Let Love Be Our Guide

None of us are perfect. In fact the Bible gives a perfect description of us,

3:10                 As it is written, There is none righteous, no, not one:

3:11                 There is none that understandeth, there is none that seeketh after God.

3:12                 They are all gone out of the way, they are together become unprofitable; there is none that doeth good, no, not one.

3:13                 Their throat is an open sepulchre; with their tongues they have used deceit; the poison of asps is under their lips:

3:14                Whose mouth is full of cursing and bitterness:

3:15                 Their feet are swift to shed blood:

3:16                 Destruction and misery are in their ways:

3:17                 And the way of peace have they not known:

3:18                 There is no fear of God before their eyes.

3:19                 Now we know that what things soever the law saith, it saith to them who are under the law: that every mouth may be stopped, and all the world may become guilty before God.

3:20                 Therefore by the deeds of the law there shall no flesh be justified in his sight: for by the law is the knowledge of sin.

It is in our nature to lie and do mischief. The sooner we realize how imperfect we are the better we will become. We should not trust ourselves but be constantly evaluating our behavior and changing for the better.

During the Presidential Inauguration a picture was circulating showing how small President Trumps' crowd was at his inauguration compared with Obama's inauguration. Who really cares, many of us would say. However, many in the media cared a lot. They no doubt were trying to downplay how important the day was for Trump's supporters. The truth or fact of the matter was that no tally was given. No one knows how large it really was. However there were pictures. But do pictures always demonstrate the facts?

There are so many factors involved in comparing pictures from previous years in order to prove a point of who is the greatest President elect of all time. You have to examine the whole facts and look at more than one picture. You have to look at crowd control and even possible demonstrators that might be blocking entrance ways. There might even be other factors that may make for a great or bad picture. Not all things are equal when given there are so many changing variables that make for a picture from inauguration to inauguration.

The one thing that struck me was mean-spiritedness of people who brought it up size to begin with. It was like a spectator at your wedding who pointed out how small it was. "It was the smallest wedding I have ever seen," he or she would say.  He not only gossiped about how small it was but also showed pictures. In his hateful spirit he might even give a picture to the press to show how that not many showed up at your wedding.

There is a lot of hate going on right now. We need to stay calm and show a little love. Let love be our guide in everything we do. We need to by all means constrain our lower nature and let the spirit of love guide us always.