March 12, 2021
Not Being Heard is No Reason for Silence ~Victor Hugo~ |
Although the church finds itself in a culture that wishes to cancel the voice of Christ, now is not the time to be silent and not speak for the Savior. In case you have missed it, the culture would like to tell the Church; “Shut up, be quiet, and do not speak. Do not proclaim you have the truth that judges my sexual preference or my sexual identity. Do not preach to me what is right or wrong, good or bad, acceptable or unacceptable. I will determine my own truth; thank you very much. You no longer hold sway over the minds of the people. You are an ancient cognitive convention to control weak people’s thinking. You are a sociological infection that must be excoriated, and a psychological disease that must be eradicated. You are a spiritual force that must be eliminated.” That “you” the culture would like to tell to “shut up” is you and me. However, in the face of such animosity, we must provide answers. In the face of such rejection, we must provide a response. We must flex our convictions and our compassion simultaneously. We must provide divine wisdom with human winsomeness. Is that not what Jesus did in the midst of His cancel culture, before people who wished Him to not only shut up, but to die? Living in the present often depends on how you see the future. As Hugo said, “The future has several names. For the weak, it is impossible; for the fainthearted, it is unknown; but for the valiant, it is ideal.” The best way to live in this world is to keep an eye on the world of the future. We have read the back of the book and know the end of the story, and the story says that the Savior wins. And so do we! You say the times are evil. Live nobly and you will change the times. ~Augustine~ Serving Him with you until He comes for us, Fred |