THE DARKNESS CLOSES IN
As the dust begins to settle on the British General Election with a hung Parliament result, I believe we are entering a dark period for our nation. That’s not all bad news, because it is at such times that the light shines brightest. Prime Minister Theresa May has been forced to form a government with the help of Northern Ireland’s Democratic Unionist Party (DUP), who are not only pro-Israel, but also opposed to same-sex marriage!
One candidate seemed to sum up the situation, perhaps inadvertently, by quoting the first line of a well-known hymn, “The day thou gavest, Lord, is ended…” no doubt referring to the long night he had endured waiting for the results. But it was prophetic of where we are, especially in terms of the next line: “The darkness falls at thy behest…”
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