People are lost and confused. People feel alienated and alone. The reason for this is that belief in the only true God has waned and faith in the human mind has waxed. The truth is, as Arthur Symons reminds us, as well as the Apostle Paul, "we have been offered the remedy, but we pursue the disease." (Romans 1:25).
Whether your view is national, hemispherical, or global, it is clear we live in a frightful world, but it is also true we are not left alone, because in this alien land God has appeared.
The darker the disenchanted world became, the more brilliant the glory of God shone upon it. (John 1:1-18)
Gustav Flaubert declared, “Life is such a hideous business. The only method of bearing it is to avoid it." Not true. We must embrace it, for it is our battleground; it is our playing field upon which we serve the King. And as we do, we must remember the meaning of divine grace rather than the measure of human cruelty.
We are called to be in the world but not of the world. This world is not my home, but that does not mean we are homeless. We are awaiting our great and glorious homecoming.
Come quickly Lord Jesus.
Serving Him with you
Until He comes for us, Fred
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