Sometimes the words don’t come. Other times the thoughts come so fast, with so many emotions, that they make no sense. Thoughts racing. Heartbroken. Not understanding why things happen the way they do. Senseless. Then when I try desperately to re-focus my thoughts back to God, the thoughts slow, and I remember that nothing happens to one of God’s children that hasn’t been filtered through the Hands of the One and Only loving God. I try so hard to remember that I only see a tiny part of God’s big, perfect plan. The world is full of evil, and the closer we get the Jesus’s return, I believe we will only see things get worse…simply because Satan knows his time is short. The Bible tells us Satan comes to steal, kill, and destroy; and he has been and is still being successful. What God says is good, society says is bad. What God says is wrong, society says is ok. Deception is Satan’s most effective tool. He takes God’s truth and adds just a little lie to it, and people accept it and think, God really doesn’t mean what He said. Remember, that’s how sin was introduced into the world to start with. It’s not a popular opinion, but I believe the Bible and what God says is right and wrong….even when I don’t understand, can’t explain it, or it doesn’t make sense. You can call it being simple minded or whatever else you want to. Now, that doesn’t mean I don’t love other people that don’t believe the same way I do. Jesus tells me in His Word that His children will be known by their love. Love for Him and love for people. Love. Not by what political party I support. Not by what church I go to. Not by how long my prayer time is every day. Not by what I post on social media. I will be identified as a Christian by how I LOVE. That’s my job. Love people and point them to Jesus in how I live, how I talk, how I serve. I am far from perfect, and I sin every single day; but I should try to be more like Jesus today than I was yesterday.  So, as I go forward, my prayer is that I will do my best to love like Jesus, point others to Him and His truths, and that when you look at me, you will only see Him.