Staying Silent During Political Chaos · Anchor to God

Laura Hanson

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Staying Silent During Political Chaos

UNPOPULAR OPINION maybe? But, I feel convicted to say this!!

I want to share why I’m choosing silence when it comes to posting about current political affairs.

It’s not because I don’t care.

It’s not because I don’t have strong feelings or convictions.

And it’s not because I’m indifferent to what’s happening in the world.

It’s because the lines are not clearly drawn.

Not one side is fully right.

Not one side is fully wrong.

There is so much we do not know.

There is corruption, misinformation, emotion, and partial truths on all sides.

And if I’m being honest, I don’t believe any of us truly know the full truth. I believe only God does.

I actually made a post recently and took it down within a few hours. Not because it was necessarily wrong. But because it wasn’t worth risking hurt, division, or pain toward someone else. We are living in an incredibly sensitive and divided time, and that breaks my heart.

What hurts most is seeing people turn on their neighbors.

Unfriending.

Swearing.

Mocking.

Saying cruel things.

Treating others as enemies instead of humans.

God tells us to love our neighbor.

Not the neighbor who agrees with us.

Not the neighbor who votes like us.

Our neighbor.

As a business owner, a community member, and a person of faith, I’m choosing not to be loud and proud about a political stance when I don’t have full clarity.

There are people whose actual careers are to dig into these issues. That isn’t mine.

My calling is to love people, support my community, and walk with integrity.

What I’m seeing online is not kindness.

Mocking people for how they think.

Mocking religion.

Refusing to do business with someone because they believe differently.

Telling people to get lost or worse.

None of that is love.

None of that makes anyone right.

Spewing hate does not make your opinion more valid.

It just spreads more hurt.

If we all paused.

If we loved a little more.

If we prayed a little harder.

The world would feel a lot less heavy.

So this is me choosing to pause.

Choosing to pray.

Choosing to love my neighbors, my community, and local businesses.

Choosing not to fuel division when there are so many unknowns.

If you feel called to speak out, I respect that.

But please, stop mocking people.

Stop degrading others.

Stop attacking faith.

Stop assuming your way is the only right way when none of us see the full picture.

Sometimes, when we cannot be kind in our words, silence is the most loving option.

My stance is simple.

Choose kindness.

Choose love.

Pause.

And pray.

That’s the world I want to help create.

With love... Laura

p.s. this not come wild idea, this is clearly taught to us by our Lord in scripture... some reference:

Mark 12:31 (ESV)

“The second is this: You shall love your neighbor as yourself. There is no other commandment greater than these.”

Luke 10:27 (ESV)

“You shall love the Lord your God with all your heart and with all your soul and with all your strength and with all your mind, and your neighbor as yourself.”

Romans 13:9–10 (ESV)

“For the commandments… are summed up in this word: ‘You shall love your neighbor as yourself.’ Love does no wrong to a neighbor; therefore love is the fulfilling of the law.”

Galatians 5:14 (ESV)

“For the whole law is fulfilled in one word: ‘You shall love your neighbor as yourself.’”

James 2:8 (ESV)

“If you really fulfill the royal law according to the Scripture, ‘You shall love your neighbor as yourself,’ you are doing well

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