I.D….When I was younger, that was my “right of passage”.An I.D. was what I “needed” to be an “adult”…It was my proof that I was entering into an era of my life that meant I could do “WHATEVER I WANTED TO DO!”  Of course….no sooner, than I had my I.D., I realized that was NOT what it was for….to this day, I understand that.

My oldest said, the other day, “I need my own I.D.”.  My husband asked, “Emma, what does I.D. stand for?”  To which she replied, “…umm….International Dispoal?”  We laughed about it…still do laugh about it.  However, if you think about it, it really does create a distinct realization that the generational gap is quite large!  International Disposal…..at first, I thought, she obviously just made up a couple of I and D words.  But did she? Really?  Not to get political, but….isn’t she right? In a sense?  Aren’t we disposable to the international, or even NATIONAL reps?  YELP!

I have an American flag hanging on my porch.  I listen to CNN to stay “abreast” on the currently political situation in our country.  I put my hand on my heart during the National Anthem and The Pledge of Allegiance.  I’m an American.  However, not caring a heck of a whole lot about the backlash I might receive here, my allegiance to my country does not, in ANY way, match the allegiance that this year’s Presidential candidates validate as “allegiance”.

To be frank…(my awesome uncle’s name that bears not near enough resemblance to the word because he’s AWESOME)…We are straight up, no doubt, SCREWED in this country relating to the future political “future” of our country.  Turn right, ,we’re screwed, turn left, we’re screwed, 1 foot forward, still screwed, 1 step back…you get the idea.  To that I say, “OK…now what?”  We are all aware of the problem. It’s there…now let’s figure out the solution!  Hey!  I know!…You don’t have to research too far…Genesis 1:1 “In the beginning God created the heavens and the earth”  THERE IT IS!  Right in front of us the WHOLE time!  God created the heavens and the earth…why, in our right minds, do we feel like we should rely or trust in one person to take us further?    George Washington, himself, proclaimed, “It is impossible to rightly govern the world without God and Bible”.

So to the current state of our country I, Rachael Richmond, proclaim “Do not put so much investment of our livelihood, into those who the enemy has sent!”  Our current society is proof, in itself, that the Lord, our God, is coming back soon!  The influence and the anger  is not of God.  It is of the media, our society, and the devil.  No matter how much we fight the conditioning of our flesh, we CANNOT get discouraged.  We MUST remember who our Maker and our Redeemer is!  It is not Hillary…it is not Trump, it is the true, forever reigning Messiah.

In my house, in my “every day”, in my  typical “human impression” there is and will always be, in a sense, an imposition by the society that we live in.  There is no getting around it outside of faith.  It’s impossible.  I was told, very recently, by a friend that, the reason she appreciated our friendship so much is because I just tell it like it is.  I don’t “sugar coat” and I don’t feed bull.  I’m just real.  The reason for that is, proudly, I really just do not care what people think about me or the way that I think or the way that I raise my kids, I serve my husband, or how I live my life.  I have one true God to serve.  Only one.  Nothing else matters.  I’m not naive to know that the majority of humans rely so much on other’s impressions or understanding of them.  I get it….it makes our lives “easier” in a sense when we are “accepted” by peers, mentors, and otherwise.  It still doesn’t matter though.  The only thing that matters is who we are in the eyes of Christ.

Why are we investing in the ways that society has brainwashed us to think and feel…when it’s the same society that we, very understandably, complain about?  Because the enemy is reeking havoc.  The enemy waits like a thief in the night to steal, kill, and destroy.  In that meaning is the understanding that the enemy will always be against us, no matter what.  In society, in our homes, in our minds….but the only true saving grace is that of our God who sent his son to DIE for us….LITERALLY…could you ever imagine bearing your own child, your flesh and blood, to die for strangers, both living and who has yet to be born?  I couldn’t do it!  No one could ever again….

Seriously, stop worrying about crap that does not matter….because…well…it DOES NOT MATTER!

Bye for now,

RR