Scrolling down my newsfeed on social media these past few days, I've seen so many different things. Ranging from a color design of a cup making people angry to the same color of that cup being shed all over the world because of terrorism.
How are we supposed to react to these things? How are we, as Americans, supposed to react to people getting hurt over something so small like the color of a cup? How are we, as Americans, supposed to react to terrorist attacks getting closer and closer to our front doors?
Well, those are tough questions. I wish I had the answers to them, but I don't. I wish I could write this long post about how I know EXACTLY what we need to do to be successful at not reacting the wrong way. Which would ultimately lead to us succeeding in handling these issues.
I don't know these answers. I don't know how we should react and I don't know how to handle these situations we are being forced to be apart of, because we are American.
That's one of our biggest fears as humans: the unknown.
I've started trying something new. I've started trying to focus on what I DO know and it has brought me more comfort than ever before.
What I do know though is that:
1. Our God is a God of LOVE.
John 3:16 says, "For God so loved the world that he gave his only begotten son, that whosoever believeth in him, shall not perish, but will have everlasting life."
I couldn't imagine how painful it had to have been for God to watch His son die on the cross. He could've stopped it. He could've kept it from happening by wiping us people off of the face of the earth, but God loved us(and still loves us) and He knew that in order to truly save all of us sinning filthy humans, He had to send His only son to die for us.
I have two sons. If I had to save the world by sacrificing either one of them, I wouldn't. I don't think I could. I don't love the world enough to do that.
Especially with all of this evil that's starting to come out in the open. This evil hasn't just sprouted up out of nowhere. It has always been here. God knew back then how much evil was in the world, yet he stilled loved it. He loved it so much that He wanted to save it from ultimate evil: HELL.
He loves you, He loves me. He loves the people of Starbucks. He loves those syrian refugees coming into our country...
He loves the people of ISIS...
How can God love such evil people? How can God love the people that hate other people and still be a God of love.
God's love is unconditional.
Unlimited.
Absolute.
No matter how much we sin against Him, do bad towards others, and hate... God will always love us.
He loves us, but that doesn't mean he loves and approves of what we do. There's a difference. He gives us freewill as a privilege, because of how much He loves us.
If we let His unconditional love be a guide for how we live and love, then imagine how much hate would disappear. Imagine how much different our world would be if we were to love one another more than talk about, hate on, judge, and discriminate one another.
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