As I listen to the news over the last few weeks I think I am more confused than ever. We hear labels like Islamic, Muslim, terrorist, Christian, atheist, liberal, conservative, homeless. I hear arguments for allowing refugees into our country and arguments that they should not be allowed. Frankly, I find merit in both arguments. I wonder however if we were to look at the pictures of the devastation coming out of Syria and the people without homes or food, and we did not have the backstory with which to create labels what would we do? The reality is I am afraid of allowing terrorist into our borders, I am afraid of another 9/11, I am afraid of a Paris, I am afraid of a Mali. But if I live in fear then the terrorist have won because that is what they want is for us to live in fear of them. I believe in a great God who is not surprised by world events. That same God’s son, said to allow the children to come to him, there was no stipulation of white kids, or American only. He even went so far as to say that it would be better for a millstone be hung around your neck and you thrown into the sea than for you to offend one of these children. I realize that this is actually a metaphor for evangelizing the children but what better way to show the love of God than to open your home to the needy, be they a homeless vet or a Syrian refugee. In the rooms of AA and NA we hear the term “The next right thing” a lot. When you are living your life one day at a time, sometimes “the next right thing” is all that you can see in front of you. I think it is time to get back to basics, stop living in fear, and just do the next right thing.