Create for yourself! Do not let others do it for you. Create for yourself because this is your obligation to the creator and to the rest of creation. Do not let it be in vain that you possess the imago Dei. Be wary of all-encompassing banners which allow no room for distinction. This is also what saddens me about the license plate issue. I know the Christians displaying them are longing to proclaim their spirituality. But at what cost? That God should be American? What then does this mean when those in power decide to go wage war? How many American Christians were aware of the Christian community in Iraq prior to the beginning of this quagmire we find ourselves in now? Do we not owe a greater allegience to them than to any flag as they are our fellow brothers and sisters in Christ? Even more so, do we not owe an allegience, commanded by God, to all humanity rather than any nation or creed?
We need to create for ourselves our own expressions of identity rather than be limited to those provided by those with agendas contrary to the will of Christ, that we should love all and be known, not by bumper stickers, license plates, Jesus fish ornaments, but by our love of each other and of all creation.
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