passion

I am very remiss in blogging. I am very sorry.

This is short.

I have been admiring people who have a passion for their issues. I have issues but not so much passion.

God is a passionate God. And he loves people with passion. Obviously it is best to be obedient to God's issues and be passionate about them.

But God admires passion in people, even those who are misguided. See Saul, who went from passionate persecutor to Paul, the passionate apostle for God.

God loved David, his passionate shepherd king. He is the example of the good shepherd, before Jesus, an archetype if you will. David was not always right but God loved his passion.

I think of the political season.

A very emotional issue right now is how to treat "alternative lifestyles".

I think God loves those practicing homosexuality but he hates what they do. I think God loves those who support gays because they love them. God loves them too. He shares there passion. I think God admires them and so do I. I may not agree with the conclusions they come to. I do not believe God does either. But God loves them and admires their passion. We should too.

You can expand this to other emotion charged issues such as abortion rights vs. pro-life, the war in Iran/Afghanistan, how we help poor people, how we help those who are repeat criminal offenders, and many more.