A timely parable of refugees and faith

I’m going to share a little parable about people of true faith: There was a small boat on a storm tossed sea. The boat could safely hold 6 people and currently held 12. Those aboard were cold, soaking wet and paralyzed with fear.  On seeing an additional person in the water, near death and struggling, 11 of those people suggested that one more person would surely imperil the rest. Their concerns were understandable and warranted.  The 12th person was a person of true faith.  Without hesitation, he reached into the icy water and pulled the swimmer to safety.  Despite the risk, he believed his God would either preserve him in this life or reward him in the next. Faith burns most brightly when all other hopes are spent. SC

Turning away persecuted and perfectly innocent men, women and children simply because of what someone else might do, is not what Christ would do, and it reflects neither the compassion of Christ nor the American values of liberty and justice for all. Sometimes we have the luxury of doing what is safe, what is easy and what is popular, and on other occasions we must submit to the voices of what Abraham Lincoln called the better angels of our nature, and do what’s right. SC