Luis and I were watching a documentary tonight called South of the Border. It's an Oliver Stone production. As I was watching, I found myself getting very frustrated inside, because of all the rederick that went against what we usually hear about such leaders as Hugo Chavez, the Castro brothers, and other South and Latin American leaders that have been portrayed as being leaders of evil socialist, borderline communist regimes. After sitting through more than an hour of handshakes and pleasantries, even I started thinking that these men looked like nice guys. Wait....what?? It's amazing how propaganda can really infiltrate our thinking. Everyone has their own agenda, from CNN to Fox, from Obama to Bush to Al Gore and his Global Warming talks. Every day we are forced to choose sides on issues from fracking to foreign policies, and everything in between, but the problem is that we live in a world of half truths. People spew their view, with their perspective and their details, but the big picture is incomplete. So many senseless crimes and lawlessness. So much anger and disrespect of elders, leaders and authority. Once black and white issues have fallen into a hazy shade of grey. I find myself getting very "world weary" as my Mom calls it.
But then, I remember 1 Corinthians 13:9-12 that says, "For we know in part and we prophesy in part, but when completeness comes, what is in part disappears. When I was a child, I talked like a child, I thought like a child, I reasoned like a child. When I became a man, I put the ways of childhood behind me. For now we see only a reflection as in a mirror; then we shall see face to face. Now I know in part; then I shall know fully, even as I am fully known." and it give me peace knowing that I might not have all the answers, and the world might be filled with lies and immorality, but my Father in heaven is truth, and I can rest knowing that one day, He will set all things right. We don't see the big picture, but God does. We don't understand why we are going through what we are going through, but God has already seen how it ends, and he is working ALL THINGS together for good...the wonderful things, the hard things, the bad things, the confusing things, ALL THINGS.
I have also been very discouraged lately, realizing that a great number of the people that I knew from my childhood and college days not only have no relationship with God, but they have a great disdain for Christianity, Christian principles, and God-centered morality. But then I remember Romans 14:11-12 that says, "For we will all stand before God’s judgment seat. It is written: As surely as I live,’ says the Lord, every knee will bow before me; every tongue will acknowledge God. So then, each of us will give an account of ourselves to God.
Every knee...yours, mine, everyone's. Whether you chose to bend and worship here on earth while you were alive or not. Every knee. Whether you were one of the greatest followers of Christ, or one of the biggest persecutor of Christians. Every knee. Whether you were a President or a pauper. Every knee.
So, instead of worrying my pretty little head about all the things in the world that I can't make sense of, I find great peace in knowing that the Lord holds my world in his hands. He knows all, and sees all. He is the ultimate truth. He has the last word. He is the beginning AND the end. There is nothing too difficult for Him. His promises are sure. His word is rock solid. I can trust Him. I can rest in Him. Thank you Father, for giving us peace in the middle of life's storms.
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