Jul

27

Staying in the Boat

Filed Under National Politics

The noise seems to be rising to a crescendo. Everywhere I go I am hearing the same cry from long time die-hard Republicans. I heard it from five different people in one week. Maybe you’ve been saying it, too. Here is what I heard from one particular friend: “I have resigned from the Republican Party. I have told them at the national level and at the state level that they can quit calling me for support. I am going independent. They don’t even act like Republicans anymore, so I don’t want anything to do with them.”

He was talking about the immigration bill, or lack thereof. He was also talking about the out of control spending that the Republicans seem to enjoy as much as the Democrats. And through it all, he was talking about the leaders who seem to have stopped listening to the rank and file of the party.

First Century boat reconstructionI shared a favorite piece of Scripture with him. Jesus and the disciples were traveling in a boat across the Sea of Galilee when they ran into a dangerous storm. Everyone was afraid of what was going to happen to them that day… everyone, that is, except Jesus, who was asleep in the back of the boat.
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