Where is the Love?

We sell newspapers at Starbucks so just about everyday I check out the headlines. And almost every time I do, I get sad and see that there's been another bombing, another attack, dozens more killed.

Last weekend I was reading in the Chicago Sun-Times during my lunch break and almost started to cry. It just seems there will be no stop. It seems that seeing bombings and seeing people living in fear has become the norm in our world.

In the Sun-Times on Saturday, July 23, I read about the one suspect killed by the London police in the corner of a subway car. Towards the end of the article, I read that "Muslims gathered for afternoon prayers, voicing renewed concerns about a backlash. One mosque was evacuated after a bomb threat...More than 100 alleged revenge attacks have been reported since the July 7 suicide attacks."

It really seems that the world has become madness. The Black Eyed Peas had it right. In their song, "Where is the love?" (and no, this does not mean I am affirming all of the Black Eyed Peas philosophy...) they sing,

"People killin', people dyin'
Children hurt and you hear them cryin'
Can you practice what you preach
And would you turn the other cheek

Father, Father, Father help us
Send some guidance from above
'Cause people got me, got me questionin'
Where is the love?"

I'm just a little overwhelmed with the world today. And honestly, I really wonder what can be done, what I can possible do. I wonder if Christians can love more. I wonder if I can love more. I wonder about a lot of things, but today I most wonder when it will be that Jesus will return.