In these days of turmoil and trouble, with so many deliberately ignorant of the truth, it becomes increasingly difficult to find something in this world for which to be thankful. With the governments of the world giving away the substance of the people to major business interests, with terrorist groups murdering people indiscriminately, with nature herself destroying our infrastructure, and homes, and lives, there is less and less good to find in the world.

Thanks be to God that there is one objective truth that remains, as an anchor for the soul, keeping us at peace in the eye of the storm. That is, He is still on His throne, and He is not surprised by any of this. He still has full charge of the Universe, and nothing can happen that He does not allow. His plan includes the good and the bad, and folds them together for the good of all those who love Him, and who put their trust and faith in Him.

The evil ones do the worst that they can do, and they blindly hope to destroy God's plan to save the many. However well they may sound, however smart they may seem to be, however logical their plans may be (even Satan appears to be an angel of light), they are always evil. They do not trust in God. Rather, they trust in anything else.

In opposition to all the evil that they do, there is one overpowering force of truth that overwhelms them, making the evil they have done as though it never happened. This is truly something for which we can always be thankful.

God is always good.

Now, may the One Who walks behind reality, the Omnipotent, Omniscient, Omnipresent Creator of the Universe, Who loves you and has opened the Door for you, keep your name in His Book of Life, and say to you on That Day, "Well done, good and faithful servant. Enter into the rest which is prepared for you." Amen.