A false balance is an abomination to the LORD, but a just weight is his delight. -- Proverbs 11:1
The Lord likes for us to be in balance with one
another. This is not some kind of
forced, false equality or superimposed fairness. In a Christian community, we complement one
another. If we were truly all the same,
no one would be of much use to anyone else.
As we used to say about a universal part, it means it doesn’t fit
anything. Or, it works equally poorly
wherever you put it.
A just scale requires calibration. It requires a standard, a known weight or
quantity. We have to measure our truth
not by the whims of fashion and the ever-shifting poles of worldly opinion, but
by the absolute and eternal reality.
Whatever we wish others to do to us, do also to them. Let the butcher use the same scale to measure
out the beef he sells as the cow he buys. I am always amused by the slackers who lament poor service,
and the liars who are upset that they have not been told the truth.
This is a pretty good summation of my political views. We don't need so many rules. We just need everybody to play by the same ones and for them to be applied equitably.
1 comment:
Yes, just so. This ties in nicely with today's visit by William (or his clone) over at OC.
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