Our country is more divided than any time in its history. Brother against brother, fathers against sons, and the points of conflict are complicated. President Trump and the election are popular topics, but questions about the pandemic, censorship, and many others have our country paralyzed with division.
Is there an answer or a simple solution? Probably not, but we are doomed if we don’t reverse this direction.
My on-line church preacher spoke about this challenge Sunday and used scripture to illustrate a solution to the polarization that has the USA so stymied. His idea was simple – “love your neighbor as yourself.”
Here’s my personal example.
I did not vote for Donald Trump and I don’t much care for him, but he is our president and I’ve tried to respect him by trying always to call him Donald Trump or President Trump, not just Trump. I have not wished for or prayed for him to fail. I don’t have a “TRUMP IS NOT MY PRESIDENT” bumper sticker.
I won’t claim that I love him, but I understand as a Christian I am called on to try.
To make his point my Sunday Pastor lifted up a familiar scripture about love. One we’ve all heard many times. Heck, I even read it at a wedding some time ago.
But, let me explain Chapter 13 of 1st Corinthians took on a whole new meaning for me Sunday when it was used in the context of “loving my neighbor as myself!”
My hope today is that sharing these mighty words with you might help make our world a little kinder?
Please listen carefully to these powerful words from 1st Corinthians, Chapter 13.
Love is patient, love is kind. It does not envy, it does not boast, it is not proud. It does not dishonor others, it is not self-seeking. It is not easily angered, it keeps no records of wrongs. Love does not delight in evil but rejoices with the truth. It always protects, always trusts, always hopes, always preserves.
Love never fails……
“Love your neighbor as yourself!”
I’m Steve Sauder
