acknowledge

Moments ago, I was considering going to get a cup of coffee to wake myself up. But now, I feel the need to respond to a video I just saw on U-Tube. I'm not sure how to begin to reflect what I am thinking, but my eyes feel a pending presence of tears and something must be said. The video I saw described a group that is fighting God's influence in the world. It was created by a former Southern Baptist turned atheist and the objective is to encourage people to denounce God, Jesus, and the Holy Spirit. This blatant fight has overwhelmed me because, although he said he once was faithful but God never talked to him, I can't see how he can look at himself in the mirror and think he just came together to have the personality he does. How he can see a set of twins with identical DNA but different personalities and still think, "Well I'm glad evolution worked out that way..." I am baffled at what I saw, but God knew there would be rebellion. In some respects his love is rebellious because it is counterintuitive. We are naturally selfish beings and only with God's forgiveness and love can we be more. My encouragement is that when we feel the evil presence of rebellion we are inspired to respond with the God's love, not hate or fear, because Jesus' example shows us that no matter the situation we face, God's strength is sufficient. And for our campaign. If and when we face such a situation... trust.