The resistance of The White Rose was completely ineffective and lethal to most of those who participated in it. But God does not judge by human standards, and always rewards those who stand against evil, no matter their momentary success or failure. Even in human terms sometimes nothing succeeds like failure in the long term. A paradox, but this Vale of Tears is littered with paradoxes.
Hitler is called The Madman. and so his followers.
C.S. Lewis observed that one of the noblest characters in Shakespeare was the unnamed Second Gentleman in “King Lear”. Ordered to assist in the blinding the helpless Gloucester, he refuses, turns his sword to defend the man, and is promptly slain.
We are called to witness. God will see to the win.
We are called to witness. God will see to the win.
Comment of the week Tom! Take ‘er away Sam!
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eXeIxtI–uc&t=47s
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eXeIxtI–uc&t=47s
At 6:29.
Yes. If I am to be a failure, let me be God’s failure for no lack of success by me can stop His triumph.
At the time St. Thomas More was a failure. He lost position, fortune, home, and life. Still Henry established his church and went on to marry, and marry. Whose play is more enacted now, even in our decayed Tudoresque society? God wins.
As also with Ann Frank. In all of these cases, the good that comes from their death occurs later. Von Stauffenberg and Canaris came late to the effort and their lives were also forfeit but they are rightly held as symbols of resistance to evil.
That girl in the video was very scared, but very brave. I hope Jesus welcomed her as soon as she lost consciousness. And as for the judge who sentenced the two boys and that one girl to death, he has by now faced that same Jesus, the ever just Judge. It is a terrible thing to fall into the hands of the living God.