Lazy

I have been lazy; contented; involuntarily compliant. This is unacceptable. Last week, We, the People, took a tremendous loss. Charlie Kirk was an inspiration, and for that, we shall remain eternally grateful. He was never lazy; never contented; never involuntarily compliant. He lived his faith each and every day. More of us need to do so; for, our time might be short.

I am pledging an oath here and now to stay engaged, involved, and working for my children’s future and their children’s thereafter. My discipline shall be turned toward the work. Last night, I was welcomed to the YGOP of Ellis County. The energy in the room was palpable. We were thick with faith and constitution. They allowed me a few minutes of their time to speak.

Many folks have asked me privately what I think about the assassination. The upshot is that I do not want to leave a world for our posterity where folks take lives when a microphone is available for discussion instead. That world sounds treacherous; it sounds like hell.

Why does this one feel different?

Mr. Kirk’s death hits different from the others. I have heard this many times from independent people. I think this is simple. He was not President. He was not a Legislator. He was not a Judge. He was not a billionaire CEO, the director of a Super PAC, or some other position of power. He was just a person with a microphone. If he was a target, so are you. If you speak, if you write, if you podcast, you are a target.

This is no longer a battle of flesh; this is a battle of spirit. No longer is death the punishment for a physical violation. Now, to our enemies, death is punishment for thought and faith. This is why this one feels different. It is different - fundamentally, radically, and spiritually different.

How did we get here?

I have no idea how we got here - I can surmise, I can speculate, I can hypothesize - I can only offer a limited view of our socio-political ills. Worship and Sacrament have declined, and so with them have morality, values, comfort, and stability.

Atheists consistently give credence to Judeo-Chrstian values. Richard Dawkins, Christopher Hitchens, and Kurt Vonnnegut (all self-proclaimed atheists) have expressed admiration for the value and belief system presented by the Judeo-Christian line of faiths. The latter even stating, “If what Jesus said was good, and so much of it was beautiful, what does it matter if he was God or not? If Christ hadn’t delivered the Sermon on the Mount, with its message of mercy and pity, I wouldn’t want to be a human being. I would just as soon be a rattlesnake.”

The only people who find no use in the faiths of our founders are those who want a life of kingship, dominion, and powerlust. If one has nothing to worship, one begins to worship oneself. Humans will eventually have a crisis of morality, and if one worships oneself and makes the wrong choice, one will surely make a subsequent wrong choice. Down the line of wrong moral choices lies a demon. Without a solid moral foundation outside oneself, in adulthood, one becomes the very demon every child fears.

Without Worship and Sacrament, we are a nation without an absolute morality. We come a nation of self-worshippers - a nation of demons.

What can be done?

We speak. We carry the message. We inspire the next person. Even atheists understand the moral and societal supremacy of the Judeo-Christian line of faiths when followed. Jesus walked the land, met people where they were, and taught them. He was not a preacher, but a teacher. We need to teach; we need to provide adequate support and opportunities for the lessons of our forebearers to permeate the culture and restore this nation and its citizenry to moral clarity. There is no time like the present, and there is no people like our people. It is incumbent upon us to get to WORK.