Travelling away from home is difficult for me, it has been for a long time. The journeying helps me recognise the vastness of the world and its population and that invokes a feeling of my own smallness. I cannot help but ponder the condition of so many of God’s children, their living conditions, their states of mind and for so many their individual suffering. Recently my husband and I travelled across many miles of several European countries, beautiful farms and small communities along the length of so many motorways all set in peaceful green fields and distant hillsides. Very early in that journey across France I began to ponder the evil and disruption that Hitler’s armies inflicted upon the populous, the blight to the countryside and the horror of occupation by a cruel regime. I felt the violation and the cruelty and as the miles extended it became more difficult to realise the extent of that evil. As we passed Nuremburg and considered the trials of so many power crazed and deluded people I vocalised some of my thoughts and asked my husband. ‘Who was really in control of so much horror?’ The answer was swift ‘Satan of course!’ Until that reply sunk into my mind I had never fully considered the power that he and his minions really have. One third of the host of heaven are at work in bringing misery to God’s children, while at any given time in history the mortal beings on the earth are so grossly outnumbered. Little wonder that the band of the elect are often oppressed and all too often overwhelmed and overcome by all the destructive forces unleashed upon mankind. How very grateful we should be for the truly strong who in their lifespan over many centuries sought for truth and even gave their lives in striving to bring the Gospel to God’s children. We are blessed in our day to know comparative peace and freedoms long sought after. We complain over so many trivial matters, we who have much in material wants far beyond our actual needs. I long for the day when Christ shall return to this earth and bring harmony and justice to all who long to live simple righteous lives. There is much to be done and we can only work in our own small circles to bring inner peace to our homes, families and communities but if we do show our very best efforts in this world then the ripples will spread farther and meet with the ripples being extended by others doing the same, countless ripples of righteous behaviour mingling together, all to create a gentle movement across the globe in harmony with the Saviour. It was not the best holiday in some ways but it was a huge learning curve for me personally. It has left an impression that has marked my testimony forever, it has provided an insight I needed to press on with whatever life span I have left and for that I am thankful. The Plan of Happiness is ours for eternity, but it needs working for here and now. We are truly blessed to know of the truth of so many things, and here so close to the Temple we have even more to be thankful for. It is all so easy to say but the doing is harder. Let us all press on in the work of the Lord.
Posted on: Thu, 04 Jul 2013 06:19:05 +0000
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