LIFE AND DEATH

I think about life and death and know 
that it comes and then finally goes and 
it is the way.  Life is a miracle and a precious gift.  
It should be used as God intended:  
To know Him, love Him and serve Him in this life 
and be happy with Him forever in eternity.  
Somewhere along the path we forget 
these things and are led astray by 
the false gods of this world. 
 I think about where joy is found and 
conclude it is in the giving of ourselves 
to others; to empty ourselves 
only to be filled up again.  
It should be a beautiful story for everyone, 
but history tells us that many and most lives 
have been filled with hopelessness and misery 
and controlled by other humans who 
have power over us.  I think of all the 
food and water we have and how it is wasted 
or blocked from getting to those who need it 
because powerful men will not allow it 
because it threatens their control.  
One nation’s soldiers are ordered to 
commit genocide on neighboring countries.  
People can only stand by and watch torment 
and murder on different factions of 
their own countrymen.  The bells toll for us all 
and the healing never takes place completely.  
We become frustrated but can only do those 
things in front of us which will improve condition.  
When we focus on this discipline and carry it out 
to the best of our ability we will be better able to 
endure the knowledge of all of this misery and hatred.
We all have one life to live and have been instructed
to go to the fringes to help those in need and then
move on to the next place and do the same.  It is not 
an easy assignment, but the only one which has merit.  
We should proceed, knowing that it is God’s will.
Everything else will fall into place and we will find peace.

Steve Haarman aka Stanski
January 6, 2022 ^