Hope

In my last blog I posted several pics of flowers and plants from my gardens in my yard. This is my favorite time of year – SPRING – it’s an awakening from the cold winter with the hope of a warmer sun as we venture out. Spring is renewal. Those naked trees start showing signs of tiny green specks that quickly turn into leaves. It’s a celebration of new life – hope!

Coming into 2022’s spring as a spectator felt bleak, however I’ve never been just a spectator. As God’s child I take that position seriously and study His words, have long conversations, research as much as possible about His nature and how that relates to the goings on in our world on a daily basis. God’s Providence is an aspect of His nature that is mind-blowing. Most people, especially those who don’t believe, pass off Providence as coincidence. But follow me on this… life started out in 2020 just like any other year… then BAM – Covid hit. Everyone panicked and life was shut down … work from home, kids are schooled from home. Parents start hearing their kid’s teachers teaching Critical Race Theory and are concerned. Parents attended school board meetings and raised their concerns only to be shut down – or arrested. Parents start asking WHY? Fast forward to 2021, Virginia’s governor race when CRT friendly Democrat candidate finally said OUT LOUD what has been whispered for over 40 years – “parents do NOT have a say in their kid’s education.” There! It’s out of the closet now. And for the first time in a long time, a Republican – who DOES believe parents have a say in their kid’s education – was voted in as Governor. Providence.

Take a look at Twitter. Successfully and blatantly suppressed true information about ole joe and his family before the 2020 election in collusion with ALL the other social media platforms AND mainstream media, in order that Donald Trump WOULDN’T be reelected for President. Twitter continued to deplatform users – many times for simply reporting truth that is difficult to understand in the name of “disinformation.” Any time ANYONE complained about Twitter’s decisions they were 1st labeled racist, 2nd white supremist, and sometimes even 3rd domestic terrorist. Enter Elon Musk and WOW! And the mainstream media hate-filled, name-calling rhetoric began: 1st he is racist, 2nd white supremist, 3rd – NOT domestic terrorist, but a danger to democracy…. THEIR brand of neo-democracy – aka Amerikan Fascism. The picture of these fascists rats jumping ship is morbidly ugly. HOWEVER  it is OUT THERE for everyone to witness – like the nightmare where you realize you’re at work with everyone looking at you weirdly and you realize you forgot to put on clothes. Their hatefulness is palpable and on full display.

Not an accident. Not coincidence. God’s Providence!  It’s not just His providence, it’s also His sovereignty, His mercy, His grace, His love always at play every moment of every day. And IN that knowledge we can HOPE!