their destiny is
destruction, glory their shame …
mind on earthly things

Based on the Bible verse that says:

Their destiny is destruction, their god is their stomach, and their glory is in their shame. Their mind is set on earthly things. Ephesians 3:19 (NIV).

In his 2nd Inaugural Address on March 4, 1865, Abraham Lincoln said this about the two sides in the argument that led to the American Civil War:

Both read the same Bible and pray to the same God, and each invokes His aid against the other.

There are two sides to the current argument in American politics today.

I am on one side of that argument and I have a certain point of view.

I am told that every time I use a verse from the Bible, the other side can take the same verse and show how it applies to their point of view.

But let us look at this verse again.

Their destiny is destruction, their god is their stomach, and their glory is in their shame. Their mind is set on earthly things.

Mr. Lincoln went on to say:

It may seem strange that any men should dare to ask a just God’s assistance in wringing their bread from the sweat of other men’s faces, but let us judge not, that we be not judged. The prayers of both could not be answered. That of neither has been answered fully.

So let me present the two points of view in the current argument in photographs.

This is a photograph taken from the website of the Christian Appalachian Project which provides, according to their website, vital services, including home repairs, food assistance, and educational support, aiming to build hope and transform lives.

This photograph … well … you know what this is.

Now, read the verse again, Their destiny is destruction, their god is their stomach, and their glory is in their shame. Their mind is set on earthly things.

In Matthew 6:21, the Bible says: For where your treasure is, there your heart …

But let us judge not, that we be not judged.

Though Mr. Lincoln included a warning: The Almighty has His own purposes. “Woe unto the world because of offenses; for it must needs be that offenses come, but woe to that man by whom the offense cometh.”

I am just holding up the mirror.

You can check your reflection.

not about the man but
but constitutional rights
and the rights of all

In the article, Kilmar Ábrego García returned from El Salvador to face criminal charges in US by Maya Yangm Ms. Yang quotes a statement from US senator Chris Van Hollen writing:

A Friday statement from the US senator Chris Van Hollen of Maryland said the Trump administration had “finally relented” to his demand to afford Ábrego García due process.

“This is not about the man,” said Van Hollen, who visited Ábrego García in El Salvador in April. “It’s about his constitutional rights – and the rights of all.”

“It’s about his constitutional rights – and the rights of all.”

Remember Dr. King’s “Injustice anywhere is a threat to justice everywhere.”

In the same article the Attorney General of the United States said, This is what American justice looks like …

I find no comfort thinking the the Attorney General of the United States of America would not have been able to pass Mr. Reagan’s 12th Grade Government class at Grand Rapids Creston Highschool.

Not that that disqualifies her from office in this administration.