All The More Reason

People will oppress each other—
man against man,
neighbor against neighbor.
Young people will insult their elders,
and vulgar people will sneer at the honorable. Isaiah 3:5

A difficult task is to speak of how people will act toward each other in the end times, but examining what our Lord has to say about this gives us all the more reason to love one another. A quick read down our verse for today shows pretty much what goes on all around the world of today. One way to follow our Lord's commandments is to avoid all of this sort of behavior. That is not always easy as we can quickly fall into company who appear to be running down the list of our verse for today and checking off each item as a sort of to-do accomplishment.

On the other hand, to borrow an overused phrase, we can rejoice in being an honorable elder if the young and vulgar are sneering at and mocking us. Yes, a bit weak, I'm struggling to put a good spin on a society fallen into a bad condition. When this time comes, and looking around at my neighborhood we are not there yet, we may have trouble rejoicing, but we are told to look up for our redemption draws near. To me that means our Lord Jesus will be on the way at that time. We will have all the more reason to rejoice when we see Him.

Christmas Eve - just three weeks away!
Bucky