We’ve Been Warned

An ancient writing records the words of a man called Peter speaking prophetically almost 2000 years ago:

“But mark this: There will be terrible times in the last days. People will be lovers of themselves, lovers of money, boastful, proud, abusive, disobedient to their parents, ungrateful, unholy, without love, unforgiving, slanderous, without self-control, brutal, not lovers of the good, treacherous, rash, conceited, lovers of pleasure rather than lovers of God— having a form of godliness but denying its power. Have nothing to do with them. They are the kind who worm their way into homes and gain control over weak-willed women, who are loaded down with sins and are swayed by all kinds of evil desires, always learning but never able to acknowledge the truth.” 2 Timothy 3:1-7 ^NIV

Does this sound like our current political climate or what?

Peter's words suggest what our response to such people should be: “Have nothing to do with them.” The evidence of a number of recently convicted political figures serves to prove that we need to clean house (actually the House of Representatives and the Senate) of such dilatants as Nancy Pelosi, Harry Reid, and Hillary Clinton to cite a few, pour encourager les autres (to encourage the others) as a means of bringing a cautionary note to those inclined to follow their base desires.

We must speak up to our so-called representatives to let them know that we will not tolerate the continuance of their proclivity to listen to the entreaties of lobbyists serving special interests.