Hello, thank you for joining me today for Give Him 15.

The title of today's post is,

We Will Reap, Not Retreat.

One night, a fierce desert storm struck with rain, hail, and a high wind. At daybreak, feeling sick and fearing what he might find,

Samuel went to survey their loss. The hail had beaten the garden into the ground. The house was

partially unroofed. The hen house had blown away and dead chickens

were scattered about destruction, devastation were everywhere. While standing dazed,

evaluating the mess and wondering about the future, he heard a stirring in the lumber pile that was the remains

of the henhouse. A rooster was climbing up and continued until he had mounted the highest

board in the pile. That old rooster was dripping with, most of his feathers had blown away. But as the

sun came over the eastern horizon, he flapped his bony wings and proudly crowed. The rooster

couldn't help it.

He was created to crow announcing a new day, and he just had to crow.

This is one of my all-time favorite stories regarding victory over adversity.

I placed it at the beginning of today's post to assure you of my belief that in spite of what occurs in this season, we will rise above all adversity and respond

to the God-given DNA in us.

Though the turmoil in the world will intensify for a time, we will overcome.

The present turmoil in the earth would not be occurring had Trump been in the White House. Peace through strength has

become war through weakness. As expected, the emboldened axis of evil, China, Russia, Iran,

perhaps North Korea, and others saw in a mumbling, Iran, perhaps North Korea, and others, saw in a mumbling, confused U.S. president

and his foolish leftist controllers the window they needed. Many warned of this, and sadly,

it has arrived.

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