There are many people who seem to be disoriented in the past month. Disoriented because of either:
1. Disbelief. They are dumbfounded with the results of the elections and the in-your-face, undeniable force of the tyranny of moral relativism born from an unsupportable epistemology. These individuals seem uncertain how to move forward to secure the foundational elements of truth, reason, and the common good. These individuals risk losing their vision by turning to the political system as a theology or an ideology luring them into a form of idolatry.
2. Gittyness. These people see the recent turn of events in politics as heaven sent, a confirmation of human rights and a vindication of the middle class and justified blow to the powerful and wealthy, the out-of-touch and bigoted. These individuals seem blinded to the tyranny which oppresses them by the unrootedness of their moral, philosophical and political bases.
Neither disbelief or gittyness is warranted.
The question before us is, “From here, where do we go now?”
Those of us who are trying to articulate the objective nature of truth – truths to which we all are subject by human nature if not also by religious conviction – we must fall back to that which we claim to adhere. I am referring to the unshakeable belief in the love of God, his providence and his unwavering benevolence. I am also referring to the knowledge that God is just in all he does and his justice and his love are one.
We must go on retreat, you might say, and spend some time alone with God to renew and refresh us. We need a conversation with God. A long conversation, I would add. We need to remember that God is God, and “we ain’t He.”
Unless the Lord builds the house, in vain does the laborer labor. Let us step back and ask God what he wants for us, and how to proceed.
