When people say that girls are emotional and cry a lot, I think that was true, much to my surprise, of myself this year. I appeal to you, brothers, by the name of our Lord Jesus Christ, that all of you agree, and that there be no divisions among you, but that you be united in the same mind and the same judgment. Justice and letting the law take care of situations are one thing. I saw the Lord standing beside the altar, and he said: Strike the capitals until the thresholds shake, and shatter them on the heads of all the people; and those who are left of them I will kill with the sword; not one of them shall flee away; not one of them shall escape. Know for certain that the Lord your God will no longer drive out these nations before you, but they shall be a snare and a trap for you, a whip on your sides and thorns in your eyes, until you perish from off this good ground that the Lord your God has given you. So yes, I love science because I love that I get to be alive in this universe, and that I can be a part of this young species that is, as Carl Sagan said, a way for the cosmos to know itself. Well, where do people think these politicians come from? 9. Thus Absalom did to all of Israel who came to the king for judgment. And some of your own sons, who shall be born to you, shall be taken away, and they shall be eunuchs in the palace of the king of Babylon. Then David spoke to the Lord when he saw the angel who was striking the people, and said, Behold, I have sinned, and I have done wickedly. But our citizenship is in heaven, and from it we await a Savior, the Lord Jesus Christ. So you shall purge the evil from Israel. My fruit is better than gold, even fine gold, and my yield than choice silver. Sometimes one side is up and the other side is down. The one who conquers will not be hurt by the second death. And to the angel of the church in Pergamum write: The words of him who has the sharp two-edged sword. And to aspire to live quietly, and to mind your own affairs, and to work with your hands, as we instructed you, so that you may walk properly before outsiders and be dependent on no one. It shouldn't be a bragging point that "Oh, I don't get involved in politics," as if that makes you somehow cleaner. A Local Government Stationery Store is something to behold. 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The universe is 92 billion light years across and growing every second. Every great matter they shall bring to you, but any small matter they shall decide themselves. Is it lawful to pay taxes to Caesar, or not? But Jesus, aware of their malice, said, Why put me to the test, you hypocrites? Search her squares to see if you can find a man, one who does justice and seeks truth, that I may pardon her. Loyalty to government when it deserves it. -Mark Twain. I've always believed in local government. It is better to be violent, if there is violence in our hearts, than to put on the cloak of nonviolence to cover impotence. I wanted to go out without you but I wasn't allowed. Run to and fro through the streets of Jerusalem, look and take note! I don't make jokes. The model that I'd always seen as a little boy, as a teenager, as I watched other political careers, I saw people who'd start off in local government, gain experience, move to state government, and then on to federal office. There was no way that they could've been right. O Being ready to punish every disobedience, when your obedience is complete. How do those vibrations travel through the air as sound? Whether then it was I or they, so we preach and so you believed. But now your kingdom shall not continue. P They don't pass through a membrane from another reality. The U.S. government uses cash accounting. His mother's name was Maacah the daughter of Abishalom. They all warned me but I was blinded by your love. All of us are neck deep in politics everyday of our lives. Silly me for not picking up on the signs. And Samuel said to all Israel, Behold, I have obeyed your voice in all that you have said to me and have made a king over you. And silly me for not knowing my worth earlier on. Although I hated the menial tasks the job required, it gave me a window into the power of local government. The only motive that can keep politics pure is the motive of doing good for one's country and its people. So Absalom stole the hearts of the men of Israel. I was perfectly content before you came along. A majority in all parties do, I think, want to see local government recover its old vigour and independence. The Canary Islands offer special incentives to companies looking at potential filming locations, so it was only logical for me to help the local government make connections with major U.S. film studios like Universal, Fox, Sony, Disney, Paramount, Time Warner, 21st Century Fox, CBS, Viacom, Comcast, HBO, Netflix, Warner Brothers etc. Let us not seek to fix the blame for the past. State and local government, with financial support from the federal government, should offer a program to educate and train foster children for employment and provide them with financial assistance, as needed, until they reach age 21. V They shall fear and tremble because of all the good and all the prosperity I provide for it. I spent 19 years as a local government official; I spent two years in the Iowa Senate; my daughter is a public school teacher. At twelve, I picked up one of my dad's disposable, orange Bic razors and went to town, resulting in painful nicks and a rather stingy shower afterward. Yet his sons did not walk in his ways but turned aside after gain. B Brittany Morgan, National Writer's Society2. He will sit as a refiner and purifier of silver, and he will purify the sons of Levi and refine them like gold and silver, and they will bring offerings in righteousness to the Lord. As a part of the Local Government Act, this Section was designed to prevent local authorities and schools from the so-called promotion of LGBT+ issues. The goal is to change society. So it will be easier for you, and they will bear the burden with you. The face of the Lord is against those who do evil, to cut off the memory of them from the earth. Be faithful unto death, and I will give you the crown of life. But just as all the good things that the Lord your God promised concerning you have been fulfilled for you, so the Lord will bring upon you all the evil things, until he has destroyed you from off this good land that the Lord your God has given you, if you transgress the covenant of the Lord your God, which he commanded you, and go and serve other gods and bow down to them. And let them judge the people at all times. Blessed shall be the fruit of your womb and the fruit of your ground and the fruit of your cattle, the increase of your herds and the young of your flock. Be subject for the Lord's sake to every human institution, whether it be to the emperor as supreme, Obey your leaders and submit to them, for they are keeping watch over your souls, as those who will have to give an account. Let not steadfast love and faithfulness forsake you; bind them around your neck; write them on the tablet of your heart. A Song. I love those who love me, and those who seek me diligently find me. What about the time you're moving through right now, the Earth's magnetic field shielding you from cosmic rays that could rip through DNA, your fingernails growing at the same rate continents move, the sunlight that was formed in our star's core 200,000 years ago when the human race began? I had always heard of people being cheated on but I never thought that it would've happened to me. Political aspirants make too much of the people before election, and, if successful, too much of themselves after it. You cannot serve God and money. For you were called to freedom, brothers. The king called loudly to bring in the enchanters, the Chaldeans, and the astrologers. It is with respect to the hope and the resurrection of the dead that I am on trial. And when he had said this, a dissension arose between the Pharisees and the Sadducees, and the assembly was divided. Loyalty to country always. And the Lord whom you seek will suddenly come to his temple; and the messenger of the covenant in whom you delight, behold, he is coming, says the Lord of hosts. Surely oppression drives the wise into madness, and a bribe corrupts the heart. And when we get lazy, as a democracy and civically start taking shortcuts, then it results in bad government and politics. From adults to kids at camp, someone always commented on it. But there are dishonest men in national government too. And all these blessings shall come upon you and overtake you, if you obey the voice of the Lord your God. Politics, n. A strife of interests masquerading as a contest of principles. For I was ashamed to ask the king for a band of soldiers and horsemen to protect us against the enemy on our way, since we had told the king, The hand of our God is for good on all who seek him, and the power of his wrath is against all who forsake him. So we fasted and implored our God for this, and he listened to our entreaty. To those state and local government employees who care deeply about this issue, let me be crystal clear: Under my watch, your IPERS is safe. And you shall warn them about the statutes and the laws, and make them know the way in which they must walk and what they must do. So you will find favor and good success in the sight of God and man. In reality, there is no such thing as not voting: you either vote by voting, or you vote by staying home and tacitly doubling the value of some Diehards vote. -David Foster Wallace, 8. Then a wise woman called from the city, Listen! Show me the coin for the tax. And they brought him a denarius. Legs? As for that in the good soil, they are those who, hearing the word, hold it fast in an honest and good heart, and bear fruit with patience. Unable to face those who wanted to help me, Id just send them messages of false-reassurance, saying that I was fine, and I was just crying to calm down. He must not be arrogant or quick-tempered or a drunkard or violent or greedy for gain, but hospitable, a lover of good, self-controlled, upright, holy, and disciplined. He must manage his own household well, with all dignity keeping his children submissive, for if someone does not know how to manage his own household, how will he care for God's church? Be not quick in your spirit to become angry, for anger lodges in the bosom of fools. Why will you swallow up the heritage of the Lord? Joab answered, Far be it from me, far be it, that I should swallow up or destroy! And the Lord's servant must not be quarrelsome but kind to everyone, able to teach, patiently enduring evil, correcting his opponents with gentleness. And now, behold, the king walks before you, and I am old and gray; and behold, my sons are with you. "I'm taking it slowFeeding my flameShuffling the cards of your gameAnd just in timeIn the right placeSuddenly I will play my ace", "Eyes on fireYour spine is ablazeFelling any foe with my gazeAnd just in timeIn the right placeSteadily emerging with grace". You may not put a foreigner over you, who is not your brother. And they answered, We will willingly give them. And they spread a cloak, and every man threw in it the earrings of his spoil. God exalted him at his right hand as Leader and Savior, to give repentance to Israel and forgiveness of sins. I am counted among those who go down to the pit; I am a man who has no strength, like one set loose among the dead, like the slain that lie in the grave, like those whom you remember no more, for they are cut off from your hand. I know that life can be wearying, and that it's easy to lose interest in or forget to love being alive in this world. The Australian Financial Review, September 6, 2010. During the fall of my junior year, I interned in Intergovernmental Affairs in The White House with a focus on outreach to local elected officials. The modern conservative is engaged in one of man's oldest exercises in moral philosophy; that is, the search for a superior moral justification for selfishness. All the nations shall serve him and his son and his grandson, until the time of his own land comes. Politics is not an end, but a means. Then I heard a loud voice from the temple telling the seven angels, Go and pour out on the earth the seven bowls of the wrath of God. So the first angel went and poured out his bowl on the earth, and harmful and painful sores came upon the people who bore the mark of the beast and worshiped its image. Let us not seek the Republican answer or the Democratic answer, but the right answer. Some even said that men would never find me attractive because of it, like as soon as a guy saw the soft hair between my nose and lips, he would run the other way, my personality, intelligence, and wit be damned. And your ears shall hear a word behind you, saying, This is the way, walk in it, when you turn to the right or when you turn to the left. Tags: Paul Krugman. It was my eyes. Silly me. Do not fear what you are about to suffer. I will cleanse them from all the guilt of their sin against me, and I will forgive all the guilt of their sin and rebellion against me. But in reality, you cant not care (and I feel so strongly about this that I even used a double negative). We've come to be consumed by a 24-hour, slash-and-burn, negative ad, bickering, small-minded politics that doesn't move us forward. Thus says the Lord: In this place of which you say, It is a waste without man or beast, in the cities of Judah and the streets of Jerusalem that are desolate, without man or inhabitant or beast, there shall be heard again the voice of mirth and the voice of gladness, the voice of the bridegroom and the voice of the bride, the voices of those who sing, as they bring thank offerings to the house of the Lord: Give thanks to the Lord of hosts, for the Lord is good, for his steadfast love endures forever! For I will restore the fortunes of the land as at first, says the Lord. Everybody complains about politicians. Was Paul crucified for you? S I truly wish that I would have never met you. Righteous lips are the delight of a king, and he loves him who speaks what is right. The face of the Lord is against those who do evil, to cut off the memory of them from the earth. We do not know what to do, but our eyes are on you. Meanwhile all Judah stood before the Lord, with their little ones, their wives, and their children. And has he not given you peace on every side? We have this idea of bureaucracy in local government, and it's generally things that we're frustrated at. My philosophy is the edge, the edge of something. May his days be few; may another take his office! Browse by subject Browse by author. Silly me. "Politics is about how many friends, not enemies, you can make", Public Opinion, May 6, 2016. It all went unnoticed. It teaches you to listen; it teaches you to be expansive in the people with whom you talk to, and I think that that engagement gives you political judgment. They have to go to the edge. I myself arranged special training for them. Would you have no fear of the one who is in authority? Ive heard plenty of reasons why: my vote doesnt matter, its too divisive, I dont want to lose friends over political views, etc. It's what our system produces: Garbage in, garbage out. Rescue those who are being taken away to death; hold back those who are stumbling to the slaughter. If they hide themselves on the top of Carmel, from there I will search them out and take them; and if they hide from my sight at the bottom of the sea, there I will command the serpent, and it shall bite them. Despite the enormous role that local government plays in our daily lives, the constitution makes not one mention of it. Every day, the front page of The Drudge Report is littered with stories of government assaults on our civil liberties - from local government officials all the way up to the Oval Office. Immediately the fingers of a human hand appeared and wrote on the plaster of the wall of the king's palace, opposite the lampstand. Life is hard, but not all of it. You had me questioning what did wrong to make you not want me. 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