There is such a strangeness about you and me. We have our likes and dislikes. There are those topics we find controversial on one hand while others note the same discussion is loaded with intrigue. The strangeness is how we seem to assume that we are in one camp or another when, in reality, we are very much alike.
Liberals view conservatives with a rolling of the eyes. Conservatives squint through theirs as they smirk the Liberalites. Yet, truth be told, we are all exactly alike. We are correct in our judgment in places. And then, we (all of we) hold errant positions....of which we do our best to deny.
Each group thanks God they are not like the other. Profoundly, God says we are just alike; that we seem to plod through this wonder called life with a bee in our bonnet at how off-base they are.
Here's the sticky wicket. Liberals are conservative in areas. These may be open to new ideas yet stingy in their giving. Conservatives are liberal in areas. These most likely hold to strict view of scriptures while liberally dismissing those teachings which don't float their boat. This goes on day by day...in both camps.
God declares that we are to drop the perpetual drive to live by comparison. Our position is never to be how well we are doing compared to another for we are all alike. Each of us possesses both tendencies; liberal and conservative. It just depends on the topic at hand.
For we are not bold to class or compare ourselves with some of those who commend themselves; but when they measure themselves by themselves and compare themselves with themselves, they are without understanding.
II Corinthians 10:12
Yep! Conservative-ites and Liberal-ites are just like each other...and this really seems to get under our skin. But if we could see it (admit it) about ourselves, the harmony and unity driven by the Spirit just might be significantly refreshing....for all of us!
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