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From my expression in the picture, you might think I’m sad. Not so.
Actually, I’m just thoughtful.
I am at a complete loss at knowing why God enjoys working with humans. I don’t get it. He favors us, He loves us, He trusts us to communicate His ideas. I, for one, would have selected talking raccoons–unusually clean and cute.
But not God. No–people.
Because that is the case, it is useless to ask Him to kill off our enemies. We become absolute jerks when we wish that tragedy or difficulty would befall those who stand against us. And certainly, we are fools in attempting to make some folks less valuable.
Since we’re not going to change God’s mind about His devotion for the human race, we all need to develop a plan. Otherwise we will literally find ourselves outside God’s will.
How can we trust people who are just as devious as we are if we actually admitted we were? What is the game plan going forward?
- Bigotry has failed.
- Culture is just another way of expressing bigotry.
- Politics has created the “great divide.”
- And religion fosters self-righteousness.
The truth of the matter is, if I can wrap my mind around being a “work in progress,” I might just be able to allow you to be one, too.
If I think that because Mommy and Daddy raised me and I bought a house and I pay my bills and stand up for the National Anthem, that there isn’t much for me to learn, then I will probably be a thorn in the side of my fellow-travelers.
Springing from that thoughtful expression came the following conclusions:
1. Start telling the truth.
Who knows? It might catch on. Make it a game. Every time you lie, deduct a dessert from your menu. And even if it doesn’t become a fad, at least you can tell yourself that you aren’t a liar.
2. Divide the world into two groups–people you know and people you don’t know yet.
Any further division is prejudice.
3. Don’t be afraid of what comes out of you.
Some of it will be crap. Some of it will be inspirational. If you’re willing to sift, question, converse and contemplate your feelings instead of embracing them as long-lost relatives, you have a chance of catching your own insanity before it races down the street naked, offending others.
The good news is that because you are a “people” you get included in the blessing that God loves the world.
The better news is, if you will just sit down and consider your life instead of shouting it through a bull horn, you might just end up justifying His faith in all of us.
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