The Mess at Standing Rock

Like I said; no more pictures and cute stuff.

This is the first time in 150 years that so many nations have come together.
They are demanding the land back. Fine by me.
They have joined together to fight a pipeline that could pollute the water system, dig up graves, hurt artifacts.
Fine. Peaceful protest is our right.
When you break the laws of any nation though, peaceful is not going to happen. I understand it, but don't think repercussions aren't going to happen.

If someone wants to get all het-up about being "first" in America, I belong to the Choctaw nation. Well, some of me does. They were the first to be moved by the Indian Removal Act. That's a different post.
Anyway...

Here's what I really want to talk about.

Why haven't they gotten together before to fight against the rampaging alcohol use among us?
Why haven't you gotten together, crushed the old fights and traditions of anger, to promote educational resources within the nations?
Why do you fight so vigorously for nature, but seem unable to fight for nurture?
Why do you continually choose to dirty the land with casinos, adding more crime and useless attitudes?
Instead of ways to get into debt, why not a college, trade schools, and vocational schools?
Why is every newsworthy action involving any tribe always about a piece of land, and not about the people?

I would be more impressed by this gathering of nations if I thought it meant something good. It should! But, I see only more anger, violence and lost lives. I say that because the leadership does not have control of this 'standoff'.

You watch. Black Lives Matter will instigate the younger people. There will be bloodshed. And it will all be aimed at whites. You watch and listen.

There is war coming on this soil. It SHOULD be a holy war against evil, but it will be perceived as something entirely different. People will have to decide, am I going to stand for what is righteous, or what I was raised to do?

The nitty-gritty of all of this is, do you stand with God, or do you stand with religion?
We are so endued with what is "ours" and "theirs" that we constantly strive and divide ourselves. God made ALL nations from two people. That is what the Word of God says. We ARE all one people.
We have got to stop finding ways to divide and destroy each other.

I will pray for safety at Standing Rock. I will pray for mercy.

I  will pray for the spirits of deception, lies, and division to be silenced.

I will pray for our nation, under one God, indivisible.

Shalom.