I watched a programme on television recently about ‘Did Richard the Third really kill the Princes in the Tower?.’ I thought this might throw some new light on the subject. Instead, from the opening few sentences it was obvious that the answer was YES! It only got worse as it went on, and Richard was painted as the most devious and evil person since The Wicked Witch of the West! There was nothing new except the way in which the ‘facts’ were bent to fit the way they were presented. So did he? We will never know, although it is one of the possibilities that would explain their disappearance.
We meet with that type of person whenever Christianity, or any other religion, is mentioned. To some it is all ‘mumbo jumbo’ and they don’t want to know – or they’ve heard it all before – or it’s all a load of rubbish. They believe what they want to believe because it allows them to be what they are. In reality most of them believe that accepting Jesus as the Son of God, and God as the creator of this world we live in (or on if you prefer) will spoil their way of life because they will have to give up things that they do now. And in truth it may, or may not.
Fortunately actions can speak louder than words, so we can show them by our actions and the way we live, that their fears are ill-founded. A kind word, a smile, a helping hand here and there, an ability to cope with things that trouble us. How do we do it? Let them know we are not infallible, WE have a helping hand too when we need it. God, through his son Jesus, is there for us when times are hard or problems beset us. Of course He doesn’t simply change things to how we would like them with a wave his hand, or a magic wand. But He helps us to cope, or overcome, or simply to live through times of trouble.
So perhaps we can give them a smile, suggest they think about it, perhaps speak to us when they wish. Or better still speak to God. He listens and gives answers in his own way.
Be a modern disciple.
Jim Finch
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