Beth Paul

It's ALL Grace. Thankful for salvation. Believer in prayer. Hopeful common sense & moral ethic will prevail. His. Mom, grandma, church member, college grad.

[Rachael Maszk @RachaelMaszk]

Hi @johnrich! Nice to virtually meet you. I just made this account to send you over the story of what’s happening at my house in Fayette county, GA. I’m a mom of two little girls. We’re being threatened with eminent domain proceedings by @GeorgiaPower.

[Ari Hoffman @thehoffather]

I could watch this a thousand times

[MAG🔫1775🇺🇸 @realMAG1775]

This little girl just lit up the national anthem, pure heart, full throttle, zero woke. Gave me chills straight to the bone because I'm an American, not some soy-sipping globalist

[Terrence K. Williams @w_terrence]

Heavenly Father, we come to You today with heavy hearts.

We have lost three American service members in Iran. Three families are now facing phone calls no family ever wants to receive. Three homes will never be the same again.

Lord, we lift up the mothers, fathers, wives, husbands, children, and loved ones of these fallen heroes. Wrap Your arms around them in this unbearable moment. Give them strength when the grief feels overwhelming. Give them peace when their hearts are shattered. Remind them that their loved ones served with courage and honor.

Father, we also pray for every American soldier still on the ground in Iran right now. Protect them. Shield them from harm. Give them clarity in chaos, courage under fire, and the ability to come home safely to their families. Stand beside them in every mission and every uncertain moment.

We ask for wisdom for our leaders, protection over our troops, and comfort for every grieving family tonight.

In Jesus’ name, Amen.

[Michael Benjamin @SquarePegDem]

It's Sam Cooke and the Soul Stirrers today. "Church" for the next hour or two. https://t.co/nrJ47Rz1z5

[Beth Paul @BethPaul4]

@amyklobuchar flout-- openly disregard (a rule, law or convention)
not
flaunt--display (something) ostentatiously, especially in order to provoke envy or admiration or to show defiance.

[Kevin Bass @kevinnbass]

I was a lifelong Democrat. I thought most conservatives were ignorant or evil or lying. I believed almost everything written in the New York Times, The New Republic, and the Atlantic. I was horrified when conservatives criticized the authorities. Every criticism I saw: I thought all of it was motivated by animus, resentment, self-interest, or ignorance.

Whatever truth there might have been in the criticism, I saw as a mere "half-truth": an exploitation of this or that cherrypicked fact being weaponized. Why did I see it in terms of weaponization? Because I was biased: I saw liberal establishment institutions and figures as fundamentally good, so all criticism of them was automatically interpreted as being in bad faith.

Didn't the critics know that these institutions or figures were fundamentally good? If they didn't, they were ignorant. If they did, they were evil. It was that simple. This meant that any legitimate criticisms would just be dismissed, as if bouncing off of an impenetrable bulletproof shield.

This all changed once I started writing about the pandemic. Soon people started talking about me the way I once thought about conservatives. This led to a complete identity collapse as I came to understand that my old worldview was hateful and ignorant, that I hadn't understood what I had been judging.

I cannot forget the hearing that led to my dismissal from medical school a year after I started writing. During the hearing, people talked about me as if I wasn't human. My behavior was interpreted in the worst possible light. Complete fabrications were created. Nobody was concerned with the truth, only horrified at my apparent "unprofessional behavior", which was really a mirror of their unprofessional behavior directed at me. They structured the hearing to make it virtually impossible for me to speak and explain that what was being said was a lie. And nobody seemed to have any problem with this. Why? Because I was bad. If I am bad, then every mistreatment and every violation of the school's own policies became justified. A person who is bad does not deserve any rights. They only deserve punishment.

But the thing I remember most was the allusions to my social media activity. They said, "Kevin is driven by resentment from his childhood." I wasn't. I was on good terms with my parents. They alleged that I needed psychotherapy to deal with this trauma. It was a completely fake story that they had constructed about me, to demean me, to marginalize me, to try to explain the views I had expressed: that something terribly wrong had happened during the pandemic. They couldn't imagine that I might have legitimate points. So they reduced me to the same kinds of psychological caricatures that I once reduced conservatives to in my own mind.

When I was dismissed, I was broken. But I had help from friends who helped me understand what happened. And I came to realize that a hysteria had overtaken the left. I spent a lot of time reading about show trials, about witch trials, and so on. I also connected with people who had experienced similar things and came to realize that something similar had happened to hundreds of physicians around the country. My story wasn't unique. It was all the same story over and over again.

I cannot believe the person I once was. I cannot believe that I could exist like that. I still don't understand how I could be like that, or how millions of people in this country could continue being like that. It disturbs me greatly.

One thing I know is that whatever this thing is that is driving people crazy needs to be destroyed. It is hostile to civilization and to our humanity. It causes us to dehumanize each other and try to destroy each other. It is the very same monstrous thing that I once attributed to conservatives. But it had been inside me, and I could now see it inside others. This is something I still grapple with.

[Beth Paul @BethPaul4]

https://t.co/NHBR5qdmfr

[Northview High School @NorthviewTitans]

We have absolutely amazing people in our Titan Family. Congratulations Mrs. Jill Strothmann - Teacher of the Year and Mr. Darryl Paul - Professional of the Year. Ever Upward and Onward! @Martin_Neuhaus @FultonZone6 @BoundsChristi @DiSanoNHS

[Nick Freitas @NickJFreitas]

“Do what we want or you’re a racist”

Same grift…different day…don’t care anymore.

[MisterRogersQuotes @MisterRogersSay]

“The difficult truth is that there are real limits to how much comfort we can bring to loved ones when they hurt.”

[Matt Van Swol @mattvanswol]

I'm not a religious person, but I see Samaritan's Purse EVERYWHERE in Western North Carolina.

They have literally been here for 5 months straight helping us and have asked for nothing in return.

Say what you will about religious groups... but they 100% show up when it counts.

[3PickupMusicMan @3PickupMusicMan]

So that’s how he did the theme to ‘The Good, the Bad and the Ugly.’ 🧐

[Boze Herrington, Library Owl 😴🧙‍♀️ @SketchesbyBoze]

Marcel Proust, happy Valentine's Day

[Giving Up Self @GivingUpSelf]

“Fellow Christian, is it because we pray so little that we criticize so much?” – Albert Ernest Richardson

#Question #Perspective #Quote #FaithFriday #Quotes

[Marc J. Randazza 🇺🇸 🇮🇹 🇧🇷 @marcorandazza]

Be ungovernable, Chunk

[Joseph Massey @jmasseypoet]

Here it is, “America Is the Poem,” the poem I composed for @realDonaldTrump's second presidential inauguration. I recorded the audio of myself reading the poem and the brilliant @realsashastone created the video. Feel free to share it. God bless America!

[Farmer Crafted @FarmerCrafted]

I'm not posting anything else till everyone sees this first 🤣😂
🔉🔊 Volume up please 😁🎄

[Jan Jekielek @JanJekielek]

Makes my heart soar: ‘Amazing Grace’ sung at the Notre Dame Cathedral today.

[Louie Giglio @louiegiglio]

God’s glory matters more than anything. If people don’t know how great and gracious and good He is, how will they not choose something of lesser value? How will they know He’s better than everything else if they don’t see Him on display in someone like you?

[I Meme Therefore I Am 🇺🇸 @ImMeme0]

Teachers sound alarm on Gen Alpha behavioral problems.

This is terrifying.