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September 14, 2021
Two Years Down
for two years now you’ve been telling us we were wrong for two years all of you told all of us we. were. wrong.
we were wrong to accept mandated closures
we were wrong to accept social distancing
we were wrong to accept the wearing of masks
we were wrong to accept forced vaccinations
we were wrong to do what needed doing to protect ourselves to protect others
we were wrong in our grasp of the Gospel
for two years you told us in no uncertain terms we. were. wrong. you told us often that obedience to our government had displaced obedience to our God
all of you told all of us we. had. lost. faith
now after two years two. long. years. of all of you telling all of us that we were wrong you now assume the authority to tell us whom to elect
for two years you told us we were wrong to trust the government so death could be prevented and horrors not come
now today you tell us we’ll be right to trust new government so liberty could be restored and horrors not come
it is astounding it is unbelievably vain it is the height of hypocrisy what you said then speaks against what you say now
if we could not trust the government during a pandemic without sinning against God displacing trust in Him with trust in man
how can we trust a government now in the day-to-day without sinning against God displacing trust in Him with trust in man
I posted the following on Facebook shortly after completing this poem; the comments in response were encouraging, reassuring and at times ironic.
“Over the past two years there have been some interesting arguments against the mandated COVID-19 precautions. (Social distancing; Wearing face masks; Reduced density social & worship gatherings; Vaccinations.) One is that by obeying the mandates Christians were somehow showing their lack of faith in God. I've spent many hours thinking about that and trying to make myself agree with it but I can't. God has given some things to man for him to fix. If not, then my wearing my glasses or taking my medications must also show my lack of faith in God and I don't believe they do.
What I find interesting is that many who for the past two years have told us to trust God instead of the gov't are now telling us that if we don't elect a certain party then we'll never recover our stolen liberty. I may have misunderstood, but it seems to me like they're saying that we should not trust the gov't when it guides us through a pandemic but we should trust the gov't when it guides us to liberty.
And I wonder, how does the one trust show a lack of faith in God while the other trust does not? The God who makes us whole is also the God who makes us one and is also the God who makes us free.”
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Two Years Down A poem by Peter Rhebergen Download the book Each New Day a Miracle Bible Studies How to Study the Bible Life is Wonderful Photography Copyright 2024 About me |
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