So we continue to feel the pain of the suffering
of those who have lost their homes through war, natural disasters or
poverty. Humanity has a great art in
making money, but not using it wisely to help those who are in need.
While the wealth of the world is in the
hands of a very few people, this is unlikely to change very much. Few of these wealthy souls have a passion for
making life better for the common man, woman and, more especially, the
children.
Those few who do are surely modern day
earthly saints by any other name. They
do not want the glory headlines of what they do. It is enough for them to quietly go about
their daily lives looking for opportunities to help others and especially those
who are unable to help themselves.
In time, many lives will be lost through
hunger, lack of clean water and disease.
Unless these problems are correctly dealt with, the earthly conditions
will deteriorate and, with today’s ease of travel and communications, these evil
unabated problems will spread steadily across the world and there will come a
time when there will be no cure available.
The
climate we know is changing and yet little of major importance is being done,
as the ice melts and the sea-level, as well as the temperatures, rise. There is plenty of hot air being expelled as
conferences are held, but the rich nations are not prepared to spend their
money on the poor and underdeveloped nations as they struggle.
It is such a short-sighted policy that
is being adopted here, because until the whole world changes its mind-set from ‘perhaps if we do nothing it will go
away and not happen in our lifetime’ to ‘this
world must be cleaned up so that all can survive and future nations can enjoy a
beautiful and fruitful world once more’.
This is not an individual matter. It concerns us all. We must all play our part in raising the whole
level of debate into actions, so that this horrendous slide into the oblivion
for all on this planet is first halted and then reversed.
All aspects of global climate change
must be looked into and it cannot be left to a few scientists and researchers
with a conscience to publish their papers and then move on, leaving the
politicians to be ruled by industry and the cost of doing it.
Bankers have raised the ante to such a
degree that the congregation of this world worship money rather than a Higher Intelligence
and Creator. The religions of this
world, which should be in the business of healing and showing, by example, how
the righteous and the humble live and are provided for through the laws that
Jesus Christ taught us.
When did you last see the enormous
wealth of religious houses taken down from the walls of their buildings to feed
the starving and buy shoes for the children living in poverty? Many of the Pontiffs speak soft words of
comfort, but where is the material support for those in dire situations.
We are developing a society which has
the mind-set of leaving action to others.
Food parcels are often supplied by wealthy nations with a link to the sale
and supply of arms! Arms sales make a
large percentage of the income of many rich nations and, although they say they
are humane in their actions, the spilling of blood so often follows afterwards.
Nothing is left to chance by these
nations from both East and West and lands in between. The human touch is lacking in the
unconditional love that sponsored the Creation and has now been largely extinguished,
as modern man is always looking for a profit for himself before he acts.
Genocide and the bloody wars are not new
in the history of this world, but they are mainly kept going by greed and
hatred. A balanced world, unlike a
balance sheet, is clearly not a good thing in the eyes of the majority.
If this is not so, then why isn’t the
world becoming a better place for all Mankind?
Why are the richest people only getting richer and the number of the
poor are denied a way of making a living for their family?
The time has to come when equality of
opportunity is a reality and not just a load of hot air. All nations, who purport to have an equal
society, a fair and uncorrupted democracy and food, health care and education
for all citizens, are hiding their lights under the table.
Harmony and peace for all people is a goal
to be achieved in our lifetime or we have all failed and will have to answer
the question when we pass, “What did you
do to make the world a better place?”
Jenny and Michael Ayers
Monday, 4th May 2015
