#peaceably

Be Still, allow the quiet to emerge Peaceably! We crave quiet and serenity at this time, allow us to reclaim our love Deep within, for we have hidden our vulneable selves. Peace bespeaks of all nature, We know poise and tranquility Yet how delicate we are, hiding our nature to be garrulous, falsly. Keeping arms distance, never to be smashed or assualted livng in fear, The anguish we have live and…

Respect. Joseph’s brothers spoke to him with disrespect. Genesis 37:4 – Authorised Version And when his brethren saw that their father loved him more than all his brethren, they hated him, and could not speak peaceably unto him. Diplomacy. Judges 11:13 – Authorised Version And the king of the children of Ammon answered unto the messengers of Jephthah, Because Israel took away my land, when…

There is a part in life right now where I can’t sit and be idle. I am not talking about Black Lives Matter, I’m not talking about police brutality, I’m not talking about COVID, I’m talking about unconstitutional shutting down of cities and states. We as a country have a constitution and it was amended purposefully to prevent what we are currently seeing. Between COVID and the riots, I have seen the government shutdown the city, even put a curfew up several days.

“Congress shall make no law respecting an establishment of religion, or prohibiting the free exercise thereof; or abridging the freedom of speech, or of the press; or the right of the people peaceably to assemble, and to petition the Government for a redress of grievances.”

That is the first amendment, I am for you protesting even if I don’t agree with you or even if I know the politics are using it to control you. The amendment says peaceably. That amendment is larger than that though. It’s not just about protecting your right to protest, it’s also about protecting my right to do business, it’s about protecting our rights to gather together at our own risk of natural consequences without the government interfering. They have shut down parks, churches, restaurants, bars, zoos, museums and much much more. The government has no right to do that. Period, written right there in the first amendment. If a business wants to shut down or if the government (please, please) wants to shut down in a pandemic, it is their right to do so at the risk of losing their own money. If a person doesn’t want to go out to buy or work, it is at their own risk of losing their own money. We have news media applauding the lockdowns (when it doesn’t apply to the protests and riots they believe to be left leaning) and shaming companies and people for attempting to provide a service to people. When I am told when I’m not allowed to peaceably assemble, I disobey. I purposefully disobeyed the curfew orders every day they were enacted. I obviously didn’t get arrested because I wasn’t near the areas they considered volatile, but no government official is going to tell me I can’t stand outside while I’m a free man. I will not submit to being imprisoned. Neither should you.