Faith and trust by Gary Rose

^{Barak Hussein Obama said: “Elections have consequences”; in this (and only this) I agree with him. Someone on a Fox news program said today: “Democracy died on inauguration day”. I do not remember her name, but I think she is correct.}

^{One can only wonder what the future will hold for a nation that changes from U.S.A. (That is, the United States of America) to U.S.A. (United Socialist America). Apparently, nothing good for freedom loving, Conservative (and perhaps Libertarian as well) citizens.}

^{What about the future for Christians? It looks like there is an effort to repress, control and eventually silence them… or worse. Can these things happen? My answer is “YES” they can. But along with that answer, there is that statement the “Little Church Mouse” makes. We may not know what the future may hold for us, but we know God. Those of us who read our Bible know that God is a God that turns negative things to positive. He works in his own way, in his own time and ultimately his will is completely accomplished. Most Christians are just ordinary people, without great wealth or influence, but we do know God and trust him.}

^{The Apostle Paul wrote…}

^{1 Corinthians 1 ( World English Bible )}

¹⁸ For the word of the cross is foolishness to those who are dying, but to us who are saved it is the power of God.

¹⁹ For it is written, “I will destroy the wisdom of the wise, I will bring the discernment of the discerning to nothing.”

²⁰ Where is the wise? Where is the scribe? Where is the lawyer of this world? Hasn’t God made foolish the wisdom of this world?

²¹ For seeing that in the wisdom of God, the world through its wisdom didn’t know God, it was God’s good pleasure through the foolishness of the preaching to save those who believe.

²² For Jews ask for signs, Greeks seek after wisdom,

²³ but we preach Christ crucified; a stumbling block to Jews, and foolishness to Greeks,

²⁴ but to those who are called, both Jews and Greeks, Christ is the power of God and the wisdom of God.

²⁵ Because the foolishness of God is wiser than men, and the weakness of God is stronger than men.

²⁶ For you see your calling, brothers, that not many are wise according to the flesh, not many mighty, and not many noble;

²⁷ but God chose the foolish things of the world that he might put to shame those who are wise. God chose the weak things of the world, that he might put to shame the things that are strong;

²⁸ and God chose the lowly things of the world, and the things that are despised, and the things that are not, that he might bring to nothing the things that are:

²⁹ that no flesh should boast before God.

³⁰ But of him, you are in Christ Jesus, who was made to us wisdom from God, and righteousness and sanctification, and redemption:

³¹ that, according as it is written, “He who boasts, let him boast in the Lord.”

^{My fellow Christian, have faith in God and trust in HIM to defeat evil. God will win; believe that for it is right!}