Opus 2021-002: The Two P’s of the New Year, part 2 of 2

Then there is the other “P”, the one that trumps Progressive*.  It is Providence.  At the core of who I am is a belief that God is still on His throne.  He is the guiding hand of history.  That does not mean that His people will not be persecuted, it means that He will use it to reach the end of history that He has in mind.  We tend to want to be comfortable even if we are living in rebellion to His commands.  We think of Him as the Desi to our Lucy.  He is the doting grandfather to the spoiled brat.  

One of the sad truths of life is that human beings, with a few exceptions, tend to learn best through pain.  You can tell a child to stay away from the stove but until he gets burned he doesn’t embrace your warnings.  The same is true of so many parts of our lives.  Abortion sounds like an easy out and is made to look glamourous by all the people who have a path to power through it.  Somehow the glamor evaporates when the woman has to struggle with the knowledge that she killed her child.  She can suppress it but eventually she will see a sonogram that will make it impossible to deny.  The ways in which we are manipulated come in unexpected ways.  For instance the spell checker on my software does not recognize the word “sonogram”.  

There is ample evidence that the hard road leads to the best results.  Picture the difficult climb to the awesome vista.  Experience the burdens of raising children.  I can speak to that.  I have no idea of the trauma of giving birth.  Keep in mind the slogan “no pain, no gain” which is a translation of an old German proverb.  

So I am not going to stay down.  I believe in the God of Providence.  I believe in the God of the Bible.  I believe in life everlasting.  

I hope you can have a Happy New Year.  

*(Liberals, educators, socialists, communists, crony capitalists, elites, Rinos, Democrats, leftists, Never Trumpers, Antifa, etc.  Another word for swamp dwellers)

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