Translating a World on the Edge

For quite some time this country has needed a turn back to the values upon which it was founded. Is this the time?

On Thursday a good man courageously stood up to defend his name, his honor, his family, from despicable lies proffered by some power-hungry politicians and their followers.  But is today a time to castaway that dishonest, power-hungry attitude and remove the face of hypocrisy?

Today, a vote for Judge Brett Kavanaugh for Supreme Court Justice could be the sign of America’s appointed time to rise after decades of condoning behaviors that have weakened us as a nation, and as the human beings we were created to be.

Pray for those who vote, that they may let go of themselves and think of America and her people instead.

Are some politicians in America holding the devil’s hand?  The answer is: YES!!

America is being assaulted from within, by those who should protect all that is sacred about the foundations of our country. And yet, they seem to care only about themselves.

WHY?

Are they afraid that their own self-indulgent politics might be vulnerable, so they have banded together like wolves to eat one good man alive? Judge Kavanaugh. The good man they are ravenous to destroy.

Apparently so.

Well, the result is this: American politicians holding of the devil’s hand puts them only an arm away from taking the heart of America. Is this what we want?

The above is a quote from Fig, a character in my first novel, “A Hunger in the Heart.” Not only is it an underpinning of the novel, it is an underpinning in every human life as well–who among us has not held the devil’s hand? If we have sinned in any way, we have befriended evil, and must break the friendship as quickly as possible.

Certain politicians must ask themselves if ruining the character of Judge Kavanaugh with lies is what they were elected to do? They must look at what they are doing and SEE the evil in it. For evil is exactly what it is. The first element in the halting of evil in every human person–including politicians–is admittance of it. Because these politicians are writing America’s story. They ought to be worried about how it will end. They ought to be worried about the heart of America that comes from its foundations.

It is the manners and spirit of a people which preserve a republic in vigor. A degeneracy in these is a canker which soon eats to the heart of its laws and constitution. — Thomas Jefferson (1743-1826) Third President of the United States

Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg knows this.  She calls the present Kavanaugh treatment, a highly partisan show, and wrong.  But will the self-indulgent politicians listen to wisdom? The next few days will tell.

The wicked say:
Let us beset the just one, because he is obnoxious to us;
he sets himself against our doings — Wisdom 2

There is only one reason for the accusations against Judge Brett Kavanaugh, and both sides know it: Roe v Wade.  The left wants to keep it.  The right wants it gone.  How sad that the whole thing is either about killing a baby, or not killing a baby. But this is the length abortion proponents will go to have their way, and it is a low, and dark, place to be.

In keeping with the evil of ‘killing,’ Mrs. Ford’s unsubstantiated charges of sexual harassment by Judge Kavanaugh are meant to abort his appointment to the Supreme Court. Killing the character of another human being is as abominable as killing a baby in its mother’s womb. How have we come to this low place?

In one of my novels, Bridge-Man Burning: The Sins of a Southern Man, there is a female character who uses sexual harassment to ruin a male character, and it is based on the truthful, real-life experience of someone I know. The female character is an extreme narcissist, full of herself, and out for herself, without regard for anyone else. Extreme narcissism can cross over to a mental illness called narcissistic personality disorder, when your life revolves around your need for approval. You don’t understand or care about others’ feelings. You’re convinced you’re special, and you need others to acknowledge it. This is the depth to which my female character descends. And, as it is with the case against Judge Kavanaugh, her disorder is used by others for their own gain as well.

Sexual harassment definitely happens and is definitely wrong. Women know this.  It is an awful thing when it is true. But the fact is, it is sometimes not true. It can also be used against an innocent person for ulterior motives. Women know that, too. And I believe this is the case with Judge Kavanaugh. The left wants to paint him in darkness, as black as they can. And these are the words to describe it:

Let us lie in wait for the righteous man,
because he is inconvenient to us and opposes our actions;
he reproaches us for sins against the law,
and accuses us of sins against our training.–Wisdom 2:12

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Years and years ago, when I graduated from Spring Hill College with a Fine Arts degree, I was a painter who absolutely loved to create something new on canvas.  The process was an odd one, because before a painting was finished it always seemed the canvas on which I was working went through a phrase of total messiness, confusion about my subject matter, and a period of time when I wanted simply to cover it over or pitch it out because it looked so awful. And there were occasions when I did exactly that.  But usually, if I kept at it, the clean-up of the canvas finally produced a good painting. This is true of a lot of life’s problems, too. Something good emerges out of an apparent mess. Peace often emerges after turbulence, and satisfaction after heartache.

Look at your own life. Has solving your own problems ever been easy? Haven’t your problems sometimes seemed overwhelming? Did you think about giving up, or running away to get rid of them?

I believe this is what is happening in our beloved Catholic Church.  We are most definitely in the messy phase.  My heart breaks when I see what is happening in some of its hierarchy that is, presently, so diseased it has ignored Truth!

Yet, I look at my own parish priest, and all the parish priests and teaching priests who are loyal to the real Truth, God’s Truth, and my heart is full of love and deep respect for them.  Their faith is strong and firm. They are confident that our God will clean this up for He will not let the evil–which is present today– stay in His church.

But God’s clean-ups can be messy, and today, we are experiencing that very awful mess. Still, we will not throw away the canvas God has created for us.—because He will fix it. He will heal our Church. And we will work with Him. We will pray, we will fight against evil, until it has been conquered. Trust in God. It will happen.