With some tragic events happening in the lives of people I love and know, I feel it is time to talk about community care and what that looks like in my life right now. I have promised myself to keep as little personal information out of this blog, but at the same time bringing awareness to the many who are suffering in our society, literally with little help from friends or family. In the 21st Century the family has been looked at with heightened interest, because there are a lot of conservative people and liberals as well who feel that the family is under attack and has been for quite some time. Now, we have the amalgamation of all sorts of families, as our society and our communities have to draw specific lines and boundaries, that none of us are to cross. Freedom of expression still plays a very important role in our culture, because without it everything falls apart. We are emotional beings, and we need to express and connect with other emotional beings every day just to process things that are difficult. It is really our own minds that are either being played with, or even controlled that determines that way we think and the way we live our lives, thus determining our choices.
That freedom falls apart when we forget who we are, and fail to step out in trust. Trust is under attack right now, because if a human being feels that everyone in this world cannot be trusted they will become a victim. There is evil that exists in our society, and there are evil people. So when we find ourselves in situations where we can't even trust our own families it is Satan's way of destroying a person or a community. I used Satan, because I believe in God, and am writing from a Christian context, although secularism would be helpful right now just to communicate practically, so I will try to bias my opinion with the rudiments of Christian faith, but with a concern for all people who might be reading this regardless of religion.
The aim is brief, and for right now it isn't totally theological, but there is a magic in communicating properly that brings joy to the reader and writer alike. Like the title of this blog, we live in a complicated world most of the time, and what we fail to recognise is that this world is temporary. By that I mean we all won't be here forever, and like me if you believe in Heaven and God there will be an afterlife. The bible is clear about all things that one wants to know about how to get to Heaven, most people have a hard time implementing the teachings of the Holy Bible mostly because they don't believe in it. Temptation for most of us who believe in a God can be so overwhelming at times like when everything around us is falling apart.
Just ask someone who has no money, no friends, no hope, no community if the bible is working for them and they will tell you as soon as my needs start becoming met I will consider what you have to say about God and Heaven. They will tell you that their life is such a living hell right now, that if a belief in God will help them "live" they will consider it! These are the exact people Jesus dies for, the outcasts, and I consider myself as one. Yes, I have family who loves me but there are times when I look at my own suffering and the suffering of others and consider afresh the reason why God gave us the Bible in the first place. I have not always been in need, but those of us who are take great comfort in each other. Yes there are rules to obey, but have you ever been an outcast?
Those of us who know someone, or have been on the fringes of society know how desperately needed is Community Care. Young people or older people who need the support or society or governmental organisations find things that they couldn't find elsewhere. When you are teeter tottering on the brink of being dead or alive, you really don't want to be used and abused any more. This issue for most of us is security. If we can feel secure, we can move on but when other peoples problems compound our own misfortunes, it leaves us feeling even more helpless. Christ gives hope in my life, I find comfort in the bible when all hell is breaking loose in my life. We outcasts need each other, it truly is a matter of life or death. This is Mike.
That freedom falls apart when we forget who we are, and fail to step out in trust. Trust is under attack right now, because if a human being feels that everyone in this world cannot be trusted they will become a victim. There is evil that exists in our society, and there are evil people. So when we find ourselves in situations where we can't even trust our own families it is Satan's way of destroying a person or a community. I used Satan, because I believe in God, and am writing from a Christian context, although secularism would be helpful right now just to communicate practically, so I will try to bias my opinion with the rudiments of Christian faith, but with a concern for all people who might be reading this regardless of religion.
The aim is brief, and for right now it isn't totally theological, but there is a magic in communicating properly that brings joy to the reader and writer alike. Like the title of this blog, we live in a complicated world most of the time, and what we fail to recognise is that this world is temporary. By that I mean we all won't be here forever, and like me if you believe in Heaven and God there will be an afterlife. The bible is clear about all things that one wants to know about how to get to Heaven, most people have a hard time implementing the teachings of the Holy Bible mostly because they don't believe in it. Temptation for most of us who believe in a God can be so overwhelming at times like when everything around us is falling apart.
Just ask someone who has no money, no friends, no hope, no community if the bible is working for them and they will tell you as soon as my needs start becoming met I will consider what you have to say about God and Heaven. They will tell you that their life is such a living hell right now, that if a belief in God will help them "live" they will consider it! These are the exact people Jesus dies for, the outcasts, and I consider myself as one. Yes, I have family who loves me but there are times when I look at my own suffering and the suffering of others and consider afresh the reason why God gave us the Bible in the first place. I have not always been in need, but those of us who are take great comfort in each other. Yes there are rules to obey, but have you ever been an outcast?
Those of us who know someone, or have been on the fringes of society know how desperately needed is Community Care. Young people or older people who need the support or society or governmental organisations find things that they couldn't find elsewhere. When you are teeter tottering on the brink of being dead or alive, you really don't want to be used and abused any more. This issue for most of us is security. If we can feel secure, we can move on but when other peoples problems compound our own misfortunes, it leaves us feeling even more helpless. Christ gives hope in my life, I find comfort in the bible when all hell is breaking loose in my life. We outcasts need each other, it truly is a matter of life or death. This is Mike.
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