Last
week Senator Saxby Chambliss pointed out that hormones can have an
impact upon human behavior (as if we were animals). He was roundly
criticized by people of all political persuasions. This is the
appalling state we have come to. “Political Correctness” that
assumes we are gods has such a stranglehold on public affairs that
the patently obvious cannot be mentioned without a firestorm of
criticism and ridicule. I would like to offer Senator Chambliss a
little consolation in the form of excepts from today's daily
devotions. It is dedicated as well to all those who value truth
above idealistic escapism, fantasy, and lies.
“For
I know the plans I have for you,” declares the Lord, “plans to
prosper you and not to harm you, plans to give you hope and a future”
(Jeremiah 29:11 NIV).
Association
with Jesus puts us in the company of healing, enlightenment, and
unanticipated joys. But it also puts us in the place of betrayal,
humiliation, and crucifixion. We must, if we are faithful to the
Christian way, accept the one as readily as the other. (A Year
with Jesus, Eugene Peterson, page 168).
We
tend to think as we depart from the teachings of Christ, it affects
only us. But Paul reminds us that we are part of a community and
that everything we do affects someone else.... (Through the Year
with Jimmy Carter, page 159).
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