Tweets - September 6th - Loving Neighbors

Can't really love your neighbors as you love yourself if you insist on creating a world where you must compete with them. Competition requires losers. Competition destroys the purpose and meaning of community. And if it's between you or your neighbor, who do you choose to lose? Capitalism is godlessness.

If we understand "love" as an action word, think of all the work involved in loving yourself. All the effort you put into yourself, your needs, your comfort, your future, your joys, your pleasures. In what way do you "love" your neighbor? Do you really "love" your enemies? There are liars all around, liars in pulpits and liars in mirrors.

Flipping nickels to beggars isn't love - it isn't the love you show yourself or your children. Abolishing the systems that turn neighbors into beggars is real love, the type of love you'd show your neighbors and your enemies if you truly loved your neighbors as yourself. I say these things as if I were someone without God's help, which is the only language you understand.

The church is like a small flame that has long been extinguished, and all that's left is smoke that's fading away.

"These people say the time has not yet come to rebuild the House of God.

Once more in a little while, I am going to shake the heavens and the earth, the sea also and the dry land. I will shake all the nations; and they will come with the wealth of all nations, and I will fill this House with glory. The silver is Mine and the gold is Mine. The latter glory of this House will be greater than the former, and in this place I will give peace.

I am going to shake the heavens and the earth. I will overthrow the thrones of kingdoms and destroy the power of the kingdoms of the nations; and I will overthrow the chariots and their riders, and the horses and their riders will go down, everyone by the sword of another.

On that day, I will take you, Zerubbabel, son of Shealtiel, My servant, and I will make you like a signet ring, for I have chosen you."

The understanding of Haggai, chapters 1 and 2

So many, so many people begging for mercy and human decency. But I'm telling you, there will be quietness. This world will be quiet.

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Though the truth of what I said rings clear, I could've said much of it less scoldingly and allowed myself to cool down a bit from all the hypocrisy so I could think more clearly.