New Perspectives

I am 65 years old. Am I too old to learn. Absolutely not. I have so much to learn. And we, as we all know will never know it all. In my recent trip to Israel I learned that I had not appreciated America the beautiful enough. And I had not appreciated the blessings I have as an American. We have a variety of foods of all nationalities for one thing. We can pick and choose. We have no background or religion that dictates the choice of foods we can eat. So we eat Chinese foods, we eat Mexican foods. We eat Italian foods. We have numerous choices of foods. And there is no significance attached to that. We have choices of schools we attend, many choices. We can go to private schools, public schools, or we can be home schooled. We are not fearful of being attacked by our neighbors who live just across the wall from us. We do not go through check points where numerous armed soldiers stand. We don't walk down the streets and see guns everywhere. We are not surrounded by enemies. We have not been conquered and destroyed through the centuries by our enemies. As a matter of fact we have never lost a war. We are not oppressed within our own country by our enemies who have inhabited our churches and refuse to let us worship there. We are free to worship wherever we please and whenever we please. We are not hindered, or should not be hindered, by the mistakes of our forefathers. And we have been given the right to think freely and make choices about how we will worship. Israel is surely a beautiful country with beautiful people. But it is still a country that exists under pressure from every direction. We do not have that. Another thing I learned. Jesus said little children are already in the kingdom of heaven. Maybe these little ones, whoever their parents and grandparents might have beeen, will be a catalyst in bringing peace and respect for the rights of others to this beleagured part of the world. Another thing I learned was that perhaps the only thing left is to pray for those who are oppressed and have been for thousands of years...So let us pray....More later...