“Let not your hearts be troubled”.
I know that many of you are saddened, disillusioned, heartsick, and maybe even angry at what is going on right now with the blatant election fraud that is going on around the country. You turned out, you voted by the law and, you did your Duty. You have no control – yet – over those people in government who are spitting on their Duty. It is frustrating, it is maddening, and it is pushing us to our limits.
We have no control over what others choose to do, nor over much of what happens to us in life; yet, each of us has total control over how we choose to react to others and to situations. We each must choose how we will react. Circumstances may force us to come together and react collectively. Let us pray that hour does not come.
Let us take stock of our reality on this autumn afternoon. The sun came up this morning and will set this evening. We all woke up this morning. We’ll be hungry, thirsty, and tired before the day is done. We’ll talk, we’ll laugh, we’ll think about things that we like. And most of us will go to sleep tonight with complete Faith that the sun will come up again tomorrow. To paraphrase the marvelous classic poem, “In Flanders Fields” “we will live, feel dawn, see sunset glow, love and be loved before we lie in Flanders Fields”. In other words, God is still on His throne and all will be well.
Don’t fret the election count right now. It’s ok to be concerned, but don’t let your concern take over your life. Don’t let your anger, if you are angry, steal your joy. In this moment, this time which may be a calm before the storm, hold on to your loved ones, count your blessings, thank God that you are alive in the greatest country in the history of the world. Thank God for his mercy, grace, and redemption. Pray for calm, pray for strength, pray for America.
“Let not your hearts be troubled”.
The time may be approaching when good men are going to be forced to do hard things. The days may get very hard and very dark, but, even if they do, God will still be on His throne and those who confess will still have salvation. Don’t worry about the days to come. Let’s just help one another through each today as it comes.
“Take therefore no thought for the morrow: for the morrow shall take thought for the things of itself: sufficient unto the day is the evil thereof.” We’ll deal with tomorrow when it comes.
Pray for peace. Pray for America. Pray for strength and patience.
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