VENDOR WRITING

“LOVE OF THE WORLD OR JESUS” WHOM DO YOU SERVE?

BY JOHN H., CONTRIBUTOR VENDOR

1 John 2: 15-17 says Love not the world, neither the things that are in that are in the world. If any man love the world, the love of the Father is not in him. For all that is in the world, the lust of the flesh, and the lust of the eyes, and the pride of life, is not of the Father, but is of the world. And the world passeth away and the lust thereof: but he that doeth the will of God abideth forever.

Many Americans in this day are very much lovers of the world. To the point they love pets, animals more than they love human beings. They love the world and what the world has taught them. They pride of life, the lust of the eye.

You know I got up yesterday and I saw two dollars laying on my dresser and I was more happier than if it was two thousand. Many in this day can’t understand these words because Hearts are different. Ya see, many hearts has been alienated by the world and not the word of Jesus.

Their Hearts are weak. No only they live in this world but they have to be of it too. Most live life according to others and not how God wants us to live. Many times I don’t understand but it’s just the Truth, and I find that many Tennesseans have a great problem with the truth, especially if it involves the world enclosed around them. They hate it when their hearts convicted not to mention people like them. The Truth must be told though. Every once in a while, I see myself putting God’s word to the sideand speak the truth. Many times I find it necessary. We may be poor, but see just like Jesus. No need to defame a person’s character or their family’s, because we know neither. Only the truth is what matters. The World or Jesus. You make the choice.

WE NEED TO START DOING THIS

BY JULIE B., CONTRIBUTOR VENDOR

As people we need to look at the world not as it is, but as it should be. We take everything for granted. We look at the world through rose-colored glasses and we think of ourselves and not of others. We need to start helping the people that need it, like me, that have nowhere to go and are freezing in the cold weather. We need to start doing for our homeless the way we do for ourselves, and we should treat the homeless the way we want to be treated. Think about if that was you, would you want someone to help you or have them pass you by like you were nothing? Think about that when you pass a homeless person the next time you’re out.