Greetings from Rev. Darrell Mitchell. On Monday,Dec. 16, Senator Randy Feenstra wrote an article in the TR, “Keeping Our Military the Strongest Force in the world.” More than half of the Pentagon’s appropriations went to large defense contractors, of which the leaders are Lockhead Martin, Boeing, Raytheon, General Dynamics, and Northrop Grumman. Together they reaped close to $200 billion of taxpayer funds, in this past year. In the year 2020 the top contractors took in $551 billion dollars. Today, we need to pause and think about what our never ending wars do to men who kill. Every day there are 22 veterans who commit suicide.

Senator Randy Feenstra needs to be aware of what war and killing does to our veterans. It is time we think about spending our money for those people living in poverty in our country, for the millions of people who need health insurance. It is time that we stop making military contractors get rich off of our never ending wars. It is time that we look at scripture and see what the Bible has to say. There is a commandment that reads, “Thou shall not kill.” In Matthew, chapter 5, verses 43-48, we read., “You have heard that it was said , you shall love your neighbor and hate your enemy, but I say to you, Love your enemies and pray for those who persecute you, so that you may be children of your Father in Heaven, for He makes his sun rise on the evil and on the good, and sends rain on the righteous and on the unrighteous. For if you love those who love you, what reward do you have? BE PERFECT, THEREFORE, AS YOUR HEAVENLY FATHER IS PERFECT.” Randy Feenstra needs to think about these moral values. It is time we stop our never ending wars and profit making off of these never ending wars. My prayers go out to Senator Randy Feenstra.