What's on my mind

While I used to be able to sit back and tell myself "it will all be fine," I'm not that person any more. I don't pretend to be in control of anything. God is. No question there. But He gave human beings the freedom to make their own choices, either right or wrong, with no penalty from Him in terms of how much He loves us. Unfortunately, there are immediate consequences to our actions, and when I see so many people in positions of power making poor decisions, abusing their God-given right in order to pursue their own selfish needs and desires, it pains me.

Instead of having blind faith or depending on the Apocalypse to take me away from all of the world's problems, I'm trying to use the voice God gave me to speak up about what I believe.

I understand that not everyone is in a position to do this. I understand that others have their own ways of dealing with life, and I respect that. But I can't sit in silence and let life pass me by when I could be making a difference. God gave me these hands and this voice in order to do His work, and instead of ignoring His call, as I have done in the past, I choose to use the gifts He's given me to carry it out.

That's all.

Hope

"Hope is definitely not the same thing as optimism.
It is not the conviction that something will turn out well,
but certainty that something makes sense
regardless of how it turns out.
It is hope above all which gives us
the strength to live and try new things."

- President of Czechoslovakia