2 Peter 1:5-7 (NIV)
5 For this very reason, make every effort to add to your
faith goodness; and to goodness, knowledge; 6 and to knowledge, self-control;
and to self-control, perseverance; and to perseverance, godliness; 7 and to
godliness, mutual affection; and to mutual affection, love.
James A. Reed was born in 1861 in Ohio. He grew up in
Cedar Rapids, Iowa, and studied law at Coe College. He arrived in Kansas City
in 1887, and began a law practice. In 1896, Reed was appointed county
counselor, and in 1898 he was elected prosecuting attorney for Jackson County.
Reed continued up the political ladder and was sworn in as a U.S. Senator in
1911. In 1932, he narrowly missed winning the Democratic nomination for
President of the United States.
James Reed was an outspoken man who did not mince words.
In an article written in 1929, H. L. Mencken of the American Mercury wrote:
"To be a fraud is safer and happier in Washington today than it has been
since March 4, 1911. For James A. Reed, after eighteen years in the Senate, has
hung up his sword and gone home to Missouri."
In one of the most forceful speeches ever delivered
before the Senate, observed with great truth: "The majority crucified
Jesus Christ; the majority burned the Christians at the stake; the majority
established slavery; the majority jeered when Columbus said the world was
round; the majority threw him into a dungeon for having discovered a new world;
the majority cut off the ears of John Pym because he dared advocate the liberty
of the press."
We need to resolve in our lives to follow the Lord and
not the majority.
Dear Lord, we pray that you would desire to make every
effort to follow You and to be godly in everything we do. In Jesus’ Name, Amen.
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