Something To Think About

It all happened so suddenly, so it seems, that a country as rich in resources as the United States could be standing on the verge of collapse. Acute and critical critique has been the clarion call to all who will listen and respond. Opinions under the guise of solutions have been birthed by persons who seemed to have only been born yesterday. The blame game is running rampant and we have somehow been caught up in the craze. The yarn of our sensibilities is unraveling as we move with expedited urgency toward a place we have never been before.

And then it happened. Somebody stumbled upon a book, a book of wisdom as old as time itself, a book that contained the formula, the recipe and the solution to the madness. And as the book was opened, a passage seemed to be lifted from the page. It said, “In the beginning was the Word, and the Word was with God, and the Word was God. He was with God in the beginning…He was in the world, and though the world was made through him, the world did not recognize him. He came to that which was his own, but his own did not receive him. Yet to all who received him, to those who believed in his name, he gave the right to become children of God…The Word became flesh and dwelt among us…Look the Lamb of God who takes away the sin of the world is among us".

The one who stumbled upon the book found it to be stimulating and affirming; therefore, it was shared with others, even with those who were unknown. Over time, a great awakening occurred; a revelation of salvivic proportion illuminate within the hearts and minds of all who read the book. And as those who read the book began to align their lives by the instruction contained within its pages, slowly, ever so slowly, the madness began to stop.

Jesus is the same yesterday, today and forever. He still is the answer to the world’s problems. We must read his word, follow his example and find new life in his care; and when this happens, the madness will stop. This is our blessed assurance in times like these.