Gandalf Speaks Once Again..........

When I am down and troubled about the state of our country, I hearken back to Gandalf and his response to Frodo in the Mines of Moria.  All their troubles, all their fears are pressing down hard on this little insignificant Hobbit,  'Frodo sighs, “I wish none of this had happened,” Gandalf’s response speaks to us, too: “So do all who live to see such times. But that is not for them to decide. All we have to decide is what to do with the time that is given to us.” '

I have a feeling that things are going to get worse before they get better for this great country of ours, and we as believers have to grasp it as an opportunity to display to the world just what is really important.  I say this with fear and trembling.  I do not even know if I want to say it at all.  I am with Frodo, paraphrase, "Let's go back to the Shire....."  There is no going back, and by saying we need to "grasp the opportunity, means accountability, testing, and reality in my life."  I in myself, cannot live up to this testing, and am actually afraid of it.  What if God allows my house to be taken away, my financial "security" gone, my freedom taken away?  I do not know what I will do.  Maybe I should say with Scarlet, "I will worry about that tomorrow."  Yes, that is what I will do.  After all, didn't Jesus say, "tomorrow has enough troubles of its own."  Something deep down also says, "don't worry, but be prepared."  I guess I just need to focus on living today for His glory.  Easy to say, difficult to do.