Susonne D.

[Susonne D. @SusonneD]

My Dad used one sentence to handle racism.
"All men put their pants on the same, it is how they walk in them that matters."
Character, actions & words matter not looks.
My Dad, ancestors were slaves, raised in poverty, worked tirelessly, but he never, ever whined or complained.

[The Figen @TheFigen_]

After being rescued, the baby kangaroo ran straight to its mother and climbed into her pouch.
So cute! ❤️

[Susonne D. @SusonneD]

"Kyrie gave up $11,400,000 in game checks during the 21-22 NBA season and a $100,000,000 extension with the Nets to be unvaccinated."

Justice: Transfer Dr. Fauci's pension to Kyrie.

[The Vigilant Fox 🦊 @VigilantFox]

Stephen A. Smith publicly APOLOGIZES to Kyrie Irving after calling him "selfish" for refusing the COVID jab.

"Hindsight-wise, it didn’t make him stubborn or selfish. It made him BRAVE."

"I watched Dr. Fauci on Capitol Hill yesterday, and the person I thought about most was Kyrie Irving."

“Kyrie Irving stood out in my mind because of the heat that he was taking... He refused the vaccine. New York City's mandate made him ineligible for home games, and he linked his stance to people losing jobs over vaccine mandates."

“In my opinion, particularly hindsight-wise, it didn't make him stubborn or selfish. It made him brave. His willingness to stand up and say, ‘Nah, I'm not doing that.’

“It's just a time for reflection — to look at things differently.”

Kyrie gave up $11,400,000 in game checks during the 21-22 NBA season and a $100,000,000 extension with the Nets to be unvaccinated.

That cements his holdout as the largest financial sacrifice any athlete has ever made over an issue in history.

[Susonne D. @SusonneD]

“A sanctified soul worships God in the Spirit (2 Pet 2:5). God judges not of our duties by their length, but by the love from which they spring.” — Thomas Watson

[Mike Riccardi @MikeRiccardi_]

“A fourth sign of sanctification is the spiritual performance of duties, with the heart, and from a principle of love.

“The sanctified soul prays out of a love to prayer, and ‘calls the Sabbath a delight’ (Isa. 58:13).

“A man may have gifts to admiration; he may speak as an angel dropped out of heaven, yet he may be carnal in spiritual things;

“his services may not come from a renewed principle, nor be carried upon the wings of delight in duty.

“A sanctified soul worships God in the Spirit (2 Pet 2:5). God judges not of our duties by their length, but by the love from which they spring.”

— Thomas Watson

[Mike Riccardi @MikeRiccardi_]

“To glorify God is to set God highest in our thoughts, and, to have a venerable esteem of him.

• Psalm 92:8: ‘Thou, Lord, art most high for evermore.’

• Psalm 97:9: ‘Thou art exalted far above all gods.’

“There is in God all that may draw forth both wonder and delight; there is a constellation of all beauties; he is prima causa [the first cause], the original and spring-head of being, who sheds a glory upon the creature.

“We glorify God when we are God-admirers;

• admire his attributes, which are the glistening beams by which the divine nature shines forth;

• his promises which are the charter of free grace, and the spiritual cabinet where the pearl of price is hid;

• the noble effects of his power and wisdom in making the world, which is called ‘the work of his fingers’ (Ps 8:3).

“To glorify God is to have God-admiring thoughts; to esteem him most excellent, and search for diamonds in this rock only.”

— Thomas Watson

[Susonne D. @SusonneD]

@MikeRiccardi_ Is this in a book authored by him or quotes you have gathered?
I liked, "...his promises which are the charter of free grace..." and "...search for diamonds in this rock only."

[Susonne D. @SusonneD]

@conservemontana @WallStreetApes I did not know, but you are right, as a DACA recipient, he is eligible for some Social Security benefits.

[Susonne D. @SusonneD]

@WallStreetApes Your support as a DACA recipient comes from my household budget; in my state it is permanently on my property tax bill.
You deserve what? My money? SS benefits? I think you have it wrong. It is you who hate us because you take our earnings to benefit your dream.

[Susonne D. @SusonneD]

@farmingandJesus Listened to the song on Apple Music. Also listened to his song, "Til My Dying Day" and "I Know Better", thank-you for recommending him to us.

[Susonne D. @SusonneD]

@ImMeme0 That last song encompasses perfectly the Big Lie of the Covid vaccine. When I first saw Colbert's "Vax Scene" I knew something was wrong; you do not dance & laugh if a deadly virus exists.
Now we know how horrid, Colbert, Fauci, Pfizer and all of them were to the American people.

[Susonne D. @SusonneD]

"The war has finally revealed the full extent of Iran’s vast conventional arsenal, nuclear program, and missile and drone industry.
These munitions proved far more numerous and deadlier than experts had imagined." -VDH

[Victor Davis Hanson @VDHanson]

https://t.co/JDk6SorMK4

[Victor Davis Hanson @VDHanson]

Modern higher education standards are being ruined by the wokeness taking over America.

https://t.co/wVYn4DsmF2

[Susonne D. @SusonneD]

@jwilton1979gma @MatteRitchey @YourCalvinist Well-stated and words that are true.

[Susonne D. @SusonneD]

Most know this grief, the unceasing & tormenting pain throughout your body that even your bones ache, compounded by a heart squeezed so unbearably tight that you cannot breathe.

From where shall my help come?
My help comes from the LORD,
Who made heaven and earth.
~Ps 12

[Military Support @MilitaryCooI]

One thing you will NEVER, EVER forget. Being on a commercial flight, & the crew makes an announcement that it is their HONOR to be a part of escorting a fallen soldier home.

They ask that after landing, everyone remain seated while the military escort team disembarks. Of course, during this time, the plane is SILENT, except for the sound of the coffin being unloaded from the cargo hold.

Pray for our heroes and their families.

[Libs of TikTok @libsoftiktok]

Fauci’s pardon is dated back from 2014.

Do you know what else happened in 2014?

The NIH awarded a grant to study bat coronaviruses at the Wuhan Institute of Virology.

Really makes you wonder… 🤔

[Susonne D. @SusonneD]

@MarkIraKaufman @howertonjosh One verse you might know is in Hebrews 1, where the angels are commanded to worship Him.
-verse 6
And when He again brings the firstborn into the world, He says, “Let all the angels of God worship Him."

[Susonne D. @SusonneD]

@MarkIraKaufman @howertonjosh Jesus came in the flesh, not to demand worship but to take on a torturous death as propitiation for our sins & resurrect from the dead. The wise men worshiped Jesus as a child, the disciples worshiped him & the blind man too.
He may not have demanded worship, but He received it.

[Nolan Lewallen @NolanLewallen]

Amen. For anyone who wants to take the time, here's an article I wrote on the subject a couple of years ago.

WHAT DOES THE BIBLE SAY ABOUT SOCIALISM?

Our nation’s #1 and #18 largest cities just elected two socialists (arguably communists), Zohran Mamdani and Katie Wilson in the recent mayoral elections. Back in 2016, Bernie Sanders, a self-proclaiming Socialist, came very close to being the presidential nominee for the Democrat Party. In fact, it could be argued that he got cheated out of the nomination because of his party’s “coronation” of Hillary Clinton. There are a few members in Congress, including Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez, who identify as socialists. Some may think these are small advancements, but could this be the proverbial “camel getting its nose under our tent”? The Democratic Socialists of America now has over 80,000 members with chapters in all 50 states.

Most of us have thought about socialism from a political perspective and have our opinions; but as Christians, what stance should we take on socialism? What does the Bible actually say on the subject?

HIJACKING CHRISTIANITY FOR THE SOCIALIST AGENDA

Hijacking Christianity for the socialist agenda has been going on for a long time. The last Soviet Union leader, Mikhail Gorbachev, said that “Jesus was the first socialist.” I wonder if Stalin murdering some 20 million people was on Gorbachev’s WWJD (“What Would Jesus Do?”) list. In 2016, Vladimir Putin said in a speech in Stavropol, Russia, “The Moral Code of the Builder of Communism resembles the Bible a lot.”

“ROUND PEG IN A SQUARE HOLE”

What’s even more troubling than quotes from these evil regimes, is that there are evangelical Christians who try to put the “round peg of socialism into the square hole of scripture.” They cite scriptures like Acts 4: 32-35: “All the believers were united in heart and mind. And they felt that what they owned was not their own, so they shared everything they had … There were no needy people among them, because those who owned land or houses would sell them and bring the money to the apostles to give to those in need.”

In the very next chapter (Acts 5:1-9), there’s even an account of Ananias and Sapphira falling dead because they held back some of the money from the sale of their land. Maybe Putin’s “Communism resembles the Bible” was referencing to this verse. If he had a scripture stuck on his refrigerator, it would probably be this one!

WAS THE ROMAN GOVERNMENT FORCING CHRISTIANS TO SHARE THEIR WEALTH?

But let’s take a closer look. We must “rightly divide the word of truth” (2 Timothy 2:15). First of all, there’s a huge distinction in that these believers in Jerusalem were doing this of their own free will. The government was not forcing them to do so. It says they brought the money to the apostles, not to the government (verse 4:35). Perhaps it was because of a great famine in Jerusalem and all of Judea at the time, as prophesied by Agabus in Antioch (Acts 11:27-29). Because of this famine, many Gentile believers throughout the Roman Empire were sending money to the believers in Jerusalem (Rom. 15:26, 1 Cor. 16:1-3, 2 Cor. 9:1).

The key to the Ananias and Sapphira passage is found in verse 5:4. Peter told Ananias, “The property was yours to sell or not sell, as you wished. and after selling it, the money was also yours to give away.” Clearly, the offerings of the church in Jerusalem were free-will offerings and not as the result of a mandate. The guilty couple fell dead for lying about it to the Holy Spirit (verse 3)—not because they withheld some of the money.

Another verse socialists like to use is Luke 3:11. While preaching by the Jordan River, John the Baptist said, “If you have two shirts, give one to the poor. If you have food, share it with those who are hungry.” Again, John was compelling those who had plenty to help people in need out of the goodness of their hearts, not as a requirement from the government.

PULLING THE “COMPASSION CARD”

Socialists also like to pull that “compassion card” with scriptures like 1 John 3:17. This verse asks, “If someone has enough money to live well and sees a brother or sister in need but shows no compassion — how can God’s love be in that person?” But a socialist government is not compassionate! It not only limits the amount its citizens can make, but also robs them of their God-given ability to be innovative. On June 19, 2018, the United States Patent Office issued its ten millionth patent. What’s the latest innovative gadget in your household that came from Cuba or Venezuela?

GOD DOESN’T REWARD SLACKERS. WHY SHOULD WE?

In the parable of the talents (Matthew 25: 14-29 and Luke 19: 12-28), the business owner is clearly a representation of God Himself, so this is a pretty good picture of how God’s economy works. Notice in verse 15 that the man gave three different amounts to three different servants, “to each according to his own ability.” This is the very antithesis of socialism (“to each according to his ability,” not “to each according to his need“).

Evidently, the business owner’s perception of their abilities was pretty accurate. The two who were given the most (five and two talents respectively) doubled their investments. By the way, this kind of profit would likely create a fourth and a fifth employee and generate greater pay for all.

WHAT IF THE PARABLE OF THE TALENTS HAD TAKEN  A SOCIALIST TWIST?

What if the owner had taken those same eight talents and divided them up equally (or 2.66 talents each)? And what if he told them they would be trusted with the same amount next time… and the next… and the next, regardless of their performance?

I guarantee you the productivity of even the two good employees would wane over time. Instead of fifteen talents, he would probably get little more than his original eight talents back. Why should the two productive employees outperform the unproductive employee, with no incentive? With capitalism, everyone races toward the top. Socialism sends everyone slacking toward the bottom.

WISE VS. FOOLISH, NOT PRIVEGED VS. UNDERPRIVILEGED

In the parable of the ten virgins who were waiting for the bridegroom (Matt. 25:1-9), we see a similar underlying theme that’s incongruent with socialism. Notice that five were wise, and five were foolish, not privileged and underprivileged. And if you continue reading, verses 10-11 reveal that the five wise virgins were rewarded (they got into the wedding feast), and the five foolish virgins were not rewarded (they were locked outside). Socialists would cry, “Not fair!”

In summary, it’s clear in the Scriptures that God never condoned a socialist-type system. It has been contrived by well-intentioned but unrealistic people in the best cases, and by evil, power-hungry demagogues in the worst. God “wired” us to function best in a merit-based system. “He who tends the fig tree will eat its fruit” (Proverbs 27:18). And that gives us incentives to cultivate the gifts that God has placed inside of each of us. Moreover, when we cultivate and develop our gifts, they benefit the rest of society. Socialists look upon wealthy individuals like Elon Musk and Jeff Bezos as evil, but they should consider the number of jobs they create. Bezos’ company, Amazon, provides about 1.5 million jobs.

QUOTES BY AYN RAND

I’ll end with a few quotes by Ayn Rand, an American writer and philosopher in the mid-1900s. She was born in St. Petersburg, Russia and grew up during the Russian Revolution, so she saw first hand the effects of socialism. When she was 21 years old, she visited relatives in the United States and never wanted to leave.

• “Capitalism has been called a system of greed—yet it is the system that raised the standard of living of its poorest citizens to heights no collectivist system has ever begun to equal.”

• “We now see the capitalist system being discredited and destroyed all over the world, even though this system has given men the greatest material comforts.”

• “America's abundance was created not by public sacrifices to the common good, but by the productive genius of free men who pursued their own personal interests.”

[Susonne D. @SusonneD]

@ericmel1998 I heard a line from a song today, "...eyes that know me", oh, how we do wish we could see those eyes one more time from the one we loved and who loved us.

[🌷 LIZZIE🌷 @farmingandJesus]

Did you know that when an inmate on death row is euthanized by lethal injection they use potassium chloride but they also use an anesthetic and paralyzing agent to ease the pain of the potassium chloride. If they didn’t do that the person would feel themselves being burned alive from the inside…so it is a bit of mercy.

Abortionists also use potassium Chloride directly into the hearts of babies they m*rder except they do not also use a paralyzing agent and anesthetic.

The death row murderer is shown more mercy than a little tiny *innocent* baby.

[Frank_Justice!!! @Talk2_Frankjay]

@bennyjohnson Never forget this brave American citizen that turned down getting a Covid vaccine and called out Fauci right to his face on camera.

I still want to buy this man a Tesla!