It's a target rich environment these days.  And there have been plenty of references in these pages of late to the growing bureaucracy of this pernicious Administration.  Oops!  There I go again.  While these things are important, Scripture warns us not "be overcome with evil, but to overcome evil with good."  As one old preacher used to say, "That's easy preachin' but tough livin'."  For me, it is real easy to fall into despair when I consider the enormity of the evil that confronts us.  It seems to be on every side.   But the good thing about being surrounded is, you can't miss.

Adrienne wisely reminds us not to let our "system" to be overcome:

The human mind and body is a system; a system more important than those of government or tribal affiliation.   If you overwhelm the systems of the individual we become fodder for the the collective.  While untold hours are spent "reporting" on every little twinge in the news,including a woman who lost her fingers to a bear through her own drunken stupidity, there isn't much time left for anything of real importance.

If you are a Christian, the only thing of real importance is our reason for existence. We were created so that some day we could be fully united with God.  This is not a journey that begins "someday" or when we have some spare time.  It is a journey that began at birth and ends at our death.  If we allow the evil people of this world, and make no mistake about this, there are evil people,  to divert our path on this journey to our destination, all could be lost.

Go here to read the whole encouraging reminder.  And don't forget Who wins.

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