Where are you?

We see the news. We see this chaos.

But the wars displayed on the flat-screen are only a fraction of the battles fought every day, battles of the heart and mind, battles in the home, in relationships, battles that are endlessly raging in everyone we meet. Where are we in the midst of this hatred and horror? Are we part of the problem… or the solution? How is it we can go our whole day, with nothing on our minds other than our own selfish schedule, and still dare to call ourselves Christians – reflections of the Lord God Himself?

The seemingly hostile eyes we didn’t meet, the mumbled hello’s we didn’t answer, the search for a friendly face amidst the condemning, lofty glares of others that we didn’t fulfill, the subtle cry for help that we either ignored or didn’t care enough to look for hidden within the slowly spoken sentence, out-of-character text, or the ‘lyrics’ on a friend’s facebook post …. Every little decision we make has consequences, not only in our life, but in the lives of the people we interact with. Someone today needed you to be the one to remind them of Joy and Hope in the world. Someone needed to know another human being, facing the same battles they do, had cared enough to listen. People testify to being saved from suicide by some random person asking how they were doing, and then listening without judging when they answered more than the lie (or truth, if you get what I mean) in saying “I’m fine.”

I challenge you, on behalf of our Lord, and His divine Love, to show someone happiness. To be that Light they so desperately need. Give them YOUR Time, Love, and Effort, and in doing so, you will begin to open up their hearts to HIS LOVE. 

By being this Light, by being this Love, you not only allow His Presence into the people and situations that surround you, but in your own heart, and your own life as well.