Monday, August 29, 2016

This Crazy World Needs Love

Listen, yall.... The world has gone absurd. It has absolutely lost its mind. Don't believe me? Just log onto facebook, google, yahoo, or any actual " reputable" "news" source, and you will see all kinds of craziness. Fighting, arguing,  rudeness, obnoxious behaviors, and out and out meanness are rampant. Not to mention the questions of sexual persuasion, racial tensions and who's going to be the next president.

What in the world are we supposed to do? How do we respond to so much hate and lack of love? How do we share Jesus in a world that's gone mad? One that has said they don't believe in our Creator? (Which He totally said was going to happen!)

I just can't stand it. It is driving me insane. Am I the only one who wants to stand on mountain tops or drive around town with a loud speaker, saying, "You're doing it wrong! STOP IT. This is NOT the way!!!!!"?!?

No, I didn't think so. I imagine God has laid it on all of your hearts as well. This world is sad. This world needs Jesus, but they aren't ready to hear it. Everyone is so certain they are right, believing their own press, that they do not want to be told they are wrong. We know the truth. We know He said all of this was going to happen. We know that He came to save us all, and we know that, eventually, they will know it too. Every knee WILL bow, every heart will say He is Lord.

Until then, what do we do?

We love. We love those He's put in our lives, around us, right where we are. We answer the call to be his disciples, right where we are. We show people what it means to truly love. Remember,  love is patient and kind. It doesn't envy or boast, is arrogant or rude. It doesn't rejoice at wrongdoing, but rejoices in Truth.

It lends a hand to a neighbor who is moving a cabinet in. It's stopping in for a short chat, just to make sure they are doing ok. It's helping your co-worker on a project they are having a hard time with. It's talking a good friend down from the ledge, and pointing them to Jesus. It's being there, and caring. Even when the world says you shouldn't. It's doing and saying things that they think are crazy, because there's no way they would do or say that. It's trusting an "invisible" God to lead you closer to Him, even in the midst of the chaos of this world.

Breathe deep, dear friend. Breathe in Jesus and breathe out the crazy in this world. It isn't our job to fix it. We aren't going to be the one to change it. Only He has that job. Our only job is to do what He said do. Love Him. Love Others. Be patient and kind. Tune out all the things that distract us from that job, and it will go well for us. Is it easy? Of course not. He never said it would be. In fact, He said we would be hated for following Him.

And if you have any doubt as to whether or not that is true, just look around the world. Persecution is happening. All over the place. God is being denied left and right. Those of us who follow Him are being hated. It's going to get a lot worse before it gets better. Cement yourself in Him now. Carve his words on your heart. Be certain of His Love for you.

 Because His Love fuels our Love. Without Him, we just cannot love like we need to.. and God help us, because we really, really need to Love.

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