A MESSAGE FOR WHITSUNDAY
It seems that we hear these words
more and more often these days. Even some
political commentators on TV feel they need to provide their viewers with these
words of comfort amid the never-ending onslaught of bad news. With terrorist attacks that are now almost
routine, dictators from the Middle East to Far East poised to nuke us, and the
increasingly shocking and hate-filled behavior of half our own countrymen, we
do indeed have troubled hearts. We
wonder just how much worse it can get, when every day we hear that the
Hollywood elite / media/ leftist politicians have “hit a new low,” or that we
have reached a level of hatred in this country unequalled since the Civil War.
What should we do to prevent
ourselves from being too affected by all this?
In the times we live in, so many fall into either panic, despair, or a
hatred that is increasingly difficult to hold back. Many held high hopes that the recent election
would stem the tide of godless liberalism that threatens to wipe out everything
in its path, including us. It is
fascinating to see the frenzied and desperate attempts of Satan to prevent such
an assault on his increasing power and influence in this world. Fascinating, and yet worrisome, because we do
not know how it will end.
The feast of Pentecost occurs
today in the very heat of battle between good and evil that now rages in our
country and the world at large. Is it
too much to hope, too much to pray for, that God will send the Holy Ghost to
his children and give them the strength to at least endure, if not overturn,
the mounting perils that confront us? Let’s
remember though that our Lord was concerned more with the kingdom of heaven and
our ability to get there, than he was with the politics of the Middle East—or
the United States for that matter. His
message is one of peace: “Peace I leave with you, my peace I give unto you: not
as the world giveth, give I unto you.”
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