"𝐓𝐡𝐚𝐭'𝐬 𝐍𝐨𝐭 𝐕𝐞𝐫𝐲 𝐂𝐡𝐫𝐢𝐬𝐭𝐢𝐚𝐧 𝐨𝐟 𝐘𝐨𝐮" - Day 3: 𝐆𝐨𝐝 𝐃𝐨𝐞𝐬𝐧'𝐭 𝐍𝐞𝐞𝐝 𝐘𝐨𝐮 𝐭𝐨 𝐃𝐞𝐟𝐞𝐧𝐝 𝐇𝐢𝐦

Raise your hand if you can answer "yes" to any of the following questions. Don't worry - we can't see you. It'll stay your little secret.

🤚 Have you heard a lot of misinformation lately?

🤚 Do you find that a lot of ethics are somehow bipartisan lately and you wonder when the line between ethics and politics got so murky?

🤚 Are you sick and tired of hearing one candidate portrayed as a villain and the other a knight in shining armor?

🤚 At times, do you just want to scream at people the very heart of an issue that they seem to be missing?

🤚 Other times, does it feel useless to even try?

🤚 At the end of the day, do you know that you've formed your opinion solidly in the Good Book and those who've chosen an opposing opinion are wrong?

🤚 Do you find it hard not to wonder if they've lost their way?

🤚 Does it make you really sad to answer "yes" to that last question?

I'll let my secret out. That's where I was the other night. I'd decided to call my Giant and ask him,

📞 "How do you stay neutral? How do you portray neutrality? My faith is being used as an excuse for others to justify [insert your own outrage here]!" 📞

I realize that if I lose my cool and spew the zingers that my tongue is dying to release, then I am most certainly not representing my faith.

But.Sometimes.It's.So.HARD!!! 🤷‍♀️

As I reached for the phone, I knew what I think Pastor Faith would've said:
"𝘞𝘦𝘭𝘭, 𝘸𝘩𝘦𝘯 𝘐 𝘧𝘦𝘦𝘭 𝘵𝘩𝘢𝘵 𝘸𝘢𝘺, 𝘐 𝘵𝘳𝘺 𝘵𝘰 𝘳𝘦𝘮𝘦𝘮𝘣𝘦𝘳 𝘵𝘩𝘢𝘵 𝘎𝘰𝘥 𝘥𝘰𝘦𝘴𝘯'𝘵 𝘯𝘦𝘦𝘥 𝘮𝘦 𝘵𝘰 𝘥𝘦𝘧𝘦𝘯𝘥 𝘩𝘪𝘮. 𝘠𝘢 𝘬𝘯𝘰𝘸?" 🎤

I put the phone down in acceptance.

And in SUBMISSION.

🛑 The greatest commandment is to love God, not to defend Him.

🛑 The second greatest commandment is to love His children.

🛑 Full Stop. 🛑

1 Corinthians 13 told me that love doesn't spew zingers.

So I take a deep breath, nay - a deep prayer, and accept that God is my Defender, not reverse. God will answer for Himself in His time, as He sees fit.

As for me, I have a mission to shine His light, to be a Son-Beam for Him. So that is what I will do, and I will find peace in doing that through prayer. I will find new insights by keeping the channels of communication open (𝐛𝐞𝐜𝐚𝐮𝐬𝐞 𝐧𝐨 𝐦𝐚𝐭𝐭𝐞𝐫 𝐡𝐨𝐰 𝐫𝐢𝐠𝐡𝐭 𝐈 𝐟𝐞𝐞𝐥, 𝐞𝐯𝐞𝐫𝐲𝐨𝐧𝐞 𝐡𝐚𝐬 𝐚𝐭 𝐥𝐞𝐚𝐬𝐭 𝐚 𝐠𝐫𝐚𝐢𝐧 𝐨𝐟 𝐭𝐫𝐮𝐭𝐡), and I will do more for my Father and for my faith by fostering relationships than by torching them.

Amen. 🙏

How are we doing so far in the series, Son=Beam?
Any deep thoughts?
Any not-so-deep thoughts?
As always, I welcome your input!

Have a blessed day, Son-Beam. When the anger boils up, remember pray deep and reflect love.

Love,
Laurie