Holding Onto Hope

It seems like these days there is a lot to hang our heads about. There is a lot to grieve and mourn because much of the world has changed, seemingly for the worse. Revolving around hate, conspiracy, paranoia, and a little chaos. I'm not just referring to what happened in Boston, I'm referring to the predecess-ing actions taken by people all around the world, in all nations and countries, done to many ethnicities, peoples, genders,  races, age groups, the scorned unborn, any and all.

It seems rare to see goodness, kindness, loveliness, joy, happiness, and all things beautiful. Why? Because news and media don't show the humanitarians and those who would never hurt anyone outside of personal defense. They don't make breaking news, those stories are thrown by the wayside or never even really heard of. Not that those people are looking for news coverage or any recognition. We see tragedy (sometimes) because it is astonishing, it's thought provoking, it's terrifying, and it's sad. Do we need to know about the tragedies of 9/11, or Newtown, or Boston? Absolutely.

I often think that we as a species understand that doing good is something that's a bit natural and so when we hear of clean water initiatives, or any other good thing helping humans better life for themselves we say "Good for them, glad people are doing what they ought." There are no extreme Facebook posts, Tweets, Tumblrs, Instagram shots, or Vine videos, our basic reaction is "Well good!" So I think that we expect our own species to do good for the species because we are a part of each other.

But I think there is something to celebrate among the wreckage. We are searching for beauty, we are reaching for joy. More and more we long for love to conquer, we yearn for kindness. This is something to be grateful for; the fact that many of us tiny humans are looking for the best in humanity, we revel in the good things, we crave unity. I think we are trying to take Ellen Degeneres' sign off line as a true goal:

Be kind to one another.

As a follower of Christ I know that we as a fallen people have only done these things to ourselves and there is no need in pointing the blame to God when it was our choice to become the creature we have become since the entrance of sin in the world by our own doing. No need in passing the buck, the bad things I do are a direct result of my sin and my poor choice to sin. The world is riddled with sin, and although I am not the one that can eradicate sin from the world I find it to be a great privilege to be able to serve God and serve people in a positive way and be a bit of a light in the world. What is awesome is that this generation is really stepping up in becoming the light of the world, knowing that they are faulty eliminating boisterous pride, yet forgiven eliminating the "pity pond" syndrome. 

My prayers have gone out to all of the tragedies that have broken my heart, and caused me to mourn inside myself. However, I am grateful to all the good going on, and I am excited to be a part of that good and one day there will be no tears, no sadness, no depression, no hatred. This is what we work for now and one day we will witness this in the presence of our King. 

Hallelujah

All to God