Saturday:
I attended 2 different pre-assembly workshops Saturday morning. The first was conversations on Civil Unions and Christian Marriage Task Force Report. To make a long story short, the task force agreed to disaggree and realize there was no middle ground. So they had a majority report and a minority report. This came as no suprise, perhaps the opinion along these lines is determined genetically. The surprising part was the amedable attitudes during discussion. One member of the task force had a great analogy.
There was once this couple that was recently married. Both of them panicked everytime they had a fight because they were sure the fight would break them up and they would lose each other. This went on until one day the husband was furious over a disagreement and decided to start the argument with this phrase "I'm not happy and I'm not leaving". This allowed them to fight in earnest without unreasonable fear of losing something important. This is a good way to be. There are always going to be times when there is no right, there is no compromise and each partner in a disagreement will not concede. I occassionally have these types of disagreements with my wife and we decide that it is just best to agree to disaggree and move on. Of course, in my mind I know I am right and in my wife's mind, she knows she's right. We can live with this as a couple and we can live with this as a denomination. We may never stop nagging each other and we may continue to try to get our way and just maybe, there is a slim chance that one day I will see the light and realize that my wife has been right all along. My wife and I do agree on the important things, God, forgiveness, and a true love for each other so who cares about anything else.
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