I hope my life never runs dry or becomes empty. I look at older couples or people that work a 9 to 5 job with hardly any goals other than when the next vacation or weekend is and lose hope. Is that what my life will consist of? Are we all going through life with hardly any uniqueness to our name? I for one do not want to live as the world. Shopping for pleasure seems heart wrenching when I think of how many adults and children wonder if they will ever find any warmth or food again. How can I so selfishly over indulge in material items when there are so many who are so underprivileged?
I think of big market cities, such as Hollywood, New York City, Chicago, magazines and media. Our society and culture is encouraging so much unhappiness. In a race for survival and success, we are losing our character and value. Don't get me wrong, there is so much potential in the world and in people who do these things. Just because someone works a 9 to 5 job does not make them a terrible person. It's their character that makes the difference. Everyone makes mistakes, including me. We all need to focus on bettering the world though, even if it starts with the person right in front of us - the one we never see or choose to ignore.
Love is huge. It is not a choice. It is a necessity. Without love, our heart dies. I can't help but see the brokenness in us all. I am broken. I have a huge hole in me. Though I fail several times at seeking Him, God continues to seek me and fill me up. His love overwhelms me. I am in love with people. We have been given a responsibility to give freely, to carry each others burdens, to honor God through it all, and to ultimately, lay down our life for the sake of our brothers.
"In all things I have shown you that by working hard in this way we must
help the weak and remember the words of the Lord Jesus, how he himself
said, ‘It is more blessed to give than to receive.’”
Acts 20:35
There will always be poor in the land. Therefore I command
you to be open handed toward your brothers and toward the poor and needy in your land.
Deuteronomy 16:11
Sell your possessions, and give to the needy. Provide yourselves with
moneybags that do not wear out, with a treasure in the heavens that does
not fail, where no thief comes near and no moth destroys. For where
your treasure is, there will your heart be also.
Luke 12:33-34
From everyone who has been given much, much will be demanded; and
from the one who has been entrusted with much, much more will be asked.
Luke 12:48b
Carry each others burdens, and in this way you will fulfill the law of Christ.
Galatians 6:2
Whoever oppresses a poor man insults his Maker, but he who is generous to the needy honors him.
Proverbs 14:31
This is how we know what love is: Jesus Christ laid down his life for us. And we ought to lay down our lives for our brothers.
1 John 3:16
