All People. ALL People.

...Yet they are not sought out for the council of the people.

 - From Sirach 38

The reflection for Labor Day includes this reading from the Apocrypha. It describes in detail the work of laborers and artisans. We depend on them. Civilization depends on them, and requires them to be skilled and nearly perfect in their execution.

Note that it affirms the truth that skilled people, the people that work with their hands, will not go hungry.

So the first lesson is . . . keep busy fulfilling some need. If civilization keeps automating everything with robots, there is still always going to be something needing to be done, that someone needs to step up and do. And notice . . .they will not go hungry.

Not - they will become rich.

God takes care of us. Let's have wealth and comfort in the next life. In this life, there is work to be done.

People on the modern Left will take great comfort in this passage. It praises working people. And they feel that they are unsurpassed in their appreciation for working people. But I have seen wealthy liberals in private and their language there does not necessarily match what they want their politicians saying.

Scripture is effective when it makes people uncomfortable. We need to squirm a little. But when Liberals read this passage, it is hoped that they will squirm some and think about their own lack of appreciation for others. We all have people we prefer, and people we would marginalize. And we need to not marginalize anybody. So, if you're a loving, liberal altruist, where might you possibly be missing the target?

I would suggest that the first goal would be for liberals to drop their adherence to partisanship. How can you be someone that talks about peace and love all the time, and yet be so married to the idea of partisanship? How can a uniter be so assertive about division?

The skilled workers, that keep the city alive, are not invited into the city's council chambers, for their advice. I take it to mean that nobody should be excluded. And today we have a President that the Liberals hate . . . but it all started when they left too many of the wrong people out of their special society. 

All people are invited in. All people.

Is that clear? 

All people.

When we fail to do that, not only do we miss some seeds of creativity that can solve our problems, but we also might end up with a frustrated, angry sect within the populace, that is ready to vote in anybody, just to get your attention.