I am not as sad as I was on November 3rd, but close; I have seen the hundreds of thousands protesting and my heart was with them.
I’m also sad about the division in our country. I never thought I’d experience the “outrage” that leftists dems are always displaying, but during the past year, if have felt a similar anger many times, and it overflowed a few times.
I knew I was wrong to have the hateful thoughts, but after all I have learned the past couple of years studying about the left, political correctness, Marxism, socialism…; and after witnessing the burnings and riots during most of 2020, and the lack of response from mayors, governors and the DOJ, I became obsessed that the left not gain power.
In the process, I became like them, even though I read the Bible and go to church, claiming to follow Christ, I have been acting very unlike a Christian.
I sympathise with president Trump’s words, that is, I do not agree with what is happening, but I can’t go on fighting because it has become clear to me that my trust has been wrongly placed in this system, not in the God I claim to follow.
Since the votes have been tallied and Trump’s side lost; I am going to return to the God I have wandered from, as in Psalm 119:176. It has been a long, painful lesson about misplaced trust. A lesson I hope not to forget the duration of my life.
As 2 Corinthians 10, Ephesians 6 and many other places in the Bible make clear, the Christian’s weapons are not worldly. Our weapons are the righteousness of justification, faith, prayer, abiding in His word for direction and enablement, fellowship with Him and His children…which enable us to endure the hard knocks we are promised to receive from the world.
Also, I have been freshly reminded that spiritual warfare is happening all around us 24-7-365; and we need God’s grace and Spirit to endure.
I’m sure there is much more to glean from this year of afflictions we experienced, and I will write on other things as they occur to me; meanwhile, I am taking a break from the news for my own sanity; and I am going to pour myself back into the word and prayer because this is God’s world, and whatever happens has been ordered by Him for His reasons, most of which are stated in scripture. His word states that evil will increase, as well as other “natural” catastrophes until the end comes.
While I was listening through the major prophets this week, the conflict between truth/lies; good/evil was very apparent to me; and I thought about that conflict we have been experiencing, and freshly realized that the same forces are contending; and that struggle will continue to intensify.
The true results are recorded in scripture, reread Revelation to get a fresh perspective.
Since I am nearly 70, I desperately need to put my entire trust in Christ. Furthermore, I was reminded of the serenity prayer in a movie I watched the other day, I think reciting it will help me to be mindful of my own boundaries in my relationship with Christ:
God grant me the serenity to accept the things I cannot change, the courage to change the things I can and the wisdom to know the difference.
In other words, pray to God, do what lies within the realm of possibility for me to do and pray that He take care of the rest; He will, because this is His world and He is busy orchestrating events to bring about the ends written in scripture.