Maybe the Bible should be
stamped with a warning: Scripture may be hazardous to your politics.
I was reading a newspaper article on the expansion of Medicaid benefits. Our Governor and legislature are
opposed to extending the health care program to several hundred thousand people
on the cusp of poverty. It was a tough decision, I thought, but a boost for
fiscal sanity.
Then, I heard your words to
Peter: …do you truly love me…feed my lambs.
But I’m a limited government
guy.
Again: …do you truly love
me…take care of my sheep.
But taxes are bordering on oppressive.
A third time: …do you love
me…feed my sheep…follow me!
Peter denied you three times,
and he received another chance. Have I been denying you? Am I being shown another path?
My love for you must be expressed
in concern and care for others - in love for others. Lead me along that path, Holy
Spirit. Amen.
Love always involves
responsibility, and it always involves sacrifice. We do not really love Christ
unless we are prepared to face his task and take up his Cross. (William Barclay)