Christian Reflection and Prayer

Two Critical Roles for People of Faith Under a Trump
Administration

 

1.   Faith must stand up for itself, for its values, for its
standards, and for its priorities.

 

2.   Leadership means sacrifice for the greater good,
instead of just the personal one.

 

YOU MUST STAND UP WITHIN, FOR, AND LIVE
YOUR FAITH!  IT IS MORE VITAL THAN EVER THAT
WE DO SO.  AND WE MUST BEGIN NOW!!!!!!!

 

And perhaps the value that our country needs most
right now, in an age of almost complete cynicism
about politics, is the power and promise of hope. We
can decide to spend our time, energy, and the gifts
of our lives to make this a better world — for those
around us, especially for those on the edges, and to
be good stewards of the creation itself. That’s who
people of faith are supposed to be; that is what we
are supposed to do. And there is no better time to
do that than right now. No matter what politics says
and does, it is always time for faith to flourish and
move forward.

 

(Sojourners,   sojo.net, Jim Wallis)

INAUGURATION DAY

 

“Do not come any closer,” God said. “Take off your sandals,
for the place where you are standing is holy ground.” —
Exodus 3:5

 

Leaders can easily fall into the trap of being out of touch
with the people. Most leaders of nations enjoy luxuries that
the general public does not. It’s easy to become insensitive
to the needs of the common man or unsympathetic to a poor
man’s plight. God, on the other hand, says “Don’t you dare!
My people are my precious children.” Moses was commanded
to remain as sensitive as he was at that moment until the day
that he died.

 

Insensitivity is a trap we all can fall into. It’s hard to empathize
with the hungry if your stomach is always full, or to feel for the
homeless when we are enjoying the comfort and warmth of our
own homes. But, friends, we who serve the Lord are on “holy
ground.” We must remain acutely sensitive to the needs of His
children and do our best to meet them, whenever and however
we can.