I must say, in the last few years we’ve seen some reactionary changes as a nation. Things have been happening here in our country that I wouldn’t have believed in this day and time had I not witnessed them for myself.
On a regular basis, we have citizens trying to bring harm to other citizens purely because they’re from different backgrounds and have different beliefs, which is something this country usually frowns upon.
Our history as Americans is accepting people from all ethnicities, with different beliefs and from different backgrounds as long as it doesn’t harm or endanger anyone else. Why has that changed all of a sudden?
We actually have people who are openly confronting and bullying others simply because they’re different. This isn’t the American way and isn’t the America that I know and love.
This is very surprising for this day and time. We shouldn’t be going backwards. There should be a change and that change should be for the better.
Some are showing who they really are. People who you never would’ve imagined, are doing and saying things that are outright mean and unkind.
We see big crowds of people at rallies who’re clapping and cheering when there’s someone shouting something negative, degrading and often wrong about others who’re different. And these people say they’re Christians.
1 Corinthians 13:4-8 says:
Love is patient, love is kind. It does not envy, it does not boast, it is not proud. It does not dishonour others, it is not self-seeking, it is not easily angered, it keeps no record of wrongs. Love does not delight in evil but rejoices with the truth. It always protects, always trusts, always hope, always perseveres. Love never fails.”
I must admit if I didn’t know the true God for myself I wouldn’t want to know him based on the way some people are acting.
God is patient and kind and he loves us all. He knew what he was doing when he made us different. We all have our own unique qualities and we should be proud of whatever they are.
I’m convinced God wants to see who’s loving, patient and kind just as he is.
I think it’d be quite boring if we were all the same. Being different means embracing your difference and showing others different ideas and perspectives. But we all have to have an open mind and recieve it.
What would you say is the problem?
I’ve tried to rationalize these actions but there are none. In the last month we had someone walk into a Synagogue in Pittsburgh and shoot and kill 11 people.
Then on the other side of the country in Thousand Oaks, Ca a little over a week later someone walked into a country music bar and shot and killed 11 college students and a sheriff’s deputy who was dispatched to the scene (for a total of 12).
So what’s going on America? What’s causing these random acts of terror?
My heart goes out to the families of those who were killed this past month, and I’m praying that people will stand strong for what’s right and show love and understanding to others…even when they are different.
I still believe that there are good people in this world, people who want to do what’s right. I hope to God that I’m not wrong.
So whatda ya say America!?!?!? Let’s stand strong and proud and do the Godly thing. That thing what God lays upon your heart to do…and that is to love.
1 Peter 4:8
Above all, love each other deeply, because love covers over a multitude of sins.
