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May we be 'so graced' as to relinquish any faith,                                                                                                           religion, or ideology that is not based in God.                                                                                                      May our politics be inferior, not superior, to people                                                                                             May any box we conceive to build, whether willfully                                                                                                         or inadvertently, be too small to contain The Lord of Lords                                                                                    and King of kings.  May even a thought of such be 'Anathema'.

We mortals, including Christians, have a myriad                                                                                                       of biases that are worthy of the 'scrap-heap'.                                                                                                           On occasions, sometimes looking back upon my                                                                                                           narrow mindedness during the early days of my                                                                                             conversion to Christ, I am aghast.  At the same time, I am                                                                                                  grateful that, early on, I discovered the 'beauty of balance'.

On the other hand, where are the 'Luthers' of today                                                                                        who refuse to recant. And where are the 'Davids'                                                                                                                       of today who are asking, "Is there not a cause?'*                                                                                                                    Must we be so accepting and so congenial                                                                                                                            as to accept whatever is placed before us?                                                                                                           Must we be such mortals as to have nothing                                                                                                                   for which we are willing to suffer or die?                                                                                                                 Must everything we believe in be subject                                                                                                                     to discussion, debate, or compromise?                                                                                                                      Must we allow every trace of our forefathers'                                                                                                       blood to be pumped and drained from our veins?

Some things 'of Right ought to be'** forever enjoined                                                                                                     to be intolerant and never to be accepted.  May                                                                                                                   I be 'so graced' as our fellow believers who,                                                                                                             in matters of persecution, accept death rather                                                                                                    than deny The Christ of God. We cannot reach                                                                                                      such devotion and commitment without a special                                                                                        encounter with Christ. For example, the great Paul                                                                                                     was addicted to Judaism and willing to send others                                                                                                   to their death in defense of his extremist views.                                                                                                     He was driven by religious fanaticism and unstoppable,                                                                                        until he was totally grounded by his greatest enemy.                                                                                                 After conversion, Peter was still bound by religious                                                                                                   prejudice so deeply entrenched as to contest                                                                                                          God Himself for infringing upon his belief.

May we disallow our beliefs to be bound by blindness,                                                                                       our politics by deafness, and our prejudices by ignorance.                                                                                  And in my flawed state to which all mortals are plagued,                                                                                     may I find God's Grace to be forgiving toward those                                                                                             who are 'Indifferent'.

61521PSCtest, 71021,Strand July 12 Contest, Strand.1P                                                                                                   *1 Samuel 17:29KJV
*Declaration of Independence
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