Lights In The World

Do all things without complaining and disputing, that you may become blameless and harmless, children of God without fault in the midst of a crooked and perverse generation, among whom you shine as lights in the world," Philippians 2:14-15

If you have ever held a leadership position, you will know what a delight it would be to have a group to lead who lived by this scripture passage. Of course you did...when the order was for a long weekend or to work on a popular project. Paul though is writing to the Philippians about those times when the command is not so much fun. A team-building exercise by way of coming together to complete an onerous task that needs doing, not the ones where the group goes to a ballgame. Yes, those orders where we the leaders and former leaders have heard expressed the sounds of human suffering, the moaning of the condemned, the lamentation of those left behind...yes, the hyperbole of the masses being told something they didn't want to do. What a light we could be in the world by simply not joining in the griping and complaining that so often characterizes the groups we work in at our place of employment.

Now that sounds almost doable, but what if we were to abstain from complaining and disputing in politics?

Bucky