Christians need to gather and seek the Lord. I’m going to host a time of fasting and prayer for the nation on Tuesday, December 15 from 12 to 1 at the Capitol. Meet me there!
~Senator Josh Hawley (R-MO)
This was not the first time Hawley, who was infamously captured on video raising a fist in support of the January 6, 2021 insurrectionists on his way into the Capitol and running to safety when rioters breached the Senate chamber, sought divine intervention. According to The Daily Beast‘s William Vaillancourt, prior to the midterm elections, Hawley “…who was not up for re-election this year, seemed quite concerned about the consequences of dozens of new Democrats being elected to Congress.” In a call for prayer, Hawley sought the Lord’s assistance.
Would you help us, Lord, to ask, Lord, how can we serve you in this hour? Lord, would you make us worthy of this hour? Lord, would you give us joy as we proclaim your name? In Jesus’ name we pray, amen.”
In light of last Tuesday’s election results, I suggest the Very Honorable Senator* from Missouri watch Season 4/Episode 9 of the long-running series “M*A*S*H” titled, “Quo Vadis, Captain Chandler?” Chandler, a shell-shocked soldier, believes he is Jesus Christ and is placed under the care of army psychiatrist Dr. Sidney Freedman. During their final session, Freedman unsuccessfully attempts to bring Chandler back to reality with a series of questions that test the soldier’s understanding of Christianity and Christ, himself.
FREEDMAN: What are you doing here, in an army hospital?
CHANDLER: I’m Christ. Where should I be?
FREEDMAN: Shouldn’t you be in the nose of a B-29? That’s where you’ve been a good part of the past two years; up in a B-29, dropping bombs.
CHANDLER: Bombs? On people?
FREEDMAN: On the enemy.
CHANDLER: I have no enemies. I love all men.
Freedman, now more uncertain about what HE believes than his patient, asks one final question.
FREEDMAN: Tell me, is it true that God answers all prayers?
CHANDLER: Yes, Sometimes the answer is no.
Which brings me back to Senator Hawley. After he and his colleagues kowtow to the whims of the least spiritual occupant of the White House in the history of our constitutional republic, they applaud when anyone suggests Donald Trump was sent by God to “Make American Great Again.” After they fund a police force consisting of undertrained, masked thugs that are given immunity when they gun down citizens on the streets of American cities, they cut funding for health care and child nutrition. They abdicate their constitutional authority to be the checks and balances against an out-of-control executive branch. After running for office on a pro-life and Christian values platform, they do nothing to seek justice for the hundreds of young victims of one of the largest sex trafficking operations ever.
In other words, for the first 18 months of Trump 2.0, they paid more reference to the Project 2025 Report than they did to the New Testament, which they describe as “the divinely inspired, authoritative, and trustworthy written Word of God.” (Source: Evangelical Alliance) However, come election time, Hawley prays, “Would you help us, Lord?” On November 3rd, God responded. This time the answer was, “NO, HELL NO!” (To which God added, “Pardon my French.”)
For what it’s worth.
Dr. ESP
*For those unfamiliar with this Capitol Hill inside joke, members of Congress will address a college as “Honorable” if they THINK that he/she is lying and “Very Honorable” if they KNOW that he/she is lying.