if the good lord is willing, and the creek don't rise
charles laquidara signed off with it for decades with it, and i understand that it was one of ladybird johnson's favorites. unfortunately, for millions of americans through the heart of the continent, it's no idle aphorism. birth certificates, death certificates, and a million other stories seem to conspire to always keep this just below the top headline, but the mississippi is due to break all its records, and that's a hardship not to be wished on anyone, let alone countrypeople with all to lose.
let's not forget to keep our thoughts and best wishes, and all aid that is convenient and possible to lend, where it's needed.
let's not forget to keep our thoughts and best wishes, and all aid that is convenient and possible to lend, where it's needed.
posted by kad barma at 1:52 PM
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Nothing ruins a good fish story like someone who was there. I believe the actual is "If'n the Lord tarries and the creek don't rise".
A reference to the Second Coming. "Amen, come Lord Jesus."
And this is some serious flooding and to protect the many the Corps of Engineers will flood out the few.
Regards — Cliff
Google has it 7 million to 460,000 that it's "willing", but many are suspicious that Google is the devil these days. I can't find satisfying etymology for your alternate, but, as with all sayings, the important one is ones own.
Agree that "willing" has more followers. I also agree that Google, if not evil, does fail to live up to the "do no evil" motto. Does it even still have that?
I find two problems with "The Lord is willing and the creek don't rise". One is logical and the other is cultural.
As to the first, if the Lord IS willing, the creek WON'T rise. Not wishing to pose as someone who is an expert in logic and it's terms, I will venture that the "Lord is willing" version is exclusionary. If he is, nothing else stands in the way. On the other hand, "Lord tarries" is sequential. If not "A" and then if not "B", then...
The cultural part is that the idea of the Lord tarrying seems to me to be a theological issue that would be of interest to Evangelicals, Pentacostals and various Fundamentalists. It would not be an issue of much interest on either of the coasts. Something that Sarah Palin could converse on at some lenth, but perhaps not Nancy Pelosi.
Just one view. For the truth of it we would probably have to consult with Norm (80 SEALs) Chomsky.
Regards — Cliff
Not every theology blames Grace for the vagaries of nature. To many, the Lord being willing we rise each morning, and only if Mother Nature feels like being the same the creek doesn't. (Don't).
Hard for me to imagine a life living under the daily expectation of Armageddon.
Not so much the daily expectation of Armageddon as the hourly anticipation of the Rapture.
In some understandings of the End Times the Saved are snatched away before the bad stuff happens. You have your "Pre-Tribulation Rapturists, you Post-Trib Rapturists and your Mid-Trib Rapturists. (Then you have your Pe-Millennialists and your Post-Millennialists regarding when the Tribulation itself comes.)
Being an RC, and thus believing suffering can be redemptive, I lean toward Post-Trib. But then, Roman Catholics are not much given to this Late Great Plant Earth like speculation.
Regards — Cliff
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