"And I find it kind of funny, I find it kind of sad"
I really hate how much value today's culture places on wealth. The only people who are awarded any recognition or power are those who have money. We have moved away from valuing things that belong to the character of a person, and instead focus on how "successful" they have been with their finances. Now, while I do agree that some measure of a person can be told by how they handle their money, I do not believe that it tells you anything worthwhile about their soul. Things like patience, love, compassion, tolerance, and respect simply do not play a role there. those are the things that we should value more, and yet, when you turn on your television, you find they are not even given a second thought in most people's estimations of their fellow man. We award power to those whom we see are "successful," as if that is the only thing that matters. I sometimes hate myself when I find that my own perspective has slipped and I have allowed myself to be sucked into that mentality.
This value system also affects our own inner, personal lives. We see ourselves as "failures" if we do not have the things we believe we should have, or the things we want to have. We say to ourselves, "My life would be so much better/easier if I had ________." We allow ourselves to be judged by others in this way, and even judge ourselves by it! This concept that more wealth equates to being a worthwhile person is completely debunked. It is not what God intended for our society to value. God loves us because we are His, and while it is difficult for humans to love each other based on this alone, because we are imperfect beings, is it too much to ask for us to love and respect each other based on our actual characters, not our stuff? Is it unrealistic of me to wish for a society that values people based on their personhood, not on their glamour or fame? There are days when I talk to God and beg for Jesus' second coming. I think this backwards value system of ours is just going to get worse, but if I give up hope entirely, then I am lost. Unfortunately, I can't do much but watch, and wait, and pray, and hope.
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This value system also affects our own inner, personal lives. We see ourselves as "failures" if we do not have the things we believe we should have, or the things we want to have. We say to ourselves, "My life would be so much better/easier if I had ________." We allow ourselves to be judged by others in this way, and even judge ourselves by it! This concept that more wealth equates to being a worthwhile person is completely debunked. It is not what God intended for our society to value. God loves us because we are His, and while it is difficult for humans to love each other based on this alone, because we are imperfect beings, is it too much to ask for us to love and respect each other based on our actual characters, not our stuff? Is it unrealistic of me to wish for a society that values people based on their personhood, not on their glamour or fame? There are days when I talk to God and beg for Jesus' second coming. I think this backwards value system of ours is just going to get worse, but if I give up hope entirely, then I am lost. Unfortunately, I can't do much but watch, and wait, and pray, and hope.
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