More Alike Than Different

One dies in full prosperity, being wholly at ease and secure, his loins full of milk and the marrow of his bones moist. Another dies in bitterness of soul, never having tasted of good. They lie down alike in the dust, and the worms covers them. - Job 21:23-26

We ALL bleed red. We ALL want to be respected. We ALL want good for our families. We ALL want to be healthy and fed and housed and clothed. We have forgotten that we all want the same things and I believe that is at the root of this petty, angry "controversy" that has been all over social media in the last few days. People are so angry about so much that they have found something relatively safe to argue about. In 100 years no one is going to remember or care about who stood, sat or knelt at a stupid football game. What they will remember (if there is anyone left to do the remembering) is if we engaged in nuclear war, or how we treated the poor, or if we listened to the cries of the oppressed. which things would Jesus care more about?

God of All,

If we could just remember how much we are alike, maybe we would treat each other better. Help us to remember. Amen.