Greetings Dear Reader,
One cannot listen to or view media without encountering the
stories about securing our borders and those trying to cross them. I am trying to gain a perspective on what the
heart of this should be for me. There are
clear answers and I must be sure that I know what I believe and live
accordingly.,
Even under the very strict laws of ancient Israel there were
rules governing “strangers in the land.”
Exodus 22:21 "Never mistreat or oppress foreigners, because you
were foreigners living in Egypt.” The
word for “foreigner” literally translates to “a temporary inhabitant, a newcomer lacking
inherited rights.”
I will not ignore that there are those who seek to enter our
land with intent to do wrong. We should
have a system in place for this that works.
We do not. What we must not do is
let the innocent suffer because of what the guilty might do in our land. We have failed at this in the past. The interment of Japanese-AMERICANS during
World War II is just one example.
We must be safe but we must not violate the human rights of
anyone to do so. There is a way through
all of this if we will be humane rather than political. We can find a way to be a shining example of
freedom and protect our land if we choose to do both. We first need to stop arguing and be more
neighborly about it.
The stranger in the land is still my neighbor. I cannot claim to follow Christ and neglect
this truth. So I say to those seeking a
life of freedom, hope, and safety “please won’t you be my neighbor?”
Wishing you joy in the journey,
Aramis Thorn
Mat 13:52 So Jesus said to them, "That is why every writer
who has become a disciple of Christ’s rule of the universe is like a home
owner. He liberally hands out new and old things from his great treasure
store.”
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Thorn:
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