We live in a strange and tumultuous time. It is a time when we can instantaneously see
the opinions of others. Our opinions are
charged with an immediate jump to support or argue others’ opinions – driven by
hot un-thought out conclusions and mindless Stepford-wife-like responses
stemming from modern day clichés or the traditional American values, which have
molded our thoughts.
Our defense of our rights and the fear that they may be
taken away is driving our senses and compelling our fingers to type what our
lips have refused to say. We are
celebrating with complete abandon that which we can lose with a stroke of a
pen. We are calling names, pointing
accusing fingers, and compromising our firm foundational beliefs – all in
support of a media-driven frenzy... allowing it to control us.
I have read more explanations and reasons and responses to
others’ opinions in the past two days, than ever in my life – in an effort to
understand subjects that are almost as old as mankind and have never been
resolved. In more recent times past they
have been hidden and swept under the rug – the butt of jokes, the shame of
peoples and nations, and everyone’s worst nightmare. Yet, here we are with them unresolved. There have been Supreme Court rulings on
them, but they are still not resolved.
I read articles that support the Supreme Court rulings and I
think, “Yes, that is right.” I start to
click the “like” button, but something stops me. I read articles that take a hard nosed view of
“our Christian heritage,” and I think, “Yes, this is right.” I start to comment
in agreement, but my finger freezes over the button. I don’t know if it is the
fear of retribution, or the fear of being wrong – but I just can’t click that
button or comment to anything anyone is saying.
I want to be reasonable and understand where my friends and Christian
brothers are coming from, but I also want to make sure that I don’t regret any
firm decision that I have shared with the world.
I know my own true position – that which I think is a
Biblical position and a personal position.
I just don’t know, in the long run of things, how important my position
and opinion are to the listening and reading world. Sometimes I just want to post something
because I want others’ to know where I stand.
But honestly, would that be helpful or profitable for the cause of
Christ, whom I represent?
Perhaps these issues will cause more people to look to God’s
Word and read more about Him. Could it
be? He states His love better than
anyone I know, if people will only take the time to read what He has said. The Bible is its own defense. I recently heard a woman on a panel say that
as she prepared to write about the futility of the Christian faith, she was
compelled to read the Bible seven times in two years and what she found was
Jesus. She claimed that she wasn’t saved
from her former life - she was saved from unbelief. Now – I can hit the “like” button for that statement!
