Quick to Speak - Slow to Listen?
Are you quick to speak and slow to listen? I can be. Recently, I've been reflecting on the Israeli-Palestinian conflict in Israel. I have my views—perhaps to be shared in another post—but amidst the deep polarization of the conflict, I've been exploring a need I feel to choose my side, for lack of better words. So, I've been reading extensively, trying to gather evidence about who is right and what is right. It's been exhausting because this conflict is complex. Why are university presidents getting fired? Why are students upset? Why are nations up in arms? What's the spiritual undertone? Who has the right to this land? Is the fighting just? Is just fighting a real thing? Why are so many innocents in harm's way? What is God thinking? What is the Plan? Many big questions. Selfishly, it is stimulating, which is where my personal problem lies. More stimulating academic research for the African American largely removed from the day-to-day unbearable nature of war. N
