SOCS-Tempus Desolationis

“Frodo: I wish the Ring had never come to me. I wish none of this had happened.
Gandalf: So do all who live to see such times, but that is not for them to decide. All we have to decide is what to do with the time that is given to us. There are other forces at work in this world, Frodo, besides the will of evil.”

Times of desolation. This describes so much of what is going on in the Middle East right now. The extremists may think their cause justifies what they do but it does not and never will. There can never be a justification for all their atrocities. Kayla Mueller was working with aid organizations to help Syrian refugees in Turkey when she was captured by ISIS.

President Assad has dropped bombs and poison gas on his own people. Now there is talk to let him remain in power in order to “stabilize” Syria. Russia is sending in troops and weapons to try to prop him up as well.

It seems the forces of evil are very strong. I hope the forces of good can prevail in the end.

Via Powerful Scenes on You Tube:

Mordor must be defeated.

This is my contribution to : Stream of Consciousness Saturday

7 thoughts on “SOCS-Tempus Desolationis”

JoAnna September 12, 2015 at 9:05 am

Reblogged this on Loving Me, Too and commented:
I love the Lord of the Rings. And I love this post by Deborah, who shares one of my favorite parts of the Trilogy. It is perfect for our times.

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Deborah Drucker Post authorSeptember 12, 2015 at 9:24 am

Thank You JoAnna.

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1. JoAnna September 13, 2015 at 9:42 pm
  
  It’s a pleasure.
  
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Glazed September 12, 2015 at 9:15 am

It seems there will always be a tension between forces that are harmful, and forces beneficial.

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Deborah Drucker Post authorSeptember 12, 2015 at 9:30 am

Yes, it is like the very dark side of the human race and our struggle to contain it.

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Prajakta September 13, 2015 at 10:37 pm

I like the way you drew that parallel with LOTR (one of my all-time favourite series) and the current crisis. We know the dark side and evil we are capable and have put it in our books. We have also seen that good defeats it all. But nobody wants to be Frodo.

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Deborah Drucker Post authorSeptember 14, 2015 at 10:04 am

Thanks Prajakta. I think many of us feel like Frodo right now, wondering how to stand up to all the darkness.

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