I would like to share a word of encouragement to Senators Tim Scott and Ron Johnson, and their staffs;

I have a daily devotional that I read from every night, it is called “Abraham Lincoln’s Daily Treasure “ edited by Thomas Freiling.

The original “The Believer’s Daily Treasure “ was first published in England in 1852. This was the very devotional book used by Abraham Lincoln during the Civil War.

Thomas Freiling discovered that in 1920, pastor and theologian William Barton interviewed hundreds of people who had known Lincoln, and he collected THOUSANDS of letters, documents and manuscripts about Lincoln. Freiling used William Barton’s work for his research on Lincoln.
Thomas started collecting his favorite Lincoln adages and combined them with reading from the “ Believers Daily Devotional.”
He also credits the writings concerned with Lincoln to authors Edgar DeWitt, William J. Wolf and Dr. G. George Fox, as sources for his research.

I will quote from Freiling’s devotional on page 25:

“With the possible exception of President Washington, Lincoln was the most criticized man who ever held public office in the United States. During the first half of his initial term, there was no epithet that was not applied to him. One newspaper in New York habitually characterized him as “ that hideous baboon at the other end of the Avenue” and declared that “Barnum should buy and exhibit him as a zoological curiosity.” How would you take it if were publicly ridiculed? Not many people were accustomed to it, and not many people could take it. But to Lincoln it mattered little. Why? Because he expected to be criticized. It didn’t surprise him, and because he knew it came with the job he didn’t let it bother him. When you take on a big responsibility, you should expect to be criticized. Get ready for it, and then when it happens, it won’t take you unawares.”

I wanted to share this because I feel this is a piece God’s provision of how to handle the dark and negative effects of how people can trash others verbally.

The scriptures even say in Matthew 24:12, that “because wickedness shall abound the love (agape) of many shall wax cold.”

I for one want to guard against God’s agape love growing cold in my heart because of the wickedness and depravity of this time we live in.

Let’s keep on praying for our brethren who are standing in the front lines in this political landscape! It does have great effect!! God leads us forth continually in victory!

Lord Jesus, I thank You for Sen. Tim Scott. I thank You for his voice in the desert crying out to our nation. This is clearly a message for America to wake up, and to start to put into practice the weapons that are at our disposal- gifts that we have been given by Almighty God. I pray for protection for Sen. Scott and his family. Please give him a continuing spirit of boldness, and keep him sensitive to what Holy Spirit is telling him to say and do. In Jesus’ name I pray.