What We Need

 Happy Wednesday! 

I know I missed a post last week and this post is late today. The first time since last August that I haven't posted at least once in a week. But oh wells. My brain was both busy and empty at the same time last week and it's sort of feeling the same way this week. I'm blaming stress over a final project and paper due in the next two weeks on my lack of inspiration. 

This post is going to be pretty much a rant. I needed something to do with everything I was feeling on Tuesday night and it all kind of got brain dumped into this post. So, I hope you get something out of it and that it all makes sense haha 

I've been feeling really worn down and tired lately about everything going on. There's bad stuff happening in our world, things that aren't being reported on the news, things a lot of people don't know or care about. It's frustrating and tiring. I'm tired of wearing a mask even though our mask mandate is over, I'm tired of having the vaccine shoved in my face every time I get on social media (and even when I'm not on social media and get texts and emails from my college telling me to get it!) and I'm tired of the bullying and hatred all over social media. Really, I'm just tired of all of it. Everything going in the world? I'm tired of it haha But I did want to write something before next week when I post the monthly wrap up post (what the heck April?? Where did you go?!), so here I am. 

In response to the above rant-y paragraph I do want to say though... We don't need this or that. People have been shouting since March 2020 what we do or don't need. All we need is Jesus. If every person on the planet had Jesus... there wouldn't be all the crap going on right now. He is the cure because the hatred, the bullying, the shaming and anger and anxiety... all of it is a heart problem. All the negative bad things happening right now? It came from a heart problem. And you know who is the only person who can fix this heart problem? Jesus. Only Jesus can transform someone from a life of sin to a life of hope, redemption and love. 

I'm tired of people trying to throw worldly, sinful solutions to sinful problems and expecting something good to come out of it. The only solution to sin is Jesus! Any sort of sin, it doesn't matter how big or small the sin is. Jesus is the answer to it. The gospel, the Good News, Jesus dying on the cross while we were still sinners and rising again, defeating the grave three days later is the only solution to sin. 

This sounds so obvious... but apparently it's not because we keep trying to fix things on our own without involving Him. Guess what? It will never work. If Jesus isn't included in your solution... then it will never pan out. That should be a no brainer, especially for Christians, but I guess it's not. That's been on my mind for a while now and in my heart this week. Maybe it's the Spirit reminding me that when I feel like the world is on fire and things just don't seem to be getting better and there's just so much unfairness and pain in the world, that my hope is not found in the world. My hope is found in Jesus. The sin of this world can't hurt me or take me down because I have Him. Maybe it's Him reminding me that yeah, the world is a mess right now and there are bad things and bad people, but Jesus still conquered. He saved and He is the solution and one day that solution will be fully realized. I guess it's just a reminder that this isn't our forever home and we can always find hope in Jesus because He is the way, the truth and the light. Go check out John 14. Read the whole thing. It just gave me a lot of comfort. I don't know what else to say other than for you to go read John 14 cus it's way better to listen to Jesus's words than my words. 

So yeah... I guess this did turn into a rant-y post after all. But I hope maybe you got something out of it? I hope it was encouraging haha I promise, I'll try and make my posts less messy, but sometimes I just gotta rant and get it off my chest. Cus why not do some free writing on the blog and publish it for all to see and read? haha 

Jesus is the way. He's the solution. The world is messed up and bad things happen every day, but God is still good, He's still on the throne and this world is not our true home. I hope that and John 14 gives you some peace today.