Blog on the Lillypad
Saturday, June 05, 2004
 | Bright New Dawn for Ronald Reagan, 1911-2004
Reagan so much believed in light and wisdom and all the powers of genuine and honest goodness that I am only happy for him today. He has struggled for a decade in the only circumstances that could really daunt him: the clouding over of that sunny nature that wanted to know and comprehend the Goodness the he so firmly believed in. |
Alzheimers is such a horrible illness that it makes death welcome. I prayed for him and mourned for him when he announced he was suffering from it ten years ago, and I've prayed for him and his wife in his suffering during his decade-long illness.
But today I know that he has his mind restored to him, and I know that, once again, he knows that Goodness in which he believed, now more intimately than ever before, with more certainty, and with gratitude and comprehension. All of this lies ahead for those of us in Christ. Ronald Reagan truly suffered the loss of all things: all that he knew, all the memory of what he had done, all the intimacy of knowing and loving his own closest loved ones. And now in Christ he truly has gained the wealth and the bounty and the bright light of heaven. I'm happy for him. He's free; he's restored to his right mind, and he sees his Saviour face to face and will never sin again. Thank God he's free at last from chains that no human medicine or skill could unlock.
