So often i read cold and emotionless comments about vaccinated people dying or "getting what they deserve", as if somehow the "other side" doesnt matter. "This is war" some say. Collateral damage is acceptable. It has to be this way for people to SEE.
I get some wont hear or see (we were once like that). But i REFUSE to not care for every life. Most people are not truly evil. Some are. But didnt Jesus leave the 99 to save the 1? Didnt our Father say to love our enemies? We love them by our committment to the truth and our commitments to value every living soul who is made in His image.
I have seen death and cared for the dying. I have a place i tuck those memories away..but i try to always care. I have not failed to do my job because i care. Im not perfect. Its a commitment i made to God and myself. Its more difficult to care. I understand. But what kind of people do we want to be?
Caring doesnt make you weak or less determined. It makes you more determined to fight for life. Caring means you do CPR for an hour or more or rush into a burning building, or fight for a nation.
Caring means you fight for that one life, that one soul who might wake up.
What have we become while we watch our movie and eat our popcorn. I know we laugh and joke, i do too. In the end shouldnt we fight just as hard for the people who dont agree with us? Are we so elite to be a part of "the plan", that we scorn others? Arent we then just like those we scorn if we take that attitude?
Do we find it acceptable to lose even one to the enemie's plans? Do we shrug and turn away? I dont find it acceptable though i know it will happen.
But I say unto you which hear, Love your enemies, do good to them which hate you,
It's not about being cold or emotionless.
It's emotional/psychological distancing. It's a mental self-defense reaction and it's natural as light after sunrise.
It's a necessary reaction.
And yes. It is part of fighting a nasty, brutal war.
I understand, we all distance to some extent. Like soldiers who give candy to children in war with death and dying all around, we can't forget who we are
There is also the other side of this. The understanding and seeing your loved ones not only euthanized but being turned against you... to help force THEIR (not your friend or loves one's) plan.
I am sure I am not the only one that has told mom, spouse, co-worker, friend, the person on the street that 'the end is here not just near'. Most listen but pull away after. Some turn right away and confront.
Others will approach with their instilled 'righteous attitudes' openly and without provocation.
Pair loss of loved one friend, with their new zombie counterparts, and you can grow some F'it attitudes.
It is the shell and wall some of us need; because we are beyond broken with the understanding of the losses to come. When you can't shake your loved one's awake. Knowing they are already lost.
I understand your heartache. Only God can give the kind of love to rise above. I have felt what you feel.
Jesus walked with his disciples for how long? He showed love, compassion and miracles, but in the end all abandoned him but one. I really had to think about that. And obviously you have experienced so much of that.
We hate the wrongs, the lies, the injustice and we fight against it. But we commit to letting God change our hearts and our minds so corruption and bitterness cant enter in. Its a battle every day.
May Father give you comfort and aid you in the battle and may you see the joy He has put before you when the righteous will inherit the earth and everything will be the way it should. Some day your loved ones WILL understand.
You are not alone. We fight BECAUSE we care. We never give up.
I have gone into observation mode a bit. Got to try and understand. I now ask odd and leading questions. What is going on in Canada? Did you see Melbourn today? Like a virus of good trying to infect the system.