random babblings

i believe that emotion is the central characteristic of a human being. passion, extreme emotion that drives us to reveal our true character. what defines us as humans that make up society, a topic for cultural creativity.

there are emo songs. words that express a painful and often angry reaction towards brokenness, where the damaged heart reflects the cruelty of man. some words lead to a dead end of self-pity. others light a distant anticipation of hope. angry peaceful words echo with violence, only expressing what the speaker dare not physically do. words describing racism, revenge, jealousy, heartache, abuse, death, greed…and the list goes on. death, is understandable and a mourning process that follows. but the rest. how did we ever become like this? how did we ever become capable of creating such emotions in reaction to our evils? we are suppose to have come from a God who is of nothing but love. but i guess as humans we tend to screw everything up. in this world love seems to cause more problems than bring joy. love is replaced it with sex, or rather disregarded altogether for sex. the media glorifies it. sex over the messiness of a relationship. but we know that sex was ONLY intended for love. how did we ever fall so far away. with love comes jealousy which leads to conflict, perhaps unfaithfulness. some people use love for some personal gain, you get terms like gold digger. people have tainted the sanctity of love. some companies no longer allow leaves for weddings since so many people get divorced anyway.

yet, the world has it’s moments of pure love. lyrics of love songs that can only be written as a reflection of the experience of intense genuine love. a love that we share with a man, a mere fraction of love from God. i believe that love is the strongest emotion of all, it is amazing how much power (as cheese as that sounds) it holds, the ability to overcome all other emotions. even as christians, what do we think of love? have we been tainted by the world? jaded? …bitter? sometimes i find myself lost in the hopelessness of the world, but reminded of the unceasing love that my creator, my God has for me. i’m sure God intended for this world to be a happy place, a place where He could enjoy and love as love seeks out a beloved. however, He has now become the hope of the world, the only true consistent endless love source that is offered in this world. a love that releases years of bitterness, releases unforgiveness, that puts an end to the sick cycle of revenge. we lose the desire to judge in revenge as justified as it may be, and with our hurt, embrace freely with love.

the world searches desperately for this love.