Greetings Dear Reader,
Recalling the hard-deck we are required to walk is necessary
to our discussion this morning. Ponder
with me this thought: Whatever lifestyle
choices an individual makes, we are required to love him or her actively. We are required to show him or her real love
in Christ.
Now, what exceptions surface in your mind? What if he or she is a Tennessee fan? The person might like Dub Step. He or she may put pineapple on pizza. I am being lighthearted on purpose but you
get the idea. We dismiss living souls
from receiving our love based on the choices they make for their human
lives. More seriously, we divide over political
and social life choices. We withhold the
love of Christ from people who do not line up with our view of how the world
should be.
The cries in social media become demands that if you
disagree with me, we cannot be friends.
Dividing over politics and social issues becomes our goal and
habit. We eliminate those who disagree
with us instead of working to show love and compassion to every soul. There is no social or political issue that
allows us to deny love and kindness to others.
Consider this thought, name a single social or political
issue that would have Jesus saying, “I hate that human.” Do not think that there are some of our own actions
and attitudes that are contrary to who Christ is and asks us to become. That is never the point. The idea is that he loves us beyond those
cracks and fissures to the souls that he sees.
Our obligation is to do the same.
We ought to be able to see every soul as precious and
priceless. The memes of “If you do this…we
cannot be friends” sadly mask an attitude that we adopt in some situations. I am not allowed to make anyone an outcast
because of his or her political or social choices. If I have any hope of following Christ, I
must set aside my personal preferences, no matter how right I think I am. I must instead embrace the idea that if I
wish for others to be loving in those choices, I must first love them. That common ground Dear Reader is where we
can meet and walk together to work out our differences.
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
homeowner. He liberally hands out new and old things from his great treasure
store.”
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