When is enough enough

We hear time and time again this is unfair or that is unfair. We see protests and hear words that some people need to change, that there is existence of injustice that shouldn't be. No it shouldn't. Never should have been not in this country. But guess what folks? It's not a perfect world. There is gravity, there is friction, there is pain, and sickness, and sweating and working hard for what seems like nothing. There are people in leadership roles, not just in government but in leadership roles everywhere that don't seem to have a notion of what they are doing and make some pretty unfair decisions. Let's face it, this is called being human. We are all flawed. We make poor decisions. We are unjust. We dislike people and often base our decisions on that dislike. But....and this is big....we have an example of moving on even though there are difficult circumstances. We have Christ. He continued the mission God sent Him on, regardless of the injustice that was dealt Him by the Pharisees and lets face it by a public that demonstrated a now-we-love-you-now-we-don't attitude. He kept healing, He kept teaching, He kept demonstrating the love of God despite the cruelty that He endured.


As should we.


When is enough, enough? When we look at our lives and see injustice. When we see that there are people that are burs in our side, some that would say we don't know what we are doing. Enough is enough folks. Time to grow up. If you claim Christ, don't worry about the injustice that is affecting you...or others. Do your job. Love like God would love. That injustice will always be present. Touch each other's lives in kindness and God-like love and the world will change. You will not change it. God will.

Refreshing

Vacation. Time to take stock of one self. Get things done that quite frankly cannot get done while one is working. Resting, relaxing, trying to regroup for the next round. And then to keep going. Why? Because human beings are relegated to working hard or else being freeloaders and that cannot happen, not very often for survival will that work. But the time to relax and the time to take stock is also the time when nothing gets done, not really done the way you want it done. Until you go on vacation and get it done.

Dreaming

To Sleep Perchance to Dream. Famous words with so much meaning. Hamlet is concerned about his action or inaction based on rest and seems to have concluded that the ultimate rest will come but only after he does his  best to act. God doesn't expect us to wear ourselves down but often we put that on ourselves. May we all be blessed in that knowledge that God loves us for us.

God is love

God loved the Israelites because of who they were. And since God is the same today as He was yesterday and will be the same tomorrow, He also loves me for who I am. What does this mean? Does it mean that He chose me for my good works? No. He created me to do good works this is true, but that's not why He loves me. Does it mean that because I can play the piano, or build furniture, or grow tomatoes He loves me? No. True, He gave me those abilities but He put the talent and feeling in my fingers and heart, He gave me the wisdom to know what goes where, and He caused the increase in veggies and gave  me the wisdom to know how to prune and how to fertilize the plants to grow. So why does God love me? He loves me because I am His artwork, He created my core. He loves me because of me. God is LOVE!

Friends

I love friendship. I treasure it, more than the few relationships I have had while being in love with someone, more than any relationships I treasure friendships. Without friendships, I would have wondered if I mattered to God. Without friendships I would have truly felt abandoned. The relationship I had with my dad in the latter part of his life was a friendship more than being a daughter. My prayer is it is that way for my mom. I have friends that live down the block from me, both that I attend church with as well as knowing from outside circumstances than church. I would do anything for them and they have done all for me, even in rain and snow. This is the true meaning of team. A team is only functional when it works together. And friends do that by the very nature of the word. May God bless all of our friendships.