In our world today it's easy to believe evil is winning and goodness is falling behind. There is so much evil dominating the world news right now, but goodness is all around. In fact, I believe it is screaming louder than we think and louder than evil. Goodness cannot be silenced by evil, but evil can be silenced by goodness.
Last night I watched a documentary called "The White Helmets."* This movie is a documentary of these men based mainly in Aleppo, Syria, who are sustained by barely enough money for food, and are the first responders to civilians when bombs go off. In the midst of people and areas being blown to pieces, there are men who are there digging through the rubble to find living bodies, both adult and children.
During the documentary the things these men were saying were unbelievable. One man shared his story of being the man on the radio because he is not permitted to go out to be a first responder because of his health: he was shot and then stabbed about 6 inches in length down his stomach. Brutal. YET, as he talks about his story he is in tears because he can't go out and help.
What if we started to choose to have an attitude like this man? What if we decided to bring intentional goodness to every situation, regardless of what's going on? You would think the world would start to change.
The crazy thing about these men is they have been shot at, bombed, and are under constant duress, but they keep responding. They keep showing goodness is going to reign not evil.
In the beginning God created, looked on it, and said 'it is good.' I've believe God is still looking on it, us, and saying we are good. This is why God has given us Jesus. God wants us to know, 'you are good, you just don't know it. Let Jesus reveal this goodness to you.'
We are so blind to goodness in this world. I could be overwhelmed by the evil I see all around me, yet I am open to see the goodness. "The White Helmets" is a story of hope, love, and goodness. Let's choose to make this story important and the one we focus on.
Evil will look like it is winning, but it's a lie, it have never won in the past, it isn't winning now, and it will never win in the future. Evil will ALWAYS be triumphed by goodness.
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*"The White Helmets" can be seen on Netflix, or if you search online there are other websites you can watch it on, some from Syria. It's a beautiful story of hope and goodness.
Last night I watched a documentary called "The White Helmets."* This movie is a documentary of these men based mainly in Aleppo, Syria, who are sustained by barely enough money for food, and are the first responders to civilians when bombs go off. In the midst of people and areas being blown to pieces, there are men who are there digging through the rubble to find living bodies, both adult and children.
During the documentary the things these men were saying were unbelievable. One man shared his story of being the man on the radio because he is not permitted to go out to be a first responder because of his health: he was shot and then stabbed about 6 inches in length down his stomach. Brutal. YET, as he talks about his story he is in tears because he can't go out and help.
What if we started to choose to have an attitude like this man? What if we decided to bring intentional goodness to every situation, regardless of what's going on? You would think the world would start to change.
The crazy thing about these men is they have been shot at, bombed, and are under constant duress, but they keep responding. They keep showing goodness is going to reign not evil.
In the beginning God created, looked on it, and said 'it is good.' I've believe God is still looking on it, us, and saying we are good. This is why God has given us Jesus. God wants us to know, 'you are good, you just don't know it. Let Jesus reveal this goodness to you.'
We are so blind to goodness in this world. I could be overwhelmed by the evil I see all around me, yet I am open to see the goodness. "The White Helmets" is a story of hope, love, and goodness. Let's choose to make this story important and the one we focus on.
Evil will look like it is winning, but it's a lie, it have never won in the past, it isn't winning now, and it will never win in the future. Evil will ALWAYS be triumphed by goodness.
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*"The White Helmets" can be seen on Netflix, or if you search online there are other websites you can watch it on, some from Syria. It's a beautiful story of hope and goodness.
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