United by hate

 

One of the tenants of our Christ Following faith is how destructive hate can be. As it has been told in the past, hate is the battery acid of the soul. In fact, hate negatively affects the hater much more than the person hated. Why bring this up? Because what we saw yesterday in the "No Kings" event, was a wide swath of people united by one thing, and one thing alone -a visceral hatred of Donald J. Trump.

And again, we come to the great divide in our country. On one side, we have the Turning Point and MAGA crowd. Many of these folks are deep into love and forgiveness. On the other side, we have Antifa, Communists, Socialists, and the "No Kings" sheeple. There is no love there, other than love for self and maybe hedonism. But there is hate - lots and lots of hate for our duly elected president and those who support him.

I have said this at least a dozen times before. We are two countries living within a common border. We cannot survive this way. The enemy has some of us convinced that to hate each other is the winning ticket. This is another lie from the Father of Lies. Meanwhile, even though it does not make the MSM, there is a revival going on, the likes of which we have not seen for many a year. Why? People are hungry for the Good News. They are tired of all the hate. They know there is a better way - a much better way.

Haters should not be shunned nor excoriated. They need to be prayed for. That their hearts would soften. My friend Scott Ledoux told me more than once how at peace he had become when he let Christ into his heart. This is our wish and our prayer for those who hate our country and hate our president. Love can heal whereas hate always destroys.