Greetings Dear Reader,
There is a video a friend shared of New
York Representative Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez. I rarely agree with the Congresswoman, but I
felt it proper to stand with her on this issue.
The comments that I got in response were unkind for the most part.
One fellow human said, “And yet you'll still vote for Donald
Trump, so who gives a $#!+ what
you think?” I am not a Republican, nor
did I say anything about the President. It seems that if I do not agree with
everything someone says, I somehow am immediately in the wrong.
Others were kind and thanked me for being civil and supportive. The difficulty I see is how quickly opinions devolve
into sniping and name-calling. Fellow
travelers who do not know me, my politics, or my disposition launched hatred at
me for being supportive of their idol. I
do not like Kool-Aid®. I never
have. I refuse to drink it actually or
virtually to appease anyone.
We need to remember how to rally around those issues with
which we agree no matter where they come from or who says them. Truth is truth. Every social movement has some truth to
it. If we began to agree and be supportive
where those truths are, we might discover that we have common ground on which
to stand to engage in peaceful loving conversation.
We cannot claim to follow Christ and disagree with this statement
from Representative Ocasio-Cortez: “Having
a daughter does not make a man decent. Having a wife does not make a decent
man. Treating people with dignity and respect makes a decent man. And when a
decent man messes up as we all are bound to do, he tries his best and does
apologize not to save face, not to win a vote. He apologizes genuinely to repair
and acknowledge the harm done so we can all move on.”
Think this through.
Everything she says reflects the truth of Christ in how we are to treat
each other. Oh, and no matter what your position
on her positions, you are required to love her.
I am weary of the insistence that we have to drink their Kool-Aid to admit
when they are right. Further, I hate
when we malign people over politics. It
is poor thinking and poor faith.
Avalon reminded me of a poem my Grandfather always quoted:
Outwitted
by Edwin Markham (1852-1940)
He drew a circle that shut me out —
Heretic, rebel, a thing to flout.
But Love and I had the wit to win:
We drew a circle that took him in!
We need to draw bigger circles that show love to
everyone. I need to support ideas that reflect
the love of Christ. I am going to do so
because I know that I can do this and my faith is not threatened. If it were, then it is my faith that needs
care, Dear Reader. Let us agree to share
a drink over the truths we all share, as long as it is not Kool-Aid®.
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.”
(͡° ͜ʖ ͡°)
Every human story is part of the
great story that leads to the Father getting everything back to Good.
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