What ties you to this life, is it a dream, a family or marking time?  Are you spiritually centered, connected to the universe, convinced that all things are one and one all things?  Does it all seem foolish, these child-like characters trying so hard to impress a God you’ve never seen?  Can you save them, staunch their wounds, find them food and shelter long enough to stem the tide of guilt or shame?  Or do the lights feed your cravings?  Seeing me, about me, regarding me with whom else but me.  What do you truly feel about the unborn, slain before their time?  I know you feel that there is more than justified reason and choice, but what do you truly think when you think upon a disallowed child?  Is there some universal accounting in this force you seek or is there no destiny, no price, no victory?

Is it important for each of us to determine a personal definition of evil and good?  Or are we free of these things, simply applying the principals associated with being in Rome, doing what a Roman does?  Is life and character transmutable, malleable, ductile, as clay in the hands of a wanton child, proclaiming innocent perspective and selfish understanding?  I cannot hear your heart over the overwhelming echo of my own shouted, no and mine.  Why do we get up each day facing the wind, standing with courage if there is nothing worthy of the fight?  Certainly there must be something for which you would struggle?  Life cannot simply be about your four walls, good tires and the umbrella moments.  The question is not so much for what you would die, but for what you live?  And if I live for something then have I an established position, role, character, upon which I mount my defense or assault?  If life is about standing for something then why would I ever achieve anything substantive by expending all my efforts so that I may spend the maximum available time upon my keester?

Yes, this life is about the struggle, yes, it is about the fight.  The problem is that each of us gets to determine the nature and the purpose of our battles.  Why a problem, because given the self defining aspects of this purpose driven struggle, then what happens when we cannot even agree on what is worthy of the fight?  If you are fighting for more relaxation and I am fighting to free children from poverty or bondage, we ourselves are going to be in a conflict over time, treasure and resources.  That is the danger of the original sin, for we determine the definition of what is good and evil, we become our own gods.  No longer are we perfectly aligned with the Creator’s design and purpose, but now we choose our own calling, fighting for what we deem worthy of our expended days.  You see if enough people decide, collectively, in agreement that what God says is evil is now proclaimed good, we are then forced into defiance of God by cooperating with the majority.  And equally we are subjected to being named with evil by those who want to redefine, ignore or mock God’s intention.

So that being understood, worldly determined purpose is unveiled, reduced to its common factors; God said one thing and if we say another.  We are then self-defined as anti-God.  And if we do not believe in God’s offer of salvation through Christ then we are subsequently, anti-Christ.  You see, I would love to define the world in my own image, making my own rules so that I am free of obligation, accountability and fault, for that is the nature of my selfish internal man.  However, I also do not want the responsibilities of being God, preferring to let Him define His universe and simply complying with the rules He’s proclaimed.  It is not easy, and it immediately puts me at odds with those who have redefined good and evil according to their own perspective.  I do not wish to be at odds with man, but I much less wish to be at odds with God.  So again I am left with a choice, for after all that is what this life has always been about, a choice.  I choose God and hope that you do as well, but I understand that He loves you enough to let you choose otherwise.

You see I did not define my own purpose in this life, it was given me by a Holy God.  There are requirements of a man who serves God those being that I want to listen and obey God’s intention for my life, out of reverence, compliance and to achieve maximum fulfillment.  I must then also accept that I will not be able to please many who have chosen some other ambition, drive or god.  I pray to encourage you to do good today, but as you may define good in a different manner than does God.  I must then hope that you obey God and do good today for the purpose of His good Will.  The Bible says that there is a way that seems right to a man but its steps lead directly to Hades.  Won’t you at least seek God’s definition first before embarking on a path leading to such a horrible, permanent place?  I pray that your eyes are opened to the absolute, immutable Truth of God and I hope that I have planted the seed of your inquiry.  Praise God in Jesus’ name.