TEST of leadership

 Lamentations 3:40

King James Version

40 Let us search and try our ways, 

and turn again to the Lord.

No wonder GOD wanted me to keep writing about Trump.

Which I did yesterday.

The 10-day-old leadership of president Trump was to be tested.

As well as the five-day-old leadership of Pete Hegseth, the new defense secretary.

Not to mention the day-old leadership of Sean Duffy, the new transportation secretary.

A commercial plane and military helicopter collided yesterday.

The airliner carried 64 on board; the chopper, three.

At least 28 bodies were recovered.

Many believe no one could have survived the impact and explosion in mid-air.

Neither the freezing, choppy waters of the Potomac.

CBN News reports the water temperature was at least 35 degrees F.

35 °F is equal to 1.67 °C

-- Inch Calculator

We commiserate with the families of all who may have lost their lives.

It's especially poignant, considering their plane was already preparing to land.

Something that happened a month ago, with the south Korean incident.

Should people be afraid to fly now?

No -- our lives are in GOD's hand alone.

Job 12:9-10

King James Version

9 Who knoweth not in all these 

that the hand of the Lord hath wrought this?

10 In whose hand is the soul of every living thing, 

and the breath of all mankind.

A true tragedy in the early throes of the renewed Trump administration.

Reminding me of a tragedy that faced my own Philippine president, Benigno Aquino III, after he just sat in office on 30 June 2010.

Barely two months in office, he, too, got a "baptism of fire".

A disgruntled police officer took 25 hostages in a bus, 20 of whom were tourists.

"The Philippine and Hong Kong governments conducted separate investigations into the incident. Both inquiries concluded that the Philippine officials' poor handling of the situation caused the eight hostages' deaths."

-- Wikipedia

The first thing that came to mind?

President Aquino was being tested for his "leadership".

Now, it's happening with president Trump, and his two newly-confirmed cabinet members.

I mean, what are the chances that he, and his two men (relevant to the incident), would be tested so early on?

In any major leadership, crucial "tests" are given.

Somehow, I know how Trump would handle it.

With heart, firmness, and common sense.

Strangely, the American Airline incident directly involved the  Federal Aviation Administration, too.

Trump's press secretary, Karoline Leavitt, just mentioned the FAA in her FIRST press briefing two days ago.

That was her opening at the briefing, talking about the "drones" over New Jersey, silencing all qualms, and conspiracy theories.

As if by GOD's design, we also just mentioned the FAA in our article yesterday.

This will test Leavitt's leadership, too, for she will be busy addressing questions from hereon.

Even as the president already did today.

All these, I was made to "witness".

THANKS to the HOLY SPIRIT.

Who keeps leading me, inspiring me, and teaching me.

I really must keep writing about Trump.

It's the assignment GOD had given me.

Is GOD keeping us all "sharp"?

That, I am wont to believe.

Now, Hegseth, and Duffy's, will look into their departments.

Yesterday, president Trump blamed air traffic control.

Today, the DEI issue came up.

Expect Trump to be rid of that, completely.

Trump said he made reforms after Obama's presidency.

But Biden reformed his reforms.

And now, Trump reformed it again three days ago,

Knowing the president, he will make sure an incident such as this never happens again.

GOD-willing, it won't.

The air space in D.C. is very busy.

Trump, in his usual common sense, questioned why the plane, and helicopter, were on the same level, and direction.

Arthur Rosenberg, an aviation attorney and former pilot, felt the same way, too.

As the president gave his initial statement last night, I thought to myself he won't let this pass, without an uproar.

He cannot bear lives lost, because of ineptness.

After all, who could be the busiest "flier" than Trump?

He has his own TRUMP plane.

Now, he's got back his Air Force One presidential plane.

Not to mention his Marine One helicopter.

Of course, I expected his critics to forget that.

They sure did, as they "attacked" him at the presscon.

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'This is not rocket science': Former pilot gives straightforward analysis on DC plane crash

Defense Sec. Pete Hegseth remarks on deadly crash of passenger plane and Army helicopter

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CHASTENING of California

 Proverbs 16:18

King James Version

18 Pride goeth before destruction, 

and an haughty spirit before a fall.

Was California proud?

Had her officials been belligerent?

Had they failed their people?

Have they owned up to their mistakes?

Was she under "judgment"?

Were the fires man-made?

And GOD-allowed?

Of course, only GOD knows.

Apart from whoever "planned" or "started" the fire.

If it was man-made, at all.

Or part of a "greater" picture we know nothing about.

But we do know what the Bible says about "chastening".

We feel California is being "chastened".

All that pride, and wokefulness, won't do.

All her love for things of the world, won't do.

Hollywood's love for sin, won't do.

GOD loves California.

Despite her many errors.

He wants her SAVED -- through JESUS.

The very JESUS she mocks, and sets aside.

Otherwise, He wouldn't have "chastened" her.

He wants her eyes "opened".

Would she open it, this time?

Would she turn to GOD, this time?

Would she finally lose that self-absorption?

Would her officials abandon their left, and woke, ideology?

Would she become born again, so SPIRIT would lead her, instead of "self"?

Would she repent of her sins?

As I ponder over California's raging fires, and failed leadership, SPIRIT led me to some very telling verses.

Know more what "chastening" means:

Hebrews 12:5

King James Version

5 And ye have forgotten the exhortation 

which speaketh unto you as unto children, 

My son, despise not thou the chastening of the Lord, 

nor faint when thou art rebuked of him:

Hebrews 12:6

King James Version

6 For whom the Lord loveth he chasteneth, 

and scourgeth every son whom he receiveth.

Hebrews 12:7

King James Version

7 If ye endure chastening, God dealeth with you as with sons; 

for what son is he whom the father chasteneth not?

Hebrews 12:8

King James Version

8 But if ye be without chastisement, 

whereof all are partakers, 

then are ye bastards, and not sons.

Hebrews 12:9

King James Version

9 Furthermore we have had fathers of our flesh 

which corrected us, and we gave them reverence: 

shall we not much rather be in subjection 

unto the Father of spirits, and live?

Hebrews 12:10

King James Version

10 For they verily for a few days 

chastened us after their own pleasure; 

but he for our profit, 

that we might be partakers of his holiness.

Hebrews 12:11

King James Version

11 Now no chastening for the present 

seemeth to be joyous, but grievous: 

nevertheless afterward it yieldeth 

the peaceable fruit of righteousness 

unto them which are exercised thereby.

Hebrews 12:12-13

King James Version

12 Wherefore lift up the hands which hang down, 

and the feeble knees;

13 And make straight paths for your feet, 

lest that which is lame be turned out of the way; 

but let it rather be healed.

Hebrews 12:14

King James Version

14 Follow peace with all men, 

and holiness, without which 

no man shall see the Lord:

Hebrews 12:15

King James Version

15 Looking diligently lest any man fail of the grace of God; 

lest any root of bitterness springing up trouble you, 

and thereby many be defiled;

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Strength of KENYA

Proverbs 3:1-4

King James Version

3 My son, forget not my law; 

but let thine heart keep my commandments:

2 For length of days, and long life, and peace, 

shall they add to thee.

3 Let not mercy and truth forsake thee: 

bind them about thy neck; 

write them upon the table of thine heart:

4 So shalt thou find favour and good understanding 

in the sight of God and man.

We've looked into America recently.

But now that her elections are over, she's going to be just fine.

GOD put president-elect Trump to look after her, and Israel.

Now, the HOLY SPIRIT turned my attention to Africa.

Seems, it's the third "assignment" He gave me.

We've already studied America, and Israel.

Now, it's Africa's turn.

There's one, particular nation He led me to:

KENYA

Kenya is an amazing country.

She may be of lower middle-income status, but she's got guts!

She can go against international pressure, even "bullying".

She is not afraid of "giants".

We know of two clear instances.

FIRST instance:

Today, we learned her High Court "suspends immunity" on the Gates Foundation.

Her people question why the foundation should have "immunity", which is normally reserved for those with diplomatic status.

She questions, what is the foundation "hiding"?

Well, we did write on 7 October 2022:

"Many years ago, I wanted to join an essay contest.

It was being sponsored by a well-known foundation.

Reviewing the guidelines, I was alerted to something.

Which soured the idea for me.

The foundation was promoting vaccines in Africa.

To my mind, that felt incongruous to the plight of Africa.

Didn't the people needed food, clean water, homes?

Wasn't there famine everywhere?

Why was the foundation promoting vaccines?

The nagging thought was set aside for a time.

Until GOD made me born again in September 2019."

-- "Why vaccines and not FOOD?"

We also learned that very same foundation has been buying large tracts of land in America, as well as promoting modern farming methods in Kenya.

She is really attractive to these globalists for this reason -- among many:

"Agriculture is the largest sector; tea and coffee are traditional cash crops, while fresh flowers are a fast-growing export."

-- Wikipedia

SECOND instance:

On 9 October 2022, we wrote that William Ruto, Kenya's president, subtly put an international reporter in her place, because she kept badgering him about LGBTQ.

This is what president Ruto told her:

"As it is now, we are grappling with five million young people who don't have jobs, four million people who are hungry, and that is my concern. That is the forecast of the people of Kenya at the moment."

   -- Source: Woke CNN Reporter HUMILIATED By Kenyan President Over LGBT Rights

One would think the female reporter would have known this:

Homosexual acts are illegal in Kenya and typically punishable by up to 14 years in prison.[154] According to a 2020 survey by the Pew Research Center, 83% of Kenyans believe that homosexuality should not be accepted by society.[155] While addressing a joint press conference together with President Barack Obama* in 2015, President Kenyatta declined to assure Kenya's commitment to gay rights, saying that "the issue of gay rights is really a non-issue... But there are some things that we must admit we don't share. Our culture, our societies don't accept."

-- Wikipedia

*Obama's father is Kenyan; his mother, American.

America must really stop trying to convert others to their gender and woke issues.

Well, Kamala lost, and that's that.

Trump will make sure America acts right again.

Other things going for Kenya?

A lot:

"Most Kenyans are Christian (85.5%), with 53.9% Protestant and 20.6% Roman Catholic."

"Kenya has by far the highest number of Quakers of any country in the world, with around 146,300.[220] The only Jewish synagogue in the country is in Nairobi."

-- Wikipedia

Thank GOD, Kenya worships JESUS.

Now you see why Satan wants to corrupt her.

SPIRIT also made us see areas for potential problems.

But that will have to be for another post.

She is also attractive to globalists because of her "youth":

According to the 2019 Population and Census results, 75 percent of the 47.6 million population is under the age of 35, making Kenya a country of the youth.

-- Wikipedia

Despite her lower middle-income status, Kenya is no pushover.

She may not be a perfect nation, as no human nation is.

But she's got GOD in her national anthem:

Anthem: "Ee Mungu Nguvu Yetu"

(English: "O God of All Creation")

We shall pray for Kenya, that she continues on her GODLY path.

And become free of corruption, oppression, and manipulation.

May her people live peacefully, freely, and prosperously!

Numbers 6:24-26

King James Version

24 The Lord bless thee, and keep thee:

25 The Lord make his face shine upon thee, 

and be gracious unto thee:

26 The Lord lift up his countenance upon thee, 

and give thee peace.

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Why SPYING is FUNNY

 

Galatians 2:4

King James Version

4 And that because of false brethren unawares 

brought in, who came in privily 

to spy out our liberty which we have in Christ Jesus, 

that they might bring us into bondage:

If you think spying is an honorable game, wait till you hear what Scripture has to say.

If you think spying is fun, wait till you hear why it's funny.

If you think spying is cool, wait till you hear what will turn your heart cold.

Here's my stand:

I don't need to spy on anyone.

What for?

GOD tells me everything I need to know.

JESUS already told me everything I need to know.

SPIRIT tells me everything I need to know each day.

Scripture tells me everything The TRIUNE GOD wants me to know.

Don't you see how wonderful GOD is?

If you're a believer, you know where you stand with Him

If you're not a believer, you know, too.

GOD is transparent.

He expects us to be transparent, too.

John 4:24

King James Version

24 God is a Spirit: 

and they that worship him 

must worship him in spirit 

and in truth.

In this world, you never really know.

Unless you believe in JESUS and Israel.

Ah, then, you'll know where you stand.

John 15:18-19

King James Version

18 If the world hate you, 

ye know that it hated me before it hated you.

19 If ye were of the world, 

the world would love his own: 

but because ye are not of the world, 

but I have chosen you out of the world, 

therefore the world hateth you.

In man's world, most is hidden.

By the elite few.

In GOD's world, nothing is hidden.

All is revealed.

Just a matter of fulfilling the last prophecies.

Which Scripture already laid out for us.

Many have already been fulfilled, more to go.

Being born again is the best!

I know what to believe.

I know Who to believe.

I know where to put my trust in.

After all, true PEACE comes from FAITH, and TRUST.

In the RIGHT Sources, such as these:

In JESUS is LIGHT.

John 8:12

King James Version

12 Then spake Jesus again unto them, 

saying, 

I am the light of the world: 

he that followeth me shall not walk in darkness, 

but shall have the light of life.

In GOD is ABSENCE of darkness.

1 John 1:5

King James Version

5 This then is the message 

which we have heard of him, 

and declare unto you, 

that God is light, 

and in him is no darkness at all.

In SPIRIT is LIBERTY.

2 Corinthians 3:17

King James Version

17 Now the Lord is that Spirit: 

and where the Spirit of the Lord is, 

there is liberty.

Spying is such a NEUROTIC thing.

You always wonder what others are doing.

Your eyes, and ears, are gonna fall out from doing all that.

Much better you focus on what GOD's doing.

Or what He has done, and will still do.

Consider what spying does:

Spying is a TRAITOROUS thing.

You check what others are doing.

And they think you're friends.

Such betrayal.

Spying is a DANGEROUS thing.

Watch documentary spy videos.

You'll find spies out-spy each other.

Not only that, they betray each other.

Spying is a DESTRUCTIVE thing.

You aim to steal secrets.

The other aims to do the same.

Until such time you've both outlived your purpose.

It's all about BETRAYAL.

How can you be comfortable with that?

There is no truth in spying.

There is no loyalty.

There is no sacredness of life.

There is no stability.

How can it not destroy you, as a person?

Consider who you REALLY serve, when you spy:

John 8:44

King James Version

44 Ye are of your father the devil, 

and the lusts of your father ye will do. 

He was a murderer from the beginning, 

and abode not in the truth, 

because there is no truth in him. 

When he speaketh a lie, he speaketh of his own: 

for he is a liar, and the father of it.

Only GOD has a RIGHT to send "spies".

For His own perfect objectives.

Especially regarding His chosen people.

Numbers 13:1-3

King James Version

13 And the Lord spake unto Moses, 

saying,

2 Send thou men, 

that they may search the land of Canaan, 

which I give unto the children of Israel: 

of every tribe of their fathers shall ye send a man, 

every one a ruler among them.

3 And Moses by the commandment of the Lord 

sent them from the wilderness of Paran: 

all those men were heads of the children of Israel.

To read that full account, click here.

If you're thinking of becoming a spy in this world, forget it.

Or, if you're already one, please reconsider.

Why live such a life?

Why live such a lie?

Why live such a low?

Consider these things:

If you think you're good-looking, someone else is more good-looking.

If you think you're rich, someone else is richer.

If you think you're smart, someone else is smarter.

If you think you're slick, someone else is slicker.

If you think you're favored, someone else is more favored.

If you think you're fast, someone else is faster.

You will smart at the fact someone else is smarter.

And yes, even ruthless.

It's a no-win situation, honest.

Now, you see why spying, and the above, are a form of neuroses.

It will drive you nuts.

It will drive people from your life.

It will destroy lives.

It will take out all godliness from you.

It will deplete you.

FORGET covert stuff.

Why?

JESUS tells us why:

Luke 8:17

King James Version

17 For nothing is secret, 

that shall not be made manifest; 

neither any thing hid, 

that shall not be known 

and come abroad.

My SPIRIT-guided suggestion?

Don't get a lie.

GET a LIFE.

Have eternal life with JESUS instead.

Focus on JESUS, for a SURE future.

John 10:28-30

King James Version

28 And I give unto them eternal life; 

and they shall never perish, 

neither shall any man pluck them out of my hand.

29 My Father, 

which gave them me, 

is greater than all; 

and no man is able to pluck them 

out of my Father's hand.

30 I and my Father are one.

I told you Scripture tells me everything.

We have over 100 blogs to prove it.

Without any neuroses, on my part.

And without hurting anyone at all.

But we get to love you, when we tell you GOD's laws.

When you spy for yourself, or others, you betray self, and others.

Not to mention how we betray GOD, Who taught us to love.

You will be mired in an intricate web of lies, and deceit.

Is that really how you want to live?

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GOD's quirky WAYS

 

Deuteronomy 29:29

King James Version

29 The secret things belong unto the Lord our God: 

but those things which are revealed 

belong unto us 

and to our children for ever, 

that we may do all the words of this law.

If you think you're going to laugh here, you're right.

If you think you've got GOD all "mapped" out, you're wrong.

GOD's got a lot of surprises, up His divine sleeve.

Do you know that He's quirky?

He makes learning about Him fun.

I fear the LORD, but I also delight in His ways.

He reveals His mysteries to the childlike heart.

He reveals His Word to the true born again.

He reveals His love to the cheerful ones.

He makes things known, through Scripture.

Oh, how His mysteries are made plain!

Through the embodiment of JESUS.

What is most delightful?

At least, to me, who loves His WORD?

He continues to confound men.

And that's when I laugh the hardest.

For GOD shows us a thing, or two.

Well, okay, at least seven instances here.

That we may understand His will, ways, and wisdom.

And yes, even His superb humor.

As these examples show.

GOD loves the few.

He chose Israel.

Deuteronomy 7:7

King James Version

7 The Lord did not set his love upon you, 

nor choose you, 

because ye were more in number than any people; 

for ye were the fewest of all people:

GOD loves the poor.

He chose Gideon.

Judges 6:14-16

King James Version

14 And the Lord looked upon him, and said, 

Go in this thy might, 

and thou shalt save Israel 

from the hand of the Midianites: 

have not I sent thee?

15 And he said unto him, 

Oh my Lord, wherewith shall I save Israel? 

behold, my family is poor in Manasseh, 

and I am the least in my father's house.

16 And the Lord said unto him, 

Surely I will be with thee, 

and thou shalt smite the Midianites 

as one man.

GOD loves the forgotten.

He chose David.

1 Samuel 16:10-12

King James Version

10 Again, Jesse made seven of his sons 

to pass before Samuel. 

And Samuel said unto Jesse, 

The Lord hath not chosen these.

11 And Samuel said unto Jesse, 

Are here all thy children? 

And he said, 

There remaineth yet the youngest, 

and, behold, he keepeth the sheep. 

And Samuel said unto Jesse, 

Send and fetch him: 

for we will not sit down till he come hither.

12 And he sent, and brought him in. 

Now he was ruddy, 

and withal of a beautiful countenance, 

and goodly to look to. 

And the Lord said, 

Arise, anoint him: 

for this is he.

GOD loves humility.

He sent JESUS, His Son.

Isaiah 53:2-4

King James Version

2 For he shall grow up before him as a tender plant, 

and as a root out of a dry ground: 

he hath no form nor comeliness; 

and when we shall see him, 

there is no beauty that we should desire him.

3 He is despised and rejected of men; 

a man of sorrows, and acquainted with grief: 

and we hid as it were our faces from him; 

he was despised, and we esteemed him not.

4 Surely he hath borne our griefs, 

and carried our sorrows: 

yet we did esteem him stricken, 

smitten of God, and afflicted.

GOD loves children.

He chose Jeremiah.

Jeremiah 1:4-10

King James Version

4 Then the word of the Lord came unto me, saying,

5 Before I formed thee in the belly I knew thee; 

and before thou camest forth out of the womb 

I sanctified thee, 

and I ordained thee a prophet unto the nations.

6 Then said I, Ah, Lord God! 

behold, I cannot speak: for I am a child.

7 But the Lord said unto me, 

Say not, I am a child: 

for thou shalt go to all that I shall send thee, 

and whatsoever I command thee thou shalt speak.

8 Be not afraid of their faces: 

for I am with thee to deliver thee, saith the Lord.

9 Then the Lord put forth his hand, 

and touched my mouth. 

And the Lord said unto me, 

Behold, 

I have put my words in thy mouth.

10 See, I have this day set thee 

over the nations and over the kingdoms, 

to root out, 

and to pull down, 

and to destroy, 

and to throw down, 

to build, 

and to plant.

GOD even loves the reluctant prophet.

He chose Jonah:

Jonah 1:1-2

King James Version

1 Now the word of the Lord came unto Jonah 

the son of Amittai, saying,

2 Arise, 

go to Nineveh, that great city, 

and cry against it; 

for their wickedness is come up before me.

GOD loves to frighten pretenders, too.

As in apostle Paul's story.

Acts 19:11-17

King James Version

11 And God wrought special miracles by the hands of Paul:

12 So that from his body were brought unto the sick 

handkerchiefs or aprons, 

and the diseases departed from them,

and the evil spirits went out of them.

13 Then certain of the vagabond Jews, 

exorcists, 

took upon them to call over them which had evil spirits 

the name of the Lord Jesus, saying, 

We adjure you by Jesus whom Paul preacheth.

14 And there were seven sons of one Sceva, 

a Jew, and chief of the priests, which did so.

15 And the evil spirit answered and said, 

Jesus I know, and Paul I know; but who are ye?

16 And the man in whom the evil spirit was leaped on them, 

and overcame them, and prevailed against them, 

so that they fled out of that house naked and wounded.

17 And this was known to all the Jews and Greeks 

also dwelling at Ephesus; 

and fear fell on them all, 

and the name of the Lord Jesus 

was magnified.

All these you'll love about the LORD.

Who doesn't play favorites.

But gives each one of us a chance.

That we may redeem ourselves.

You really have no idea what you're missing.

When you haven't given your heart to GOD, in full.

No longer will you be a fool.

Don't you get it yet?

GOD wants to show us something.

It's all for His GLORY.

Like when He chose Israel.

Isaiah 43:21

King James Version

21 This people have I formed for myself; 

they shall shew forth my praise.

Through us -- the fewest, the poorest, the forgotten, the humblest, the children, the reluctant, the pretenders -- GOD is able to show His POWER.

Through the LEAST, GOD is able to make the GREATEST.

(And when man gets proud, the LORD does the reverse.)

Unbelievers have no idea GOD's POWER.

Matthew 19:26

King James Version

26 But Jesus beheld them, and said unto them, 

With men this is impossible; 

but with God all things are possible.

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