President Biden's debate performance last Thursday night was so reasoning-mind awful...disastrous, not to put too fine a point on it...that we can believe and joy in the belief that God's hand was in it.
The President could not have sounded worse, but underneath, behind the scenes, unbeknownst to the reasoning mind's abilities to produce a solution, always there is God...the hand of God lifting the heavy load of logic, imbuing our need with his perfect answer of love and laughter.
I have a couple of real-life examples: First, in 1971 when I was diagnosed with an incurable, progressive disease, I thought...I knew...my life was over. Today and every day of my life since, whether I knew it or not, that diagnosis has been God's perfect gift to me, for my benefit.
Second, in the early 1980s, when the business that I was part-owner of went bankrupt, all the other partners went to Italy, and I got the $50,000 debt...and the IRS. Fairly early on, I came to realize that this had to be a spiritual gift to me...and indeed that is what it proved to be. Plus, I paid off the entire debt...without a glimmer of resentment. There's God's perfect gift to me.
When the reasoning mind sees less-than-wonderful, faith calms us, knowing that out of chaos comes un-figure-out-able peace. The Ship is righted not by blaming and shaming, not by logic and lies, but by God's will, God's way...love and laughter.
This I believe.
Thank you.
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