Saturday, March 04, 2006
Reconciling God’s Will with the ’00 and ’04 election and the Iraqi WarFor the last few months, a dry spirit has set over my soul; and as usual, when I seek the voice of my maker, menacing thoughts crop up. But by pressing forward during quiet moments, sweet revelations usually follow; and in a moment of receptiveness, I came across a news blurb from BBC. It talks about how Prime Minister Tony Blair “prayed to God over Iraq” before going to war.
Yes, skeptical folks might think Blair is nothing more than a “spiffing” liar; yet any leader with a scintilla of spirit must have weighed the heavy moral costs before committing his nation to war. And no, that does not include you, Karl Rove."When you're faced with a decision like that, some of those decisions have been very, very difficult, most of all because you know these are people's lives and, in some case, their deaths.
The only way you can take a decision like that is to do the right thing according to your conscience."
Anti-war campaigner Rose Gentle, whose son Gordon died in Basra in 2004, said: "A good Christian wouldn't be for this war. "I'm actually quite disgusted by the comments. It's a joke."
If they're honest, Democrats must also concede that in 2000, the universe appears to have aligned the planets against Gore. I mean, with a third party, left/center candidate, butterfly ballots, hanging chads, bad Gore press, what else could have gone wrong except a loss in spite of a win?!?
And equal to the task in 2004, the campaign season had an ill-wind union with a frightened nation, endless accusations, a supine media and the lethal bin Laden’s postscriptive blow only hours before election, sepulchering Kerry’s loss.
Yet for believers and followers of the Good Book, the ultimate end is foretold; and what at first glance may appear evil, God promises to use it for His ever-greater glory.
“You intended to harm me, but God intended it for good to accomplish what is now being done, the saving of many lives” (Genesis 50:20).So what are we to make of the mess called the Bush presidency? How will the thousands upon thousands of lives lost in Iraq bring a greater good? And how is a Republican Congress, White House and now even Supreme Court supposed to work together for greater equity and social justice for all?
Like the young’s boy’s father filled with an evil spirit in the New Testament, “I do believe;[I just need some] help [in] overcom[ing] my unbelief!" Help by way of dim lights at the far reaches of the tunnel, sacred synchronicities for my soul to discern.
There's something happening here
What it is ain't exactly clear
There's a man with a gun over there
Telling me I got to beware
I think it's time we stop, children, what's that sound
Everybody look what's going down
There's battle lines being drawn
Nobody's right if everybody's wrong
Young people speaking their minds
Getting so much resistance from behind
I think it's time we stop, hey, what's that sound
Everybody look what's going down
What a field-day for the heat
A thousand people in the street
Singing songs and carrying signs
Mostly say, hooray for our side
It's time we stop, hey, what's that sound
Everybody look what's going down
Paranoia strikes deep
Into your life it will creep
It starts when you're always afraid
You step out of line, the man come and take you away
We better stop, hey, what's that sound
Everybody look what's going down
Stop, hey, what's that sound
Everybody look what's going down
Stop, now, what's that sound
Everybody look what's going down
Stop, children, what's that sound
Everybody look what's going down
// posted by Howling Latina @ 12:01 AM 
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