"Always struggle with Christian methods and Christian weapons. Never succumb to the temptation of becoming bitter. As you press on for justice, be sure to move with dignity and discipline, using only the weapon of love.
Let no man pull you so low as to hate him. Always avoid violence. If you succumb to the temptation of using violence in your struggle, unborn generations will be the recipients of a long and desolate night of bitterness, and your chief legacy to the future will be an endless reign of meaningless chaos."
Martin Luther King, The Most Durable Power, 6 November 1956
"If anyone says, 'I love God,' but hates his neighbor, he is a liar; for whoever does not love a neighbor whom they have seen cannot love God whom they have not seen."
1 John 4:20
"For I was hungry and you gave me no food, I was thirsty and you gave me nothing to drink, I was a stranger and you did not welcome me, naked and you did not give me clothing, sick and in prison and you did not visit me.' Then they will answer, 'Lord, when was it that we saw you hungry or thirsty or a stranger or naked or sick or in prison, and did not take care of you?' Then he will answer, 'Truly I tell you, just as you did not do it for one of the least of these, you did not do it to me.'”
Matthew 25:42-45
“I am going to shock the ears of all who hear. I will bring forth the things that I have proclaimed. I will judge their house because they knew their sons have made themselves contemptible to me, and they did not try to restrain them.”
1 Samuel 3:11-13
"You belong to your father, the devil, and you live to serve your father’s desires. He was a murderer from the beginning, and did not stand in the truth, for there is no truth in him. When he lies he speaks from his heart, for he is a liar and the father of lies."
John 8:43-44
"For they have sown the wind, and they shall reap the whirlwind."
Hosea 8:7
In the end it's all about love, isn't it? Whether you serve love with love, or serve something that savors of death.
Stocks were hammered today, in a brief moment of recognition by the markets of the collapsing global energy supply chains, likely taking much more with them as this mad war of aggression continues.
Nassim Taleb made a remarkable comparison today between this regional war in the Middle East and the 'Late Bronze Age Collapse' of 1177 BC.
The preeminent scholar on the topic in my mind is Eric Cline, and there are a number of his lectures on the subject online in videos. In short, something triggered the collapse of global supply chains and triggered lawlessness that took down most of the great Bronze age empires.
Gold and silver were hit hard, even as the Dollar took a dive back down to the low end 99 handle.
Must be an option expiration tomorrow. And Comex precious metals options next Thursday the 26th.
VIX fell of course.
Bessent and the Treasury in conjunction with the NY Fed and some oligarchs are attempting keep up appearances, for whatever vain reasons by which they operate besides looting.
There are some who are joining them in their retreat into fantasy, pride and greed.
It is your decision if you wish to join them, and turn your backs to the truth.
Some of the biggest institutions and the finest of the elite are doing it.
As for me and my house, we will serve the Lord.
Have a pleasant evening.
