rested on our laurels, knowing that we are the best, the most powerful, the peacekeeper of the world. And then, things started to change. First, with a President who wanted to put America first. Now, we have a President who wants to put America last. Neither attitude is right. The correct attitude is to clean up America and put her at the feet of Jesus, submissive to the will of God.
“And Josiah was eight years old when he began to reign, and he was king for thirty-one years in Jerusalem. And he did what was correct in the eyes of the Lord, and he walked in the ways of David his father and did not turn either to the right or left. And in the eighth year of his reign, while he was still a young boy, he began to seek out the God of David his father; and in the twelfth year he began to cleanse Judah and Jerusalem from high places, Asherah poles, idols, and carved and cast images. So they tore down the altars for the Baals, and he cut down the incense altars that were above them and smashed the Asherah poles and carved and cast images. And he crushed them to dust and scattered them before the graves of those who sacrificed to them. In the cities of Manasseh, Ephraim, and Simeon, and as far as Naphtali, in their ruins all around, he broke down the altars, beat Asherah poles and the images into powder, and cut down all the incense altars throughout all the land of Israel. Then he returned to Jerusalem.”
2 Chronicles 34:1-4, 6-7 MEV
https://bible.com/bible/1171/2ch.34.1-7.MEV
An eight-year old ruler of Israel was wiser than any of our 500 + Congressmen, our President and our Supreme Court. He recognized that the way back to prosperity and peace was by cleaning out the sin and the idols and following only God. My prayer for our nation is that we turn back to God.
It broke my heart yesterday when I saw what was happening in Afghanistan. No, I do not think that we could or should stay there forever, but whenever a vacancy is allowed to happen, evil has a tendency to sweep in and take over. That is what is happening in Afghanistan. Evil is reigning there, and we are powerless to stop it. The plan to leave the country in the hands of their own military failed because they were not ready. Do you leave your three year old to cook dinner after showing her how it is done? And when she gets burned or destroys the house, do you then say, “I thought you were ready for this responsibility. I guess I was wrong” and then walk away? How sad that this is exactly what the U.S.A. did to Afghanistan!
My prayer today:
Have a blessed and safe day. Please keep the Afghanis in your prayers.
Vickie's Book Nook and Meditation Corner 
Matthew 12.43 – 45: 43When the unclean spirit is gone out of a man, he walketh through dry places, seeking rest, and findeth none. 44Then he saith, I will return into my house from whence I came out; and when he is come, he findeth it empty, swept, and garnished. 45Then goeth he, and taketh with himself seven other spirits more wicked than himself, and they enter in and dwell there: and the last state of that man is worse than the first. Even so shall it be also unto this wicked generation.
Yes, when a place is left swept clean, the wicked will come in unless that ground has been claimed for God. It never was. It’s been 20 years of red tape and bureaucracy.
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My heart mourns for those who have accepted Christ and who live in this turmoil, that is, until the evil Taliban executes them. I read a statement from the former Afghani ambassador that 70% of the population is age 30 or younger, so many do not remember a time before the U.S. was there. I agree that withdrawal had to happen eventually, but the way it was handled, with lack of insight into what the Taliban was already planning and doing is inexcusable. Once again, our intel agencies have dropped the ball. Makes me wonder about our own national security.
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I’ve often wondered to whom our country will fall: it’s been neck-and-neck between China and Muslims. I think the Muslims / Taliban shot out in front.
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😞 you’re probably right
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Keeping the Afghan nation in prayer, especially women and children. As the British, Russians, and Americans have discovered, Afghanistan is much more complex than we give them credit for.
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I read in Dr. Denison’s Forum this morning that the Taliban is executing those with a Bible app on their phones. May the Lord stop this evil and protect His people.
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Vickie, thanks for sharing. The coming hours, days, weeks, and months are going to be filled with tragedy. Prayers and more prayers needed.
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I feel the pain.
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