October 29, 2020
I don't know about you but I'll be glad when this election is over. People are so angry and 
ready for a fight. Never in my lifetime have people been so unwilling to allow others to have their own point of view. Isn't that one of the many perks of living in this country? The overall attitude is -- if you don't believe what I believe then we have nothing to talk about. It's all or nothing.
When I was a kid my family would get into some heated discussions about politics. When dinner was ready though, we would all sit down together. It was ok to disagree.
This painting is called United We Stand. It's meant to show that we all come from the same source. In this mural I painted for Wilson Arts, I asked folks passing by to participate by putting their handprints on the mural; all ages, all races. God created us all in His image. We have more in common than we realize.
I keep hearing this song on the radio and can't help but think how perfect it is for this time: Revolutionary by Josh Wilson. Here are the lyrics.
Revolutionary
Maybe you’re not like me
Maybe we don’t agree
Maybe that doesn’t mean
We gotta be enemies
Maybe we just get brave
Take a big leap of faith
Call a truce so me and you
Can find a better way
Let’s take some time, open our eyes, look and listen (yeah)
We’re gonna find we’re more alike than we are different (yeah)
Why does kindness seem revolutionary
When did we let hate get so ordinary
Let’s turn it around, flip the script
Judge slow, love quick
God help us get revolutionary
(Whoa oh)
Revolutionary
(Whoa oh)
Let’s get, Let’s get
(Whoa oh)
Revolutionary
(Whoa oh)
I’m turning the TV down
Drowning their voices out
‘Cause I believe that you and me
Can find some common ground
See maybe I’m not like you
But I’ll walk a mile in your shoes
If it means I might see
The world the way you do
Let’s take some time, open our eyes, look and listen
We’re gonna find we’re more alike than we are different
Why does kindness seem revolutionary
When did we let hate get so ordinary
Let’s turn it around, flip the script
Judge slow, love quick
God help us get revolutionary
What would Jesus do
He would love first
He would love first
What would Jesus do
He would love first
He would love first
So we should love first
Why does kindness seem revolutionary
When did we let hate get so ordinary
Let’s turn it around, flip the script
Judge slow, love quick
God help us get revolutionary
Life is hard sometimes. We don't always feel like being nice or loving first. I struggle with it, too. Jesus was on this planet and knows how difficult it can be. He loves us, warts and all. If I behave the fool, I feel convicted and have to make it right. I have to do that more often than I'd like to admit. I work every day at stifling that fool to begin with. I am a work in progress. God help us get revolutionary.