Hobby Lobby

So I've been giving this a lot of thought for a very long time. I have so many thoughts and planned to share them. Then, I started seeing what was out there about this topic. WOW! There is a plethora of opinions in cyber space on it. Most are verbally abusive (from both sides) and not tolerant at all. I find that odd. I thought we lived in a country that worships tolerance.

Hmmm

I looked up the definition of tolerance:showing willingness to allow the existence of opinions or behavior that one does not necessarily agree with.

I thought that was interesting. But, my source of wisdom does not come from the American dictionary. It comes from the Word of God. So I searched on tolerance and tolerant, in multiple versions of the Bible (Christian Bible). It varies, but on average, there are a total of 31,102 verses in the Bible. Who knew? Don't you feel smart now? (humor)

How many verses do you think came back when I searched on tolerance? A few thousand? A few hundred? Maybe a dozen or so? How about THREE! And one of those three is from the VERY wordy "Message" version. So, some might say there are really only TWO:
Romans 2:4 and Ephesians 4:2

Let's look at Ephesians 4:2 first, "...with all humility and gentleness, with patience, showing tolerance for one another in love..." and since I hate to take things out of context here is the entire sentence (verses 1-3): "Therefore I, the prisoner of the Lord, implore you to walk in a manner worthy of the calling with which you have been called, with all humility and gentleness, with patience, showing tolerance for one another in love, being diligent to preserve the unity of the Spirit in the bond of peace."

This is not being preached to people from different religions. It is being told to Christians. I must conclude that if it was necessary to tell them to show tolerance, IN LOVE, that they were not doing that. We think we are enlightened living in 2014. Not much changes. Perhaps Solomon was right, there is nothing new under the sun.

Now Romans 2:4, "Don’t you see how wonderfully kind, tolerant, and patient God is with you? Does this mean nothing to you? Can’t you see that his kindness is intended to turn you from your sin?"

God is the ultimate example of tolerance. If you spend any time at all reading the Old Testament I think that will show itself. God only wants what is best for us.

So what does all this have to do with Hobby Lobby? Nothing really. It is just a reflection of where my thoughts take me. With all the opinions and views out there on that topic, no one needs to be subjected to mine.