OPINION:
Alabama Senate hopeful Roy Moore’s race is about ended — and thank goodness.
Make no mistake, the guy will win. But at what cost to the country?
His campaign trail has been littered and dotted by black shadows, question marks, ugly accusations and allegations, similarly distasteful counter-accusations and counter-allegations, and ultimately, the tearing apart of a nation and the failure — the collective failure, the country-wide failure — to uphold the rights of at least one victim, at least one victim’s family.
Somewhere in this whole mess, no matter who’s believed, fact is: There are victims.
And that surely can’t be God’s will — though Moore just kind of suggested such.
“Nice to see everybody,” he said at a private Christmas event with family and supporters in Montgomery, Breitbart reported. “We’ve got one more day and then the election. We’re looking forward to it. It’s God’s will, whatever happens, so we’re expecting God to do whatever He does will be the right thing to do. This election is probably as big as any election has been.”
That’s a mouthful — and it’s indicative of what’s wrong with this secular-driven, idol-worshipping country.
On one hand, God’s will guides everything. He numbers the hairs on our heads; He moves mountains and governments; His domain is over all. So in that respect, Moore’s right.
Yet, God’s not of confusion and chaos. He doesn’t cast dark shadows where He works. That’s more Satan’s domain — Satan’s means of operating.
And that’s what this Senate race in Alabama has been from the get-go — a confused and dark-spirited process that’s torn, not united.
So let’s not chalk up the Alabama mess to God, and toss in a couple “His wills” and “His ways” as if that explains the outcome. Alabama’s race to the Senate may be many things — it may illuminate and serve as cultural and political commentary on many facets of American life and logic and morality. But one thing it’s not is God-centered and God-driven.
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