Weekly Word from the Wisdom Walk today is Tolerance
Tolerance: The ability or willingness to put up with (tolerate) the existence or behavior that one does not necessarily agree with” so says one dictionary. It is a matter of great concern and personal sadness to see the amount of time devoted to giving way to anger either because of a misunderstanding or someone voicing a different idea. Somehow, in this time of major crisis I am having difficulty reconciling this with what is really happening in the world. I hate to be the one harping on this, but people are dying. Hunger, stress, hopelessness leading to suicides, or people being maimed from failed suicide attempts are right before our very eyes. Many are not Christians; and if your worldview is that eternity without Christ carries major consequences, then there is reason for even more sadness.
Spending the time fighting with each other on social media, over a difference of opinion adds to the problems around us. We excoriate, malign, and condemn each other, question each other’s morals and all but send each other to hell over a difference of opinion or poorly expressed thought. How are we portraying Christ when we say to each other, “Don’t stand beside me, because I am more holy than you are?” Christians are called to be light and salt and peacemakers. At the end of the day, if I was right in my view and Christ was dishonored in the way I expressed myself, being right matters nothing. Christ is still dishonored.
People of God, we will not be graded on the strength of our political convictions but on how we represented Christ to a dying world, “so they may see our good works and glorify our Father in heaven.”Once again, the anger of man does not uphold or promote the righteousness of God. For the kingdom of God does not come by arguing or strife. Jesus would have us remember blessed are the peacemakers for they shall be called the children of God. Disagree with dignity, fight with fairness, and correct with Christ like humility lest we become the very thing we claim to despise.
And now, may the peace of God dwell in us richly and keep our hearts and minds in Christ Jesus. The Lord is at hand (Maranatha)!
Tolerance: The ability or willingness to put up with (tolerate) the existence or behavior that one does not necessarily agree with” so says one dictionary. It is a matter of great concern and personal sadness to see the amount of time devoted to giving way to anger either because of a misunderstanding or someone voicing a different idea. Somehow, in this time of major crisis I am having difficulty reconciling this with what is really happening in the world. I hate to be the one harping on this, but people are dying. Hunger, stress, hopelessness leading to suicides, or people being maimed from failed suicide attempts are right before our very eyes. Many are not Christians; and if your worldview is that eternity without Christ carries major consequences, then there is reason for even more sadness.
Spending the time fighting with each other on social media, over a difference of opinion adds to the problems around us. We excoriate, malign, and condemn each other, question each other’s morals and all but send each other to hell over a difference of opinion or poorly expressed thought. How are we portraying Christ when we say to each other, “Don’t stand beside me, because I am more holy than you are?” Christians are called to be light and salt and peacemakers. At the end of the day, if I was right in my view and Christ was dishonored in the way I expressed myself, being right matters nothing. Christ is still dishonored.
People of God, we will not be graded on the strength of our political convictions but on how we represented Christ to a dying world, “so they may see our good works and glorify our Father in heaven.”Once again, the anger of man does not uphold or promote the righteousness of God. For the kingdom of God does not come by arguing or strife. Jesus would have us remember blessed are the peacemakers for they shall be called the children of God. Disagree with dignity, fight with fairness, and correct with Christ like humility lest we become the very thing we claim to despise.
And now, may the peace of God dwell in us richly and keep our hearts and minds in Christ Jesus. The Lord is at hand (Maranatha)!
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