The Bridge Between What Is & What Can Be

The” what is” can be seen with natural eyes.

It already exists, it’s our current reality.

Somehow, we all know things aren’t quite right.

We believe there must be something better.

Rather than becoming finger-pointing critics or doomsday prophets, we must become bridge-builders between the what is and what can be.

That’s what real leadership is all about: being the bridge between what is and what can be.

One version of the 7th Beatitude goes like this…

“Blessed are the bridge-builders in a war-torn world, for they are God’s children working in the family business.” (Matthew 5.9)

Throwing grenades of blame and accusation isn’t our calling.

Our family business is bridge-building.

If we flip the 7th Beatitude, it might say something like this…

“When we abandon our calling to be bridge-building peacemakers, we stink.”

It’s easy to toss stink bombs of judgement across the rivers that divide us.

It’s easy to be all judgy from a distance.

But that’s not our thing.

We close the gap.

We reach out with love.

We become the bridge between what is and what can be.

We are bridge-builders in a war-torn world—because this is our family business…

And we are blessed.