A House Divided, by Will

I'm going to do my best to keep this from being a political post. This isn't a political blog and I don't want to take it there. The current atmospher of America is more chaotic and, if I'm being honest, slightly terrifying. I'm concerned about the future of my country. The answer is not found in the Democratic party, or in the Republican party. The two parties can't come together to do what is best for the American people they have been elected to serve, and it is bringing about the destruction of this nation. 

The central issue is that America is no longer united. There is so much division, more than I can remember in previous years, and as Jesus said in Matthew 12, "Any kingdom divided against itself is laid waste; and any city or house divided against itself will not stand."

 In 2011, Casting Crowns released their album, "Come to the Well". The second track, "City on a Hill", is one I've listened to a lot in the past several years, and below is an animated video clip with the song.

 

I've been to the city on a hill in Israel, it's a pile of ruins that tourists now walk around and take pictures of. Division leads to destruction, and no one is immune to it. No nation, no church, no organization, no group can survive when there is division.

 America needs to come together; we need to realize what the division is going to do to us as a country. No house divided against itself can stand; no one group is more important or essential to a city (or nation), but all are dependent upon each other. If we don't come together, we will end up like the city on a hill. 

We need to stand strong together, not demanding our own way and agenda, and even in writing that it's hard because my mind immediately goes to my own world view and beliefs and sees the counter viewpoint as wrong. This is not an easy task, overcoming division isn't easy because it means setting aside our own pride and desires to hear another. The more firm we become in our view, the more we refuse to listen and work together, the quicker the end will get here.

I am worried about the future of this country. I am worried about the world my daughters are going to grow up in. I don't want to see America bring about its own destruction. 

 Fight the lion, 1 Peter 5.1-11 

  TO GOD ALONE BE THE GLORY!