Month: June 2024

Inspired by a meditation from a book, “Come to Mary’s House” by Shawn Chapman

A tiny nest above my head An arch of iron and vine The flash of fluttering wings Hardly noticed disappears A glimpse of abandonment to deviate my sight From above to beyond.

Protect and persevere A mother bent on caring for her own As God’s own mother watches over us–our souls Unharmed and fully grown, To fly to Him through her.

DJ Pasternak June 2024

Are we becoming a third world country, as Judge George Daggett stated in his recent concise letter to our local paper, The Township Journal?

Barack Obama made a disturbing statement about his plans as president in an Oct 2008 campaign visit to Colombia, Mo: “…we are five days away from fundamentally transforming the United States of America”. I also saw and heard a statement he made recently when a reporter asked if he regrets not being able to run for a third term as president. He said, no, but he would like to be able to tell a president what to do with an ear phone in that president’s ear.

During the Obama terms, race relations deteriorated, socialist programs increased. He bowed to an anti America dictator of Iran, refused to host Netanyaha but rolled out the red carpet for the Chinese leader, admitted giving Iran 400 million dollars in cash, etc etc.

In our pledge of allegiance to the flag, we say “..to the republic for which it stands, one nation, under God, indivisible, with liberty and justice for all”. However, under the Biden’s administration, this desired transformation could become a reality: a third world communist country with liberty and justice for the chosen few. Certainly not for the thousand imprisoned Jan. 6th protesters, or the nine and counting men and women imprisoned for saving babies lives, nor for Donald Trump or for you or me.

In 2016, we couldn’t believe he received the nomination for president of the United States. What could we do? I remembered ‘way back a thousand years ago’ when I first heard this builder, playboy, casino owner millionaire said he wanted to run for president. It thought it was incredulous and I refused to belief he could ever in a ‘million years’ win the nomination.

My mother was living with us and she just couldn’t believe the color of his hair. My husband and I held our noses and voted for him and I’ve heard several other people say they voted the same way. I went to bed the night of the election when it seemed Hilary would certainly win. My husband woke me up in the middle of the night with the news Trump won. I was elated because his opponent stood for most everything I opposed. This was the first surprise of many to follow.

I can’t relate the ride he took us on in his four years in office, but in spite of his gigantic ego, he was bringing My America back with gusto! I had confidence in my government again, In 2020, I watched all four of his rallies in my home state of Pennsylvania, in ‘coal country’. I watched them to the end and sang and danced as he did his thing to the the music of Young Man.

I have no idea if he will be president again, but I’m routing for him and for my country. The Greatness I’m looking for is a return to faith in God, and an end to the craziness attacking our sanity: bad is good and good is bad, he is she or perhaps a goat or xyz, destruction, injustice and persecution….

I can say all of this because I live in the United States of America! But for how long this is true is up to God in his mercy and perhaps the remnant of believers…and to my amazement Donald Trump!