i love you..

Hunger in the streets.  Fatherless children.  War in the East.  Civil unrest and disease in Africa.  Poverty in the third world.  Depletion of natural resources.  Rising Temperatures.  Inflated prices within struggling economies.  Intrusion of man in the rain forests.  Abuse.  Addiction.  Murder.  Violence.  Rape.  In our backyard.  Greed.  Control.  Energy Crisis.  Propaganda.  Lies.   Intolerance for our brothers and sisters.  Pollution.  Poaching.  Selfishness.  Religion.  Apathy.  Depression.  Godlessness.  Hatred...

What is the origin of evil...?  What purpose does it serve?  Why have we been subjected to it's destruction?

It does not take much to see the suffering.  A quick drive thru suitcase city may surprise you.  Try sitting off Dale M.  without hearing the wail of sirens racing towards a crisis.  Turn on the news, someone's life has been violently taken.  Read the paper, our economy is failing.  Friends have been laid off.  Visit the hospital, disease is thriving.  Our elders are alone in a assisted living facilities.  The orphanages are full.  Prison is crowed.  This is where I live.  I see it everyday.  And across the world there is a different brand of suffering.  But suffering to say the least.  

Some have turned their back to it.  Others close their eyes.  It is ignored.  It is not discussed.  It is not politically correct.  Our leaders fatten themselves on the fruit of the land with a reckless abandonment of compassion while the poor and weak spirited are left to carry the burden.  What hope do we have then?

Barrack Obama?  Can he save us with his eloquent speech and well catered campaign?  Will his charm and marketability deliver us?  Perhaps more so than the other flavors on the menu but in reality he is not the answer.  Our hope is not in man.    

Our hope rests on the foundation of love.  And the greatest love of all is when a man lays down his life for another.  Moment by moment, embrace this love.  It will find you in the chaos that your life is.  In your home.  At the office.  When you go out.  At the bars.  The grocery store.  School campuses.  It will spread to the ocean.  It will cross the seas and touch the world.  Change is inevitable.  It will come no matter what.  But changing for the better is a fight.  Do not grow weary in doing good.  It is thankless.  It is difficult.  It is sneered at.  At times it seems hopeless.   Take heart, smile because what you have done has not been done in vain.  Instead, each act of love is another cornerstone in the foundation of a better tomorrow.  Take the hands of those beside you.  Together crucify hatred and selfishness and embrace the love has been yours since the beginning