I may not be in Berlin any more, but I still want to change the world for Christ some how. I think it mostly comes down to me living out the life God calls us to live. I really love dcTalk and before the start of "What if I Stumble?" there is a quote about why non-believers don't believe because of Christian hypocrites. I know they're out there, I've meet them and at times been one, but my resolve is to live a life for God; a life that cares only about doing what He asks, even if it's hard. Maybe that will change the way people view Christians and Christianity. But I won't place my hope in my own efforts, rather I will place it in God.
For my Social Justice class, I read an article about hope and hopelessness. The author seems to think that hope is placed in what we can accomplish, but that injects fear which can and does destroy hope. But hopelessness unites people in love and kindness. I agree that when things look the darkest is when we tend to unite ourselves in love, but that fear cannot destroy hope if it is placed in God. If we place our hope in what we do? We're bound to fall short and burn out before any change happens. But if our hope is in God, everything will work out even if we don't know the outcome. Therefore, if our hope is in God all we must do is what we can and leave the rest up to Him.
So hope; not in what any one of us can do, but what God does.
