This post is a follow up on my last post where I basically said that throwing out G-D has left a vacuum that is filled with evil and I really didn’t take much time to focus on what that evil might look like or, should I say, in what manner it shows its ugly head, so I thought I’d take just a moment and try to clarify what my humble opinion is on that. Please understand all of what I believe is tied into the idea that we have pushed G-D away and this is the result of that collective decision.
One of the things that I liked about “Star Trek Next Generation” was the idea that they had become a society where financial gain had become obsolete. Everyone had had everything that they needed or wanted simply because they contributed to their society. This is not to be confused with communism. That is nothing more then squashing people into the dirt. Their society (STNG) was simply that by doing away with financial profit, they were able to fix all the problems of the world and that all people were blessed and well off because of it. Their catalyst for this society however was very similar to what’s happening to us, poverty and strife, greed run rampant and endless war ending with a massive war that destroyed all nations and governments. Then the Vulcans showed up…
We are still a very blessed nation, I think that this is quickly passing because of our greed and selfishness, (and I see no signs of Vulcans coming) but no where on Earth is there a nation with so many resources on hand as we have. We could easily not only sustain ourselves but we could sustain most of the world just based on the foods and products that we are capable of producing but we don’t. Why is that? Simple, it’s a combination of greed and arrogance on our part.
We literally have the ability and the means to feed the world and yet our government pays farmers to not grow food. Then what is grown is genetically altered and is priced through the roof, so that poor countries can’t afford it and because it’s genetically altered many countries don’t want it. Yet our government allows it to go on even as billions starve to death or have very little and what is available, right here in our own country has been priced sky high and it is still going up. We have been greatly blessed with the ability to grow a variety of food and we are squandering the chance to do some real good so that a few elites have large bank accounts. I say “we” in very generic terms here. I know many people who grow their own food and they share it or sell it as inexpensively to others as they can but even for them, as more regulations are piled on and the price of farming goes up, it is getting harder to maintain and keep up with the big boys.
This is greed pure and simple, when G-D is tossed aside, greed follows.
We also have the ability to clothe the world and bring the world material comforts that they have never had, but again the powers that be don’t do that because there is no profit in it.
All of this combined with the fact that everything from our food to gas has gone up through the roof has put those of us who would like to help others in a very tight spot.
My wife and I, up until a little while ago, would make donations to various projects and people that needed it. We have always felt that we are blessed and that we should share with others if we could. In the last year or so that has become increasingly difficult as the price of everything has gone up and we watch the end of the month come up short of cash. We are not alone in this. Many others are faced with the dilemma of helping out others or just simply keeping food on the table. So the people who could literally do a world of good do nothing, while those of us who want to help out even in a small way are cut off.
I recently heard the story of a man who would pass out food to the homeless, who was court ordered to desist because his food had not gone through some sort of health inspection. This is insane and all of this, everything mentioned, is one of the reasons that I believe that G-D is removing His blessings from us. We are not willing to share so we don’t deserve what we have.
Our arrogance comes from the idea that we are blessed and always will be and that we are the most powerful nation in the world and we can’t be stopped. Every nation in history that has risen up to great power has all suffered from the same things that we are, greed and selfishness. Wanting nothing more then our constant mindless entertainment, and belief that our military and our nation will always be great.
Rome is a fine example of this, they ruled for hundreds of years and yet, in the end it was all the fore mentioned things that did them in. They cared nothing for anyone who was not Roman, they lived very decadent and lazy lives full of constant amusement and they stretched their military to far in their conquests. Sound familiar?
Their great empire fell and they didn’t see it coming, their military was broken and they didn’t see it coming and in the end they lost everything. An amazing empire was destroyed and they didn’t see it coming. We are no different. Except that we have been warned, we are just choosing to ignore it.
We could turn this around, though I’m not hopeful that this will really happen, by taking the resources that we have been blessed with and blessing the world with it, but in order to do that we would have to return to G-D first so that we would have the ability, again collectively speaking, to understand that loving G-D and loving our neighbors, no matter who they are, is a major part of being blessed by G-D.
So when I say that we are reaping what we have sown what I mean simply is this: If you toss G-D aside evil, in whatever form you care to call it, takes over. When that happens, greed and suffering quickly follow suit and the common people suffer, this is what is happening. We have told G-D to leave and He has. Evil has taken His place and the world suffers for it and there are no Vulcans on the horizon to show us the way.
I believe this passage says it very well. “For the earth was defiled under its inhabitants; because they transgressed teachings, violated laws, broke the ancient covenant. That is why a curse consumes the earth, and its inhabitants pay the penalty….”
Isaiah 24 5:6
Shalom,
Ignacio
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