It is on the horizon … I can feel it.
Almost everyone would agree that we live in a world on the brink. Here we are, teetering back and forth, about to fall over the edge. As the great Andi Hill just said, “you cannot go anywhere in life without drama.” Drama in families. Drama at work. Drama in communities. Drama in our churches. Political drama. Social drama. Drama, drama, drama!!!! (Not to be confused with Marcia, Marcia, Marcia)
It seems everyone is so easily offended these days that you cannot say or write anything. BLUE is my favorite color. (True story). Now I will be getting hate mail and “requests for retraction” from the League of Red, the Yellow Party, and the Pink Ponies.
I thought the Great American Eclipse had an interesting effect on social media. For about a solid day, there was very little hate and abuse. Just marveling at God’s creation (whether they realized it or not). For about 24 hours, we were united. And amazed. And it was terrific!!
But, now, BACK TO WORK!! Let’s point out all of the mistakes our leaders made, let’s highlight the hate, let’s do our part to tear this world into multiple pieces.
WHY?
Honestly, here is the pandemic: WE have become a people who do not live for GOD in any way, shape, or form. Over the past few months, I see the hate building. And sadly I have seen people who profess Christ as Savior fueling this fire just as much as anyone else.
BECAUSE GOD IS NOT AT THE CENTER OF OUR LIVES.
I see it in how our children are being raised. I see it in our worship, in our outward faithfulness to God through BEING THERE, through SERVING, and through GIVING. I see it in the fruit that is NOT present in the lives of those who claim Jesus. In how we fail to LOVE.
I see it in the hate. God has become a little more than a figurehead. A good luck charm.
How will all of that turn out for us? Why don’t you ask the Children of Israel how it always turned out for them when they relegated God to a symbol.
(You REALLY don’t want to know ….)
Stop the PANDEMIC!! Stop the HATE!! Learn to LOVE with Christ’s kind of love. Before it is too late!
The Random Thinker 