Application: The fear, hatred, and division we are seeing in our nation did not start Nov. 9. It has been years of recriminations, of thinking the worst of one another, of pointing out every minor flaw in the "other" side and completely overlooking the major flaws on our "own" side. But it certainly isn't getting better on its own.
Christian, this didn't get this way yesterday. The world is already full of hurting people. People looking for safe places, where they will feel accepted. Jesus has said that they will be able to find us. They will come to us for comfort and peace. IF...they see us loving one another. If they look in our direction and see us speaking not just in behalf of ourselves, but on behalf of others. Maybe others who we haven't met yet, or will never meet. Others who may not even be born for many years. If they see us telling each other not just what we want to hear, but what they need to hear. If they see us being patient and kind and humble even when we know others around us won't do the same. That's how they will know that we are worth talking to. That there's actually something to this Jesus movement. That there really must be such thing as a Holy Spirit. If we love, not just with feelings or words, but with actions.
God, to love on the scale this world needs is daunting. I can't do it. I need your help. Show me the next little loving action I can take today. Help me take it one day at a time. Amen.
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