I was listening to the news this morning. I heard about an amendment to the Texas Constitution. It says something like if there’s ever another pandemic, there won’t be any restrictions on church gatherings for the sake of public health safety. In other words, if there’s a pandemic where gathering together could cause an outbreak, the state won’t be able to limit church gatherings for the sake of saving people’s lives.
When I hear about developments like this one, it makes me fear for the future. I see development where people are trying to sound like they are on the side of God and the religious right, but it actually isn’t.
It reminds me of something that I was discussing with my husband recently. I was telling him that I was having a difficult time writing about the villain in my current writing project. He told me that I need to remember that most villains don’t see themselves as the villain in their story; they see themselves as the hero in their stories.
There are people in the world who would take the word of God and use it to give themselves power and to try to shape the world into a world that they believe is the way the world should be instead of the way that God tells us is His will and the worst part is that these people believe themselves to be the heroes. They believe that they are doing the “right’ thing. It makes me fear for the future.
I don’t know what the answer is. I certainly don’t see myself as the hero in my story. I just hope that when the time comes God will give me the strength to stand up to the oppression and tyranny of evil men.
My faith saved me. May God’s peace reside in all of our hearts.
