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Psalm 1
Blessed is the one who does not walk in step with the wicked or stand in the way that sinners take or sit in the company of mockers, but whose delight is in the law of the Lord, and who meditates on his law day and night. That person is like a tree planted by streams of water, which yields its fruit in season and whose leaf does not wither—whatever they do prospers. Not so the wicked! They are like chaff that the wind blows away. Therefore the wicked will not stand in the judgment, nor sinners in the assembly of the righteous. For the Lord watches over the way of the righteous, but the way of the wicked leads to destruction.

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By: The Rev. Cathie P. Young

Sometimes I get tired of choosing sides. In the culture wars, in the church, in politics, even in my own family, sometimes I just get tired of choosing sides. There are moments when I want to throw up my hands and plead, “Can’t we all just get along?!”

But then the Bible reminds me that this side of heaven, there will always be two sides: the Kingdom of God and the kingdom of this world. And that means we must choose sides because these two sides are in unrelenting opposition to one another. We see evidence of these opposing sides as far back as Psalm 1. “Happy are they who have not walked in the counsel of the wicked,” verse 1 says, speaking to those who chosen to side with God. But verse 4 says of those who choose the kingdom of this world, “It is not so with the wicked.” And in verse 6 we see the eventual culmination of the two opposing sides, “For the LORD knows the way of the righteous, but the way of the wicked is doomed.” Maybe you, like me, get tired of choosing sides.

Yet the reality is that in the culture wars, in the church, in politics, even in our own families, we must choose. Faithful followers of Jesus must choose sides. There are few issues about which this is more true than the sanctity of life. We must choose sides. It is verse 2 of Psalm 1 which instructs us on how to choose our side. “Their delight is in the law of the LORD,” it says. Faithful followers of Jesus read the Word of God, learn from it and choose our side according to its instruction. And the Word of God is crystal clear, never ambiguous, concerning the sanctity of life.