Lael ArringtonWaiting for the Cliffhanger Ending: Justice or Mercy? – Lael Arrington https://laelarrington.com Faith and Culture: Live Wisely Love Well Thu, 19 Jun 2025 12:15:37 +0000 en-US hourly 1 73081510 Waiting for the Cliffhanger Ending: Justice or Mercy? https://laelarrington.com/2016/11/waiting-for-the-cliffhanger-ending-will-it-be-justice-or-mercy/ https://laelarrington.com/2016/11/waiting-for-the-cliffhanger-ending-will-it-be-justice-or-mercy/#respond Tue, 08 Nov 2016 18:36:12 +0000 admin http://laelarrington.com/?p=3899 002-1032x1280It was very quiet at our suburban precinct here in Columbia, South Carolina. Thousands had voted on the way to work, but at mid-morning there were eighteen people in line—a peaceful interlude in this shock-and-awe campaign story. The quiet before tonight’s high-drama conclusion to Election 2016.

(If you are still struggling over your decision today you may want to read these two previous posts.)

As we’ve heard one stunning development after another, I’ve heard journalists and pundits exclaim, “Nobody could write this story.” But clearly, Someone is writing it.

Only God could write such incredible plot twists, expose such secrets, and reveal hearts at such a deep level. He famously writes stories with a “fearful symmetry,” a term coined by William Blake to describe a tiger–beauty and balance and artfulness that also exposes a moral dimension that terrifies us. Who could create such a beautiful killing machine?

God. Especially when he brings judgment to call us to repentance.

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