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Here's a sign of the times.

Hundreds of armed National Guard troops slept in the floor of the U.S. Capitol

Tuesday night.

Under their protection yesterday, the House of Representatives voted to impeach President Donald Trump.

He's now the first president in U.S. history to be impeached twice. Senate Majority Leader

Mitch McConnell announced that he will not reconvene the Senate early, delaying the start of the

impeachment trial until January 19th at the earliest. While the first trial was decided virtually

on party lines, this time could be different, as several Republican

senators have voiced their intent to vote for impeachment.

If people thought changing the calendar would put the challenges of 2020 behind us, they were

wrong. So far, we have seen our worst day of COVID-19 deaths yet. Mortuaries in

Southern California are overwhelmed and have little space for bodies. Economic challenges are

continuing as well, along with threats from China, Iran, and Russia. This week, a radio interviewer

asked me the simple question,

where can Christians find hope in these hard days?

Let's begin with where we should not base our hope.

We have learned in the last year that medical science,

for all its contributions to our lives,

cannot prevent new viruses or protect us from all existing diseases and disasters.

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