I woke up with a heavy heart today. Not because it's tax day. I get a refund! Oooooooo yeah! But, instead because of the status of our country. So much divisiveness. So much political gamesmanship to advance a party or a person instead of a people.

Last I checked, we were supposed to be about "We the people." Instead, we've got camps of folks, pointing fingers at other folks. We've got people dedicating themselves to talk about and demean other folks. Some even make a career out of it. I don't want to hear any talk about freedom of speech. I want to hear talk about mutual respect and being able to talk about the issues without attacking the person. What happened to that? 

What happened to our moral compass. America used to have one. There used to be a time when you didn't have to legislative being your brother's keeper. But now, in times where my fellow countrymen are more concerned about money and their own families and futures that they don't have time to consider anybody else's. That's not the way it was awhile back. It seems like we are no longer in anything together. We are always against one another. That's troubling to me. We need to pray. 

Consider this from Matthew 12:25 -Jesus knew their thoughts and said to them, "Every kingdom divided against itself will be ruined, and every city or household divided against itself will not stand.

Let's get intentional about learning how to be inclusive, not exclusive; bi-partisan, not my way or no way; loving, not hateful, so that we can really stand up and say "We the people..."