Pinellas County, Florida
Revere
Life
反抗生活
Fǎnkàng shēnghuó
リヴィア生活
Rivu~ia seikatsu
ps116
I love that I found help when I needed it.
Salvation came and I heeded it.
I felt desperate. My mind cried for direction.
Choice was compressed to this bit. I had to select protection
from the danger of dereliction.
I found what I needed before the moment of crisis.
The rightness in choice was decisive.
The cords of death had entangled me.
My sight was so strangled, I had to get free.
The grip of the grave grapple grabbed
until my adam's apple gagged
while seeing the sensible source sag
from the sense perception had.
Sorrow drove sadness to the threshold of pain.
The horror drove madness to enfold the insane.
Then I cried for help
after yapping a yelp,
“What do I have to do to find safety?
I need it now. I need it greatly.”
The success of salvation is gracious.
It was so efficacious, it was almost salacious.
Nothing else is quite so profound
as wonder in the world once it has been found.
Defense is granted to the watchful
if only because the cautious
watch for the goodness of the gospel.
I felt that I fell very low, but I was helped.
I exempted contempt for what I was dealt.
It is time to rest
now that I have been blessed
with the quest to sing of salvation with zest.
Stress from the test has worn my torn soul.
I will do my best to celebrate life as a whole.
I was rescued from death.
Help was given in the test.
My eyes shed natural tears.
I was grateful for my years.
My feet did not stumble
though I felt glad and humble.
I will walk in the presence
of the divine essence
in the land of the living
to give thanks for the giving.
I believed even when
I had been brought to a bend.
Then I said, “No one can be trusted
when your trust has been busted.”
False prophets lead those who believe them astray.
Truth is the safeguard against fake news for the day.
How will I repay my debt
without regret
for all the good things
carried by angel wings?
I will lift up the cup of salvation
and hold it high as a libation.
I will fulfill my promise to live
with reverence for life as a gift
in the rule of law that we win
in transcending sin.
Precious in the sight of divine Light
is the death of those who defended rights.
They lived good lives.
I am a defender of rights.
I have been resurrected as a good life
by the experience that brought me past strife.
I tasted a glimpse of the abyss.
It was black and gray with white lights in the tryst.
I have been freed from the world of discrimination
to recount deliverance by narration.
My ear has been opened.
I hear sounds that are spoken.
From the same mouth come blessing and curse.
Speech should be the garden ground for verse.
Who do you say that I am?
You are anointed to pass the exam.
I was not rebellious,
reckless or helpless.
I did not turn backwards.
I spoke in exact words.
Bravery is most bold when prepared.
Faith looks for benign design to be shared.
Traditional revival celebrates regression to the legal process.
Conservative reform pushes for manageable progress.
Time starts to grow bold.
The word shares the beauty of hope.
Hope desires goodness
to add to the fullness.
Measure the base
to secure great restraint.
The bug pulls this stem.
You straighten the hem.
The bridge to love leads the way
to the right thing to do or say.
We are among those who have faith with courage.
We don't shrink back to be lost or discouraged.
I will offer thanksgiving as my sacrifice.
I will give thanks to the Giver of life.
The faithful abide in love with truth.
Grace and mercy act like salve that soothes.
I will speak with reason for the reasonable acceptance
of benefit for people in the presence
of the divine essence
in the assembly in public
in the city of peace that is love lit
by the waters near where the dove sits.
Yea Yah!
You fill me with awe!
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116 Dilexi, quoniam
I love, because
1 I love the Lord, because he has heard the voice of
my supplication,
because he has inclined his ear to me whenever
I called upon him.
2 The cords of death entangled me;
the grip of the grave took hold of me;
I came to grief and sorrow.
3 Then I called upon the Name of the Lord:
"O Lord, I pray you, save my life."
4 Gracious is the Lord and righteous;
our God is full of compassion.
5 The Lord watches over the innocent;
I was brought very low, and he helped me.
6 Turn again to your rest, O my soul.
for the Lord has treated you well.
7 For you have rescued my life from death,
my eyes from tears, and my feet from stumbling.
8 I will walk in the presence of the Lord
in the land of the living.
9 I believed, even when I said,
"I have been brought very low."
In my distress I said, "No one can be trusted."
10 How shall I repay the Lord
for all the good things he has done for me?
11 I will lift up the cup of salvation
and call upon the Name of the Lord.
12 I will fulfill my vows to the Lord
in the presence of all his people.
13 Precious in the sight of the Lord
is the death of his servants.
14 O Lord, I am your servant;
I am your servant and the child of your handmaid;
you have freed me from my bonds.
15 I will offer you the sacrifice of thanksgiving
and call upon the Name of the Lord.
16 I will fulfill my vows to the Lord
in the presence of all his people,
17 In the courts of the Lord's house,
in the midst of you, O Jerusalem.
Hallelujah!
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Wisdom 3:9
Those who trust in the Lord will understand truth.
The faithful will abide with him in love
because grace and mercy are upon his holy ones
and he watches over his elect.
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The faithful abide in love with truth.
Grace and mercy act like salve that sooths.
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Hebrews 10:39
We are not among those who shrink back and are lost.
We are among those who have faith and are saved.
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We are among those who have faith with courage.
We don't shrink back to be lost or discouraged.
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Matt. 24:11
False prophets will arise and lead those who believe them astray.
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False prophets lead those who believe them astray.
Truth is the safeguard against fake news for the day.
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South Sudan
Martyrs of Sudan
Sudan
Sudan is situated in the eastern part of northern Africa. The coastline extends for 853 km (530 mi) along the Red Sea.
The country has land borders with Egypt, Eritrea, Ethiopia, South Sudan, the Central African Republic, Chad and Libya. It is the third-largest country on the continent after Algeria and Democratic Republic of the Congo. It is the sixteenth-largest in the world. The land has an area of 1,886,068 km2 (728,215 sq mi).
The terrain is generally flat plains. It is broken by several mountain ranges. Sudan lies between latitudes 8° and 23°N. The Deriba Caldera is 3,042 m (9,980 ft) in height. It is located in the Marrah Mountains in the west. It is the highest point in Sudan. The Red Sea Hills are in the east.
The Blue and White Nile rivers meet in Khartoum to form the Nile. The river flows northwards through Egypt to the Mediterranean Sea. The Blue Nile's course through Sudan is nearly 800 km (497 mi) long. It is joined by the Dinder and Rahad Rivers between Sennar and Khartoum. The White Nile within Sudan has no significant tributaries.
The politics of Sudan takes place in the framework of a federal presidential representative democratic republic. The President of Sudan is head of state, head of government and commander-in-chief of the Sudan People's Armed Forces in a multi-party system.
Legislative power is vested in both the government and the bicameral parliament. The parlament is the legislature with its National Assembly (lower chamber) and the Council of States (upper chamber). The judiciary is independent and obtained by the Constitutional Court.
Al-Bashir was a candidate in the 2010 Sudanese presidential election. This was the first democratic election with multiple political parties participating in twenty-four years. Sudanese pro-democracy activists say they faced intimidation by the government.
The International Crisis Group reported that the ruling party had gerrymandered electoral districts. The main opposition candidate, Yasir Arman from the SPLM, withdrew from the race a few days before the vote.
The U.S.-based Carter Center helped monitor the elections. It described the vote tabulation process as "highly chaotic, non-transparent and vulnerable to electoral manipulation." Al-Bashir was declared the winner of the election with sixty-eight percent of the vote.
The legal system in Sudan is based on Islamic Sharia law. The 2005 Naivasha Agreement ending the civil war between north and south Sudan established some protections for non-Muslims in Khartoum. Sudan's application of Sharia law is geographically inconsistent.
Sharia Law
Islamic or Sharia law is a religious law forming part of the Muslim tradition. It is derived from the religious precepts of Islam. The precepts are drawn from the Quran and the Hadith.
The term sharīʿah refers to God's immutable divine law in Arabic. It is contrasted with fiqh. This refers to its human scholarly interpretations. The manner of its application in modern times has been a subject of dispute between Muslim fundamentalists and modernists.
Traditional theory in Islamic jurisprudence recognizes four sources: the Quran, sunnah (authentic hadith), qiyas (analogical reasoning), and ijma (juridical consensus).
The most prominent legal schools are Hanafi, Maliki, Shafi'i, Hanbali and Jafari. The schools developed methodologies for deriving rulings from scriptural sources using a process known as ijtihad.
Traditional jurisprudence (fiqh) distinguishes two principal branches of law, ʿibādāt (rituals) and muʿāmalāt (social relations). Together these branches comprise a wide range of topics.
Rulings are concerned with ethical standards as well as legal norms. Actions are assigned to one of five categories: mandatory, recommended, neutral, abhorred and prohibited. Some areas of sharia overlap with the Western notion of law while others correspond more broadly to living life in accordance with God’s will.
Classical jurisprudence was elaborated by private religious scholars, largely through legal opinions (fatwas) issued by qualified jurists (muftis). It was historically applied in sharia courts by ruler-appointed judges. The judges dealt mainly with civil disputes and community affairs.
Islam is more tolerant of nomadic or tribal life than western society. There is difficulty with the primitive identification of cruelty in punishment with justice in law. There is also a stronger tolerance for gang violence or vigilante justice in tribal society. The threat of rebellion or terrorist activity is stronger.
Liberals in western government provide support for the threat to the native government.
Traditional laws in the Muslim world have been widely replaced by statutes inspired by European models in the modern era. Judicial procedures and legal education were likewise brought in line with European practice.
While the constitutions of most Muslim-majority states contain references to sharia classical rules were largely retained only in personal status (family) laws. Legislators who codified these laws sought to modernize them without abandoning their foundations in traditional jurisprudence.
The Islamic revival of the late 20th century brought along calls by Islamist movements for full implementation of traditional Islamic law. This included hudud corporal punishments such as stoning.
Traditionalist legal reform took place in some cases. Other countries witnessed juridical reinterpretation of sharia as advocated by progressive reformers.
Stoning remains a judicial punishment in Sudan. Several women were sentenced to death by stoning between 2009 and 2012.
Flogging is a legal punishment. Many people were sentenced to 40-100 lashes between 2009 and 2014. Several Sudanese men died in custody after being flogged in August 2014. Fifty three Christians were flogged in 2001. Sudan's public order law allows police officers to publicly whip women who are accused of indecency.
Crucifixion is a legal punishment. Eighty eight people were sentenced to death for crimes relating to murder, armed robbery and participating in ethnic clashes in 2002. Amnesty International wrote that they could be executed by either hanging or crucifixion.
Christianity has a long history in the region that is now Sudan and South Sudan. Ancient Nubia was reached by Coptic Christianity by the 2nd century. The Coptic Church was later influenced by Greek Christianity during the Byzantine era.
The Christian Nubian kingdoms were threatened by the Islamic expansion from the 7th century. The southernmost of these kingdoms, Alodia, survived until 1504.
Southern Sudan remained long dominated by traditional (tribal) religions of the Nilotic peoples. Significant conversion to Anglicanism (Episcopal Church of Sudan) happened during the 20th century.
British missionaries re-introduced the Christian faith into South Sudan during the 19th century. British imperial authorities limited missionary activity to the multi-ethnic southern region.
The Church of England and other parts of the Anglican Communion continued to send missionaries and other assistance after the country became independent in 1956. Decades of civil war and persecution followed.
South Sudan split from the north at the 2011 division. Over 97% of the population remaining in the north adheres to Islam. The South Sudanese included traditional indigenous religions, Christianity and Islam. The last census to mention the religion of southerners dates back to 1956 where a majority were classified as following traditional beliefs or were Christian while 18% were Muslim.
The Christian bishops, chiefs, commanders, clergy and people of Sudan declared on May 16, 1983 that they would not abandon their faith as God had revealed himself to them under threat of Shariah Law imposed by the fundamentalist Islamic government in Khartoum.
The Episcopal Church of the Province of the Sudan suffered from persecution and devastation through 22 years of civil war until a peace treaty was signed on January 9, 2005. Members of the church were killed along with other people who died due to violent action. Clergy and lay leaders were singled out because of their religious leadership in their communities.
People have been internally displaced. Many are scattered around Africa and beyond in the Sudanese Diaspora. Twenty-two of the twenty-four dioceses exist in exile in Uganda or Kenya.
Most of the region of six million people in South Sudan are now mostly Episcopalian or Roman Catholic thanks to missionary support from foreign church fund drives and the dedication of the local Christian clergy.
A faith rooted deeply in the mercy of God has renewed their spirits through out the years of strife and sorrow.
Deficit spending to pay for the invasion of the Middle East organized by liberal leaders has increased the tax burden for people in western nations.
Prices have been increased in the market to maintain independence from socialist practice in government. Taxation and higher prices have decreased the amount of money available for charity.
Martyrs of Sudan
S. 苏丹烈士
T. 蘇丹烈士
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Traditional revival celebrates regression to the legal process.
Conservative reform pushes for manageable progress.
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Christianity in Sudan Wiki
Sudan Lectionary
Sharia Wiki
Non-Muslim nations have a concern about Sharia law. One way of expressing the concern is that Sharia is too prohibitive where prohibition is not the best legal action.
Bentham identified asceticism as an objection to utilitarian happiness. The inclination is addressed to oppose pleasure as though it were the cause of lawlessness.
The objection to ascetic austerity as an imposition of law is associated with opposition to theocracy in government. It is felt that religion and the religious control of legal authority is aimed at making choices for people that people should be allowed to make for themselves.
While crime has a strong association with the excess consumption of alcohol, prohibition is not accepted as a healthy remedy. It promotes a general disrespect for law.
Sharia Law
The argument in this article looks like a 'back door' entrance to popular support for sharia.
Five Myths
Washington Post
"... sharia isn’t even “law” in the sense that we in the West understand it. And most devout Muslims who embrace sharia conceptually don’t think of it as a substitute for civil law."
Another objection to Sharia is that the punishment is cruel.
Brutal Punishment
BBC News
"Sharia law divides offences into two general categories: "hadd" offences, which are serious crimes with set penalties, and "tazir" crimes, where the punishment is left to the discretion of the judge.
"Hadd offences include theft, which can be punishable by amputating the offender's hand, and adultery, which can carry the penalty of death by stoning."
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There are 'Muslims' who would have Sharia supplant the law that has been developed in relation to European legal standards.
Political Controversy
NBC News
"During 2017, 14 states introduced some kind of anti-Shariah law bill, with Texas and Arkansas enacting the legislation, according to the Southern Poverty Law Center."
There is a distinction between immutable and interpretative law based on consensus. This distinction can be blurred to favor tribal prejudice.
There is the aspect of morality that is directed towards the limitation of government overreach. This said, there is a consensus among Muslim nation states that respects the boundaries of the nations. The Ottomans changed that kind of consensus in the past.
Sharia law poses a threat to western borders, but the liberal push to define national security as something that isn't worried about border strength is a more immediate problem.
It is likely that liberals from the west are pushing Muslim governments into declaring the supremacy of the legislature as sharia law.
Law is Prohibitive
The argument against Sharia law suggests that it is too prohibitive and too punitive.
Law is prohibitive against crime. The law of Hammurabi had more anti-magical elements than that of Moses. While it is true that punishment for criminal behavior was cruel for millennia the provision against cruelty in punishment started a shift which eliminated the use of torture and diminished the application of the death penalty.
When Sharia law is called too prohibitive it is in the sense that the prohibition of alcohol is still entertained as legal and moral. The choice to limit alcohol consumption as an ethical application of a moral principle is removed by legal precept. That makes people too dependent upon the government regulation of law.
When sharia is called too punitive it means that the mutilation of the body is entertained as punishment when a hand can be dismembered for theft. It's not as cruel as the death penalty, but it still prohibits someone accused and convicted of theft from making an honest living after the punishment of dismemberment has been enacted.
It can be asserted in counter-point that western law is too intolerant of primitive and nomadic existence. It is also too tolerant of invasion, insurrection and terrorist insurgency.
Invasion had been ruled out after WWII by international law. The liberal manipulation of mass media expression worked to overrule that standard.
Whether you admit to the use of genocide or say that the native population in the US was reduced by 'disease', the population has been reduced to 1% in the official census counts. This suggests prejudice against tribal and nomadic forms of life.
I don't support illegal immigration, but liberals are using this part of US history to oppose conservative measures in immigration reform. They support the invasion of foreign nations and military maneuvers on the borders of 'non-allied' nations as a way of showing the capacity to invade to force regime change.
They also have indicated the intent to tax Americans to pay for the residency of illegal or legal immigrants. Their definition of national security lacks border strength and the rule of law for non-citizens.
This means that western law has been too permissive when it comes to covert and official policy in foreign relations. This policy is not only harmful to foreign people, it has increased deficit spending for increased taxation. It has also increased prices for goods and services in the market.
It is sensible to argue that we are looking for law that is not too punitive, not too prohibitive and not too permissive. This abstraction has to maintain historical perspective or it becomes too conceptually removed from experience.
There difference between Democrat and Republican liberals is the kind of socialism that is used to justify their use of invasion, insurrection or terrorist insurgency.
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