Austins in Thailand

There are soldiers with machine guns not far from my home. They are young. They look bored. But they have machine guns. I’m thankful there are no tanks!

The coup in Thailand has not affected us much. There is uncertainty. There have been promises. There is hope.

Not too long ago the lady cutting my hair commented on the politics of her country. She stated, “I’m not worried. My king is on the throne. He is our father and he will take care of us.” She was not talking about God, but about the good king of Thailand. But that attitude of trust in another has not only given Thailand great stability, but it points beyond this world to another.

Our world is at war. There are forces poised to tear us apart. There are weapons of war far deadlier than machine guns and tanks seeking us out. Do we have the confidence of a Thai hairdresser? Are we at peace because our father is on the throne?