Saturday, March 22
a friendly reminder...
"what's the point?"
is what my friend said to me.
"why do i try to teach kids about geography, maths or french when in the end it's not changing their lives and making em think about what matters".
in a sense there is no point, since we are all flawed from the start. from the start we cannot improve ourselves or get better by any means on our own. the only way out is through Christ.
so what is the point of wasting time with all the "trivial" aspects of life? why not go "cold turkey" and just forget about the rest? why put in place programs to try and "change people" and make their behaviour more appropriate when in Godly terms there is no appropriate behaviour.
regardless of how good we think we are or how well we think we're doing, all our efforts (without God) are to him but "filthy rags" (litterally sanitary tissues).
so this friend got me thinking, why do i work with kids who are, for the most part, doomed to stealing, abusing, raping, killing and being a burden on society? why spend thousands of pounds a month on each to just see it wasted?
why have jails? why give people a second chance when, for most, they won't do better and in fact may do worse? why bother giving time and money to people who are doomed to hell anyway?
the point is everyone is doomed.
and in a sense there is no point, except for love.
why did Jesus come?
was it to improve pople's life? was it to change people's way of thinking? was it to be heretical? was it to be different? was it to be bring peace or war? was it to change the world? was it to make people follow him? was it to force people to believe in him? was it to change people's ways?
or was it to love and show love.
by showing love and actually LOVING people Jesus did change the world.
so while there is seemingly no point, the point is this:
love people as Jesus loved us.
while we may never see the effects of this, others will.
while maybe only 1% of the kids i work with will make it in life, that 1% may give birth to a history maker like Martin Luther King, Billy Graham, Keith Green, C.S. Lewis, Max Lucado, Mother Theresa or George Verwer. and while these people are only people (mere humans), they have directly or indirectly, through their lives, words, speeches, writings, ations, songs, prayers...impacted billions of other mere humans.
so if you have that attitude, which i think we all get from time to time when we get down and depressed and fail to see the potential, change it! try seeing people the way our saviour would.
"what's the point?"
is what my friend said to me.
"why do i try to teach kids about geography, maths or french when in the end it's not changing their lives and making em think about what matters".
in a sense there is no point, since we are all flawed from the start. from the start we cannot improve ourselves or get better by any means on our own. the only way out is through Christ.
so what is the point of wasting time with all the "trivial" aspects of life? why not go "cold turkey" and just forget about the rest? why put in place programs to try and "change people" and make their behaviour more appropriate when in Godly terms there is no appropriate behaviour.
regardless of how good we think we are or how well we think we're doing, all our efforts (without God) are to him but "filthy rags" (litterally sanitary tissues).
so this friend got me thinking, why do i work with kids who are, for the most part, doomed to stealing, abusing, raping, killing and being a burden on society? why spend thousands of pounds a month on each to just see it wasted?
why have jails? why give people a second chance when, for most, they won't do better and in fact may do worse? why bother giving time and money to people who are doomed to hell anyway?
the point is everyone is doomed.
and in a sense there is no point, except for love.
why did Jesus come?
was it to improve pople's life? was it to change people's way of thinking? was it to be heretical? was it to be different? was it to be bring peace or war? was it to change the world? was it to make people follow him? was it to force people to believe in him? was it to change people's ways?
or was it to love and show love.
by showing love and actually LOVING people Jesus did change the world.
so while there is seemingly no point, the point is this:
love people as Jesus loved us.
while we may never see the effects of this, others will.
while maybe only 1% of the kids i work with will make it in life, that 1% may give birth to a history maker like Martin Luther King, Billy Graham, Keith Green, C.S. Lewis, Max Lucado, Mother Theresa or George Verwer. and while these people are only people (mere humans), they have directly or indirectly, through their lives, words, speeches, writings, ations, songs, prayers...impacted billions of other mere humans.
so if you have that attitude, which i think we all get from time to time when we get down and depressed and fail to see the potential, change it! try seeing people the way our saviour would.
