We're at a juncture here in America. We're looking at a changing of the guard. We're looking at a Republican-controlled Senate and a Republican-controlled White House. More significantly, we're looking at a nation that voted to democratically elect an "existential threat to democracy." And we're all wondering, what to expect from this new world. May I suggest we might be looking at the wrong thing?
Nationally, the Democrats touted abortion as a key issue. They wanted to make it easily accessible and Republicans didn't. Obviously, this didn't make the difference they thought it would, but not because the nation wanted the Republican ideal. That's evidenced nationally by the referendums passed to expand abortion rights in so many places. In Arizona, the people passed Prop 139. It was quite recently that the state resurrected their constitutional abortion ban, only to have it shot down by the courts. So, in response ... they voted to make abortion legal, essentially, until birth. The proposition laid claim to "fetal viability" as if that's a known value, but added that any woman could choose to kill her baby in the womb if she felt it threatened her "mental health." Not her life, her mental health. Beyond that, the proposition included a rule that no laws could be passed in the future to change it. (I didn't even know that was possible.) The proposition passed by a sizeable margin, even as Trump won the state for the White House.
What's my point? There are Republicans and there are Democrats. Each wants a variety of similar and disparate things. Apparently, over on the side, the majority want to kill babies as a form of birth control. This only goes to show that government won't save us, that neither Democrats nor Republicans will make this a better world. Instead, it is the people, the individuals, the society that holds tightly to their self-centered, self-serving interests that will determine what comes next. It is said you can't legislate morality. Not true. We do it all the time. But what you truly cannot legislate is the morality of the heart, and we will continue to pursue things that drive us to the ground if God Himself does not intervene. The problem with this nation isn't government; it's human hearts. Yes, the heart of our problem is the human heart. Only God can change that. I, for one, am thankful that He always does what is right. The rest of the nation has to recognize where their "whatever I want is right" perspective is leading them. Government won't do that. Only God can.
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Your sentiments here have indeed gotten to the crux of the problem--the wicked human heart. It is sad to hear what happened in Arizona (a “swing state” that actually went to Trump). Abortion was the #1 reason I decided to vote again after 50 years of nonparticipation; in my mind, it was crucial to vote against a candidate who sees elective abortion as a “woman’s right” or among her legitimate “freedoms.” You are right, Stan; only God can change hearts and save our nation from complete ruin. May “God shed His grace” on the U.S.A. a bit more.
A humorous aside about the election: I watched a video about Pennsylvania’s part in the election results, and it included discussion of the support for Trump from the Amish (who normally don’t vote). Evidently the case of dairy farmer Amos Miller factored in their change of heart. I laughed at a man in the video wearing a red baseball cap with “Make Milk Raw Again” printed on it.
I pray daily for a revival in the church and an awakening in the country, but I expect judgment is at hand.
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