| | Does it ever bother you, those days you don't save lives? Does it keep you awake at night knowing that another sunset has come and gone and somewhere children are still being murdered and you haven't thought of any way to stop it? Do you feel the weight of all the injustice in the world and and then feel torn between being thankful you don't have to suffer it and guilty that you haven't really sacrificed anything to change it?
I do.
There are days when I would gladly join any military force in the world if it were prepared to always stand up and fight for the weak. If they were dedicated to protecting the poor, the innocent, and the helpless who would never be able to pay them back. Fighting is the easiest solution...If I could know it would make a difference...
How does the world change? Truly?
One man in Germany starts a revolution that leads to the ripping apart of millions of souls in millions of acts of violence and murder.
One woman in America sits down on a bus and civil rights takes off.
One man says humans should not be property and it starts a war.
A handful of men with guns in Africa turn villages into slaughter grounds and children into soldiers.
Two tough kids in school form cliques that turn into gangs that fight over the colors of their nail polish.
Really, how does that happen and what do we do to start our own revolution?
Love?
It's really the only thing I can think of. I can't change the whole world all by myself, but if I can love, if I can take every opportunity to work my hardest, to pursue excellence, to show Jesus and really care about those around me, would it change anything?
Would showing love always to the child who drives you crazy, to the parent who disrespects you, to the co-worker who spreads vicious gossip...would that make a difference? If the church stopped being divided and against the world and instead united in its attempt to show the world unconditional love, would that make people wonder? Would that make people change? Would it be a strong enough force to overcome selfish ambition, bullies, genocide, slavery, and a constant me-first mentality? Would it change anything at all?
I wonder....And I wonder if I could do it even when I had stumbled and fallen and failed and still saw no results.
Definitely not without God...and although I am sure it is utterly false, I sometimes feel that although God could easily move mountains, part seas, and do other huge and magnificent things, that He can't or won't give Christians the drive and stamina to see such a constant act of love through anything the world throws at us...and what does such a fear say about my faith?
Life can be overwhelming.
I wish Eve had never eaten that apple.
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| | Posted 11/3/2007 9:43 PM - 14 views - 4 comments
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