The only thing necessary for the triumph of evil is for good men to do nothing.-- Edmund Burke
I love that quote but the trick is in learning what to do about the evil. I believe that it is not in resisting the evil, or the "evil-doers," for then we become them by our resistance, i.e., we wind up reacting in kind. The question then is how do we accept evil, while seeking change.
Most all change starts in the mind, and the most important change is giving up the notion that by our own efforts we can, will, or should come up with the right answer, the perfect solution... to most anything.
Change comes instantaneously with the realization that the answer is love, the way there is through God... or the answer is God, the way there is through love... that is interchangeable, being one and the same.
We must needs take our reasoning mind out of the mix. Make a decision to open our heart, soul, body and brain to God's perfect outworking...then sit and wait on the Lord. The reasoning mind will rebel: "Nothing would ever get done" is the quick rejection.
Remember, it was Goethe who said, in effect, make a decision and Providence will move heaven and earth to fulfill it.
And, honestly, all of us have experienced that at some point... we just keep calling it luck. That is the nature of the difficulty in changing our mind. Our refusal to believe there may be a better answer than the one we should be, but never have been, able to find by thinking on it.
It is true...God can and will if sought. The seeking is in believing that God can and will if sought.
Thank you.
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