By Douglas V. Gibbs
Tonight I am spending New Years’ Eve with my lovely wife of over four decades. Our journey has been an interesting one, to say the least. We began unevenly yoked, spent 21 years battling like children, spent the next 17 sort of battling but trying to figure it out, and then the last trio of years living the marriage The Lord intended for us. I am not sure if it is a lesson of how hard of heads we had, or the importance of patience. My wife says, “God’s Timing.”
God sees what we don’t. Sometimes the path we wind up with isn’t what we planned, but by God’s Grace it turns out better. I have always believed God has a Hand in things, though I’ve never been so sure He necessarily controls things, either. I believe in Free Will, but I also believe that God nudges things sometimes to keep them going in a manner He intends. I remember in 2020 how upset we were that President Trump didn’t win, and that the whole thing about Biden’s victory seemed spurious at best. Then, the January 6 production of deception by the Democrats made it worse. The agitators and plants created exactly what they hoped for, and despite the fact that we knew that MAGA is not violent, and that what happened at The Capitol was a staged false flag, it seemed there was nothing we could do about it. I had many friends who don’t have a violent bone in their bodies behind bars over it, charged with ridiculous crimes, simply because they were on the grounds in Washington D.C. on January 6. Then, with the success of the 2020 cheat, the deception that shrouded the whole thing, and the lies that continued to fester during Biden’s presidency, it seemed like the Democrats had figured out a way to win even when they lose. It was very discouraging, to say the least.
Which brings us back to, God’s Timing.
God had other plans. Looking back, it was a good thing Donald Trump skipped four years between presidencies. The best laid plans blew up in the faces of the Democrats as their policies ruined an economy that was raging in the right direction before their COVID scamdemic and false Biden presidency ruined it. But, during that four years of darkness the enemies of America exposed themselves, Donald Trump discovered who his friends were and who his enemies truly were, and in their arrogance the Democrats laid out a perfect path for Donald Trump to win the presidency back in November of 2024. And, since his inauguration on January 20, 2025, we’ve been as a country on a trajectory many thought was impossible. I am not saying that President Trump is some kind of savior, but he’s definitely the better choice; and in the last year he’s done more as President than any other President in history.
As a Christian, I support his policies. As a constitutionalist I have found his policies to be, for the most part, within the parameters of constitutional authority. His job as President is to execute the laws of the Union, according to Article II of the Constitution, and that’s what he’s been doing. Some of his ideas push the boundaries (not so sure about that Sovereign Wealth Fund idea, for example), but it’s nothing like the unconstitutional madness we saw with Obama and Biden – or would have seen with a President Hillary Clinton.
Time will tell, I suppose, if Americans will recognize the progress we’ve been experiencing under Trump’s leadership. Americans tend to vote with their wallets, so if the economic improvements continue, and become more visible during 2026, then the midterm elections should swing in the favor of the Republican Party, with a hint of MAGA seasoning.
And that is the key. Time will tell. God’s timing, as my wife says. In the end, that is usually the best answer. I am not a prognosticator. People who claim to be prophets don’t do well when they are wrong. So, I am not going to claim a Red Wave is coming, though we are long overdue for one. But, since we have a President that operates with America’s best interests at heart, you would think that voters would see enough to rid ourselves of the destructive Democrats who stand in his way. If election integrity was fully in place, I believe the Democratic Party would go the way of the Whigs and the Federalists. But, at the same time, I am careful not to underestimate the enemies of American Liberty.
Time will tell…
“The chief beauty about time
is that you cannot waste it in advance.
The next year, the next day, the next hour are lying ready for you,
as perfect, as unspoiled,
as if you had never wasted or misapplied
a single moment in all your life.
You can turn over a new leaf every hour
if you choose.”
― Arnold Bennett
“Rather than turning the page, it’s much easier to just throw the book away.”
― Anthony Liccione
“Morning will come, it has no choice.”
― Marty Rubin
“New Year – a new chapter, new verse, or just the same old story? Ultimately we write it. The choice is ours.”
― Alex Morritt, Impromptu Scribe
Conventional wisdom says the Trump agenda will not be fading away. He’s the man who the Tea Party emerged for. He’s the kind of President who defeats the enemies of America while tying the loose ends in such a way that America comes out ahead. But understand, like the current under a boat in a raging river, the left doesn’t give up. We fight a never-ending battle, a war that requires eternal vigilance on our part.
“Eternal vigilance is the price of liberty.” Spuriously attributed to Thomas Jefferson.
God’s Timing.
— Political Pistachio Conservative News and Commentary
