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“Stop imitating the ideals and opinions of the culture around you, but be inwardly transformed by the Holy Spirit through a total reformation of how you think. This will empower you to discern God’s will as you live a beautiful life, satisfying and perfect in his eyes.”

‭‭Romans‬ ‭12‬:‭2‬ ‭TPT‬‬

In Australia there was a killing of Jewish people on Bondi Beach Sydney. In the aftermath there was a lot of people that did things to say they support the Jews, we would call it virtue- signalling, but nothing changed with the stance against those who were stirring violence against the Jews. There were government promises to ban guns, again, and laws against ‘hate speech’, but not a removal of those who were inciting the violence.! Did the people write petitions to the governments demanding these changes or did they just throw tokens?

The world believes in tokens. It says ‘feel good’ for us thing but not a help my neighbour thing. We the church cannot be caught up in ‘feel good’ things. We are to be the authors of change.

I want to do the change, be the change not just sing songs about it or talk about it. The Holy Spirit in me wants me to be involved in change. I must start with my own reactions, my own self-control.

On Friday my best friend discovered she had seven days to leave Nepal because she over-stayed her tourist visa by 1 day. She is not allowed to go to another country and return, but pay the fare to America and return from there. We had believed she could pay the late fine and then re-apply for a tourist visa. We were wrong. We could rant and rave about inflexibility, however, the law is the law. There are reasons for laws. If they are unjust then we must petition to change them. If they are just we must obey them.

Emotionally, this is challenging, I am challenged in my health as well at present. My head is ringing and blocked, causing my already challenged hearing to be more so. I cannot stop as I have to enroll in college again, I have a bank issue to solve and the pile is heavy before me. Rather than fall apart I have to go to the Lord and ask for His strength, His guidance and direction. Last night I became picky about cleaning and knew I have fallen from an enemy’s tactic whilst navigating all that is before me. I repented and asked for grace. I cannot apply worldly ways to solve problems, I must follow my Lord. Amen!