All Outcomes Are by the Grace of God
Karl Constantine FOLKES 1935 (Portland)
The apostle Saint Paul once declared, in First Thessalonians 5:18, the following: “Give thanks in all circumstances; for this is God’s will for you in Christ Jesus.”
This benevolent appeal suggests to us that we should take all things in their stride; and consider them always as the divine acts of enantiodromia; that is to say, as timely opportunities for us to reflect on the purpose of our lives, both publicly and privately; to, if necessary, and at the impetus of our own psyche, change the direction of the course of our lives; for our own moral and spiritual developments.
As we pontificate now on the possible outcomes of the 2024 U.S. presidential elections in November 2024, occurring during a year, if not a lifetime, of so many unprecedented events (the premature departure of an incumbent presidential candidate; the unexpected rising of a shadow vice-presidential candidate to replace the incumbent president; the assassination attempt on a former U.S. president; the waging wars in Europe and the Middle East; and the threat of their expansion)…
As we make our projections and our forecasts concerning who the victors of the elections in America and in the rest of the world, are likely to be in 2025…
As we consult those who engage in divinations of one type or another; including those speculators who assume the public roles of podcasters or journalists; supporting their pronouncements disguised by vested interests; and making claims about statistical percentages that presumably rule in their biased favor…
As we engage, one way or the other, in claims that the outcomes of the U.S. presidential elections will have been ‘rigged’ and therefore not justified, let us be certain of this one thing…
Let us be certain that a higher and more divine authority, knowing the hearts and minds of mortal men and women; knowing their depravities, their turpitude; as well as their moral righteousness, decency and goodness will, in the balance, and for the sake of a greater democratic cause, for the sake of maintaining a government of, for, and by the people, grant those outcomes that will secure a more lasting peace for America and for the rest of the world.
In that regard, dear men and women of goodwill throughout the world, let us now reflect on this profound thought from the eminent Swiss psychoanalyst, Carl Gustav Jung, on our need for maintaining our faith in society, and in social structures, particularly during times of global uncertainties: “No one can know what the ultimate things are. We must therefore take them as we experience them. And if such experience helps to make life healthier, more beautiful, more complete and more satisfactory to yourself and to those you love, you may safely say: “This was the grace of God” (CW 11, par. 167).
Dear men and women of goodwill throughout the world, let us, along with the apostle Saint Paul, and the Swiss psychiatrist Carl Jung, take satisfaction in the knowledge and the certainty that all outcomes are by the grace of God.
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This poem invites us as a people collectively to be thankful always in every circumstances of our earthly lives, both publicly and privately.
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Written on September 10, 2024
Submitted by karlcfolkes on September 10, 2024
Modified by karlcfolkes on September 12, 2024
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