“In love did God bring the world into existence; in love is God going to bring it to that wondrous transformed state, and in love will the world be swallowed up in the great mystery of the one who has preformed all these things; in love will the whole course of the governance of creation be finally comprised.”
I wasn’t familiar with Charlie Kirk at all (not his target audience) but I have felt a need to pay attention to people’s reactions to his death.
I understand the need to grasp at something virtuous and beautiful when malice and ugliness rear up in front of you.
Anger and defensiveness are understandable reactions when faced with cruelty and evil, but they can leave you feeling like you are just circling the same drain. We have to see things for what they are, which is frequently awful, but also reach for something better. I find the outpouring of grief moving; I hope it is a turning point. At least for some individual people.
Yup. Faith, hope and love.....but the greatest of these..... Now more than ever.
That was a beautiful speech. Mrs Basham must be so proud.
“In love did God bring the world into existence; in love is God going to bring it to that wondrous transformed state, and in love will the world be swallowed up in the great mystery of the one who has preformed all these things; in love will the whole course of the governance of creation be finally comprised.”
- St. Isaac of Syria, Bishop of Ninevah
I wasn’t familiar with Charlie Kirk at all (not his target audience) but I have felt a need to pay attention to people’s reactions to his death.
I understand the need to grasp at something virtuous and beautiful when malice and ugliness rear up in front of you.
Anger and defensiveness are understandable reactions when faced with cruelty and evil, but they can leave you feeling like you are just circling the same drain. We have to see things for what they are, which is frequently awful, but also reach for something better. I find the outpouring of grief moving; I hope it is a turning point. At least for some individual people.