Tag: God

Can Evil Overcome Good?

Jennifred Jones

Since when has evil overcome good?  Since when do we allow evil to overcome good?

Are we going to let ugliness, destruction, hate and despair take over our beautiful world?

We have a choice and are faced with it every day and many times minute by minute.  What are we promoting inside our head, watching with our eyes, doing with our bodies. Let’s choose not to allow evil inside our head, watch it with our eyes or allow our bodies – of which we only get one – to be used for evil.

All decisions to love or to hate begin at the lowest level…with you and with me. Then it travels to the family to the neighbor, then the community, the state, then the nation.

We can be the hater that spreads hate far and wide or we can be the lover who spreads love far and wide.

It’s no use, you say, there is too much bad stuff going on and what can I do?

Do good.

In fact we need to start a ‘do good’ revolution!!!

God himself said the way to overcome evil is with good. We often try overcoming evil by using more and more force against what we don’t want and then we become destroyers instead of builders. (that will be another title)

On a personal level, doing good to someone who knows they are doing evil has many times changed them. The evil doer sees a model of what inside he/she knows is good and really wants to be, they see hope and are changed.

I know the laws are there for a reason, but bear with my example. We are inundated with stories and pictures of evil doers and deeds and too often forget how to love and do good.

And our kids (the next generation who will be taking care of us…) are watching.

The kids are always watching.

Let’s get our cleaning cloths out and begin cleaning up our own lives and then help our families, our neighbors and then our nation. Let’s put some sparkle and shine and plain ole goodness out there for all to see and want to emulate.

Dirt is always trying to accumulate, but we are able to clean things good!

Let’s have at it…today!

The Army of Good

Jennifred Jones

There’s an army of good arising. Join it!

All over we’re seeing signs saying, ‘Be Kind’, ‘Be the Good’, ‘Kindness Matters’.

Many are standing their ground that our country, our world, people in general need goodness and kindness expressed towards them!

There are no qualifications necessary to join this army, no weapons or armor needed…not even a general,  lieutenant or sergeant telling us what to do. We get to set our own schedule, march to our own beat, wear our own clothes, prepare our own foodstuffs, (no K-rations involved here).

All we need to do is be on the lookout. Lookout for what?

Lookout for wherever good needs to be advanced!

This is not hard to do friends 🙂

First begin with you:

Be good to you. Take care of yourself body, soul, mind and spirit. Think on good things.

Be good to your surroundings. Keep your habitation clean and orderly. (It will make you feel better.)

Be good at your job. Get along with others. Look for ways to improve and grow. Encourage your co-workers.

Be good to your neighbors and ‘hood. Keep your yard tidied. Plant some flowers to cheer things up a bit.

Be good to strangers. Smile at somebody. Say ‘Hi’ to another human. Put on a fresh face and dress attractively for you…that alone can encourage another person.

Be good where you shop. Put your cart back in the cart return. Take items you don’t want back to where you got them instead of leaving socks hidden in the canned goods aisle, or clothes hanging in pots and pan section (Thank you Joyce Meyer for this tidbit) After all someone else will have to clean up after you…

Be good to your family. Write gramma a letter. Go visit uncle. Say thank you and please to each other.

Be a good responsible driver. Your family and others need you to arrive safely in one piece.

Basic stuff this is…all things I have to implement each day too.

I  want to do better tomorrow and motivate others by my actions.

Let’s fight together in our army of good!

Touching Spring!

Jennifred Jones

Today I touched spring!

It’s a lovely 70 degree sunny day, one of the first for our area amidst the bleak brown grassy roadsides and stick-bare trees.

I had to go outside and walk. Opening windows and looking outside wasn’t enough. Going from work to car and from car to home didn’t count either.

Behind my office building, up tight to the brick wall this morning, was a clump of valiant violets…3 were in bloom!!! On my walk after work the honeysuckle bushes were starting to bud at the tips of the branches.

Spring! ‘I’ve got to touch spring’ I said aloud to myself and touched the tender green leaflets! It was like a connection with newness, fresh starts, bright beginnings, all the things we love about spring.

Further on my walk was a big puddle in a grassy ditch. It was clear as ever and filled with a host of small round bright green leaves glowing through the water as the sun shone down.

Tomorrow, I will pick the violets and place on my desk…a reminder that we can always begin again. All we need to do is reach out and touch it…perhaps in our mind’s eye at first, but knowing we are beginning again.

The hope of spring!

Never give up!

God made life and new growth.

God said to us, “LIVE!”

Let’s all begin a fresh new day tomorrow!