04/21/2026
This is good, very good!!
The longest-serving Supreme Court Justice just reminded America what truth actually is.
This week, Justice Clarence Thomas delivered a speech at the University of Texas at Austin Law School marking the 250th anniversary of the Declaration of Independence, defending the founding principles of the nation he has served on the Supreme Court since 1991. Thomas, who has built a career on unshakable originalist convictions, has long returned to one simple framework when explaining how he holds the line against public pressure. The quote recently resurfaced as Americans enter a season of cultural and political turbulence.
“You can be in the middle of a hurricane, or you can be on a calm day, north is still north. You could be in a thunderstorm, north is still north. People can yell at you, north is still north. It doesn’t change fundamental things, and in this business, right is still right, even if you stand by yourself.”
Every believer understands what Thomas is describing, because Scripture has been teaching this principle for thousands of years. Truth does not shift based on the weather of public opinion. Conviction does not bend to the volume of the crowd. A moral compass is not a political instrument. It points the same direction whether anyone else is pointing that way or not.
This is how America’s longest-tenured Supreme Court Justice has survived decades of attacks, threats, and relentless attempts to dismantle his legacy. He never moved. The storms came. The storms left. North stayed north.
“Be not conformed to this world: but be ye transformed by the renewing of your mind, that ye may prove what is that good, and acceptable, and perfect, will of God.” — Romans 12:2
Every believer reading this is being tested somewhere right now. A courtroom. A boardroom. A family text thread. A job. A season. The wind will keep changing direction. Stay pointed north anyway. Right is still right, even if you stand by yourself.
Where in your life right now do you need to stand by yourself and hold the line?
