I am listening to #BCPToday. We still have thousands of Americans trapped in Afghanistan. Afghanistan is a “trigger” for me. Because I served in the country at Kandahar Airfield. So, I know a little bit about what is going on over there. Enjoying the reporting on what is going on now, over in the capitol.
So, will include the video here incase you are interested in watching it. American females were taken by the Taliban two days ago.
What happened today. I was able to talk to Vicki Walls again. She is my counselor for anxiety. I had been seeing another counselor, but with Vicki Walls I was referred by the VA. Then, I went and bought new pants. I bought them from Good Will. I think they will be good pants. I can’t wait to put them to use at work. After I bought my pants, and some shoes, I went over to my Mom’s house to check on Meagan. She was doing ok. I saw her doing some school. Then, right before the schools zones lit up, I made it home. Later this evening I went out for a drive. I guess I had saved a bit of money. So, I enjoyed some of it. I bought a corn dog, and some coffee. I just enjoyed the drive. Listened to the radio, and relaxed.
Florida changed the way it reports COVID-19 deaths. Instead of deaths by date reported, it is going to be deaths by date occurred. This story is from Yahoo News! This change comes after Florida’s health department accused the CDC of inaccurately reporting its number of deaths, in a series of late night tweets. Yahoo news calls it “statistical slight of hand”. They have there own narrative to push. But nevertheless, Florida changes its way of reporting COVID deaths even as a new variant of the virus will likely cause greater spikes. Originally, Florida did not look to the CDC for its reporting of numbers. It was actually done internally. Until June 4th, the department of health published its own numbers. According to Miami Herald, Florida reported 18,608 more cases of COVID to the Center for Disease Control and Prevention(CDC).
Meanwhile, in California fires are still raging. The Dixie fire is now the size of the state of Rhode Island. The fire known as the Dixie Fire has been burning for seven weeks. It is forcing new evacuations in the northern Sierra Nevada mountains. The county is Butte. You can find a map at the link. The map includes the perimeter of the fire, and where evacuations are occurring. It will also show the old perimeter of the fire. Very fascinating interactive tool. The article I found is here published by mercury news. California and Florida are being hit hard, one by fire, and the other by COVID. But meanwhile, Louisiana was hit by Hurricane Ida, which turned into a tropical storm. The article on the fire in California was published today. August 31, 2021. Hurricane Ida hit the coast of Louisiana on Sunday. So, we can see a lot going on through out the southern part of the United States.
I share all of this. Because there is another crisis going unreported. A crisis at the Southern Border, where migrants have been crossing over through the southern border. This crisis has not shown up on Yahoo news, nor anywhere else that I could find. The only one talking about it, is Texas Governor, Greg Abbott. If Greg Abbott were a democrat the Federal Government would be helping him. But pretty much our government is sewn up by democrats, from top to bottom. Nevertheless, the Texas Governor continues to be the voice crying out in the wilderness about the southern border being over run by migrants. Then, being transplanted else where by the government. At first, Texas was required to transport them, but the Governor of Texas put a stop to it. Then, the Supreme Court reinstated the Trump era policies. Because the Fed was inattentive of the southern border, it got what it did not want. The Supreme Court stepping in.
I share all this. Just to say, God is in control. It looks like so much is going on. But the Author of it all is God the Most High. Lamentations 4:1 Look how the gold has become tarnished! The fine gold has changed! The sacred stones are scattered at every street corner. Also consider Matthew 12:40 Just as Jonah was in the belly of a huge fish for three days and three nights, so the Son of Man will be in the heart of the earth for three days and three nights.
We can see how even for His only begotten Son, Jesus, things were going to be tumultuous. Did not matter whether it was Israel, Jonah, or Jesus they all suffered. Yet, I want you to be encouraged because as I said, God is in control. He knows the end from the beginning.
The other day I slept so long, so I am not tired right now. So, I am going to try out a new computer game called Unturned. It is a zombie survival game, with goofy graphics. probably inspired by Corncob 3D. Well, enjoy!
References:
https://www.yahoo.com/news/florida-changed-covid-19-data-141255528.html
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