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What is really important to you? Think about it... what ultimately matters in your life? Is it worth the breathe you expel arguing about who has the best energy policy, or which economic theories will pull us out of this recession? Was it worth the strain in your marriage, and the fear in your kids hearts, to try to yell louder and prove you were the one that was right? Is it really worth that sick feeling in the pit of your stomach when your bills are past due to have that new...
In this country, we live opulent, sheltered, spoiled lives while in other parts of the world people die from drinking the only water they could find, not knowing that it was full of parasites and bacteria. Think about this when you dump out your filtered, bottled water because it was too warm. Elsewhere in the world you children, maybe six or seven years old, are forced to join armies and fight against their own families. Some are killed to show others not to even think about betraying the leaders. While this is going on, in other parts of the world, even younger children, are being forced into slavery and raped.
How do we fix this broken world?
First, we have to fix our own brokenness.
This only comes from a personal relationship with Christ.
C.S. Lewis said it like this, "the Christian life is simply a process of having your natural self changed into a Christ self, and that this process goes on very far inside".
It starts with you. I cannot love the way Christ loves me. But only through Christ's love for me can I begin to love others. My view of the world must change.
w/ audio from C.S. Lewis
