To heal the divide.
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I don’t read, watch or listen to the news anymore. And I believe my life is better for it. Not only am I not wasting time, I’m not polluting my mind with the steady stream of negativity.
Now I don’t live in a cave. I’m still connected to the world and communicate with the people around me. So I still get to hear what’s going on in the world. If a story is big enough and important enough I’ll hear it.
I am not oblivious for example to the increasingly polarizing political climate in America. I strive to be a disciple of Jesus and do not bind myself to the ideologies of either party.
From my perspective, both parties have good and bad politicians and policies. But people on both the left and right have allowed themselves to become so blinkered by their ideology that they condemn the other side.
As I was reading this morning I came across a scripture that I think we’d all do well to remember and apply.
In The Book of Mormon we find this scripture tucked away in the final pages of second Nephi.
“Except ye shall keep the commandments of God ye shall all likewise perish”
In other words, without Jesus and without repentance, republican or democrat, you are going to hell.
Let us not be foolish. Jesus should have our full allegiance and our love. It is him that we should give our hearts mind and soul to. How ever much you loved Donald or love Joe, neither can save you.
Perhaps only when we put Jesus first can we start to heal the polarization that seems to be destroying America.
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