I am not a news junky. I usually get the headlines on Good Morning America, but I don't spend a lot of additional time reading or studying the details. I am no expert. But when I see all of the conflicting positions on issues, it does make me ask myself, "what do I think?". Take the border war with Mexico for instance. Some say "all we need to do is build a wall". Others say "families are being busted apart, and we need to take care of them better". I think I see a tremendously complex problem that no silver bullet will correct. I think people deserve a safe place to live. I think we need to know about people that are coming into our country. I think people attempting to enter the country should be treated humanely. I think the people who live in our country need to share the tax burden. I think people who break the law should be prosecuted. I think bad laws should be changed. I care about the solution, but I am not qualified to dictate the solution. It would seem to me that the ones who are charged with determining the solution would make progress more quickly if they could just agree that any solution will be tremendously complex and that our best chance at that solution would be to listen and attempt to understand others, as opposed to tearing them down.
Appreciate your interest in making the world better. Ain't going to happen.
ReplyDeleteJesus said He was not here to save, nor improve,the world. It
will only get worse. Sinners are running everything so what can you expect? We live in a corrupt world.
Trying to make it as a whole be what Christ has required of His elect followers is like oil and water, light and dark, they don't mix.
Of course Christ has called us believers yo be like salt and light.Do what we can, representing Christ in the world, realizing only the elect will respond. Helping others, affecting the world around us in positive ways is a plus , but society really doesn't care. It will only be fixed when Jesus returns.