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The world we live in today is one that is plagued with unimaginable crimes, abominable acts, injustice, corruption and the likes. This atrocities however has affected humans and it has to some extent become an innate attribute of most humans.
People nowadays no longer think of others nor do they care about their next door neighbor, all because the world they live in has thought them and given them a wrong code of conduct. imagine a step-mum locking up her step daughter up for 3 days without food or water because she perceived that the girl is a witch because she acted in a manner the step mum found devilish. The step mum has no proof but yet she could still punish the poor little girl that much. i wonder what rock she has inside her chest that she calls a heart.
I have done some research and i have found out that humans see people the way we see ourselves. This means that we see the world and everything in it just the same way we see ourselves. A thief would see everyone as a thief or a potential thief. so also would a dishonest and ungrateful person, he would think everyone is like that. Likewise, a sinner would think it is impossible for someone to live a righteous life on earth because he (the sinner) has tried to do so but he could not, so since he has tried several times and failed, then he think anyone who says he/she does not sin is a liar and a hypocrite.
Also i have thought about while people run away from God even when God is reaching out to them. They unconsciously think we still live in the old testament where God instantly makes you pay for your sins. They think when they commit an offence, God would be furious with them, so they run away to come back when they feel God has calmed down. They walk with God like they do with their earthly fathers. It ought not to be so.
Firstly, we should know that God never loved us because we are so righteous and without sin, and if that be the case, then He would not unlove us because we faulted on the way and committed a sin against Him. His love is unconditional. Even in our worst state, He should His unfailing love towards us by coming to die for us. If this God could lay down His life for us, then i do not think He would turn His back on us each and every time we sin.
You may have been living a life you think is not worthy of God's appraisal, but what if i tell you that Jesus is that shepherd who would leave His 99 sheep in search of just 1 lost sheep. Just like the prodigal son, God would welcome you anytime and any day you call on Him because He loves you and He is never angry with you irrespective of what we might have done...
I trust you were blessed by this little piece. God bless you
