May we choose wisely

Our creator certainly doesn’t need my feeble defense, but Steve Wheeler has written of his concern that as Republicans consider themselves as “Christian” that that declaration could be code for anti-woman. Sad.

The Bible is the instruction book for all Christians, and while certainly no one achieves perfect marks, even a cursory look would have revealed that many women are central characters and leaders of our faith and, more specifically, our Lord Jesus Christ, who was born of a woman, Mary. Therefore it is no surprise to find that men are given this direct command, “Husbands, love your wives, even as Christ also loved the church, and gave himself for it.”

To hopscotch from the truth that Christian men are instructed to be ready to die for their wives, to “Christian” as code word for anti-woman implies an utter ignorance of the truth, either willful or otherwise, but is typical for those without understanding.

And next door to Wheeler’s smear I find David Malcolm Rose standing in his church “for what is right” singing “We are gay and straight together, singing, singing for our lives.”

The aforementioned Bible whose instruction ultimately applies to all reminds us that while God loves sinners, even me, he also hates sin. “Be not deceived; God is not mocked: for whatsoever a man soweth, that shall he also reap.”

I would suggest from experience that what seems right today may not turn out right tomorrow, much less in eternity. May we all choose wisely while we have breath to choose.

KIM GARTMAN Sheridan