Exodus 6:13
…gave them a charge unto the children of Israel, and unto Pharaoh king of Egypt… God delegates all authority to be used for a purpose. Rulers have authority over cities and regions and nations to be a terror to evildoers. Bishops and elders have authority over congregations for their teaching and guidance. Husbands have authority over their wives, and fathers have authority over their children, but not so they can do whatever they want with them. If Moses had ordered Pharaoh to let the Ethiopians go or if he had led the Hebrews in armed rebellion, he would have overstepped his commission. He was granted authority over Israel and Pharaoh solely for the purpose of bringing Israel out of Egypt. Husbands and fathers and mothers also hold their authority conditionally. Men may not order their wives and children to lie or steal, and mothers may not severely treat their children.
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This is one smart kahuna here
Your wisdom probably scares most off, but I enjoy it, You have much wisdom to offer the world but as you said about politics, the world is on it’s own path of self destruction, it breaks my 57 year old heart, as I have seen a much better world, a much happier nicer world and this one “stinks”. And I am extremely interested in what you have to say, just rest assured most people don’t like to think this deep, it scares them 
Thank you for the kind words, Wendy. My hope rests in the fact that all of the bumps in the road help to guide us and prepare us for a vastly superior world that lies further on.
thank you too, I don’t know how this kind of posting works, but I feel such kinship to your thoughts, I struggle at age 57, I like to think deep, talk about God, BE HONEST (A RARE FORM THESE DAY AND NOT NECESSARILY A SAFE ONE
and I get so frustrated with people who don’t want to “deep think”. It is as if the world is just spinning too fast and people don’t take time for other people, which I believe our lovely corporations and much else has created. I feel sorry for young people, I don’t think they know “How to get off”. but with folks my own age, I often wonder why they don’t take responsibility for their actions, only if it is ” good for them” I am a very community minded ESTJ and people seem to me today overall to be way too shallow. OH well, like you said, only bumps in the road on the way to a MUCH BETTER PLACE. A friend of mine said “why can’t you just stand in the river of life and let it flow by you” and I can only say ” I just can’t”. Wendy