The world today is a mess. I know many people say, "But you have to think positive and look at only the beautiful things in life." The only way you can acknowledge something as beautiful is if you have something ugly to look at and compare. C.S. Lewis once said:
"My argument against God was that the universe seemed so cruel and unjust. But how had I got this idea of just and unjust? A man does not call a line crooked unless he has some idea of a straight line. What was I comparing this universe with when I called it unjust?"
There are beautiful things in this world and they are only accentuated by the mess we live in. A tree swaying in the breeze with sunlight peeking through the branches, a little girl laughing on the swing while her father pushes her, an elderly couple holding hands while walking to the store from their car. Those things we rarely notice because we're so busy digging ourselves out of debt or trying to achieve academic perfection. We don't stop and look around and because we don't, we call this world ugly and unfair. Awful things don't happen because the world is unfair and cruel. Awful things happen because we view them as awful, because we've experienced goodness and can tell the difference. How? Our feelings when we experience them. If you were speeding and you were pulled over, you probably would say that an awful thing has happened to you. You have to pay a fine and your reputation as a driver is tainted because it's on your record. That is an awful thing but only because you allowed it to happen. So what is truly the definition of an awful and unfair occurrence to a person? When they are not acknowledged as a beautiful creation of God, a statue molded into perfection in His eyes. When they sacrificed their lives, and other people blame each other for their deaths, making their deaths in vain. When they try and try to show the goodness of this world and they're smothered by people who look down on them as poor, uneducated, and unable. When a child of God tries to show His love and they are killed for it. When a small, innocent life is lost because of their parents' irresponsibility. Awfulness is the bad things that has happened to those who do not deserve it. Jesus Christ was an innocent person, free of sin, and sent to earth to show the goodness of God's love. He was treated with disrespect and was persecuted because of the things he said. Jesus was not a member of the society back then. He was considered a radical, with radical beliefs and untraditional methods. He criticized the bibical scholars and performed miracles that contradicted the Pharisee. He was not an angry person and never showed anger. He was not a wealthy man and never showed any desire for money or fame. He was not a conceited being and never thought of himself only in any situtation. He is what we all should become like. A person not of this world.
I've seen a lot of things in my short twenty-five years of living. I've seen enough to make any heart break. I've experienced a lot of frustration, not only as a Deaf person but in general. I've experienced problems with myself and the people around me, my family and my friends. There have been times where I felt like giving up on everything and just let the stones fall where they may and accept that as "the way of life." But those who feel the same don't need to feel this way. Those who feel different and out of place do not have to feel lonesome. God created us for this world but that's not the only plan He has for us. When the world fell into sin, He gave us a second chance to go to heaven. In order to get there, we have to accept Jesus as our personal Savior. We must look up to him and follow him, and most importantly, become like him. If Jesus was an outcast, a man different from the rest of society, what does that mean for us to become like him? Jesus was not of this world, and those who follow him are not either. We must be free from the grips of society, a greedful, angry, and unsatisfied germ, and join the brotherhood of Christ, who was a selfless, happy, and content man whose only desire was and still is for everyone to see God's face.
Society, you're a crazy breed. I hope you're not lonely without me.
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