"Cursed is anyone who withholds justice from the foreigner, the fatherless or the widow." Then all the people shall say, "Amen!"
(Deuteronomy 27:19)
The challenge of providing a people with life, liberty, and the pursuit of happiness is a very difficult job. Divine guidance is needed.
Our leaders must heed the warnings. The issues they deal with are difficult, including how to treat immigrants, legal and illegal, police shooting civilians under questionable circumstances, and police being targeted for assassination. The American government must be able to control its borders so that it can repel those who would do its citizens harm. It must keep better track of who is living here and what everyone is doing. But it is commanded to treat every immigrant with respect. The widows of men shot by police officers deserve to have each case thoroughly investigated without bias. The children of slaughtered police officers cry out to heaven because our nation refuses to see why angry young men lash out at authority figures and threaten to send our society into lawlessness.
God speaks clearly about these issues. Things do not go well when a nation does not behave honorably and protect all of its citizens, especially the most vulnerable. He is merciful and holds back utter destruction, but we all know our country is not thriving.
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