Did you know our world is changing?

Yes.  I know it’s always changing.  But are you aware that our culture as we know it is teetering on the tip of a pinhead?

We have all been just living our lives and building our careers and having families and buying stuff we don’t need and eating too much and watching too much TV and while all of these things have been going on we have lost sight of the fundamental values that are the most important in this life.  We are distracted.  We are distracting ourselves.  We don’t want to see it.  I have been guilty myself.  And it’s NOT ok.

There is a battle being fought.  A spiritual battle.  A culture war.  The battlefield is everywhere.  It’s not only thousands of miles away in some middle eastern country, it is right here.  In our homes, at our offices and in our churches.

I am raising children in this changing world so I feel like it is my responsibility to be as aware as I possibly can.  So I have been paying attention.  I have been praying for our nation and for our leaders and for our world.  Ultimately I know that the battle has already been won, so I try not to be anxious about what is meant to happen.  I don’t believe that means that I should stop fighting for what I believe.  I am sure there are those who think our country is changing for the better.

I would say that signs point to the opposite.  See above.

What do I think we need more of?  Jesus.

I know that millions of people don’t believe that He is real.  I understand that faith is a hard concept to learn.  I get it that it’s easier to just believe that this world is going to keep on spinning on and on and on forever.  We have all been given a choice.  Free will.  But we have also been given an empty space in our hearts that can only be filled by one thing.  We all try to fill it up with different things.

In the past I have used alcohol and drugs and even denial to try to fill it up.  It always left me feeling even more empty than before.   Until I chose Him.  And in that moment I found it.  Redemption.  The hole was filled up and overflowing.  Pouring out.

This past year has been the worst year of my life.  I can’t even talk about all of the things that have happened.  Hope has come to me though suffering.  I know how it feels to be held up in the midst of a broken heart.  I have chosen to rejoice instead of recoil.

I am strong.  Not because of me but because I am in good hands.    Every time something bad has happened I have run to Jesus.  And when prayers were answered and I felt His peace wash over me I have praised God for that.  I am not special or different.  I am just one human and just one of millions who have endured unbearable things in life.  I just know Who to turn to and Who to hold on to with every event in my life whether it be happy or too painful to face alone.

I really believe that our world is at a turning point.  I won’t speculate that the end of life as we know it is upon us, because  that would be dramatic and foolish.  But I do know if we could just get back to the basics and focus more on faith and family we would all be much happier. And our world would be a better place too.  And whether we choose to believe or not….Jesus Christ exists and our world will be judged.  And here in my little corner of the world I stand in awe…unafraid and unashamed.

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