BE THE GOOD IN THE WORLD :)

Yesterday I saw a t-shirt with the following message on it:


BElieve
THEre is
GOOD
IN THE
WORLD

Isn't that profoundly simple yet true?

Time out for a comic strip I once read.

A turtle is complaining to God about all the hunger, disease, sadness, hunger, and injustice there is in the world. He shakes a little turtle foot at God and says, "Look at this mess this world is in. Why don't You do something?"

And then God responds, "Funny you should ask because I was just about to ask you the same thing!"

BE THE GOOD IN THE WORLD!!!

Do you desire to see less divorce? Then start by fighting for your family because that is good and it will perpetuate goodness as they grow and start their own families.

Do you desire to see people pray more? Then be bold and start asking folks if you can pray for them when you sense a need, and I can assure you they will start praying more too and before you know it, you have started a revolution.

Do you wish to see an end to depression? Then be happy wherever you go and cheer someone up.

The possibilities are endless.

Time out for another story:

There was a priest who spent his life helping wayward youth, and one day one of his fellow priests was belittling him for spending so much time with these "lost causes."

But one of these "lost causes" grew up to be a police officer who was called to an on-going robbery at the local church. To make a long story short, the officer took a bullet for one of the hostages when the robber opened fire. Who did he take the bullet for?

The very same priest who years earlier had said it was a waste of time to spend so much energy on kids who never changed.

Doing good really makes a difference :)

PRAYER:

Dear Lord, Here we are again today but with a new perspective on how we see the world. You long for Your children to rise up and declare that they will be the good this world needs. We are willing. Strengthen us to do good--especially in our immediate circles. In Jesus' name, AMEN~