It’s good to be right, and left

We are a divided people because we are not the same. You lean this way; I lean that. Sever the tie that binds us and we both fall. Strengthen it by appreciating the counterbalance we each are and we all stand.

Our political differences, if understood and appreciated, are a good thing. At the heart of most of them, I believe, we see different character qualities of our Creator. Qualities which coexist perfectly and completely in him, but likely cannot perfectly and completely coexist in us. So he created some to be this way and others that.

That’s why we need each other. Men and women are different but when we come together in marriage we complement each other and create a satisfying and functional wholeness. And our children get both the motherly tenderness and fatherly discipline they need.

Individuals are different in our various talents, skills, and inclinations and no one has them all. So we need each other to run a successful business or provide essential services or enjoy any of a myriad of common experiences.

Therefore, if we hope to coexist well with each other and solve problems, care for the poor and disadvantaged, execute justice and righteousness etc., we need to appreciate, respect, and take advantage of our differences.

Here’s what I mean: some folks are guided primarily by compassion and mercy, others by justice and righteousness. Some lean towards leniency; the counterbalances towards discipline. Imagine the dysfunction and injustice if we all leaned the same way.

Then imagine if we recognized and appreciated our need for each other. We cannot successfully achieve the benefits we seek for others and ourselves if we cut ourselves off from our counterweight. We’ve got to listen to and respect each other’s views.

It’s vital to our stability.