Within the past few months, Hollywood lost two young stars that had the whole world in front of them. Lee Thompson Young, was a child star that was in my children's favorite Disney show, The Famous Jett Jackson and successfully made the transition into stardom as an adult. Cory Monteith found his fame in both movies and television. I know many people who would have gladly traded places with the lives that these two had.
One dies by suicide and the other in a drug induced stupor.
Many times, people look at Christians with disdain. They can't believe that we trust in an invisible God, but the question is - where is the hope? These two people who apparently had everything had no hope and in their own way, just gave up hope.
I wonder if there were any Christians in their lives that wanted to share the hope that God offers but didn't?
In Ezekiel 18:32 the prophet is yelling out to the people:
For I have no pleasure in the death of anyone, declares the Lord God; so turn, and live.
When people don't see any other way, or when life just seems to get too heavy, or the mistakes of the past well up like an insurmountable wave, people loos hope. But God wants us to Cast away from you all the transgressions that you have committed, make yourselves a new heart and a new spirit. Then asks the question Why will you die? (Ezekiel 18:31)
There are a lot of people out there that do not know the hope that God has for them. Let us struggle to share with others the hope that we hold dear.
Selah
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