Love

The earth is full of God's unfailing love.

His love can be seen in nature...
The rising and setting of the sun each day.
The smell of the ocean and the sound of the waves.
Birds flitting from branch to branch.
The flowers pushing up through the ground as winter ends.

His love can be seen in human existence...
A life being formed from the joining of two cells.
Birth.
Baby's first smile, first steps, first words.
The bond between a baby and its parents.

But once we get past the baby stage, some even while we are yet babies, we begin to realize how much is wrong in this world.
There are natural catastrophes.
There is tragedy.
There are humans who do evil things.

And still, God's love can be seen in the midst...
Human resilience.
Friendship.
Forgiveness.
Compassion.
The people and organizations devoted to:
   end human trafficking
   lift their fellow man out of poverty
   make the world a better place.

So we can choose to focus on the ugly.
Or we can choose to focus on the beautiful.
We can ask God why He allows evil.
Or we can ask ourselves why we allow evil.
We can choose to grumble about all that is wrong.
Or we can do our part to make it right.

"The Lord loves righteousness and justice; the earth is full of his unfailing love."
-Psalm 33:5