Lost Earring

It’s the beginning of October 2024, only 33 days until the “big” election. At 65 years old, I’ve been through many election cycles but I’ve never seen this much angst within the Christian community.

The majority of my friends are conservative and will vote Republican but they seem to have adopted a do-or-die attitude. They think if the Democrats win all hell will break loose, Christians will be persecuted, religious freedom will be a thing of the past, our country will crumble and civil war will break out. I guess only time will tell.

I’ve heard Christians distort scripture (Romans 13) saying that we don’t have to obey authority if we deem that our leaders are “evil”. I’m hearing comparisons to Hitler and Nazi Germany. They say Hitler would never have stayed in power if the “church” took action, implying that the church should take up arms. There is even a movie coming out in November about Dietrich Bonhoeffer called “Bonhoeffer: Pastor. Spy. Assassin.” Last time I checked Jesus was not a ninja.

My wife and I enjoyed the beauty of Kauai last week; it was awesome. Beautiful scenery, refreshing oceans, great food. We didn’t want to come back to Phoenix especially with the record breaking heat, but we did.

The picture above was taken at the beach where my wife lost her earring. Yes, she was upset but she knew the general area where it had fallen. When she searched for it the sand had already swallowed it up.

A short time later, out of nowhere, comes an angel named Daniel with a metal detector. We asked if he could search for the earring and he agreed to look for it. In a short time his detector started pinging and he recovered the earring.

Daniel then said to my wife, “Do you know the greatest thing that I’ve ever found?” After a short dramatic pause his response was “Jesus”. We all let out a hallelujah and had a great conversation about the Lord.

Maybe you think this was luck or a happy coincidence but could He have orchestrated such an event? Was this a reminder of His many promises in scripture? He knows our name, He knows how many hairs we have on our head, He’s gone to prepare a place for us. He cares about us and He loves us. Do we have faith in His promises? Can we trust Him?

If times get dark, which we know will happen, what will we decide to do? Should we take up arms and start shooting our enemies? Should we fight and rely on our own strength or rest on His many promises and expect Him to take care of us in life and even in death? We need to seriously work through these issues before things start getting darker.