Ramblings

I really don’t know how to adequately express what I’m feeling. Not a good thing for a writer or would-be author.

I look at sunsets and rainbows, trees, waterfalls, and ripples in rivers and think how beautiful our world is.

Then I hear or read the news. Shootings and killings, and I think how ugly our world is.

What have we done to our world?

Monks walk for peace, days and days and days. Thousands and thousands turn out in support of the walk and for peace. People are yearning for peace. But where is it? How do we attain peace?

No, the monks aren’t Christian, but they certainly display some Christian values. And the Prince of Peace would say to greet them in love, to welcome them, to love our neighbors.

But doesn’t He say that about all – those who are like us and those who are unlike us?

And what would the Prince of Peace say in Minneapolis? Sandy Hook? Uvalde? The list goes on and on.

We’ve got too much partisanship and too much division in our country, and very little of togetherness it seems. No political party is right all the time. No party is always wrong. But forget political parties and partisanship. Or can our leaders and even we as individuals forget partisanship and look at our country’s issues with open eyes – and open minds? I wonder.

Then again, is it the government’s job to welcome strangers and fight injustice, or is it the job of each one of us?

Okay, so I’m just rambling. That’s because all these thoughts are just running through my head. Daily, maybe even hourly, I question what’s going on in this world. Are we truly working toward liberty and justice for ALL?

I know God’s in all of this, but where? Is He with the monks? Is He with the immigrants in this country? Is He with us, as we just sit and watch – and do nothing?

Yes, He is with all of us, but he might have tears flowing from his eyes, wondering if we are with Him.

God calls on us to do His work on earth: to feed the hungry, to clothe the naked, to fight for the victims of injustice, to welcome the stranger.

So, do we watch the monks, saying we are for peace, then go about our merry ways?

Or will we do something? Maybe it won’t be walking for miles and miles and miles. Maybe it will be reaching out to a neighbor, or to someone in need, or to fight injustice.

Will we do our part to get rid of the ugliness in this world?

God, help us.