Sick of the Evil

"I'm sick of the evil."

If I don't remember anything else besides the words of my Savior, Jesus, I think I will remember that Shirley Chisholm said, "I'm sick of the evil."

Chisholm also was one who said that, if "they" don't offer you a seat at the table, bring a folding chair. She was one who vowed not to spend more on weapons, not until people's needs were taken care of.

She was a woman, but she was shepherded by men. And she had enough sense to plainly say, "I'm sick of the evil."

As we gear up more and more, in the U.S., for another presidential election, I think Chisholm should be included in the history that we remember.

One presidential candidate, in 2020, has cautioned that some of the "socialist" ideals that are rising up are outdated throwbacks to an ill-advised 1960s. And I think that's true.

Godlessly, one candidate says black and Latino citizens should be able to have, basically, mom-and-pop marijuana shops, when the love of Jesus should say to anyone that that's spiritually crazy.

When the mayor in my hometown was on hand to "christen" the city's first legal marijuana "pharmacy," I saw him the same as people who, a long time ago here, named an abortion clinic "Hope."

Marijuana, particularly in pregnant women, robs bodily cells of oxygen, a key constituent for well living. And that contributes to poor brain development and a host of other developmental problems.

Lord, help us.

In the neighborhood where I live, drug dealers sit in their cars even on the most bitterly cold winter nights, because they can bring in as much as a thousand dollars a night that way, according to a local news report.

Keep in mind, one pastor's life-truth is that sin always goes further than you want it to. So there's no doubt, from a spiritual standpoint, that an up-cropping of marijuana shops will bring a harvest of worse and worse drug activity.

Another pastor always said, "Be careful how you treat people."

It's also a good life motto to remember sowing and reaping: Sow to please the Holy Spirit, and reap of Jesus. Sow to please the corrupt flesh, and reap corruption.

As another pastor says, "The choice is yours."

Giving people the choice to legally sin isn't the same as treating them well.

You see, there's discipline in really knowing Jesus.

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"Jesus went through all the towns and villages, teaching in their synagogues, proclaiming the good news of the kingdom and healing every disease and sickness. When he saw the crowds, he had compassion on them, because they were harassed and helpless, like sheep without a shepherd. Then he said to his disciples, 'The harvest is plentiful but the workers are few. Ask the Lord of the harvest, therefore, to send out workers into his harvest field.'"

Matthew 9:35-38, New International Version