What really is the answer?

The heartaches of the world surround us . . they are everywhere. . . . What is the answer and how to we eliminate the suffering? This is the question of the ages. . . The Bible tells us that the poor will always be with us, but why? Is it possible that the most important thing is to share the love of Jesus in this life to create a better life for as many as possible in the next?

How can we live our daily lives knowing that there are people who are suffering beyond our capability to realize or understand?

For me it means that I live my life, where I am to the best of my ability. . . To work hard to create my life in such a way that I can take some of what the Lord allows me to create and share in the only way I can, by sending part of my treasure to those who have created a life of service to the needy . . By raising my children to be productive members of our society and giving them the opportunity to serve as they are called . . Some will, some will not. . .

What destruction has America's greed for things and comfort caused the world . . . No doubt much but when weighed against the good things that we have done it seems to me that the scales are if not balanced, at least well on the way to being so . . . No country in the world has ever shared its bounty so much and even though our appetite for things is unbounded, much of that appetite creates opportunity for others to have a means to work so that they may eat and survive. . . What about the many, many ministries that are being supported by the wealth that we have created . . Are they helping or hurting the poor? Should we just leave them alone to just be where they are and what they are or does the billions of dollars worth of aid that is sent amount to nothing?

Much needs to be done to alleviate the suffering around the world but what can one person do? It seems that it is not the failure of the people but the failure of the governments around the world . . Many take our billions of dollars and instead of helping the people they build for themselves great empires where only a few have what they need and the people are in want . . Should we give all so that we are no longer in a position to create more? Only those that have can give . . .

So many questions? Who has the answers? Only in searching the relationship with the Lord for each of us can these be answered . . . Jesus is the answer . . . Allowing Him to live through us is the answer . . . Learning from others who believe differently and allowing them to learn from us, perhaps we can arrive at a solution . . . But we have not arrived there in the many centuries, what makes us think we will be able to solve the problems of life . . We cannot . . Only by spreading the Word and allowing the Lord to guide us can we begin to make a difference. . . . Day by Day, Month by Month, Year by Year . . . . Living our lives to bring glory to His name.

Dear Lord, guide us and show us the way . . . If those that know Him will pray and seek His face, He will heal our land and cause us again to the the shining light on the hill that was the original plan for our country. . . Only man can mess it up and he has surely done so . . . . . . . . . . . .