Posted on 12/10/2007 8:56:33 PM PST by joanie-f
The media have not given Jeanne Assam the credit she is due.
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Why would they want to...she is a prime example of the virtues of conceal and carry
Very nice.
That's all right. I'm sure she, as a Christian, isn't worried about it. "Blessed be the Lord who trains my arms for battle --Psalm 144:1 "
Besides, publicity and fame tends to ruin good people... let’s let her be and quietly honor her (and God’s provision through her) in our hearts.
Thank you so much for posting this article; what an incredible and Blessed person Jeanne Assam is, and how Great is our Awesome God!
Amen, Joanie! Thank you for your post and ping. As always, well written.
Thought you all might be interested in this tribute to Assam.
Excellent!
This thread will soon have some great pictures and graphics.
She is a true American Hero who will not soon be forgotten.
Her actions will be the center of many of our countries future discussions about guns and gun control.
As I said on another thread, according to Thomas Aquinas defending your neighbor against unjust violence is an act of Christian charity. No question that this was the right thing to do.
“...and has been seeking to know God’s will for her ... asking Him to provide direction and guidance.”
Sounds to me like God answered her.
Truly an armed woman who fears (reverences) God need fear no man.
Created in His image with finite power, she used her power for good.
The gun she held was no more good or evil than the guns of the murderer. It was the use and the user who was moral—and immoral, respectively.
May her tribe increase—and indeed, blessed will be the man who has the opportunity to call her his virtuous wife.
Psalm 27
A Psalm of David.
1 The LORD is my light and my salvation;
Whom shall I fear?
The LORD is the strength of my life;
Of whom shall I be afraid?
2 When the wicked came against me
To eat up my flesh,
My enemies and foes,
They stumbled and fell.
3 Though an army may encamp against me,
My heart shall not fear;
Though war may rise against me,
In this I will be confident.
4 One thing I have desired of the LORD,
That will I seek:
That I may dwell in the house of the LORD
All the days of my life,
To behold the beauty of the LORD,
And to inquire in His temple.
5 For in the time of trouble
He shall hide me in His pavilion;
In the secret place of His tabernacle
He shall hide me;
He shall set me high upon a rock.
6 And now my head shall be lifted up above my enemies all around me;
Therefore I will offer sacrifices of joy in His tabernacle;
I will sing, yes, I will sing praises to the LORD.
7 Hear, O LORD, when I cry with my voice!
Have mercy also upon me, and answer me.
8 When You said, “Seek My face,”
My heart said to You, “Your face, LORD, I will seek.”
9 Do not hide Your face from me;
Do not turn Your servant away in anger;
You have been my help;
Do not leave me nor forsake me,
O God of my salvation.
10 When my father and my mother forsake me,
Then the LORD will take care of me.
11 Teach me Your way, O LORD,
And lead me in a smooth path, because of my enemies.
12 Do not deliver me to the will of my adversaries;
For false witnesses have risen against me,
And such as breathe out violence.
13 I would have lost heart, unless I had believed
That I would see the goodness of the LORD
In the land of the living.
14 Wait on the LORD;
Be of good courage,
And He shall strengthen your heart;
Wait, I say, on the LORD!
I'm sure you're right. But American citizens who have fallen prey to the propaganda of those who want to confiscate our arms need to know, and comprehend, the value of what she did yesterday. And they need to recognize that, if the gun-grabbers have their way, people like her will be robbed of the tools they need to perform their acts of heroism.
~ joanie
She's got a double whammy. Not only is she an example of the virtues of the Second Amendment but also of the virtues of Christianity.
The MSM journalistic zombies will never give publicity to either if they can help it.
Leni
She is a better Christian than me. I would extend my sympathies to everyone except the shooter. If my kids were killed by him, I go after his entire immediate family, to send a message to any teenage or early twenties loser that if he does not care about himself, he better think about his parents, siblings, significant other and his own kids. Too many young losers think nothing will happen except to them only. When a couple of these losers hear that one of their own commits a crime and his family dies with him, they may have second thoughts.
You said it all!
~ joanie
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