“When He got into the boat, His disciples followed Him. And behold,
there arose a great storm on the sea, so that the boat was being covered with
the waves; but Jesus Himself was asleep. And they came to Him and woke Him, saying, “Save us, Lord; we are perishing!” He said
to them, “Why are you afraid, you men of little faith?” Then He got up and
rebuked the winds and the sea, and it became perfectly calm. The men were
amazed, and said, “What kind of a man is this, that even the winds and the sea
obey Him?” – Matthew 8, 23-27
March 6, 1857 the Supreme Court of the United States ruled
that blacks, enslaved or free, could not be American citizens and that the
federal government had no power to regulate slavery in the United States. This
reduced enslaved blacks to nothing more than possessions in a country that
declared its independence with the line; “We hold these truths to be
self-evident, that all men are created equal, that they are endowed by their
Creator with certain unalienable Rights, that among these are Life, Liberty and
the pursuit of Happiness.”
“Save us,
Lord; we are perishing!”
May 10, 1893 the Supreme Court of the United States ruled
that the tomato was a vegetable, not a fruit, and therefore could be taxed as a
vegetable.
“Save
us, Lord; we are perishing!”
June 26, 1963 the Supreme Court of the United States ruled
that immoral sexual activity was protected by a person’s right to privacy,
striking down sodomy laws in fourteen states.
“Save
us, Lord; we are perishing!”
January 22, 1973 the Supreme Court of the United States
ruled that a person had the right to an abortion until viability and thus we
started to murder the most innocent and helpless humans among us by the
millions.
“Save us,
Lord; we are perishing!”
June 26, 2015 the Supreme Court of the United States ruled
that people of the same sex had the right to be married, changing the traditional
definition of marriage that we have had since the beginning with Adam and Eve.
“Save us,
Lord; we are perishing!”
“Why are you afraid, you men of little
faith?”
I have read the end of the book. Spoiler alert – Jesus is triumphant
in the end, even against stupid Supreme Court rulings. So have no fear and live
your life in joyful witness to the glory of God. Don’t change as the culture
changes around you and stay true to the teachings our Lord has given to us and
maintained through his Church for the last two-thousand years.
Be a blessing to all you meet and allow them to be a
blessing to you.
