I don't think I could ever write a whole post and have it be all about what is wrong with our generation. I would never do that. One of the problems with our generation is that we are evil and adulterous. We can be so evil. People try to make themselves look good no matter what the cost is all of the time. People can be very mean. Sometimes people are mean because it makes others laugh and therefore those people establish a clout because they build status over others.
There is also a problem of selfishness in this generation. Think about when you're sitting in a driveway waiting to be let out onto a busy street, nobody ever lets you out. Eventually someone does, and that's a perfect example of how a majority of people are in a hurry to get where they need to go. This world has a tendency to make us feel like our agendas matter over anyone else's. When there is someone who puts your needs before their own, you feel an overwhelming sense of love right? I think we feel that because it is right and because it is so rare. It's something we don't experience as much anymore.
I also think of how rare it is to do a random act of kindness for someone. When was the last time you opened your passenger door for a wife, girlfriend, friend? When was the last time you let someone ahead of you in a line for food? When was the last time you let someone pull out in front of you at a busy intersection? When was the last time you told someone that you cared for them? When was the last time you had some kind words for a friend? When was the last time you made a conversation with a stranger?
An issue that we also have is that we let our current circumstances flood our minds rather than what is more serious. Sitting in the coffee shop this morning I turned to look at the news and the news station was covering the wildfires out in California right now. I watched the news for probably 10 minutes and was in shock about what I was seeing. Hundreds of thousands of people in California are being affected by these fires and are being faced with making decisions right this very moment that could change the rest of their lives. There are people out there who have lost everything they own. What is going on in your life right now? What are you putting an emphasis on that you shouldn't be? Did you have to wake up today and worry about losing everything you own to a wildfire? Honestly, probably not.
I believe that we make things worse than what they actually are sometimes. I've heard that life is 10% of what happens to you and 90% of how you react. The 10% is different for everyone. Your 10% battle with something might be you dealing with a class that you are struggling with. In certain parts of California, their 10% looks much different than yours. Sometimes we let our 10% turn our minds away from others who have it worse. Think about the 10% of the what the Christians go through in countries where they aren't even allowed to be in.
I will say this though. Heartache is heartache. A breaks up breaks your heart, losing everything breaks your heart, having family issues breaks your heart, having friendship issues breaks your heart. Having health issues breaks your heart. All of those things can cause a lot of heartache. Imagine a world where we understood that. We all know that everyone has struggles of their own but do we live like that?
So why am I writing about all of these little issues that we have. I came across a passage today in Matthew 16 that I want to share with you. In this passage, the Pharisees and Sadducees came to test Jesus and they asked him to show them a sign from heaven. Jesus then answered them with this: "When it is evening, you say, "It will be fair weather, for the sky is red.' And in the morning, 'It will be stormy today, for the sky is red and threatening.' You know how to interpret the appearance of the sky, but you cannot interpret the signs of the times. An evil and adulterous generation seeks for a sign, but now sign will be given to it except the sign of Jonah." (Matthew 16:1-4)
Have you ever heard anyone say: "Red at night, sailors delight. Red in the morning, sailors warning." That is something I have heard my dad say for years. It's actually something that I say all of the time. It's a very true saying too! Really pay attention to it. When the spring and summer roll around again. I am telling ya, when it is red at night, the next day is going to be beautiful. When it is red in the morning, you bet your bottom dollar that there is going to be a storm brewing in.
The fact that Jesus says this is so cool. Jesus is saying that we know how to interpret the appearance of the sky, but we cannot interpret the signs of the times? He's like..you gotta be joking right? We can interpret so many other things in this world. Think of the amazing doctors who perform surgeries, the President who runs the country, all of the law enforcement who help enforce laws, the teachers who teach young kids and adults information, lawyers, judges, whatever it may be! As humans created uniquely and special by God, we have so many gifts that we have been blessed with. Yet...we still ask for signs. Do we really have faith?
I hope you didn't think this post was any sort of bash on anybody, my hope was to spread awareness.
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