Decent and in Order

My mama was an accomplished communicator; with a raised eyebrow or disapproving glance she was able to convey paragraphs. It was she who taught me there is a right and a wrong way to do things, and woe betide me if I strayed off that path. I think her favorite scripture was “Let everything be done decently and in order.”

School Girl Carol

One of the accepted activities was church attendance. Even though she did not attend religiously—she came to faith in her later years—it was good for me, and was a societal norm. So when I had children of my own, to be the best mother I could be, I took my boys to church. They were taught about obedience, authority, being law-abiding, and that work was a good and expected thing. Going to jail, taking drugs, disobeying your parents were BAD things.

But things have changed somewhat since those days. Christianity, and people who adhere to it are now looked upon as the enemy, their beliefs questioned, challenged, criminalized. Our culture today would brand me an unfit parent for taking my children to church, exposing them to an Absolute, who declares He makes the rules. Funny about that. They are all employed, tax-payers, law-abiding contributors to society. What did I do wrong?

Increasingly we read reports of parents being arrested and their children removed from the home because someone somewhere disapproved of the freedom the children displayed when they walked to the store All By Themselves! Home-schoolers are harassed even though the children consistently test better than average across the board.

It would appear that the thing feared by society in general is any independent thinking, outside the control of governmental powers. To stand up in one’s opinions is to invite serious consequences from those who have great ability to enforce compliance. Unlike my mama’s effective eyebrow, they have the machinery of a legal and legislative system to bring people to their knees. My question: will this mean things are done decently and in order, with contributing citizens as a result?

Or something far worse?

Hijacked

This nation, place of my birth and maturing, has been hijacked. Deep in back rooms, behind the lock of electronic devices or even armed guards, evil designs are being conceived, hatched and released. Beyond the knowing of the average citizen, an inner group has moved into power external to the elective process. Away from scrutiny of public eye, power brokers make decisions which affect every part of our lives. Their agenda is contrary to what is the common virtue or standard held by the majority. Avoiding the light like any troglodyte in a cave, their work of influence continues to our harm while John Q. Citizen goes about his busy, grocery shopping, baby-birthing, ordinary life.

Covert operations are carried out by Americans which, if known by the public would be totally opposed at every level. As some of this evil work begins to come to the world’s awareness, we have become hated, and with good reason. Some of this evil is sponsored by the federal government; some of it is outside of government, either elected or bureaucratic.

The reach of these men is beyond borders. Their goal is global in scope. To achieve a world that is nicely under control means the removal of millions who “stress” the planet by their presence on it. The undesirable millions. The uneducated consumers of resources. This includes, by definition, everyone who is not “sustainable,’ every defective, “useless” person,” every older person. The Elite will rule; the rest will be controlled, incarcerated or removed. Read: annihilated.

It might be possible to trace this movement back to the colleges of the 60s or the Bilderbergers, considered evil by some segments of society. At this point, it matters not. What is important is recognition of evil among us, working to destroy the fabric of the nation from within. Every loss of personal freedom, no matter how insignificant it seems, is another step down into the tyranny of bondage. Every “you need this for the country’s safety” directive weakens the body like a poison pill. We are being herded sheep-like into behavior that 50 years ago would have been totally abhorrent.

So, what next? Continued silence and acquiescence? Dancing and partying while Rome burns? Blood in the streets? Is Evil going to triumph over Good? The future is today. Our actions, our raised voices are required lest we all be marched off to eternal silence. God won His victory over evil at the bloody cross. Now it is our turn.