Time To Show ‘Em If You Got ‘Em!

They break in pieces thy people, O LORD, and afflict thine heritage. ~ Psalm 94:5

Thinking about an old adage from the 80’s; The difference between men and boys is the price of their toys…in the wake of the Trump trial and verdict, and I realized something VERY important and interesting. As the world moves further from truth and closer to the inversion point, those who respond in the flesh whither and weaken, while those who lean into the Spirit find energy and strength. Exactly Paul’s 6:12 point to the Ephesians. The real difference between men and boys is their response to the great inversions. The Psalm writer knew this very Psalm 94:5 moment we find ourselves today looking around us to see who among us will answer God’s Psalm 94:16 call:  Who will rise up for me against the evil doers? Or who will stand up for me against the workers of iniquity?  

Then it is the brave man chooses, While the coward stands aside
Till the multitude make virtue, Of the faith they had denied.
Once to every man and nation…Comes the moment to decide,
In the strife of truth and falsehood, For the good or evil side.
~ On Spiritual Warfare
Lt. Col. Dave Grossman
Sgt. Chris Pascoe

The Sheepdog Prayer…Oh Lord, forgive us our sins, Lead us in the battle against evil. Through the power of the Holy Spirit, Make us your obedient faithful sheepdogs. Amen

The wolf fears the sheepdog because it can’t control him with fear, and it sees him as dangerous. What does every dog instinctively do before it bites. He shows his teeth. Our cultural and societal inversion has been a very slow-moving train that left the station with Roe v Wade and the removal of prayer in our schools. And from that moment to this week’s mock trial of a former (very alpha male) president, the patriarchal spiritual energy of men has grown less and less dangerous, and more and more cowardly. The greater the inversion, the greater the retreat.

A powerful lyric caught me this week because of one painful fact of great inversions: they separate us from people we loved and thought of as friends, as Paul wrote to the Galatians in 4:16, Am I therefore become your enemy, because I tell you the truth?

Sometimes love is unexpected treason…Cannonball

Speaking of Retreats, on the advice of my dear brother in Christ and fellow sheepdog Eric, I will be on a spiritual retreat next weekend, in the Crows Nest and hugging the Maine coastline…just God and me in solidarity…soaking up inspiration for the next Tune-up on Sunday the 16^th! What do you know…Father’s Day!!