Mid-Week Meditation

"Death and life are in the power of the tongue,

and they who indulge in it shall eat the fruit of it,

for death or life."

Proverbs 18:21

Jesus Himself admonished his listeners:

"For by your words you will be justified and acquitted,

and by your words you will be condemned and sentenced."

Matthew 12:37

"Before we pass on something we have heard someone else

say, we should first ask ourselves, "Is it true or is it kind?"

If the answer is no, then it is better for us not to

 repeat what we've heard."

-Attributed to Abigail "Dear Abby" Van Buren

The recent "tweet" by comedian Roseanne Barr which

caused ABC to cancel the re-boot of her television show

can in no way be linked to her support for President Trump,

no matter how much the mainstream media wants to see a 

 connection in order to justify their continuous, despicable campaign

to brand him as a white supremacist and a racist.

Although what she did is indefensible,  Roseanne Barr 

 apologized for her remark about former Obama White House

adviser Valerie Jarrett.  However, I seem to recall reading

"tweets" and "postings" as well as hearing remarks made
while on-the-air from media pundits and other celebrities

  about President Trump and his family that were not only false,

 but, absolutely disgusting, and yet, the media ignored what was
said, or made some kind of lame excuse for the vindictive and
 nasty commentary.  They still do.  Furthermore, at last report, both
Joy Behar and Jimmy Kimmel, two of the worst critics of
Donald Trump and the Trump family, are still employed by ABC.

I believe the real reason why Roseanne Barr was given the ax
by the network was due to the fact that she is a very vocal supporter of
President Donald Trump, and therefore considered an anomaly both
 in Hollywood and with the political Left.  

Freedom of speech is one of the greatest freedoms we

have as Americans and should never be abused, nor should

the abuse of this precious freedom be tolerated or condoned

by anyone, regardless of race, religion, social status, or politics.

A LITTLE WISDOM FROM THE WORD

GOES A LONG WAY.

PSALM 15

A Psalm of David

Lord, Who shall dwell in Your tabernacle?

Who shall dwell on Your holy hill?

He who walks and lives uprightly and blamelessly,

who works rightness and justice and speaks and thinks

the truth in his heart.

He who does not slander with his tongue, nor does

evil to his friend, nor takes up reproach against his neighbor.

In whose eyes a vile person is despised, but he who honors

those who fear the Lord, who revere and worship Him;

who swears to his own hurt and does not change;

He Who does not put out his money for interest,

to one of his own people, and who will not take a

bribe against the innocent. He who does these things

shall never be moved.