Something that often saddens me is the way people throw around the word "Love." It's all about love; love, love, love. I hear this from people of all walks of life, but it is never real love. It always means something like: I love everyone as long as they benefit me, I love everyone as long as they love me, or I tolerate any idea or belief so people won't be mad at me.
Lately I have been thinking about the butterfly effect. Not the kind that violates the laws of physics, but the kind that deals with people. I find that few understand the verse in Romans that says, "We do not war against flesh and blood but against powers and principalities." Paul was not lying, yet in every conflict I see someone has to be the perpetrator; someone has to be right and someone has to be wrong. Who cares about why that person is behaving a certain way? Who cares what he or she has been through, or grew up with? Who care about what they are feeling, and the person they are to become? Do you know what makes a "bad person?" It takes enough "good people" to convince them that that is what they are.
I'm tired of judgement and apathy. There is so much to be done, but we are so preoccupied with our own selfish needs, and our stupid careers, and meaningless pursuits. There is a God who is waiting to use us to turn this world into a better place, but we all have some philosophy that can stamp out any remnant of faith or hope in what is just. It is as if everything is literally the opposite of what it should be. Those with faith are sitting in fancy buildings eating finger sandwiches and analyzing text (if it is not too taxing of course). Our intelligent youth are being taught every reason we should live for ourselves, instead of others. The innocent population of the world is being tortured and shamed for it.
If there is one thing I can say for sure after two decades of life it is that we have a powerful God who can overcome anything. There is hope for humanity, if your faith is in Jesus.
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