{"id":6859,"date":"2016-11-10T06:37:38","date_gmt":"2016-11-10T11:37:38","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/intramuralist.com\/?p=6859"},"modified":"2016-11-10T06:37:38","modified_gmt":"2016-11-10T11:37:38","slug":"come","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/intramuralist.com\/?p=6859","title":{"rendered":"come…"},"content":{"rendered":"

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I have only one phrase for this day, and no, it\u2019s not: \u201cThank God it\u2019s over.\u201d<\/em> \ud83d\ude42<\/p>\n

After campaigns that were too often filled with intentional disrespect, we need far more than a respite from the nasty. The nasty is not who we are\u2026<\/p>\n

We are the United<\/strong> States of America\u2026<\/p>\n

A country that has always recognized we are endowed by our Creator with certain unalienable Rights\u2026
\nA country that has always welcomed the huddled masses yearning to be free\u2026
\nAnd a country that has always desired to secure the Blessings of Liberty for ourselves and future generations.<\/p>\n

Friends, come\u2026 let us reason together\u2026<\/p>\n

Let us reason together.<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n

Let us not gloat.
\nLet us not despair.
\nLet us not dismiss…
\nNor refuse for all to care.<\/p>\n

We have some huge challenges in this country.<\/p>\n

We get lost, as they are not as much about foreign policy, education, energy, the economy, and a plethora of social issues than they are in our inability \u2014 and our lack of desire \u2014 to come and reason together.<\/p>\n

Reasoning together means wrestling with dissent.
\nReasoning together means expressing dissent in respectful ways.
\nAnd reasoning together means everyone has a seat at the table.<\/p>\n

Reasoning together suggests consideration more than compromise. It means listening and valuing other opinion. That process promotes respect; and respect promotes unity. Our challenge is that in recent years too many of our leaders \u2014 and too many of us \u2014 have allowed our country to operate as only the \u201cStates of America.\u201d We have forgotten the united.<\/p>\n

To be united is like a mighty mixed choir\u2026 there are sopranos and altos and tenors and basses. There are even second sopranos\u2026 baritones, too. And together they sing. They make beautiful music! But each has a different role \u2014 a role that is uniquely theirs, fitting with their circumstance and gifting; in fact, it would be incomprehensible to think a bass could sing the soprano line well; the role doesn\u2019t belong to them. The idea is to do your job well \u2014 and not make light of any other.<\/p>\n

In order for the choir to come together in perfect, sweet-sounding harmony \u2014 in unity, if you will \u2014 no voice can be too soft, or else we\u2019ll never hear it; the chorus will be off, and the music simply won\u2019t sound or even function right. Equally true, no less, is that no voice can be too loud, belting so demonstratively, that other parts are marginalized. No, in unity, there is no marginalization.<\/p>\n

The only way the choir sounds beautiful is when all voices are valued and heard.<\/p>\n

Come. Let us reason together.<\/p>\n

Respectfully\u2026
\nAR<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

I have only one phrase for this day, and no, it\u2019s not: \u201cThank God it\u2019s over.\u201d \ud83d\ude42 After campaigns that were too often filled with intentional disrespect, we need far more than a respite from the nasty. The nasty is not who we are\u2026 We are the United States of America\u2026 A country that has … <\/p>\n

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