we live in a world where a 5 minute earthquake can destroy a country, taking the lives of tens of thousands of mothers, fathers, sons, daughters, brothers, and sisters. in a world where children are exposed to horrors their innocent minds should never have to bear. where people kill each other over money. where families don't talk for years over a silly argument. where a promise to stay together till death means virtually nothing to most. we live in a world where people just don't talk about the thing that is between them, screaming in their faces. in a world where a sudden illness can leave the strongest person hanging on to life by a thread. in a world where the will to live is just lost somewhere along the way.
we also live in a world with a sovereign God, who hold the world in his arms. where children remind their parents of the joy that this life contains. where the sun sets, painting the sky in the most beautiful array of color you're ever seen, only to expose a never ending blanket of stars when it melts away. we live in a world where miracles happen every day. where love can mend the deepest wounds. where music can make our souls fly in a way we haven't felt since we were children. and we live in a world where the right cookie can make the world and all its trouble melt away, for at least a moment.
