Watchman's Report: One Voice in the Rain

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🕊️ Watchman’s Report: One Voice in the Rain

Getting through life in 2025 as a Christian isn’t easy.
With a constant barrage of opinions, narratives, and noise, it’s hard to stay grounded. Many are interpreting the world through politics, trauma, or fear. But I’ve chosen to look through the lens of God’s Word.

Not because I’m perfect — far from it — but because the Bible is the only lens that never distorts. When I feel myself drifting, when my opinions clash with Scripture, I don’t twist the Bible to fit me. I let it correct me. His Word is the plumb line, not my feelings.

This is the heart of Watchman’s Report — a space to examine current events through the clarity of God’s truth, not the chaos of human understanding.

🪧 Protests, Pain, and Presence

Across the country, people are taking to the streets:

Protests against kingship and nationalism
Protests against ICE raids
Protests for peace in Israel
Protests for LGBTQ+ rights

The streets are filled with pain and passion. People are crying out — but the tragedy is who they’re crying out to.
Not the Living God, but to political idols, ideologies, and their own personal, powerless gods.

I saw this up close just yesterday.

My daughter was determined to attend a local protest off Route 22. I didn’t want to go. I wasn’t sure how to show up as a peaceful Christian in a space that could turn volatile.
But then the Spirit reminded me:

“I have not given you a spirit of fear, but of power, love, and a sound mind.”

So I went.

Her focus was on the ICE raids. And as we stood there in the pouring rain, I watched something sacred unfold.
Hispanic neighbors driving by, honking and crying, encouraged by the support. No one complained about the rain. The passion was real. But so was the spiritual tension.

There were things happening there that I couldn’t align with. Messages I couldn’t endorse. But I wasn’t there to judge — I was there to witness.
And that meant keeping myself in line with Christ, even when I felt out of place.

🧠 My feelings are not the truth. God’s Word is.

💥 One Voice Can Change the Atmosphere

A woman next to me started cursing and screaming at the cars that booed us. I didn’t know what to do — until the Spirit moved.

Without hesitation, I gently turned and said:

“Excuse me, miss. The email said we’re not supposed to retaliate. Please don’t yell back. We need to stay peaceful.”

She paused. Then smiled.
“Thank you,” she said.
“Sometimes I get carried away.”

That was the moment I understood exactly why God had brought me.

Sometimes, it only takes one voice to keep peace from turning into chaos.
One believer to anchor the atmosphere.
One Watchman on the wall.

It reminded me of Shadrach, Meshach, and Abednego — surrounded by fire, but not consumed.
The Fourth Man was with them. And He was with me too.

🔥 Final Reflections

We don’t always get to choose our assignment. But we do get to choose how we show up in it.

Protests aren’t the enemy. People aren’t the enemy.
But confusion is. Fear is. False gods are.

The world is burning with it — but our job is to carry the Living Water.
To walk into the flames and bring the calm.
To speak peace where there is panic.
To stand firm where others unravel.
To be set apart in a world that’s desperate for truth.

So whether you’re in the streets, at your job, or at the dinner table —
💬 Be the one who reflects Christ when no one else will.

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