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| "And I will give you a new heart, and I will put a new spirit in you. I will take out your stony, stubborn heart and give you a tender, responsive heart." -Ezekiel 36:26 |
What happened to the days when all of our food was *organic,* our government wasn't
Everything is so off kilter that we no longer know right from wrong. We have corrupted our government with over regulating everything and a 'due process' that judicially outlives the original problem. There is so much red tape and so many hands slapping it up, that it distracts from the red hands. This world isn't in need of more *activists* or advocates. Everybody has a cause nowadays. What we need to do is lay down our causes and slap ourselves into reality!
People complain... If only our government...If only my family....Why is the FDA allowed to...If only the church wouldn't have...We all have endless blanks that we could fill in quite colorfully. Yet I think that all of these modern day 'concerns' are part of a larger strategy. And that strategy is an antiquated one...blame shifting. I'm not discrediting the fact that there needs to be a dramatic shift in our culture, I just think we can drown ourselves with finger pointing instead of waking to the realization that we allow ourselves to be distracted with all of the things our government is doing erroneously or the mind numbing games that are played. We forget that it is only ourselves that are at fault. It all starts in our own heart and minds. Standing up for our rights and being educated will always be beneficial. I just think it has gone far past necessary and straight into an era of being defined by our causes.
I know people who say they want peace and disagree with all of the 'right things', the humanitarian things, yet the violence and strife in their heart still exists. It's not just about what we stand up for in speech, but also in action. And actions tell a lot more about a man than what comes flying out of his mouth. We need to inform ourselves of the problems and strategies of this world, there is merit in having this insight, but it seems that has overshadowed what it truly important and that is simply the heart and soul of this world.
I don't care more about the chemicals in my food than my actual neighbors. Yet it seems so many of us are focused on that so much that we overlook the people behind the problem, and the redemption that is so needed. All of the problems of this world can be solved simply with the love and heart of God. Our beliefs and motivations flow out of our heart. We don't need a change in policy...we need a revolution of the hearts of mankind. Because no matter how the policy changes, it will relentlessly go downhill if our hearts are not forever beating synchronously with God's. He is the answer to everything. He is the way we can be good stewards of our bodies, the earth, and our food. He will help us re prioritize, and in that, redemption is born. And in turn, there will be a new world order that cannot change by any mans hands!
As water reflects a face, so a mans heart reflects the man -Proverbs 27:19
I pray that your hearts will be flooded with light so that you can understand the confident hope that he has given to those he called - his holy people who are his rich and glorious inheritance -Ephesians 1:18
Above all else, guard your heart, for it is the wellspring of life -Proverbs 4:23
The good man brings good things out of the good stored up in his heart, and the evil man brings evil things out of the evil that is stored up in his heart. For out of the overflow of his mouth his heart speaks -Luke 6:45
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