The "(Proverbs 31:30) Charm is deceptive..." & "(Ecclesiastes 9:11)...the race is Not to the swift..." verses are quite relevant when one reads about America's Political Kennedy Family

[bartmac123]

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John F Kennedy(JFK) and Jackie Kennedy were a good-looking couple with beautiful children.  Even though JFK was in many respects honorable as evidenced by his World War 2 heroism, and his Presidency's support for US Civil Rights, sadly things are Not always as they appear to be. 

To elaborate, JFK was a womanizer, and addicted to painkillers.  Therefore, to reiterate,

"(Proverbs 31:30) Charm is deceptive..."

Furthermore, Jackie Kennedy was good-looking But JFK still chased after other women.  Therefore, in regard to Jackie Kennedy, this other verse is relevant:

"(Ecclesiastes 9:11)...the race is Not to the swift..."

 

 

 

 

Edited April 26, 2024 by bartmac123

[Neighbor]

Let him without sin cast the first stone is also a Biblical guidance recorded as coming directly from the lips of our Lord Yeshua.

Addicted? Hmm then many of us are addicted* to this day that have illnesses like Addison's disease.

My Lord also has said that to lust in one's heart is the same as to lust in  the action of lust. To then note that someone's wife is beautiful, well just how close to lust might that become?

To cluster an entire family  together as one deserving a general condemnation seems a bit harsh to me.

It has taken me decades to come to the fuller understanding that  JFK was indeed heroic in saving a member of his crew from death  during WWII, and that later he was  a master negotiator that did manage to shutdown two nations that were  at the ready to pretty much end life on earth as we know it, and instead got both nations to back away, reducing the proximity  to each other's borders  weapons of their massive destructive power that each had. Not bad, not bad at all,  for a Democrat (LOL). Or even a Republican.

* dependent is a better more accurate word if one is in pain due to a disease or injury that requires overcoming pain. Addiction is a term for those that do not have pain,  but do still use drugs intended for pain relief or disease management whether legal or not.