Health

Let your ways be known upon earth, your saving health among all nations.

 - From Psalm 67

I was sharing with a close family member today, how tired I am of some of the hot political issues of our time.

For as long as I can remember, two issues, in particular, have been on the front burner of American debate.

Did I just say "debate"? It's more like "argument." Or how about bitter, fierce, strife?

The issues are a) gun control, and b) abortion

Over and over again, day in, day out, every single day of my life, for almost sixty years . . . we've been dealing with it. The two sides have rehearsed their statements and retorts. They turned around their own points, sliced and diced those of the opponent. Everybody's got a comeback. Everybody's got an article.

Everybody hates the other side . . . they now hate the people on the other side.

Nobody is listening any more.

And I'm sick of it. Can't they just empathize? Do they want to tear apart our way of life, this desperately?

Everybody knows you should not behave as they do. We know it's wrong. We know the result can't be good. But we do it anyway . . . we elevate dysfunctionality to the national scale, where the stakes are high and everybody can find a massive side to join.

The healthcare debate is not as bad, but it's composed of the same materiel.

The Psalm says that God has "saving health" for all the nations. He is the healthcare plan. And yes, it is not a promise that every single human will be be in good health from now on. But it does mean that it will happen, and that it is as good as done.

We should be able to move forward, without all this angst and anger. God's got this. He plays the Long Game. We do not need to worry, to the point of playing dangerous partisan political games.

Once we trust God, it becomes much easier to bear with each other, with much more patience, and even, much more love.