Is Trump good for America? I mentioned Sunday that I would speak
on this next week. Unfortunately, I felt I was shoehorning this topic into my
planned message. To properly present
what I want to speak on Sunday, I may have to leave the Donald out of it! Let me take a minute for those that wonder
and give some thoughts. When I first heard that Donald Trump was entering the
race last year, I told my wife that I felt that it was a good thing for the
party and America. I knew that he was not a "saint," but I knew that
he would be like a bull in a china shop. He is a disrupter and I believe
America could use a fresh thinker especially in the political arena. I didn't think he would get the nomination,
but felt it would shake up politics as usual. I was correct on the shaking up
part.
Lance Wallnau likens him to a biblical Cyrus. Someone who is
dynamically used of God even though not perceived by many as a God follower.
God has used many people in history that I would probably not like or agree
with. I’m not sure I would have liked the disciples, or David, or Moses.
Somehow, God did not seem compelled to consult with me!
I have always liked Winston Churchill. He is seen as one of the greatest national
leaders in the 20th century. Last year, I had the privilege of going through
the War Museum in London. Winston is a key feature. His life is controversial.
He was not always celebrated as a great leader.
He was a bombastic, cigar smoking, at times crude, even misogynistic
leader. It is alleged that he told off color stories to his children before
bedtime! A woman once told him he was
disgustingly drunk. His response was
"My dear, you are disgustingly ugly, but tomorrow I shall be sober and you
will still be ugly!"
There are many websites that discuss the outlandish comments
and activities of this great world leader. He had exactly what was needed to
stop Hitler at the Channel, to rouse a nation to never give up and to partner
with America to find final victory in Europe.
You wouldn't want him as your pastor, maybe not even your father, but he
was the right leader for that moment in England's history. Such a brazen man that would go up to the
roof of his quarters in central London and smoke cigars as Hitler’s air force bombed all around
him. I’m not sure I would have voted for him....but he was the right man.
I think it would be awesome to have a righteous leader,that understood
the intricacies of the economy, health care, defense, immigration, with great
sensitivity to religious institutions, a heart for the poor, a vision for the
future. If that leader was a praying person, formidable in the word of God and
loved the local church, I would rejoice!
I do not think that is the choice we will have in November.
Instead....we will look for someone who is imperfect, yet will
fit the times we are living in. Particularly, that ‘whoever’ we vote for, it
will be someone who might possibly have the opportunity to appoint up to three
Supreme Court justices. That will shape our culture in America for the next 30
years or more...radically. The America of our grandchildren could be very
different....and that may not be good.
We cannot stay still. A non-vote
is a passive vote for a direction we may regret.
So....is Donald Trump good for America? I honestly believe that
he has been already. He has shaken the
political system. Do his comments offend
me? At times. Do I agree with all he
says? Not at all. Is he a “Cyrus” that is being raised up by
God to preserve America? Time will tell.
This I know. I will
vote for the best chance for America. I will pray for our leaders as I have
already. In the end....God will continue
to be my source and my hope. I do
believe that God has had a hand in America's history. I hope He also will have
a hand in its future.
The only reason government wants to be our provider is to
also become our master.
William and Virginia Lessmann
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