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PG was riding back home on Peachtree Industrial Boulevard, and decided to check out the radio. The country station had a song about riding a long black train, and it had a good sound.
Then the singer started his next verse. “There is victory in the lord, yes there is, there is victory in the lord”. PG shut the radio off. While it did not ruin his day, it made him enjoy it a bit less.
There are a lot of Jesus worshipers who like to talk about victory. Only trouble is, their victory is a defeat for someone else. PG has been humiliated for Jesus many times, and knows about defeat for the lord.
How can a G-d of love take pleasure in the humiliation of his children? Just because your ideas about life after death are different from someone else’s. Or because that person is having problems, and covers for them by starting a fight with someone else, using Jesus as a weapon. Is this victory in the lord?
When Buddha talked of the three poisons, he meant anger, greed, and ignorance. When PG sees Jesus, through his believers today, all three of those poisons are on display. Maybe what we need is compassion, generosity, and knowledge. And a truce for the lord. Pictures are from The Library of Congress.