{"id":1547,"date":"2006-11-08T11:22:00","date_gmt":"2006-11-08T11:22:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blog.beliefnet.com\/reformedchicksblabbing\/2006\/11\/dreary-resultsbut-hope-remains.html"},"modified":"2006-11-08T11:22:00","modified_gmt":"2006-11-08T11:22:00","slug":"dreary-resultsbut-hope-remains","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.beliefnet.com\/columnists\/reformedchicksblabbing\/2006\/11\/dreary-resultsbut-hope-remains.html","title":{"rendered":"Dreary Results&#8230;But Hope Remains"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>It is the most dreary day here in New Jersey, literally.<br \/>\nGrey skies and pouring rain.<br \/>\nVery indicative of the dreary political results.<br \/>\nI feel like I am on political overload, so I promised myself I was going to restrict myself from reading too much on the blogosphere, not to mention that I should be working on my English II essay that is due tomorrow, but this is just the icing on the cake.<\/p>\n<blockquote><p>South Dakotans rejected a toughest-in-the-nation law that would have banned virtually all abortions,even in cases of rape and incest &#8211; defeating one of the most high-profile state measures facing voters Tuesday&#8230;<br \/>\nLawmakers had hoped the ban would be challenged in court, provoking litigation that might eventually lead to a U.S. Supreme Court reversal of the 1973 Roe v. Wade decision legalizing abortion.<br \/>\n&#8220;This is a wake-up call to lawmakers in other states that America&#8217;s pro-choice majority will not allow an assault on Roe v. Wade to go unanswered,&#8221; said Nancy Keenan, president of NARAL Pro-Choice America.<br \/>\nread the rest <a href=\"http:\/\/apnews.myway.com\/article\/20061108\/D8L8MS282.html\">here<\/a>.\n<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>Sad indeed.  And yes, my soul is grieved&#8230;<br \/>\nYet, like Habakkuk, I will rejoice in the Lord:<\/p>\n<blockquote><p>17 Though the fig tree should not blossom,<br \/>\nnor fruit be on the vines,<br \/>\nthe produce of the olive fail<br \/>\nand the fields yield no food,<br \/>\nthe flock be cut off from the fold<br \/>\nand there be no herd in the stalls,<br \/>\n18 yet I will rejoice in the Lord;<br \/>\nI will take joy in the God of my salvation.<br \/>\n19 God, the Lord, is my strength;<br \/>\nhe makes my feet like the deer&#8217;s;<br \/>\nhe makes me tread on my high places.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>I will choose to rejoice, for He is my hope.  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