Tacenda Posted March 18, 2022 Posted March 18, 2022 33 minutes ago, Kenngo1969 said: I understand the hopelessness and the helplessness. Believe me ... Oh, how I understand the hopelessness and the helplessness! Perhaps some of us had grown a bit too complacent. COVID-19 has been bad ... I thought it has been bad enough, and then ... stage left, enter Vladimir Putin! Truly, I feel bad for the Ukrainians. Shades of October 1962? Is Mr. Putin in a contest to see if he can one-up Nikita Kruschev? It seems that the US and NATO have no good options. What should they have done? Remaining on a Cold War footing for the last 30 years would not have been tenable. The American public would not have stood for it, nor would voters have kept Administrations in power that ensured that we did remain on a Cold War footing. I've taken my share of punches in my personal life. What else can I do than do the best I can to roll with them? I can't do much else in these circumstances, especially since it's a giant understatement (a gargantuan understatement) to say that my personal power to have any impact on these worldwide geopolitical events is very, very limited. I don't know how all of this is going to play out, and I don't like the uncertainty any more than anybody else does. Having said all of that, I might not know how, but, ultimately, I do know who wins ... Who Wins. He Wins. I don't know how, and I don't know precisely when, but I do know He Wins. As He said, Take My Yoke upon you, and learn of me. For My yoke is easy, and My burden is light. I hear a lot, who is He kidding? His yoke is easy, and His burden is light? Well, compared to the alternative, which, now, we're all feeling, you bet it is! In the world, ye shall have tribulation, but be of good cheer. (Who is He kidding?! Be of good cheer now?) Yes. He has overcome the world, and He is the only way we will overcome the world. And so on. All I can do is do the best I can to ensure, when the time comes, that I am on His Side. That's where my hopelessness comes in, the not knowing for sure that Jesus is our Savior. I don't know anything much now. But I do have hope for that. So my faith is as tiny as a mustard seed of that. I guess I do have some hope after all, when I look at it that way. Thanks Kenngo!
SwedishLDS Posted March 18, 2022 Posted March 18, 2022 I am optimistic about the future Thank you everyone, I think it is important to remember our hope in Christ. 1
Orthodox Christian Posted March 19, 2022 Author Posted March 19, 2022 Fear not, He said, He is in control, that we have to trust. 2
Orthodox Christian Posted March 20, 2022 Author Posted March 20, 2022 On 3/18/2022 at 2:58 AM, Tacenda said: That's where my hopelessness comes in, the not knowing for sure that Jesus is our Savior. I don't know anything much now. But I do have hope for that. So my faith is as tiny as a mustard seed of that. I guess I do have some hope after all, when I look at it that way. Thanks Kenngo! Mark 9:24
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