In today’s world it is hard to find
someone who does not have to face some type of trying situation. It doesn’t matter if you are young or old,
male or female, “upper crust” of society or in the lower economic standings,
whatever your position in this world or whatever standard you use to measure
it, you have to face the trying circumstances of this system.
If you are young there are difficulties in
school that you must contend with. Even
the sad reality of not knowing if you attend classes on any given day if you
will return home alive or be part of a school shooting! You never truly know with complete assurance
that the fellow student beside you in your class is not going to erupt into a
nightmarish personality and begin doing unthinkable things. And if things aren’t that bad at school many
continue to deal with the “bully” problem.
This has led to more suicides in recent years than I would like to mention. The young girls in particular have to deal
with the “image” aspect from their peers as well as the whole of society that
is placed upon them. You MUST look a
certain way or you are not considered “attractive” to anyone! And the problems continue to mount in many
different areas.
Some might think that once you graduate
from school and become an “adult” these problems will automatically
disappear. Some do. But many are a lifetime problem that has to
be dealt with on a daily basis. And with
adulthood there comes a new set of problems that must be confronted. Think for a moment: At your graduation you are told that you “are
the future” of humankind. That you are
entering the world of great opportunities.
But in reality you find that many opportunities are not available to you
for many varying number of reasons. Some leave the halls of their graduation
and find that they cannot get any acceptance into college, that they are not even
eligible for any consideration of economic assistance, and many cannot even find
some type of meaningful employment.
Many get involved in gangs, drugs, or some
other illegal type of activities and then find that it is almost impossible to
get themselves free some such involvement.
Some have unwanted pregnancies.
Some begin to feel that they can see no way to overcome the problems
that they are facing. The world begins
to look very bleak for them.
They find that the corporate system is
against them. The legal system doesn’t
really care that they can “correct” their situations. The economic system becomes too much for them
to bear. Many find it time to look
toward religious organizations, but these too prove to be a failing source of
comfort. They speak grandiose words of
faith, but they prove false to the true power of religion by merely “feeding”
on the depressions of those they get to follow them. The combination of these areas to fail in
providing the needed comfort and hope to people leads many to resort to the
idea that they are truly unlovable and unneeded by human society, so they turn
to the alternative of taking their own lives.
Many can find that the truth of the Bible
and God’s message of a wonderful future on a paradise Earth is a hope that is
worth hanging on to and living for regardless of the present conditions that
they have to face. By understanding the
real message that the pages of the Bible holds out can bring a true peace of
heart and an earnest desire to continue to develop a real lasting personal
relationship with God. This
counterbalances the trying times.
QUOTE TO CONSIDER
THOUGHTFUL GEM
"When you are the No. 2 entry in a two man race,
second place is better than next to last!"
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