Something seems wrong; can we set it right? Most everyone’s thinking goes directly towards political issues, but what’s wrong goes much, much deeper than pointing fingers and balancing right and wrong. Humanity against humanity has plagued mankind, even before the pride of one brother killing the other, with the biblical story of Cain killing Abel. This has been ongoing throughout time to our very present. Those killed standing up against oppressive dictatorships, as in China’s Tiananmen Square, and many who spoke out were placed into prison. America’s major cities feel more like war zones and those who commit crimes have more protections than their victims. Where within our modern thinking do we find some type of justice that makes sense, or do we just forgive and forget?
Ourselves and our world look for what can be trusted and true. Many who are of power and great wealth seem least to be trusted, and if true justice catches up, they rarely are held accountable. Even with fact-checking and our high-tech modern lives, we feel this struggle more than ever before, we seem to make little headway of being truthful or just. Whether you believe there’s a God or not, many are tired and weary of endless world systems which continually darken humanity’s hope of something better. We want and search for something better, but it’s never found, because we are no better than those we blame and point fingers at. All of us have the self-centered pride of doing evil and what seems good. It’s not that we can’t do good but often the good we do, over time, becomes tainted and not as good as intended.
This is what humanity struggles with and is so well known for; we all have this within each of us. This is easily seen by how we relate and deal with each other with all our differences, even with those we love and are close to.
If you view this with an open heart and mind, this is exactly why Christ came to witness to us that He’s our hope beyond all humanity and is the only hope for each of us. As stated in Romans, “there is no one righteous, not even one.” So, if we as humans have failures and faults, we are in need of some foundation that gives direction in what is true, just, equal, and forgiving. If there is no such thing then there’s truly no hope. All we have is to believe in ourselves. We become our own truth and justice. We decide who or what is equal. We become our own foundation. I believe this is where we find ourselves; which brings lack of trust, confusion and pain. It’s as though we are God and there is no faith except placed in ourselves. It’s easy to see our world is set wrong … where do we, or you begin, in setting it right? Just thinking.
Deni Shepard, Franklin