Sitting on a couch should NOT be newsworthy....

Going a bit political today.

I have stated before, I did not vote for President Trump, but he was elected and therefore is my president, and I pray for him, his family, and his responsibility. I listen to Talk Radio, news shows and things of that nature often. I like keeping in the know, nationally, globally, and locally. And in the past few weeks since President Trump was elected I have noticed that the mainstream media every hour of every day finds something to critique, ridicule, or blow out of proportion that he does or his administration.

This very morning the following article showed in my Facebook newsfeed:

Conway criticized for kneeling on oval office couch

And the attached picture:

The lady in the picture is Kellyanne Conway, President Trumps adviser, and the very same lady who ran his successful presidential campaign. I have heard that she has occasionally said some things out of context, or that someone in that position so close to President of the United States should not say.

She is being criticized this morning for how she is sitting on the couch: the fact that her feet are tucked under her. The only real issue I have with her sitting on the couch is her knees should be together. Now, looking at the picture, she is the only person sitting, so she probably should have stood up. But somehow the media sees her sitting is lack or respect for the office.

I like that the article does outline that former President Obama routinely plopped his feet on White House furniture during meetings. From the article:

"Other users have countered with numerous photos of former President Barack Obama resting his feet on the office's famed resolute desk at various times during his eight years in office."

I never heard any outrage from the media or President Obama's supporters about his habit. But an adviser to the current President kneels on a couch and everyone is outraged.

I really am over the media the days. I am about ready to hang it up. No more news - none of it. I want to know what matters.

• How is our country going to end abortion?
• Will the current President rescind the Affordable Healthcare Act?
• What is going on in Israel and the Middle East?
• What are global missionaries doing in other countries?

I do not need my newsfeed blown up with a woman sitting on a couch, and everyone acting like it is the end of civility in our country.

My Biblical lesson from this issue is the following:

Colossians 3:23-24 (NLT)
²³ Work willingly at whatever you do, as though you were working for the Lord rather than for people. ²⁴ Remember that the Lord will give you an inheritance as your reward, and that the Master you are serving is Christ.

We need to remember sisters, that all we do we need to do as is for the Lord. If you are working, work diligently and faithfully. Be mindful that someone is probably always watching you, and will want to trip you up, and you will not please everyone. But you do not need to please everyone, only your Father in Heaven.

Mrs. Conway seems a nice enough lady, she is human, she will make mistakes. I feel that the media these days wants to restore dignity and decorum to the Presidency, back to the years of Lady Bird Johnson or even Nancy, or The Kennedy's, but they have been silent through the past few years. They are acting like Mrs. Conway's behavior has never been seen, but the former president they now miss had less respect for the dignity of the office in which he served. At times I lament, and want to go back in time to a period when politics, money, and religion were taboo topics. But those cats were let out of the bag decades ago and the bag is lost. So going forward, lets talk about what matters, lets give grace when it is needed, and lets be merciful to others.