{"id":22246,"date":"2021-08-18T13:18:01","date_gmt":"2021-08-18T20:18:01","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/greaternw.org\/news\/?p=22246"},"modified":"2021-08-19T10:24:51","modified_gmt":"2021-08-19T17:24:51","slug":"the-people-did-what-was-right-in-their-own-eyes","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/greaternw.org\/news\/the-people-did-what-was-right-in-their-own-eyes\/","title":{"rendered":"The people did what was right in their own eyes"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<h4 class=\"wp-block-heading\">By Rev. Meredith Gudger-Raines<\/h4>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-drop-cap dropcapp3\">The governor of Texas, who issued an order banning school districts in his state from requiring masks for students, has tested positive for Covid. He does not have symptoms, but he is starting an expensive and exclusive course of treatment anyway. This virus is serious when it happens to him, but for everyone else in his state, including the apparently unimportant children, he is content to not care. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Do you know what refrain I have heard repeatedly in the last weeks? \u201cI\u2019m only responsible for myself. I\u2019m not responsible for you or others.\u201d \u201cYou can wear a mask or get the vaccine if you want to, but I don\u2019t want to.\u201d \u201cYou take care of you; I\u2019ll take care of myself.\u201d Many people who have sung this refrain also sing praise songs on Sunday and proclaim Christian faith. As I was doing back-to-school shopping this week, I saw a family of a mom and four teenage children. They were all wearing T-shirts with scripture passages, and none of them were wearing masks.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\"><figure class=\"alignright size-full is-resized\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" data-attachment-id=\"22248\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/greaternw.org\/news\/the-people-did-what-was-right-in-their-own-eyes\/20210801-112526_orig\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/greaternw.org\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/08\/20210801-112526_orig.jpg?fit=800%2C800&amp;ssl=1\" data-orig-size=\"800,800\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;orientation&quot;:&quot;0&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"20210801-112526_orig\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"&lt;p&gt;Rev. Meredith Gudger-Raines&lt;\/p&gt;\n\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/greaternw.org\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/08\/20210801-112526_orig.jpg?fit=696%2C696&amp;ssl=1\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/greaternw.org\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/08\/20210801-112526_orig.jpg?resize=200%2C200&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-22248\" width=\"200\" height=\"200\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/greaternw.org\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/08\/20210801-112526_orig.jpg?w=800&amp;ssl=1 800w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/greaternw.org\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/08\/20210801-112526_orig.jpg?resize=300%2C300&amp;ssl=1 300w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/greaternw.org\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/08\/20210801-112526_orig.jpg?resize=150%2C150&amp;ssl=1 150w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/greaternw.org\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/08\/20210801-112526_orig.jpg?resize=768%2C768&amp;ssl=1 768w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/greaternw.org\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/08\/20210801-112526_orig.jpg?resize=696%2C696&amp;ssl=1 696w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/greaternw.org\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/08\/20210801-112526_orig.jpg?resize=420%2C420&amp;ssl=1 420w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 200px) 100vw, 200px\" \/><figcaption>Rev. Meredith Gudger-Raines<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p>As your friend who is also a public theologian, I have to tell you that this is antithetical to God as revealed in Jesus and the witness of scripture. This \u201cI\u2019ll take care of me, and you\u2019re on your own,\u201d is the opposite of the will of God. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>There is a book in the Old Testament, or Hebrew Scriptures, called Judges. Do not read Judges when you\u2019re already having a bad day. Things start out bad, and they get worse. There is a cycle in the book of Judges. Things go along okay, and then the people forget how they\u2019re supposed to act and instead, \u201cthe people did what was right in their own eyes.\u201d That is the refrain. They do what is right in their own eyes, for themselves, without a thought to anyone else or to the promise they made to God. The consequence of putting themselves first is always destruction and death. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>I\u2019m reminded that Jesus says, on the last night he has with his disciples before he gave himself up, that there is no greater love than to lay down one\u2019s life for one\u2019s friends. To live for others&#8211;that is love. To live for yourself \u2026 that is not love, not the love of God as revealed in Jesus or the Hebrew and Christian Scriptures. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Writing this out feels a bit like a waste of digital space, like so much screaming in the wind. But to not say something, to not speak up for the way of the love, is to admit defeat, to let the way of God be corrupted and co-opted. As bad as things get in the book of Judges, God is always present, and the way of God is always an option. In fact, when the people suffer the awful consequences of doing what is right in their own eyes, they cry out to God and God remembers them. They remember the promise they made to God, to love God and God\u2019s ways, and peace returns. Then the cycle repeats, and they forget, and they all do what is right in their own eyes. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The book ends with no resolution, but with an implied question to the reader: which will you choose? Will you follow the way of God, the way of love? Or will you forfeit your neighbor, take care of only yourself, and do what is right in your own eyes?<\/p>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator\"\/>\n\n\n\n<p><em><strong>Rev. Meredith Gudger-Raines<\/strong> serves as pastor of <a href=\"http:\/\/www.marysvilleumc.org\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Marysville United Methodist Church<\/a> in Marysville, Washington. This post was originally posted on her <a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/mgudgerraines\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Facebook page<\/a>.<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>As much of the country comes under yet another wave of the COVID-19 pandemic, Rev. 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