Trump and Israel

US President Donald Trump and Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu unveiled a peace plan today. We have seen this many times. Presidents and others propose peace. People wave flags. We all hope. Right? But do the people who oppose Israel want a deal? Do they want a little more land? It seems what they want is for Israel to not be there. 

I believe only God can bring peace because it will require a change of heart, a complete and lasting transformation of all the souls looking at this and thinking one thing to suddenly think and believe and uphold something else entirely. 

In 2018, Trump did something no other President could (would) do and that is to move the American embassy to Jerusalem. I found it encouraging and unexpected. I suppose I had grown accustomed to things being impossible. It gave me hope. Maybe this is also not impossible. 

What do you think?

Son of David

...“Have mercy on me, 

O Lord, 

Son of David; 

my daughter is 

severely oppressed 

by a demon.” 

But he did not 

answer her a word. 

And his disciples 

came and begged 

him, saying, 

“Send her away, 

for she is crying 

out after us.”  

He  answered, 

“I was sent only 

to the lost sheep 

of the house of Israel.” 

But she came 

and knelt before 

him, saying, 

“Lord, help me.” 

And he answered, 

“It is not right to 

take the children’s 

bread and throw it 

to the dogs.” She 

said, “Yes, Lord, 

yet even the dogs 

eat the crumbs 

that fall from 

their masters’ table.” 

Then Jesus 

answered her, 

“O woman, 

great is your faith! 

Be it done for you 

as you desire.” And 

her daughter was 

healed instantly.

Matthew 15:22b-28

A Song from Long Ago