Never tire of doing what is good.
‭‭2 Thessalonians‬ ‭3‬:‭13‬ ‭NIV‬‬

Doing good comes at a price most would rather not pay.

Costs to image, reputation, and relationships are common casualties despite the best of intentions.

But not everyone has the best intentions.

To be honest, I don’t always get it right and when it’s clear I don’t, I clarify or rescind, make my private apologies and reconciliations insofar as it’s up to me, and learn a thing or two for the next time.

I won’t tire of doing what I know to be good, but I also won’t be relentlessly hammered by those whose intentions for me are clearly to be cruel, personally demeaning or destructive.

Fortunately these instances are rare for now but as culture changes, not for much longer.

As my own polarity of beliefs and opinions becomes more enunciated and pronounced, more is at stake.

For centuries, the fields of both faith and politics have been bloody for all the right reasons.

Do not regard them as an enemy, but warn them as you would a fellow believer.
‭‭2 Thessalonians‬ ‭3‬:‭15‬ ‭NIV‬‬

These days and always, faith and politics are regarded as matters of life and death.

One for the sake of our spirits, one for the sake of our nation.

And while far from equal in significance, both require loud voices to plea their case for what should be.

Paul said Jesus came into the world to save sinners—“of whom I am the worst” but at this point, I should probably ask him to hold my beer.

Speak and do what is good but aimlessly and with love.

So much is still at stake.