Re: Persecution You Have Endured for CHRIST -
06-29-2010, 02:42 AM
I can't really say I've had it bad in any way by declaring my Christian beliefs. On the national scene, I believe my stock has gone up because of incident in Washington, DC, last year.
At one of the big sessions of the US Conference of Mayors, I had a front row seat with the other celeb Mayors. I was chatting with Bloomberg when the "opening prayer" was announced. It was that Buddest guy, what is his name, Dolly the Lamba, or whatever?
Well, that was more than I could take. I shouted, "He is no Christian. We are a Christian Nation. These are Christian cities!"
You could have heard a pin drop. The Dolly guy just stood there. Two young guys came to me and said, "Follow us, please, Mr. Mayor."
I thought they were taking me to out for a phone call. Instead, they brought me to the Conference Manager. The Manager reassigned me to a new Committee Chair, the "Traffic Signage in Small Rural Cities Design Committee." Well, there are a lot of Mayors, but not many Committee Chair slots. I have one of them.
The Committee's meetings seem always to be scheduled during the big General Sessions so I can't say for certain what kind of opening prayers they have now.
But, my guess is they are Christian prayers. All because I spoke up.
Isaiah 24:1-3 Behold, the LORD maketh the earth empty (2)...as the taker of usury, so with the giver of usury to him. (3) The land shall be utterly emptied, and utterly spoiled: for the LORD hath spoken his word.
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