With everything going on recently in the news I have seen so
much anger and hate coming from all sides.
I see people who are losing faith in humanity and resorting to disgust
and desolation. I just wanted to remind
you all of Genesis 1:31, “God saw all that he had made, and indeed it was very
good. And there was evening and there was morning, the sixth day.”
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I feel like so often we default to the idea that humanity is
primarily evil. I know that I was fed
this theory through literature in my AP lit class, senior year in highschool
(ahem, Lord of the Flies). We forget that verse from Genesis; we forget
that God created us, and he said we were very good.
Instead of focusing on Satan’s victories we should look to the victory of The Cross. We
should look at the world through the eyes of Christ, fallen but good. Yes, the world is full of humans who fall to
temptation. I am not denying that evil
and injustice exist in the world, there is no way that I could do that. I am saying that when we lose sight of The
Cross, lose sight of redemption, lose sight of goodness, lose sight of hope, that
is when we lose sight of Christ.
I know that sometimes my heart is overwhelmed with the evil
that takes up residence in people. I
understand that it sometimes seems easy to look at the world and wonder where
God has gone. I just wanted to write to
remind all of you that God hasn't gone anywhere. His heart is breaking, not only at what we
see as incredible evil, but at every sin that is committed by each of us everyday. I challenge us to look at the world through
the eyes of Christ. If God, in his
perfection, can look at us and say that we are “very good” than who are we to
argue, who are we to judge, who are we to lose faith.
How are you feeling about what is going on in the news this week? Do you think that humanity is primarily good or evil? DO you have any fun Summer plans? Comments? Suggestions? Questions? Drop me a line in the comments below!
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