Thought of the Day 06.07.10

Last week, Al and Tipper Gore announced that, after 40 years of marriage, they had “decided to separate.” They offered no further comment, and they have not clarified whether this is a prelude to divorce or an attempt to avoid it.

I imagine some political conservatives might react to this news by sneering at the downfall of someone they regularly lampoon and mock. Perhaps the worst ones might even propose this is somehow God’s judgment on the former Vice President for his unbiblical social views. On the other hand, some political liberals might also sneer at the illness of a marriage where the wife was once the driving force behind content warnings on music. Such responses reveal nothing about the Gores and much about the hearts of those who think them.

For my own part, I couldn’t care less about a man’s politics when I see his child is sick. And if I care about a man’s children, how much more do I care about the recovery of his ailing marriage? There is only one correct response to this news, and it’s to pray that the Gore’s would rediscover their love for each other by and through their commitment to their Savior, Jesus Christ.

Note: For those who are curious, Tipper is an Episcopalian, and Al is a Baptist.