Feb 26th, 2022: Courage and Truth


My heart is both heavy and angry. Western leaders are acting like cowards in the face of evil. Have we learned anything from history?

Nothing can be more surreal than the madness we see.

The mad man proclaims that he wants to restore the corrupted USSR legacy.

One of human rights violations and depravity of human values.

Now he gives his finger at democracy.


He walks as if he is king.

His words are full of deceit and meaningless.

It is time for decent folks of the world to stand up.

To show how the worldwide community can be at its best.


We will not allow madness to prevail.

Our hearts are with the Ukrainian people.

We will not be indifferent towards charades of evil.

We will fight a good fight, and our spirit won't be feeble.


He has played us with his deceitful words.

Some of our leaders have fallen for them.

Now is the time for courage and truth.

So he may soon discover his own mayhem.


Psalm 9: 9

"The Lord is a stronghold for the oppressed, a stronghold in times of trouble."

 

Hebrews 4: 12-13

"For the word of God is living and active, sharper than any two-edged sword, piercing to the division of soul and of spirit, of joints and of marrow, and discerning the thoughts and intentions of the heart. And no creature is hidden from his sight, but all are naked and exposed to the eyes of him to whom we must give account."


Ps: this picture was created by a daughter of a friend of my brother in 2015. How prophetic?

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