Wait for the Lord...

Wait for the Lord;

    be strong, and let your heart take courage;

    wait for the Lord! Psalm 27:14

Do not be afraid of silence in your prayer time. It may be that you are meant to listen, not to speak. So wait before the Lord. Wait in stillness. Wait as David waited when he “sat before the Lord.” And in that stillness, assurance will come to you. You will know that you are heard; you will know that your Lord ponders the voice of your humble desires; you will hear quiet words spoken to you yourself, perhaps to your grateful surprise and refreshment. -Amy Carmichael

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To Destroy Leftism, Save Society 

Several generations of Americans have been taught that “the personal is political,” and because of that, tens of millions of Americans now see every political opponent as a personal threat.  When every person with an opposing point of view is labeled a “threat,” it is impossible not to see “oppression” everywhere.  Young Americans have been so indoctrinated to believe that their opinions are “correct” and that contrary opinions are “dangerous” that they think it is both rational and reasonable to censor disagreement as “hate speech,” punish “thought criminals,” and hide behind the imaginary walls of a “safe space.”

The left’s Pavlovian hatreds are blinding them to their politically suicidal choices -VD Hanson Ideology makes facts fit dogmas, rather than evidence leading empirically to conclusions.

   So inflexible cults like climate-change orthodoxy, DEI and Trump Derangement Syndrome make their adherents look utterly ridiculous.

The Mamdani Effect-86 House Democrats vote against socialism  Denouncing socialism is one small step for the country, one giant headache for the Democrats.

Beware Housing Bills With Socialist Goals 

Democrat-Run Chicago: 9 Shot After Downtown Christmas Tree Lighting  Seven people were wounded amid the gunfire.

   A 14-year-old boy was wounded in the stomach. He is listed in good condition. A 15-year-old boy and a 17-year-old boy each  sustained a wound in the left thigh and are both reportedly in good condition.

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‘Almost every German city is now on the verge of bankruptcy’  However, there are also many more hidden costs to mass immigration, including rising housing prices, healthcare costs, education costs for an increasingly foreign student population, and housing a huge number of foreigners in German prisons and psychiatric institutions. Just like Essen, even major cities like Berlin are seeing “spiraling costs” due to mass immigration, leading to large-scale debt required to keep the cities running

France at the Crossroads: Éric Zemmour Warns That Without Christianity, France Ceases to Be France  Appearing on the influential TV program Les Grandes Gueules (“The Loudmouths”), Zemmour — the founder of Reconquête, best-selling author, and former candidate for President — delivered a sweeping, intellectually rigorous indictment of France’s political class, its collapsing religious identity, and its sleepwalk toward Islamization. What made his message even more striking is that it came from a French Jew of Algerian heritage, a man who has immersed himself so profoundly in Christian civilization that he now defends it more passionately than most French Catholics.

UK: Jews airbrushed out of the Jewish war remembrance parade What was different about this year’s march was that the organisers seem to have decided that there should be no obvious signs of association with Israel, other than the small sign of the Israel contingent. This meant not just no Israeli flags, but also nothing incorporating the Israeli flag.

Canadian police veterans group advertises assisted suicide presentation to members   A Canadian police veterans association is facing backlash after its Nova Scotia branch promoted a seminar offering guidance on assisted suicide to retired RCMP members...

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Nigerian Christian group says 303 children, 12 teachers seized in latest mass kidnapping  A Christian group on Saturday said 315 students and teachers were seized a day earlier in Nigeria’s second mass school abduction in a week, as security fears mounted in Africa’s most populous nation.

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North Dakota Court Restores Near-Total Ban on Abortion  In North Dakota, it will now be a felony for doctors to perform abortions, except to protect a pregnant woman’s life or health, or in the case of rape or incest in the first six weeks of pregnancy. Patients are protected from prosecution, but doctors who violate the ban could face up to five years in prison and a $10,000 fine.

Children’s Book Describes Abortion as a ‘Uniquely Human Superpower,’ Marketed to 5 to 8-Year-Olds  “The book is marketed to children from 5 to 8, with the goal of explaining abortion in kid-friendly language. This isn’t just propaganda. It’s grooming...

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C students will get automatic college admission in California California's Cal State system will admit students with C's in college-prep courses -- with no need to fill out an application -- starting next year, reports EdSource. "Direct admissions" students who decide to accept the offer to can choose among 16 Cal State campuses that are trying to fill classroom seats. The most selective schools  — San Jose State, San Diego State, Cal Poly San Luis Obispo, Cal Poly Pomona, Cal State Fullerton and Long Beach State — are not included.

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