Change
The promise of change seems to be the catch phrase of this years presidential election. For any meaningful change to take place, locally, nationally, or globally, that change will need to happen in the hearts of men. Change the heart you change the behavior. New programs or policies, no matter how well intentioned, will not bring the meaningful and lasting change the world needs.
A warm home in a peaceful land, a pantry full of food, money in the bank, health. Everyone wants to be blessed with these things, it’s understandable, we live in a material world. We need to be careful, however, not to consider the unfortunate in our society and around the world to be living under a curse. That would be a mistake.
The United States has been exporting democracy tied to consumerism, and exploiting the poor in the process. If we had been exporting the golden rule instead of the rule of gold the world would be a much better place. Exporting love demonstrated by action, that, and only that, will produce the lasting change we need to survive.
All the world's a stage, And all the men and women merely players…” That was how William Shakespeare summed up his philosophy of life. The poet Dante Alighieri, viewed life as a “Divine Comedy,” a cosmic struggle of good against evil fought in the battleground of the human heart, soul, and mind. Jesus’ world view was colored through a kaleidoscope of love.
When God decides to drop the curtain on this “Divine Comedy,” when He turns the house lights on so to speak, won’t it be grand to be among the eternal sea of humanity that give Him a standing ovation and shout; Bravo Lord… Bravo! Well done!