It’s possible to light the candles on a birthday cake with a flame-thrower!
Just know that there is going to be one heck of a mess to clean up afterwards.
After the most contentious presidential election in history, where both candidates used little restraint in talking to and about each other, the damage that has been done is extensive. Both candidates walked across America with flame-throwers and grenades. They insulted, demeaned, and belittled each other, as well as those who would support them.
They both had “scorched earth” policies during their campaign. Did either one of them ever stop to count the cost?
I had two phone calls on Wednesday that couldn’t have been more opposite than the other.
Phone call 1: “God really showed up during the election, didn’t He? Got these godless, atheistic leaders out of office. Trump is going to get rid of abortion and make national security a priority again. It’s a new day for America.”
Phone call 2: “I’m scared to let my kids go to school, because they aren’t white. I’ve got people that I’m working with that are fearful for their life because of Trump. How could America elect a man so full of hate?”
There is good news. God’s equipped the Church to deal with scorched earth. In fact, this weekend as we finish up our series on David, we will study a man who is the model of how we should now live.
His name was Nathan. He lived in a similar circumstance. He’s got a lot to teach us about walking through tough times.
It was Nathan’s life that I used as a model to answer both of these phone calls.
See ya Sunday.