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Read It All (Denzel Washington and Katie Couric)
Katie Couric: "I know you were
there (at a fundraiser for Sen.John Kerry). And in fact, I read your quote. You
said -- you talked about President Bush and his invocation of religion and you
said"
Meryl Streep: "No, of Jesus."
Couric: "Of Jesus, sorry.
Through the shock and awe, I wondered which of the megaton bombs Jesus, our
president's personal savior, would have personally dropped on the sleeping
families in Baghdad."
Streep: "It was a question about
when you put Jesus on the campaign bus to stump for you, you have to really
listen to what he says, because he says, If a man smite thee on the cheek, let
you turn the other that he may smite it also. And he says, He who lives by the
sword dies by the sword. And he says, Love thine enemy. Jesus could have
raised an army against the people that persecuted him. He didn't. So that's what
I was pointing out in my speech, and I couldn't really imagine Jesus, like I
couldn't imagine how Jesus would vote. Jesus was the Prince of Peace. Would the
Prince of Peace vote for a war President?"
Denzel
Washington: "And it's open to
interpretation. Jesus also went into the temple and kicked everybody out."
Streep: "That's kicking the
money-changers out of the temple."
"Well, you're right. So"
Streep: "The money-changers
should get out of Congress, I agree. And I agree, but he didn't"
"He didn't. He didn't only say turn the other cheek though. Youve got to read
the whole book. That's not what all he said."
Streep: "Oh, I do read the whole
book."
"I do too. And that's not all he said."
Interesting. Let's look at "The Book" now...
2 Chron. 12:1But when Rehoboam was firmly
established and strong, he abandoned the law of the LORD, and all Israel
followed him in this sin. 2Because they were unfaithful to the LORD,
King Shishak of Egypt attacked Jerusalem in the fifth year of King Rehoboam's
reign. 5The prophet Shemaiah then met with Rehoboam and Judah's
leaders, who had all fled to Jerusalem because of Shishak. Shemaiah told them,
"This is what the LORD says: You have abandoned me, so I am abandoning you to
Shishak."
6The king and the leaders of Israel humbled themselves
and said, "The LORD is right in doing this to us!"
7When the LORD
saw their change of heart, he gave this message to Shemaiah: "Since the people
have humbled themselves, I will not completely destroy them and will soon give
them some relief. I will not use Shishak to pour out my anger on Jerusalem.
8But they will become his subjects, so that they can learn how much
better it is to serve me than to serve earthly rulers."
12Because
Rehoboam humbled himself, the LORD's anger was turned aside, and he did not
destroy him completely. And there was still goodness in the land of Judah.
(NLT)
See the importance of humbling ourselves before God? We
DO make mistakes. We confess. He forgives.
And ,oh, how we need to pray in these troublesome
times.
Romans 8:26And the Holy Spirit helps us in our
distress. For we don't even know what we should pray for, nor how we should
pray. But the Holy Spirit prays for us with groanings that cannot be expressed
in words. 27And the Father who knows all hearts knows what the Spirit
is saying, for the Spirit pleads for us believers in harmony with God's own
will. 28And we know that God causes everything to work together for
the good of those who love God and are called according to his purpose for them.
31What can we say about such wonderful things as these? If God is for
us, who can ever be against us? 35Can anything ever separate us from
Christ's love? Does it mean he no longer loves us if we have trouble or
calamity, or are persecuted, or are hungry or cold or in danger or threatened
with death? 37No, despite all these things, overwhelming victory is
ours through Christ, who loved us.
38And I am convinced that
nothing can ever separate us from his love. Death can't, and life can't. The
angels can't, and the demons can't. Our fears for today, our worries about
tomorrow, and even the powers of hell can't keep God's love away.
(NLT)
Psalm 18:46
The LORD
lives! Blessed be my rock!
May the
God of my salvation be exalted! (NLT)
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