Negativity

Photographers and reporters at news conference, Source/Photographer E911a, (CC BY-SA 4.0 International)

From traditional newspapers and radio or television broadcasts to the latest news feeds online, our news media are filled with negativity.  We hear and read constantly about what is wrong with the world.  And there is a great deal of it.

But to make matters worse, that is coupled with the criticism and pessimism of journalists, commentators, and influencers (not to mention their bias, distortions, and outright lies).

Daily – even hourly – bombarded with this, we necessarily become jaded, developing calluses as a matter of self-defense.  One murder, one rape, one mass shooting blends into the next.  Political scandals drag on and on, milked for everything they are worth.  And all the while the world grows darker.

Little wonder that we grow weary.  As Christians, however, we have reason to be joyful.

We know the “Good News” of Salvation:

• Christ died for the sins of this broken world;
• Christ rose from the dead, securing eternal life for us with Him; and
• Christ will come again.

There will be wars and rumors of wars.  There will earthquakes in many places.  There will be false messiahs – promising peace, but bringing destruction.

Whatever the news media may convey, our hope is in Christ.  Each day, we have a fresh opportunity to share Christ’s love and that hope with the world.

“General opinion is starting to make out that we live in a world of hatred and greed, but I don’t see that.  It seems to me that love is everywhere.

Often it’s not particularly dignified or newsworthy.  But it’s always there.  Fathers and sons, mothers and daughters, husbands and wives, boyfriends, girlfriends, old friends.

When the planes hit the Twin Towers as far as I know none of the phone calls from the people on board were messages of hate or revenge.  They were all messages of love.

If you look for it, I’ve got a sneaking suspicion you’ll find that love is all around.”

—Love Actually (2003)

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