More than just 1 day
A special day is here. No, it’s not coffee day or teacher in-service. It actually is a national holiday. It’s called Bring Your Bible to School/Work Day. It’s the first Thursday in October.
It’s not about pushing anything on anyone. It’s simply is a great opportunity to share our faith while glorifying our Creator.
I have learned so much since I have been in these marvelous majestic mountains about God, people and life. They all rock.
It is pretty amazing that at least one day a year, we are given the opportunity to invite, involve and/or intrigue someone else’s appetite, possibly to get to know more about the One who created us.
I’m not normally one for “pushing” my beliefs or thoughts on anyone. Honestly, I don’t know where I’d be in this not always fun-filled game of life without Him by my side, even when I didn’t know He was there.
I married a man who has brought me closer to God. He reminded me of how much I have to be thankful for; no matter what, He fulfills His promises.
I have been observing and rereading some of our great country’s legal documents. One nation, under God, just about sums it up for me.
Things were a lot more simple when we recited this every morning in school. If we do wholeheartedly come together as a nation under God, thank Him and ask for forgiveness because we all know no matter how great and groovy we think we are, we all fall short daily.
I love the fact that He knew this, yet still thought this world would be better with each of us involved.
Let’s glorify God all day and see what we can do to help our less-fortunate neighboring communities with a kind, generous, gracious smile.
Tiffany Foster, Murphy
Preparing for denial
We are approaching our 250th year, eyes closed, entering a dark tunnel; are we about to throw our country away, handing it over to the biggest jerk on the planet?
We must take action now to prepare for election denial.
Representative government is, I believe, what most of us want to aim for. Here are short- and long-term proposals:
First, we must maintain the sanctity of the elections. It’s the federal government’s responsibility to ensure fair, open, honest elections, including accurate and timely counting of the votes. If Georgia’s new law requiring each vote to be hand counted unnecessarily delays the vote counting past Dec. 1, federal troops must be immediately deployed to count the votes and publicly report accurate results. The difference between now and four years ago is the president.
If and when various state’s secretaries of state run rogue,and refuse to accurately and speedily report their state’s votes, the Justice Department must step in to prevent any chaos candidate from forcing the election into the House, where, with one vote per state, Trump would win.
The country must immediately prepare for this.
Harry Holdorf, Blairsville, Ga.
NATO at war with Russia
Ready for World War III?
Led by the Biden/Harris administration, the U.S. and its NATO allies are warring against Russians to steal their land worth trillions in natural resources.
In February 2022, NATO forces began performing military training exercises inside Ukraine. Why would NATO choose Ukraine, as Ukraine isn’t a NATO member? Because NATO wanted to position its military 12 miles from Russia’s border, ensuring a missile could reach the Kremlin in five minutes. This was a direct NATO provocation.
In February 2022, NATO’s website listed 11 months of training exercises. Each month, a different NATO nation would train inside Ukraine, sending an ominous message to Russia ... we’re coming.
Putin requested to discuss this provocation with President Zelensky five times. Zelensky refused to remove NATO troops.
Imagine if North Korean soldiers entered Mexico and announced they would perform military exercises there for 11 months. What would Americans perceive was about to happen? Would we respond or sit idle?
Putin was forced into a position to defend Russia’s border. Imagine that, a president protecting his nation’s border.
The U.S. has sent $183 billion in aid and weapons to Ukraine. Ukraine has fired numerous missiles/drones inside Russia, hitting ammunition depots, industrial facilities and a concert hall, murdering 133 Russians. Biden informed Zelensky that he is permitting Zelensky to strike inside Russia with U.S.-made, U.S.-supplied weapons.
Putin has had enough. He recently stated that any “strategic and tactical aircraft, cruise missiles, drones, hypersonic and other aircraft” attacks inside Russia, using any NATO nation’s weaponry would result in an attack on that nation. I don’t think he’s bluffing.
It’s a perfect storm, runaway inflation, FEMA’s incompetence, millions of illegals getting free everything, Venezuelan/Haitian gangs wreaking havoc and World War III looming.
So tell me, how’s Harris’ agenda working out for you so far?
Mary Mason , Murphy