A friend of mine got mugged the other day. She's five foot nothing and weighs less than my shoes. Imagine someone picking on your little sister...nice.
I see someone walking into the store and pause to throw their cigarette on the ground and stomp it out, "someone else will clean this up" They don't say it audibly, but that's the attitude. It's either that, or "who cares if this place turns into a big ashtray." I'm not going to rant against smoking (smoke up Johnny) but throw the things in an ashtray and empty them every once in a while. Out planet is rapidly becoming one big trash can.
People are basically good.
We have a couple of high schools that have their graduation ceremonies here at the church. After one school had theirs, the facilities guys were spending the next couple of days cleaning out the place. They found 12 diapers in the parking lot...used. Nice. "Someone else will clean this up"
Deep down, they're good people.
We're at war. People are starving. The jails are overcrowded.
"He's a good kid once you really get to know him"
Pride, anger, jealousy, envy, distrust, corruption...I'm sick of the innocent being taken advantage of. I'm tired of hearing of injustice. I want to throw up when I look at parking lots and roadsides filled with McDonald's wrappers. I can't handle another story of a child being murdered (thousands a day).
We don't need a redeemer?
We can do it on our own?
How we doing so far?
I like how angry this post is. None of that "maybe I should be more. . ." with this one! Christ sets a wonderful example of righteous wrath in the temple, one He doesn't get enough credit for. Wrath happens. The Old Testament is full of it.
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ReplyDeleteyour post sounds very similar to something i would say.
i agree with everything you wrote. i wish i could find the mugger and give him the back hand of fellowship.