Father God, I sometimes act as if You are not still in full control and command of the world. I am so sorry for my lack of faith. I do know that at times You allow things to "get out of control" to show rebellious people (like myself) that we would do so much better to submit to Your ways of doing things. I also know that You love Your people and have done--and will do--amazing things to protect and rescue them in the middle of those out-of-control teaching moments.
So, strengthen my faith, please. The GDP report was just released, and it is good. I can celebrate that! I also ask that You weaken my anger and my frustration and my preoccupation with the next stupid thing done by the President. Yes, a Trump-free day would be refreshing. Let me rest in knowing YOU.
Friday, July 27, 2018
Tuesday, July 24, 2018
El Pais y El Mundo
I got stuck, Lord, regarding what I really wanted to spend time here talking about with You. I have been charmed by the Harry Potter stories, despite some of the concerns about witchcraft. (BTW, I thought it wasn't nearly as bad as many may have described, and I thought there were surprising references to Christian and Biblical holidays and principles and, on a couple of occasions, quoted Scripture.) So, I initially wanted a post to be titled "The Pensive," a nod to the container of memories in Dumbledore's office.
But then...my deep and deepening concern about this country and the world. I almost said "my" country, but I corrected myself. I no longer identify with the United States of America. Some of my disconnect has been prompted by my daughters, particularly the older one who worships in a Brethren in Christ church. Another huge piece of my disillusionment comes from the weirdness, the craziness, of the current government and especially its leader (aka the President). I get angry; I refer to him by unflattering, even insulting, terms; I want him to fail. Then I realize that I am not praying for him as You have commanded. I am also supposed to "love" him. How? He is, I am convinced, leading the nation astray! He is a liar, an adulterer, a selfish and ungodly person. And still, the President.
How did that happen? I wonder, truly, if anyone else sees the possibility that the election interference so widely discussed and all but proven did have an effect. Or, in another vein, are Americans that evil and stupid? It certainly seems that he caters to the darker side of human nature--the racism, the sexism, the selfishness, the xenophobia.
So much darkness, so much sin. Light needs to shine, and if this is a time for Your light to be carried by Your people, then Lord, let me be one of the lightbearers. I fear that some of Your people are being misled, in the words of Matthew 24:24--"so as to mislead, if possible, even the elect."
May I not be among the misled. "Teach me to pray!"
"When the foundations are being destroyed, what can the righteous do?" —Psalms 11:3
But then...my deep and deepening concern about this country and the world. I almost said "my" country, but I corrected myself. I no longer identify with the United States of America. Some of my disconnect has been prompted by my daughters, particularly the older one who worships in a Brethren in Christ church. Another huge piece of my disillusionment comes from the weirdness, the craziness, of the current government and especially its leader (aka the President). I get angry; I refer to him by unflattering, even insulting, terms; I want him to fail. Then I realize that I am not praying for him as You have commanded. I am also supposed to "love" him. How? He is, I am convinced, leading the nation astray! He is a liar, an adulterer, a selfish and ungodly person. And still, the President.
How did that happen? I wonder, truly, if anyone else sees the possibility that the election interference so widely discussed and all but proven did have an effect. Or, in another vein, are Americans that evil and stupid? It certainly seems that he caters to the darker side of human nature--the racism, the sexism, the selfishness, the xenophobia.
So much darkness, so much sin. Light needs to shine, and if this is a time for Your light to be carried by Your people, then Lord, let me be one of the lightbearers. I fear that some of Your people are being misled, in the words of Matthew 24:24--"so as to mislead, if possible, even the elect."
May I not be among the misled. "Teach me to pray!"
"When the foundations are being destroyed, what can the righteous do?" —Psalms 11:3
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