Does it affect you in any way when people show utter disrespect for the etiquette of values & manners? Or are you one of those who think things change with contemporary times?

Are we serious when we say we need to accept the way things are & be too afraid to do anything about it? The fact that society is compelled to fall into line with the liberal thinkers & law makers is food for another day. Yet we have elected these folk who make these decisions & then complain about it…how absurd!

Are you the type of person who would rather not greet, talk or interact with people because frankly you don’t know how to, have never learnt to & certainly will not admit that you don’t care?

Bitterness seems to be an underlying factor in the behaviour of so many. Psychiatrists will give you a long list of the reasons why an individual might be bitter. More often it is the psychiatrists who are in need of help themselves. Personally I put very little store in their opinions.

Yes, one can point to some real difficulties. Like problems in the home, work, money, etc. But the real reason is their neglect & refusal of true ℜ help they could get.

Like most ills, sins & difficulties, bitterness has a root in our hearts of revenge. This might very well be triggered or helped along by some incident or situation that has or is happening. So let’s blame all around us, take no responsibility, hurt someone (like someone who hurt us first) & use this all as an excuse …sound familiar…it should. It’s what’s happening in our society right now!

I have lived in affluent locations around the world as well as at other times in some poor & dire circumstances. But I have to say this does not necessary determine the way people behave. It generally influences them but when I look at the experiences I have had it does not show a trend that people might think. For example right now I live in a location that is quite affluent (or so it seems…so much is on credit) yet the locals & general population are some of the most jealous I have come across. They are jealous of virtually everything & off course greed tags on very naturally to that. Yet there are peoples & nations who have very little & do not show this avarice.

The old adage of having much & wanting more is very real in some communities. To counteract that, one can also use the phrase, what onedoesn’t know one doesn’t miss. But is that so true today in our world of global communication & knowledge. We are able to peek into the homes of strangers on the other side of the world.

I read on a forum about a major service being farmed out by Britain to India. A person from that Asian nation who was involved in the said industry wanted to know if his qualifications were acceptable in the USA. His query was responded to by a person from Britain who caustically said he need not move as his country was receiving all Britain’s contracts in said industry (a clearly jealous & bitter remark) but made a basic spelling error (in his remark) to which the Indian retorted that it was no wonder Britain was losing employment, as his counterpart could not even spell correctly! (The industry was an academic one that certainly necessitated correct spelling)

Here, then we have a typical case of envy & bitterness.

Because we can see so clearly what others are doing & have, we feel we want the same, particularly as it seems we need only apply the same principles that the apparently successful have done.

Greed is an evil driving force that can be all consuming. Throughout history we have a littering of actual events to prove it. In fact often the real thing is so much more compelling than fiction in the written word or the visual version which is so readily lapped up by society.

In fact, most of the wealth, world wide is owned by a small fraction of the population. Visit any country & you will find that behind the façade of co operations & company names, the real owners are just a few people who own the lot between them.

Look at what happened in Russia! Where did the money that was supposedly owned by the state during the communist years go to? The fact is that it never was in the coffers of the people or the state but in the pockets of those few again. That’s why Russia sprouted so many wealthy people so quickly. In other nations money is kept in tight units-families, etc

People are afraid of each other…or are they?

Actually they are afraid of losing their thing. They will assist as long as it doesn’t affect them adversely.

There is no community anymore in many places. Admittedly some countries have had this forced upon them because of the outrageous & vicious crime that pervades those communities helped along by the liberal & criminally minded policies & politicians of those nations. South Africa is a good example, yet even in some areas of those nations there is a greater community spirit then some of the so called safe nations.

So what now? With all this gloom what do we do? What do we hope for…or more to the point…who do we hope for?

2,000 years ago God sent his Son Jesus Christ to bring a message of salvation to the world. He gave us a way out of all this hopelessness.

Man is inherently wicked, make no mistake about that. But for God’s grace we would be deleted!He loves us, that’s why he created us, to have fellowship in the form it was ordained (humanity since Adam knows nothing of this) Never the less

God will & is restoring this world to its original form. The day is very near now. The god of this planet (Satan or the devil) will be vanquished.

The God of this universe will forgive, restore & complete his work. Forgiveness though, is conditional; we must truly repent which means to truly acknowledge our sins & guilt…& want to change…& then actually change with the help of our Lord God who we must submit & give our hearts to…there is no alternative!

Do this & a true & wonderful everlasting future can open up to you this day & in the New Kingdom to come.

Reject this & receive the consequences!