The junk of this life.
The thinking of this world picks and chips away at who we are tearing us apart and making us less that what we were meant to be. Politicians pontificate using their wisdom and expecting us to suspend disbelief just long enough to allow them to screw up 1/6th of our economy. Movie stars follow the latest trend, and are tossed like the waves of the sea from one “fix” to the next – scientology, Buddhism, Obamaism. I’m thinking most of you would agree neither of these groups has shown much to be desired in life.
That old book, called the Bible tells us that we discover who we are when we begin to follow the way of Jesus. His words actually put us together and shape us up – fill us with joy and hope. And not a hope that is based on the transient happiness that comes from the stuff of this world. Rather our faith is based on thousands of years of evidence, and hundreds of millions of real people whose lives have been enriched and changed for good.
Not only that, God’s love extends to the “zeroes” – those the world would otherwise totally ignore. For God did not send his son into the world to condemn the world, but to save the world through him.
As you read and hear about the latest junk in our country today, keep this at the forefront of your mind. His Love endures forever. Jesus has your best interest at heart – plans to give you hope and a future. Now that’s not junk, or as my kids would say, “That’s not stinking thinking dad.”