Owe no one anything, except to love each other, for the one who loves another has fulfilled the law. - Romans 13:8
We must continue to love each other. Protests have broken out across the country because of the election. Their slogan is "Love trumps hate." Of course, it's a play on words, but it has a deeper meaning as well. In bridge and some other card games, one suit is designated as trump, and cards from that suit carry special powers to take tricks and defeat cards from other suits. This is called "trumping" as a verb. So "love trumps hate" means that love overcomes or defeats hate, with the obvious pun adding an additional layer of meaning. We must remember this in the coming months and years. No matter what happens under this new president, love conquers all. We will survive. We survived the Bush years. We survived, more or less, the Reagan years. We will survive the Trump years.
When it comes time to protest his policies, remember that "for the one who loves another has fulfilled the law." I'm not calling for a rebellion, but I am saying that love is above the law. The Civil Rights Movement often sand the song, "We Shall Overcome." And we shall overcome this too.
We shall overcome, we shall overcome,
We shall overcome someday;
Oh, deep in my heart, I do believe,
We shall overcome someday.
The Lord will see us through, The Lord will see us through,
The Lord will see us through someday;
Oh, deep in my heart, I do believe,
We shall overcome someday.
We're on to victory, We're on to victory,
We're on to victory someday;
Oh, deep in my heart, I do believe,
We're on to victory someday.
We'll walk hand in hand, we'll walk hand in hand,
We'll walk hand in hand someday;
Oh, deep in my heart, I do believe,
We'll walk hand in hand someday.
We are not afraid, we are not afraid,
We are not afraid today;
Oh, deep in my heart, I do believe,
We are not afraid today.
The truth shall make us free, the truth shall make us free,
The truth shall make us free someday;
Oh, deep in my heart, I do believe,
The truth shall make us free someday.
4 comments:
Thanks for lending perspective and offering hope. God be with you.
Those who choose to riot show only that hate which they supposedly condemn. To protest peacefully is one thing. To riot and destroy property of another and loot is another.
Practice what you preach. Love!
Your actions of hate speak louder than your words!
Just as an aside, did you know that, at one time, to "trump" was a euphemism for to fart, a shortening of the word to "trumpet"? Certainly an apt moniker for an asshole who poisons the atmosphere of society like this one does.
I agree with Silvereagle.
More, all protestations at this point are useless.
Too late buddies, you should have been voting first of all.
I think that many were over confident that Hillary was going to win easily and many didn't go to vote. Also, many republicans fearing that went voting more than usual with the power of their protest against Washington's establishment.
Trump did well awakening white low class American's fears and deceptions.
Sorry for you but you'll have to live the next four years with that «fart» in office and also with your two chambers dominated by Republican bigots and narrow minded politicians.
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