ARE THE NO KINGS RALLIES JUST A WARM-UP? PLUS, AN UPCOMING SERIES THAT IS NOT COMPLETELY UNRELATED.

King David Playing the Harp by Gerard van Honthorst

You may have heard of the "No Kings" protests. They seem to think that President Trump is acting like King Trump. I personally believe its because he's doing what he said he'd do (politicians aren't supposed to do that, are they?) 

The biggest issues that are driving that are the views on illegal immigration and transsexuallism. Sorry, but mind translates these respectively as condoning law-breaking and as telling God He goofed in creating us. 

Before I go further, I don't consider myself a MAGA fan; I might even identify more with the label "Deplorable." I have questions on how Iran is being handled or some of his other policies. Like every other President between Washington and whoever we elect in 2228 (no, not a typo) he has both good and bad points. 

In reality, both major parties act like they're monarchs. We currently have a country divided, with both sides wanting their rights protected to the point it removes protection of the rights of their opponents. My opinion, but are any No-Kings crowd ready to stand up for me not using the right pronouns or not wanting my taxes to pay for Planned Parenthood or make sure that we keep the bad guys from crossing our border?

It hit me, though. The reality is President Trump is just a President, not a King, and answerable to the true King of all the earth, Jesus of Nazareth. Former VP candidate Sen. Tim Kaine argued that he felt better with rights coming from the Government preferable to being given by a creator. Could it be that a lot of our leaders as well as a good portion of U.S. citizens want to be accountable only to themselves and not the King of Kings and Lord of Lords?

Yes, I ended on a question. I'm not sure I've got the answer. Do you have it? Please let me know.

But now, I'll look at my plans for the blog. Yes, it's mostly reviews and a few opinion pieces like this one, and I'm not finding time to do interviews. But I do have in my mind a series. It's inspired by a comment the Southern Baptist University's Presiden Al Mohler said on The Briefing, that many believe creating art requires transgression, both in their work and in their lifestyle. It crosses over into my interest in the arts, which is a major reason for me starting this blog, and thoughts on heroes (super and otherwise). So I'm going to hopefully have that possibly in May, or maybe in June or July (no later than that). 

Let me know what you think. I'm looking forward to writing the series, and hope you are to reading it as well.

SUNDAY PSALMS PART 13 OF 48 - PSALM 60

St. Paul's Evangelical Lutheran Church, Indianapolis

1    O God, You have cast us off;
     You have broken us down;
     You have been displeased;
     Oh, restore us again!
2   You have made the earth tremble;
     You have broken it;
     Heal its breaches, for it is shaking.
3   You have shown Your people hard things;
     You have made us drink the wine of confusion.
4   You have given a banner to those who fear You,
     That it may be displayed because of the truth.
                                                                    Selah

5   That Your beloved may be delivered,
     Save with Your right hand, and hear me.
6   God has spoken in His holiness:
     "I will rejoice;
     I will divide Shechem
     And measure out the Valley of Succoth.
7   Gilead is Mine, and Manasseh is Mine;
     Ephraim also is the helmet for My head;
     Judah is My lawgiver.
8   Moab is My washpot;
    Over Edom I will cast My shoe;
    Philistia, shout in triumph because of Me."

9   Who will bring me to the strong city?
     Who will lead me to Edom?
10  Is it not You, O God, who cast us off?
     And You, O God, who did not go out with our armies?
11  Give us help from trouble,
     For the help of man is useless.
12  Through God we will do valiantly,
     For it is He who shall tread down our enemies.
                    Psalm 60:1-12, New King James Version

One fascinating tidbit - Psalm 108 is a combination of part of Psalm 57 and the last seven verses of this Psalm. A second is that I remember a worship chorus based on the final verse.

This Psalm deals with the Psalmist feeling Israel has been cast off, which is obvious in the first three verses as well as verses nine and ten. There are times we feel that way as well.

What is the answer? The final two verses of this verse gives us two facts to remember.

1. Man's help is useless. Our help doesn't come from man's ideas or man's activities. Some of that human philosophy comes from people who want to help, and some comes from people who want to manipulate, but that is at best flawed and fallen and at worst in opposition to God's ways.
2. God/Christ needs to be our help when we're in trouble. He is willing and able to help, and anything we accomplish is from Him.