This week we have seen the passing of singer Aretha Franklin and John McCain, and after watching all the hoopla that has been going on concerning these two and their sendoff, I think it has all become a bit much.
I mean really, taking over a week to put these two people in their graves? All the hoopin' and hollerin' over Aretha as the "Queen of Soul" and the long speeches of "he was the greatest" concerning McCain (by people who just a short time ago hated and despised him) is beyond the pale. Good grief, enough already!
The Jews and the Muslims have it right, if you die on a Monday then you get buried by Tuesday at the latest and it's all over.
Yes it seems too much. I feel for the family members who must sit through the lengthy speeches, singing, rituals, etc perhaps wishing the whole thing were shorter.
To me it would be like - every day the whole grieving process must start over.
Nobody is forcing you to watch or read about their funerals who are attended by people who you know do not agree with you politically.
The remote and mouse are in your hands.
Who remembers the "Bush-bashing" by former presidents at Coretta Scott King's funeral?
I do.
It made me so angry.
I remember thinking, if this has been my mother, and one single solitary speaker began political talk, I would stand up and tell them that we are here to honor my mother and would they please sit down.
For those who are genuine Christians - not in name only, or who claim faith, but do not live it - they are going to "marvel", "be amazed", "express wonder"...….so says 2 Thessalonians 1:10.
In other words, we won't ask him all those pesky questions or mock anyone who isn't caught up with him - we will be stunned in a wonderful way and in my opinion, speechless, except for praising his name.
AOBTW, the USA/Mexico trade deal WILL PAY FOR THE WALL.
And the Trump paradox? - Both sides will benefit. Mexico more than the USA.
I remember complaining long before the Trump administration about the fact that the richest nation in the world EVER is bordered to the south by one of the most impoverished in the world EVER.
Gold Dragon has it right -- the remote and the mouse is the best cure for all this. For my own sense of well-being, I've tuned all this out as completely as I can. There is a lot of stuff one doesn't really need to know or even care about. Nothing should surprise us. 1 John 5:19