Rioting for Peace and Love?

The world is a beautiful place. Besides the wondrous scenery that is painted across our planet, another source of beauty is found in human nature. Human relationships enlighten our lives and give meaning to a sometimes futile life. Our world without relationships would be a sad, desolate place. With that said relationships are often the cause to much turmoil in our life.

With a world of great diversity there many different beliefs and cultures. The world is a grand place with beauty of many different kinds. The sad thing is that sometimes we cannot accept certain kinds of beauty. We allow negative thoughts to enter in our mind about others. We choose to disagree when it would be much easier to simply agree. Wars have plagued our planet for hundreds of years because we cannot choose to smother the flames of our pride and settle our differences. What do we do to put an end to these feelings and add an abundance of Love and Respect for one another to this world? Jesus Christ said "A new commandment I give unto you, That ye love one another; as I have loved you, that ye also love one another." (John 13:34) Charity. The highest, noblest, strongest kind of love, not merely affection; the pure love of Christ. It is never used to denote alms or deeds of benevolence, although it may be a prompting motive. Love is shown through example and actions. Love is often the solution people all over the world think will solve our problems. What is love really? How do we apply it? In the bible dictionary under "Charity" it says" Charity. The highest, noblest, strongest kind of love, not merely affection." When we give of our selves selflessly to others we gain love or understanding for them. When we are giving aid to others we are showing that we genuinely care about them and want to help them. When disasters strike all over the world we see that we often show our concerns for the people affeced by being there for them and helping them. We may not completely understand what they are going through but we are showing our "Love" for them by "Charity".

Much of what we see in the World today is reaction and retaliation to things we don't believe or agree with. Love is never built through retaliation. Love is never shown by exchanging or reciprocating our lack of understanding with actions that are similar to what angered us in the first place. We continually find ourselves running in a circle fighting a fight that never ends. Riots continually rage throughout the world every day and are caused by mostly by people with a lack of understanding and a mi optic view of "Love and Peace".

Jesus Christ gives us an example to look to in our lives. He brought us a message of Forgiveness and Hope. We need to be an example and a light to others. Instead of retaliating we must forgive, and have hope. We must strive to better ourselves before we can expect to change the world. Ghandi said “You must be the change you want to see in the world.”
I am not a perfect person nor will I ever be. I am a Christian and do believe that the gospel of Jesus Christ softens hearts, helps us love one another and makes the world a better place. I am grateful for the things Jesus Christ taught and hope to live my life the best I can loving others. I hope that by my understanding of Love and Peace I can be a ray of light to help this world. I believe in Love and Peace. I believe in Christ.