Have a Cup of Tea

Well, I did it again. I'm not sure why I keep being compelled to look at the 'news'. Maybe it's just an old habit. Probably. It certainly isn't good for my blood pressure. This time I went online and took a sampling of the news services out there. It's a little intimidating, really, for an old grammy like me to try to sort out all those conflicting opinions. One group hailing the 'heroic actions' being taken, the next decrying the 'fatal errors' being made.

According to who you follow, we are either on the verge of utopia or heading straight to you-know-where in a handbasket.

I have been advised to read various books by an assortment of public figures, politicians, to see what they REALLY think on certain issues. I guess people think I have time on my hands. Really. I'd like to remind my civic minded friends that actually I'm a very busy person. I'm a grammy. I have noses to wipe and bumps to soothe; stories to tell and grandchildren to drive to various activities. I have Bible study to prepare for and attend. I have signing class (the high point of my week!), errands to run for various other family members who need my help. Sometimes I feel like I'm running a three-ring circus!

So I've come up with an alternative to reading all those books. I think I can tell from the covers what they are going to say, and it seems to me they cancel each other out. Like the one that is going to tell me that global warming is going to wipe us out in 50 years versus the one that says that the planet is actually cooling off, and we will soon be entering another ice age (soon being relatively speaking, a few thousand years).

Personally, I think they are both wrong. God has His own plans for this planet, and will serenely carry them out no matter whether the 'experts' in various fields agree or believe or not. I believe that in God's own time, right will prevail, wrong will fail. I've read the end of the story, and God wins. So I think I'll just make a cup of tea and leave it up to Him.