Impressive work! I have an idea about God that may not sit well with people. I too believe that the world needs more compassion and love. But, let us not put it all on God's shoulders. God has a plan and everything will fit within his plan. Just simple fact.

I can tell you what God is not. He is not a penny bank for us to pray to for money. He does not send an angle to bail us out when we mess up. He is the past, the present and future. He know everything, to include what is really inside our hearts and our intentions.

He gave us laws to live by and we know what is right and wrong, and it is up to each of us to decide if we want to live up to the standards He provided. We can elect to do only what makes us comfortable and happy, or we can do the harder thing and live to a higher standard. And If you can be honest with yourself, then you will admit that you and almost every human that walks the earth do not live to His standards all the time.

I have watched Christians thump their bibles, proclaim their state of grace; even here on OPP. Then those very same people dip to low levels of calling other people foul names, calling others stupid, and try to undermine their belief systems because they do not equal theirs standards. Mind you, not the standards of the laws God gave us, but the standards of the mortal men and women alive and participating in everyday life. Yes, even you. How many times have you become so angry that you lash out at other posters? Is that your standard of love and tolerance? And for those who support a******n, but claim that it is wrong to segregate people because of the color of their skin. Does the standards allow for destruction of life because it is an unwanted pregnancy, but it is not okay to not support those who refuse to work? And this is just the tip of the double standards we apply. War is okay, as long as it is not on American shores. The death camps and the total elimination of entire races is okay, as long as they are not a protected minority living in the US. But, all we need is love, well tell that to the people that practice jihad.

I think that one day God will look at his creation, and as He has done in the past, he will completely eliminate this edition of creation and perhaps He will try again to create gentle, loving, compassionate, thinking and obedient creation that He can feel proud to look at all the time.

Duckie,

I agree with many things you say. The new creation or wonderful new world you speak of is the world that God did create, the one we are living in right now.

While it's true that man was not satisfied with the one simple rule that God gave them. So man lost the wonderful world, and in the process that wonderful worldbecame the world we have now.

God loved us even while we were yet sinners, He sent His son to redeem the whosoever would believe in Him, confess their sins, repent, And God gives a new life. We become new creatures, not sinless creatures, but new.

We are born again, born from above. We become the children of God. Becoming holy, sanctified, is a process.
Even though God has wiped the slate clean, being part of a still sinful world, still having the battle between the flesh and the spirit to fight we often fail. As Paul said in Romans, "Who shall deliver us from this body of death"?

He answered his own question by saying "Thank God for Jesus." Duckie, Hang in there brother, as the song says,"One day He's coming oh glorious Day."

He is coming back, we are going to fly away to be where He is, or if we go to sleep before He returns, the Bible says, "Absent from the body, present with the Lord."

Will have that totally perfect heavenly world not just for a few fleeting years but for eternity.

Our job while here is to discover His plan for our personal lives. Remember when Jesus told Peter what the future held for him? Peter turned and looked at John and asked Jesus, What about him Lord?

Jesus said don't worry about him just take car of yourself. I know it's so hard to look around and see all the hurt, evil, hatred, all the ungodly behaviors. But believe me God is not blind, He still is in charge. We win, read the back of the book. God bless you and yours.....