Crossing the chasm

With the protests that happened over President Trump and his policies, the violent reaction at UC Berkerly over a guy named Milo, and calls for secession from the United States from California (calexit), is there a chance that this country can heal its divide?

In all honesty, I don't know. Maybe secession is the answer to this problem. Maybe it is. Maybe it's not. Can anyone seek common ground anymore? I don't know.

The government as well as the people so divided deeply over everything, it seems like a chasm has created at least two different nations in the US.

I can't tell you of any political solution that could work to heal this rift. Honestly, I don't think there's anything humanly possible to make this country work anymore.

But I can tell you this:

“With men this is impossible, but with God all things are possible.” -- Matthew 19:26

If you are looking for any solution that we can come up with, then you will be severly disappointed.

It's within human nature to cause divisions and violence among themselves. Scripture even mentions this. For example, some of the works of the flesh are dissensions, hatred, contentions, outbursts of wrath (Galatians 5:20).

However, within the nature of God, it's totally different. The some of the fruits of the Spirit (God's Spirit) is love, joy, peace, patience, and kindness (Galatians 5:22).

So, you can see a difference here. If we build our lives on the foundation of God rather than on the foundation of zealous nationalism or social justice, we might be able to bridge the chasm.

If we build our lives on Jesus Christ, we will be able to tear down the walls that seperate us (Ephesians 2:11-22 and Galatians 3:26-28). If we build our lives on the world's ideologies, then we will erect barriers that will continue to seperate us.

If we have a common ground that we know we are all created in God's image, then who knows what can happen. I believe things would be radically different in this country.

The world and its politics is meant to divide and kill. But God's aim is meant to unite and heal.