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Hi there. I’ve been thinking a lot about the political drama and anguish that’s been happening in our country these last several months now and thinking about the riots that were taking place in the capitol. And not just that, but the hundreds of thousands- perhaps millions- of people who have shown up at political rallies in recent months and how much enthusiasm they have, how much passion there is, how they will make great sacrifices, drive long distances, spend money, all of these things over politics.
And politics is important. Let’s face it: It’s the business of the people. And some of the issues facing our country are really dramatic, perhaps the most important that have happened in 150 years. And yet, when I talk to people about religion or when I go to church, I find not even a fraction of the enthusiasm for the Faith and the spiritual life and the development of the conscience and the study of the Scriptures. And even in my own family and among my friends, I find this zeal for politics that is not present in the spiritual life.
And I’m not attempting to judge all of the people who care about politics- I certainly am a political follower myself. But really, it’s a question that I’m now asking myself, whether my every moment of concern about the things of the world- whether it’s politics, whether it’s sports, whatever it might be that’s happening- are those things properly ordered to my eternal good? Do I have the same passion and enthusiasm for the things in my spiritual life that I’m in total control over as I do those things in the temporal world that I have no control over? It’s a question that I’m really thinking about, and I hope this meditation is helpful for you, too.