Although it did not take long for the first murder to occur,
things seem to have progressed to a place of no return. A lot of people in our
societies all over the world have the mindset that humans and animals are
dispensable instead of a precious creation that God lovingly knit
together. We have somehow lost touch
with the sanctity of life and how we are to take care of one another and the
animals that God commanded us to take care of in Genesis.
Between accidents, wars, street violence, terrorism and
abortion, it’s amazing there are still so many of us alive. Each day is a
miracle given to us by God. Where did so many people lose this view along the
way? When did it become okay to throw an unwanted baby away from within the
womb or to severely abuse, steal or shoot domesticated animals that aren’t wanted
anymore? I know all of this is because sin entered the world, but society seems
to become more and more sinister with each decade and less and less concerned
about others while more and more concerned with “Number 1.”
I have a huge heart for people and animals and cannot even
wrap my mind around what went wrong. I know how it affects me and many others I
know who love the Lord and others to hear of these atrocities going on around
us. I cannot even imagine how God feels to look down and see how so many humans
don’t even seem human anymore, at least not how he created us to be. We are his
crowning glory of creation! Like a gifted artist or musician would look back at
their hard work and be very pleased with their masterpiece after putting
perhaps many hours, days, weeks or months into their creation, so God looked at
us, his masterpiece, and was very pleased.
I was thinking of that very thing last night after reading a
short article and viewing a short video clip of an abortion doctor at work. It
made me think of how many of God’s masterpieces have been thrown into the trash
and how much that must hurt him. To try to even begin to understand this (and I
mean VERY loosely) I imagined how I would feel if, after pouring five committed
years into my book, hours and hours of prayer, over two years of writing and
editing it and working with a self-publishing company closely for five months
to get the finished product I would be very pleased with after having to make
many decisions in the process, after doing my very best to come up with
something of high quality, I gave this book of mine to a very dear friend out
of love and she takes out a pair of scissors and starts shredding my book in
front of me, like it is no big deal. This is on a much smaller scale obviously,
but I would still be at a loss for words and emotionally heartbroken. I can
imagine tears running down the face of God at all the tragedies he sees every
day in this world.
I know that one person cannot change all of this alone, but
each of us doing our part in our small corner of the world can make a huge
difference when added collectively to all the other people doing the same thing
in their corners of the world. We are to love God with all our heart, mind,
soul & strength and love others as we love ourselves. We also have a
responsibility to take good care of the animals that God has entrusted to our
care. We can win others to Christ by our actions and how we treat others. It is
important to live as if one of our biggest goals (besides the obvious) is to
make this world a better place instead of adding to the problems all around us.
God has given each one of us special gifts to use for his
glory and to help others. You are not
replaceable, dispensable or of little value. You have great worth to God and he
custom-made you! He gives you all you need to live a good, productive,
love-filled, hope-filled life. My prayer is that you make the most of your time
here and spread love and goodness instead of fear, hatred and anger. There is
plenty of that going around.
We can hold our heads up high and press on towards the prize
as we spread God’s love to every life we touch. We may only have one chance to
do so before that life tragically ends. I enjoy doing things that would make
God smile. I consider it great joy to touch another person’s life and love on
them! I realize I may be the only one who has ever shown them anything that
resembles love. What an honor and privilege to be the hands and feet of God and
show his love! It would be a tragedy after all he has done for me and all he
has given me to cause him to shed tears and be part of the problem instead of
part of the solution. He put us here to be his hands and feet…so onward we go!
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