As I’ve had a chance to mentally process recent developments as well as the polarizing rhetoric coming from all sides, I have a thought to leave people with.
The problem isn’t ICE. The problem isn’t conservatives. The problem isn’t liberals. The problem isn’t Democrats. The problem isn’t Republicans. The problem isn’t the left. The problem isn’t the right. The problem isn’t Christians. The problem isn’t Muslims. The problem isn’t Jews. The problem isn’t the average government employee. The problem isn’t immigration. The problem isn’t the masses. The problem isn’t people, per se.
We can go on all day quarreling over some event. In the end, we miss the fact that the problem we are all facing is the financial system itself. It has no ideology. It can amalgamate and incorporate left wing ideas or right wing ideas. Any idea (from the left or right) amalgamating itself with the system, taken to any extreme, can be very destructive. It is important that we not lose our sense of compassion and humanity.
This is spiritual. We wrestle not against flesh and blood. Pray for this country. Pray for leaders. Pray for our neighbors.