Why is it that we make a home for ourselves in a world of hunger, thirst, poverty, tragedy, hatred, murder, abuse, perversion, deceit, slander...?
Why should we love a world that loves to slander the innocent and make a fortune off others' misfortune?
Why should we want to be a part of a people who see sex as a handshake and make an idol of material, fame, and social status?
Why do we ascribe to a nation full of government workers who revel in their riches while 40% of their people have fallen below the poverty line; while their lax laws allow criminals to walk the street; while they entangle themselves in other nations as our own women are brought into sex slavery...A nation where no pure justice exists?
Why do we hang onto a place filled with war-torn streets, bombed cities, and wounded people?
There is a freedom from all of this in Heaven. If we make that the permanent home we look toward, we have the knowledge and hope that all of these things will one day pass away, and a new earth will be formed under perfect Truth, Justice, Peace, and LOVE. Until then, we are sent as messengers of this hope in order to make this earth just a little less dim.
"Do all things without grumbling or questioning, that you may be blameless and innocent, children of God without blemish in the midst of a crooked and twisted generation, among whom you shine as lights in the world...."
Philippians 2:14-15
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