Redneck Review!
No. 116 - 7/10/2017
Recently, this review has been dealing with the issue of the struggles and the battles which can be found at all stages of life, from the smallest child who impishly wants to run away, and ignore the request being made by a supervising parent on up to older folks who find themselves at odds with one another, resulting with hurt feelings at the simplest level, or more serious, major disruptions in friendships, and families, and groups with different backgrounds or nationalities or ways of life.
On a more serious level, we are reminded almost daily of the mayhem caused by hateful individuals who randomly start shooting or stabbing or smashing with speeding cars whoever happens unluckily to be in their path. And of course, at the world wide level, one notes throughout history and today, the movement of entire nations determined to force their way of life on others, with the result being pain and destruction and the death of millions.
Thinking about this, one might be reminded of the phrase that can be found in the books of Jeremiah and Ezekiel, and certain other parts of the Bible which essentially assert that some will claim, "Peace, peace, when there is no peace."  More often than not, this follows a period when the civilization at the time was falling apart, yet a large proportion of the people involved refused to recognize the source of their problem. The Bible speaks of "stiff necked people" who refused to follow the common sense rule of law handed down in codes of conduct like the best known "Ten Commandments" said to be given to Moses by God Himself. Instead, they chose to create their own gods of wood and stone and gold and silver, or they chose to worship the sun or the moon, thus allowing themselves to engage in all kinds of activities which in the end caused their own destruction, all the while blind to the eventual fate their conduct was destined to bring.
But a careful examination of the periods involved reveals in every case a period of time when the civilization involved was on a "do your own thing" rampage, totally ignoring the rules for living or codes of conduct which are necessary for that peace to be achieved. And yet they claimed "Peace, peace.... when their very selfish conduct guaranteed that there "will be no peace."
It has been suggested here that everyone of us has to deal with the inevitable clash we all deal with, the conflict which occurs when our way of seeing and doing things comes into sharp conflict with others, or rules, or traditions which have formed over time. And for the peace that we would love to have, it becomes ever more obvious that individual insistence on "doing it my way," must be subjected to concern for others and a willingness to take a back seat maybe, allowing others that privilege.  And it becomes very clear very suddenly, that a system of resolving differences of opinions must be adopted and adhered to by all willing to gain that elusive "peace."  As mentioned in these last reviews, it could be as simple as agreeing to a coin flip to settle serious disagreements, or perhaps more intelligently, find
a code of conduct which offers the best chance of providing peace and keeping it.
It is claimed here that the religion started some 2000 years ago, by the God man Christ, born of a virgin Mary, the spouse of the Holy Spirit Himself offers the best chance to create a society where the illusive peace can be achieved.  To quote again, that famous section in the Bible where Christ was asked which was the greatest commandment, and He responded: "Love God with your whole heart and soul, and your neighbor as yourself."  Though definitely "Politically not correct" in our day and age, a bit of common sense coupled with a study of the history of this philosophy of life, definitely builds a solid case claiming that this is our best hope for "Peace!"
Jake Wren

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