Man of Lawlessness and 2 Thessalonians 2

For this reason God will send upon them a deluding influence so that they will believe what is false, in order that they all may be judged who did not believe the truth, but took pleasure in wickedness.

2008 put us in a place where we could see who Obama was. Yesterday we got to see who the American people are.

I have a lot more processing to do, but the words of a visiting pastor to my church a couple of decades ago ring in my ears as I type this, and the wisdom is apparent now:

“Where would the early church have been if it had put its faith in Rome?”

Thanks for that. The first line is a great encapsulation of this. The second point is even better.

I have been praying and fasting for this election, but honestly, I have not had the fervor of past election cycles when I did the same thing. But when things started going south last night, I hit my knees and prayed as hard as I had in a long time. I spent the night reading the Bible and didn’t even check the final results until this morning. I think I finally saw what God was trying to show me — to really realize how much I need Him and should be depending on Him and not earthly things. Now I have to find a way to put on a smiling face to my children and teach them the hard lesson that we are citizens of a heavenly kingdom not an earthly one.

Yes. I hear you.
I was widowed a year and a half ago.

I disengaged from FB years ago, paid off or negotiated away crushing debt, lost my house to short sale, and closed all but one bank account.

I now am mortgage free, debt free, credit card free, and loan free.

As long as I can pay the rent (from giving private piano lessons)in my little apartment, I won’t be homeless.

It seems that, in a strange way, I have “Gone Galt”.

Dr. Zhivago was a scary book. It our struggle to fly under the radar, we may be facing decisions much like his.

Thank you for your informative and thoughtful post. The depth of what you often post here tells me you were tempered by the trials and tribulations you’ve gone through and that you found things of value in your struggles. I am better for your sharing the truths you found, especially now in this aftermath/beginning.

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