Earlier I wrote some thoughts about stopping contentions. That's well and true, but how can I put that into practice? Proverbs doesn't leave me stranded; I just had to read a little more to get an example.
"Casting lots causes contentions to cease, and keeps the mighty apart."
This sounds simple enough: cast lots, draw straws. What does this do? It settles a dispute. It brings a decisive decision into the midst of different opinions. It sets the rules. This was the principle that helped when our kids were playing baseball with their cousins last week. I mentioned that story already. We cast lots in a sense - a decision made primarily for the sake of making one. After that, they decided to happily bat in the divine birth order.
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