Since rejecting and being rejected by the church world, this
believer has missed only the great hymns of the faith. Hymns like, “Lead me to Calvary”, remain in
my bones. Published a hundred years ago,
the chorus cries out, “Lest I forget Gethsemane, Lest I forget Thine agony,
Lest I forget thy love for me. Lead me to Calvary.” We humans are best at forgetting for our selective
memories fade so quickly. The hill upon
which Jesus was crucified was a dark unjust place and we, as humans, are prone
to try and put such experiences behind us.
The author, Jennie Evelyn Hussey (1874-1958), was an invalid from
rheumatism who was forced by her pain to focus inward finding a greater
vulnerability, forgetting. Out of her
suffering came the words that will live forever even if they are ignored by today's
“pop” religion.
Oh yes, I forgot, this is written for a political opinion
page but are not politics and faith close kissing cousins? Do both not involve trusting into the
future? The question is who do you
trust, something greater than ourselves or do we trust government (politics)? Or, quite possibly, is there a workable
partnership? Most of the framers of the
American Constitution believed in such a partnership and their unique
experiment in governance sought to give the people control of their own
destiny. It proved to be a success for
250 years despite constant pressure from the top down advocates. In the last 25 years, we the people have progressively lost any hope of remaining that unique system and the bottom up
governance that our forefathers envisioned, how soon we forget our heritage.
The killers of this heritage are the top down progressives
who seek to divide and conquer America.
The progressive label has been adopted by such folk because it is less
threatening than the labels of the past and present, labels like aristocracies,
dictatorships, communism and socialism.
All these forms of governance consider the destiny of the people theirs to
control top down. Even the term
democracy can be misleading, most governments like to use the term but the
reality is the same old. Holding an
election does not make a democracy, the people who vote must be given a real
choice. The presidential election of
2016 was the first time we the people were given a real choice in decades and the people spoke loudly. In electing
Donald J. Trump, the people remembered who we are.
The praise and gratitude given to Mr. Trump will never be
enough but our democracy is not saved with one election, the Trump Presidency faces
dangers within and without. The push back
from the without forces, the progressive left, is obvious, they are fighting Mr.
Trump viciously with every political trick in the book. Some of us are bored with their antics but the
threat from within the Trump camp is subtler, it is the perceived threat of our moneyed aristocracy. The rich folk of American have been the only people to benefit from the stock market explosion under Obama and Trump as zero interest rates have propped up the market. Will this sliver of Americans control Washington to enhance their portfolios? Lest we forget the economic debacle of 2008, only eight years ago, the people must be vigilant.
Money is not a
party issue, the power it brings separated the interests of the people from their elected political leaders of both parties. It is why nothing gets done for us, only harm. The Wall Street tycoons and
politicians inflicted great pain on the average American in 2008. No one has gone to jail; the Democrats did
not pay a price for their push to recklessly extend credit. Wall Street was fined pocket change and now it
appears that they could be running the country.
The key word is “appears”.
We the people who elected Mr. Trump believe that he and his administration are for the little guy but a healthy skepticism is warranted. The people have not forgotten.
We the people who elected Mr. Trump believe that he and his administration are for the little guy but a healthy skepticism is warranted. The people have not forgotten.
G.Goslaw
Landers, Ca
