With all the chaos in this world, I sometimes wonder how man has made it this far. I look at the world and don’t see the stability I saw years ago. And yet when I look back at the past, I find the same instability we have today. Which asks the same question, how has man made it this far without destroying himself and the world? When Jesus lived on this earth in Israel, there was an occupying army controlling His country. The world embraced Christianity until the dark ages. Then war and disease nearly killed off all the population. Then more wars were fought over whatever. Until the reformation came. Christianity made a resurgence. Then wars were fought over religion. Which by the way are still going on. All of this has to do with what you believe. If you believe that man’s way is correct, then you will still fight more wars. And if you believe that God’s way is correct, you will find a way to live peaceably. There isn’t more chaos in the world than before. It is that people aren’t believing that God’s way is right. And their lives are turned upside down. I never had hope that anything would change until I met God. He showed me how I could live a life of peace in the middle of chaos and thrive. Even if I choose to sin, I still can ask God to forgive and restore me. This has made all the difference in the world. When your hope is founded in God, it isn’t easily shaken. It isn’t like people who believe that the only way they can get ahead is through war.
Joseph1637/Crain Blanchard 