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MaxPC wrote:Will pray for a job to come your way, T1

Bootstrap wrote:Ouch. I don't know exactly what you are feeling, but I know it must be really hard.
Praying for healing and reconciliation ...

temporal1 wrote:

Bootstrap wrote:Ouch. I don't know exactly what you are feeling, but I know it must be really hard.
Praying for healing and reconciliation ...

i need less thinking, and more acting.

temporal1 wrote: i need less thinking, and more acting.

Bootstrap wrote:

temporal1 wrote:

Bootstrap wrote:Ouch. I don't know exactly what you are feeling, but I know it must be really hard.
Praying for healing and reconciliation ...

i need less thinking, and more acting.

How would you like us to pray? That you have wisdom and courage to act?

MaxPC wrote:

temporal1 wrote: i need less thinking, and more acting.

The seasons of life: each place different demands upon us.

It's difficult to say the least when we realize it's time to make changes.

You will be kept in our prayers for your seeking of God's will for you.

temporal1 wrote:

Gene wrote:Reading some of the liberal hysteria, it does not seem to be thought beyond question that our financial ship may be righted using confiscated Canadian oil fields (and maybe orchards!),
utilizing enslaved liberal pundits as a source of labor, as a source of national income.

This obviously would not work since experience in manual labor does not seem to coincide in significant concentrations within the liberal commentariat, being more likely occupied by academia and government.

don't overlook:
entry level manual labor typically requires "no prior experience."
the military, and parenthood both depend on those with "no prior experience."

KingdomBuilder wrote:I don't think things will change as radically as either side hopes/fears.
We've got 3 branches of government; "the people" were just successful at rocking one of 3 ..

as a result of both 2014 and 2016, on surface, one might think "the people" rocked Congress ..
but, as with "all of it," this remains to be seen.
there have been sufficient numbers of elected who "serve" (in name only) .. so, for me, there is no way of predicting what may result. well, review of voting records of formerly elected MIGHT suggest future action. even this is unknown, as, eventually, for self-preservation, political aisles are likely to be crossed. we are about to find out.

i do respect the elected who understand their roles as public servants, to represent (voters, actually.)
so, what some may understand as "waffling," may, in fact, be attempts to represent (?)

ideologues are another matter, probably do not belong in elected-appointed office in a representative republic.

temporal1 wrote:

mike wrote:I don't expect a whole lot to change at all, except that the hysteria and fear will be coming from the left instead of the right for the next 4 or 8 years. I am amazed at how invested the "Christian left" are in politics and how shattered they were by this election. They seem to be the exact counterpart of the "Christian right" under Obama.

I think there is and will continue be a "Trump bump" in the economy but that we will soon be back to the typical cycles. Trump will probably be a big spender and will not likely help the national debt problem. I doubt we'll see a wall or big tariffs on imports or mass deportations. I think that as always the president will prioritize certain causes and industries while others will suffer. The Republicans will be over their honeymoon with Trump soon, and the Democrats will get over their defeat and get used to being the opposition party.

It will be interesting to see them assume the obstructionist role.

I think the Trump presidency may be good for the kingdom of God in some ways and bad in others.

in Illinois, we have been living DNC-as-obstructionists, it is ugly, it is dire.
we've had an RNC governor since 2012. he is not conservative! no matter.
it's about organized party power, not the good of the people, evidence is, they will go to the death, rather than negotiate. people are hurting.

"local" "news" (of course, not owned/controlled locally!) is thoroughly complicit.
most days, one would never know illinois had a governor!
they feature the Speaker of the House, various lib representatives, their personal choice for "next governor!" .. anyone but our sitting governor. with some exceptions, esp if he can be put in a negative light. epic stonewalling.

in contrast, the prior DNC governor was "liberally" featured in local news.

from the tiny amount i'm seeing of news, it appears Trump may not be treated as badly as what we have had going on here in Illinois for 2 years. after all. part of, or a lot of, what has been happening here was an effort to keep the White House.

appleman2006 wrote:I am not complaining so much as trying to state ways that I think they could do better.
Call it an appeal if you wish.
In that I am simply following Paul's example and I think I am in comfortable company there.