The new hype after the elections seems to be the term "Fiscal Cliff". I for one have not paid much attention to this, but I think it refers to the opinion that if our country keeps spending, then we will be jumping off a "fiscal cliff"...all terminology to scare us into thinking as the people using this term think.
I try not to worry so much about the "big picture"...in my paltry day to day, there is not much I can do to change this. When we worry too much about finances and put our big emphasis there, it would seem to me that we don't believe that God will take care of us as He care for the birds of the air and the flowers of the field. He encourages us to give to Caesar (government) what taxes they are due.
What would seem to me to be the bigger concern would be our "moral cliffs". Do I live in a way that I reflect the love of Christ to others. If I reflect him, how am I doing this? Is it as an angry rebuke, or a loving concern? Do I walk the walk continually with justice and concern for those who do not have the blessings I enjoy every day? Are we so Pharisee like that we strain at a gnat, but swallow a camel? Do we feel that we much judge everyone in our society and turn them against the gospel by our stern attitudes because we understand everything correctly? It seems to me that the Pharisees had more moral cliffs than those they looked down on. Let us learn from their examples to not jump off that cliff.
So for today, I wish you God's peace, compassion, and love for each other!
