May 28th, 2020: Waiting for Ethical Leadership
Sometimes when we listen to the news too much, we find ourselves
become indifferent toward what we hear. It is the nature of news
reporting and the rush for the latest developments sometimes takes
discernment and wisdom in news reporting. Terminologies like "The
Situation Room", "Fox Files", "The 11th Hour"...all carry a sound of
self-importance.
As I am slowly re-engaging in
my daily activities, one thing I realized that people are tired of the
negativity and they are worried about the future. There are many
questions and the answers are not coming fast enough. It could be true
that this pandemic has put our entire political and economic frameworks
into question. Even what we cherish as civil, compassionate, and equal
society has been on fragile ground. People are crying for leadership and
we are still waiting.
Many political leaders
in Canada are now making noise about the systemic abuse of elderly
people in long term care facilities. It is not new by the way. Many
people have voiced that concerns and nothing were done about it until
this Covid-19 becomes the catalyst for that conversation. We as a
society need to do some soul searching about how we view the worth of
seniors. Remember that we have not done a very noble job in how we
define the beginning of human life. What moral position do we have to do
anything differently when it comes to our attempt to define the worth
at the opposite end of our human journey? That is my concern.
Please
understand that I do not share this with you as an attempt to condemn
anyone. It is my attempt to understand why we do anything at all if we
are not willing to acknowledge God's hand in every single life whether
we can see that life physically or not.
Ephesians 5: 1-7
"Therefore be imitators of God, as beloved children. And walk in love, as
Christ loved us and gave himself up for us, a fragrant offering and
sacrifice to God. But sexual immorality and all impurity or covetousness
must not even be named among you, as is proper among saints. Let there
be no filthiness nor foolish talk nor crude joking, which are out of
place, but instead let there be thanksgiving. For you may be sure of
this, that everyone who is sexually immoral or impure, or who is
covetous (that is, an idolater), has no inheritance in the kingdom of
Christ and God..."
