"That the world may experience Christ's Truth, compassion, reconciliation, and hope." These are the key words in the ENDS policy of the Trinity Western University Board of Governors. In the end, when all is said and done, this is the intention of the women and men who oversee the life, mission, and work of the university. These are the ends we pray that all graduates of TWU will bring to life in the world in their life times. These are what I call ultimate ends. They are accompanied and preceded by instrumental ends. People are the instrumental ends. What happens in people's lives, how they relate to one another, the kinds of families, communities and nations they strive to develop in the end have ultimate consequences for humanity's quality of life as characterized by truth, compassion, reconciliation and hope.
This is what the campaigns by the people of Tunisia and Egypt are all about. The people want the President out and a new government with a new constitution in. The mass rallies in Cairo and throughout Egypt are the means to New leadership and a new framework of democracy. A new government, constitution, and true democracy are instrumental ends. The people yearn for ultimate ends that all persons yearn for, the reign of truth, the reality of a compassionate society that blesses all peoples, the means by which division and hurt can be reconciled, and a future that realistically offers hope for an ever increasing better life.
Canada and the United States are right to support both the instrumental ends and ultimate ends for Egypt and for all the world. Stability in the middle east is not an ultimate end. It is desirable, but only if it is instrumental in serving ultimate ends for all humanity. Pray for the wisdom and discernment of our leaders to keep the ultimate ends in mind as they navigate the diplomatic waters of this significant global issue. As Christ followers, pray for the people of Egypt, Tunisia, Jordon, other middle eastern nations, and the newest nation in the making, South Sudan, that they may be blessed by Christ's Truth, compassion, reconciliation, and hope.
This is what the campaigns by the people of Tunisia and Egypt are all about. The people want the President out and a new government with a new constitution in. The mass rallies in Cairo and throughout Egypt are the means to New leadership and a new framework of democracy. A new government, constitution, and true democracy are instrumental ends. The people yearn for ultimate ends that all persons yearn for, the reign of truth, the reality of a compassionate society that blesses all peoples, the means by which division and hurt can be reconciled, and a future that realistically offers hope for an ever increasing better life.
Canada and the United States are right to support both the instrumental ends and ultimate ends for Egypt and for all the world. Stability in the middle east is not an ultimate end. It is desirable, but only if it is instrumental in serving ultimate ends for all humanity. Pray for the wisdom and discernment of our leaders to keep the ultimate ends in mind as they navigate the diplomatic waters of this significant global issue. As Christ followers, pray for the people of Egypt, Tunisia, Jordon, other middle eastern nations, and the newest nation in the making, South Sudan, that they may be blessed by Christ's Truth, compassion, reconciliation, and hope.
0 comments:
Post a Comment