Threat of nuclear war; senseless and irrational (probably many illegal) deportations; makings of economic hardship if not ruin; family divisions.
It's a great life, Father.
Some things that I have been hearing from various sources in the recent past are these: "You will be going into a hostile world," "You will be hated and persecuted." "In this world you will have trouble."
Proverbs 30:1 says (in part), "I am weary, O God; I am weary, O God, and worn out." Yeah. Me, too, Agur. Me, too. I would choose the word "exhausted" sometimes. The barrage of bad things and that sense of dread that my title suggests are exhausting. I feel quite lonely much of the time. The commentator (TLC from TBR) said it well in her commentary.
If you aren't already, expect that you'll start seeing things soon that bother you because of how they misrepresent God and His Word. The hard part (I might take exception to there being only one hard part) is staying humble when we encounter those things and not acting like we're smarter than the person who posted (or said or believed) it.
I am bothered. I am angry. I am deeply and profoundly sad. I am frustrated that some people choose willful blindness and rejection of truth.
But then, why? Hasn't it been this way since Jesus, and probably even before Him in Old Testament times?
Keep me humble, Abba. Make me humble. I know, or at least I believe I know, some things that are undeniably true and undeniably You. The thing that can shake me is the accusation that maybe I am being deceived into believing these things and that they are distortions of Your truth. See the circular reasoning here?
You said, "I am." "I am that I am." You are! You are the Way, THE TRUTH, and the life. There is no other refuge but You, even when that refuge does not feel like earthly protection.
It is still well with my soul!
