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Something wicked this way comes...

1/20/2021

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SOMETHING WICKED THIS WAY COMES…

is the title of an old Disney movie.  It’s also a book by Ray Bradbury who got the quote from Shakespeare’s Macbeth.   I don’t remember the movie at all,  but have remembered the title for years.  

This is how I feel most days now.  I told someone the other day that we should prepare ourselves and be ready for whatever is headed our way.  I don’t mean stockpile food, but have a backpack, packed and ready by the door.  I think they call them "go bags" in the military.

Now, I think I am changing my tune.    I read something in Psalm 11 today that made me think I should not, and need not  run.  

Psalm 11:1  (The Message Bible)

I’ve already run for dear life
straight to the arms of God,
So why should I run away now 
when you say,
'Bows are bent, the wicked arrows
aimed to shoot under cover of darkness
at every heart open to God.
The bottom’s dropped out of the country,
Good people don’t have a chance?”

But God hasn’t moved to the mountains;
His holy address hasn’t changed.
He’s in charge, as always, His eyes taking everything in, his eyelids 
Unblinking, examining Adam’s unruly brood
inside and out, not missing a thing.
He tests the good and the bad alike;
If anyone cheats, God’s outraged.
Fail the test and you’re out,
out in a hail of firestones,
Drinking from a canteen
filled with hot desert wind.

God’s business is putting things right;
He loves getting the lines straight,
Setting us straight.  Once we’re standing tall,
we can look Him straight in the eye.

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