A Little Good News

My last few posts have been heavy on politics, so I thought it's time to lighten things up a little bit.  I want to tell you about an inspirational new CD that was released earlier this month.

I'm a member of Briarwood Church in Pampa, and our pastor, Lynn Hancock, debuted a new music CD titled Forever Faithful.  It is a collection of 11 old and new songs, including the title track which he wrote with his wife, Janet, and daughter, Lynnsee.

I have a new favorite every time I play the CD, but all 11 songs are definitely in my "Top 5."'  (Some of you will get that reference.).

The amazing thing about the CD is the story behind the music.  In August 2014, Pastor Lynn was diagnosed with prostate cancer that had metastasized into five bones. His doctors at M.D. Anderson prescribed a trial drug that has been effective.  With the trial drug and God's miraculous touch, the cancer is shrinking.

 

Now, they only see cancer in one bone, and it keeps getting smaller.  Pastor Lynn travels to M.D. Anderson in Houston every six weeks, mainly for checkups and testing.  We're all believing that soon he will come back with a report that he is cancer-free!

 

Pastor Lynn has been singing all his life.  He started singing with his family at church revivals and camp meetings when he was around six years old.  He was a part of several traveling singing groups while in college, including Singers III, which reunited on the new CD and joins Pastor Lynn on a couple of the songs. 

This CD is more than good music.  It has an encouraging, life-changing message in such songs as "I'm Gonna Make It," "I Go to the Rock," "Jesus Is the Best Thing" and "Satisfied." 

 

His mom passed away several years ago, but through the miracle of technology, her voice is blended with his on one of her favorite songs, "Newborn Feeling."  It's amazing.  He also sings with Russ Taff on the song "Praise The Lord," and award-winning musician Gordon Mote sings background vocals and plays keyboards and piano on the CD.

 

The entire album is awesome!  With such upbeat songs as "O Happy Day" and my favorite "Through It All" it will inspire and lift your spirits.  You can order a copy at the church's Web site: http://www.briarwoodchurch.org/ or purchase the download version at www.cdbaby.com.

You will love it.  I promise.

Time To Man Up, America

This country is going to (the) pot.  Literally.  This is after our lame-duct lame president declared that every school district must allow gender-confused students to use whichever bathroom that matches their "chosen" gender identity. 

Even though he has absolutely no legal authority to do so, Obama threatened to cut off federal funding to districts that refuse to follow his directive.  That has some school districts running scared, rushing to change the signs on bathrooms.  Fortunately, Texas isn't joining in the insanity with Lt. Gov. Dan Patrick calling it blackmail.  He instructed Texas schools not to follow Obama's ridiculous edict.

The U.S. is $19 trillion in debt and instead of trying to find solutions to the budget crisis, lawmakers are trying to coddle the perverts in the LGBT (Liberal. Godless.  Barbarian. Transvestites) community.

I can't believe this is even an issue.  Have we lost all common decency -- not to mention common sense?   You don't choose your sex.  God does.  Apparently, some people skipped third-grade biology.  Time for a “birds and bees” refresher.

How far are we going to take this nonsense?  After last year's Supreme Court ruling that states must issue marriage licenses to same-sex couples, reaction to "gay marriage" was all over the place.  Democrats praise it.  The media promotes it.  Obama evolves on it.  Hillary flip-flops on it.  Republicans accept it.  Many churches ignore it.  Most Christians avoid it.

This madness has to stop.  It's time to take a stand. School officials should, and must, ignore this absurd directive from Obama.

This could be seen as another argument in support of Texas' Open Carry law.  I'm not saying we should shoot these perverts who wander into women's restrooms masquerading as a "lady,"  but women need to be able to defend themselves more now than ever before.

Don't let Obama flush away our rights.  It's time to man up, America.  We don't have to take this crap!

R.I.P. GOP

If Hillary wins the election, don't blame me!  I will never vote for Hillary Clinton.  I can't vote for Donald Trump either -- even if that means four more years with a Democrat as president.

As it stands now, Hillary will face Trump in November, and Hillary will likely win.  But don't blame me.  Blame Trump's own supporters.  In primary after primary, Republican voters have rejected solid conservative candidates to support a New York liberal masquerading as a conservative.  Trump is the least conservative of the 17 candidates who ran in the GOP primaries.

It makes no sense.  For years, many of us have been praying for godly men and women to run for office.  Then, when have a choice of not one but several God-fearing men running for president, we cast them aside to support a man who brags about how many women he's slept with.  

Mike Huckabee, Ted Cruz, Marco Rubio, Bobby Jindal, Ben Carson, Rick Perry and Rick Santorum are all Christians who would be a great president.  Instead, Republican voters throw their support to a candidate who got rich running casinos and strip clubs.  If that's what the Republican party stands for, I want no part of it.

Trump is unfit in every way to be president. As columnist Linda Chavez wrote, "He has neither the intellect nor the discipline to learn what is necessary to occupy the office. More importantly, his temperament is all wrong. He’s vindictive, mean-spirited, vain and unpredictable. He will never put the interests of the country before his own."

Trump gets mad every time someone disagrees with him.  The U.S. would be at war with every nation that ticked him off. 

He has absolutely no understanding of foreign policy.  Trump boasts he will bring jobs back from China, but how?  At least Hillary has some experience in foreign affairs.  She really wasn't a good secretary of state, but she did know how to talk to foreign leaders.

Reince Priebus, the chairman of the GOP, now wants Republicans to fall in line and support Trump. But doing so will doom the Republican Party and worse, the country. The Republican Party has been moving to the left in the last two presidential elections.  We had RINO John McCain in 2008 and Mitt Romney in 2012. 

With Trump as the nominee, it's like putting another nail in the coffin of the GOP. No wonder George W. Bush, Jeb Bush, Rubio and others want no part of the upcoming GOP convention.  The Republican Party is suffering a slow death, and this time it may never recover.

What Now?

The people have spoken loud and clear: They want a loudmouth as their next president.  Whether it will be Trump or Hillary, we're headed for big trouble.

I was disappointed that Trump handily defeated Ted Cruz in Indiana's primary and even more disappointed that Cruz suspended his campaign Tuesday night.  Cruz was our best hope for returning to a nation founded on Judeo-Christian traditions.  Trump and Hillary are sure to take the country further and further away from our Christian heritage.

The good news is our hope is not in a man, and it's not in the government.  Our hope is in the Lord.

Even if Cruz had been successful, he isn't the answer to all of the country's problems -- God is the answer.  Ted Cruz is a godly leader, and I know he's concerned about the future of the country.  If he's not our president, he would be a good Supreme Court justice!

So what do we do now?  We keep doing what many people are doing already: Pray!

Today is the National Day of Prayer.  I hope you will spend some time today praying for the country and its leaders.  There are prayer gatherings scheduled today in many cities, including one here in Pampa at noon.  Pray for America and its leaders. 

In 2 Chronicles 7:14, it says, "If my people who are called by my name will humble themselves and pray and seek my face and turn from their wicked ways, I will hear from heaven and will forgive their sins and restore their land."

That's what is needed.  It's not too late to turn this nation back to God.  He answers prayer!  He hears us when we pray.  So don't be discouraged by the political events this week. I'm not discouraged.  Even though my man Cruz bowed out, I still have hope because I know God is faithful, and He will never leave us nor forsake us.

Keep your focus on God!