Many of the beliefs I have valued my entire life, seem to no longer have value. I valued character, honesty, integrity, compassion, these traits no longer have value. . . . But value does seem to exist in the ability to lie, cheat, steal, and abuse the weak.
I valued my Catholic faith, still do, but I no longer can truly say I value the Catholic Church. We have a Pope who is by all measures an awful Pope. Not because he is an awful human being, or misguided, or anything else. He is an awful Pope, because he evidently doesn't value the Catholic faith, or the Church. It is questionable that he believes in the doctrines of the Catholic Church, doesn't respect the values of the Catholic Church. So why would he want to be head of a church he doesn't believe in ? Maybe to highlight and make the church value, the things he believes in. The main problem with that is, that the Catholic Church and Faith, are only supposed to value the things God values, and spoke of valuing through the scriptures and the ages. The Catholic Church, the institutional church, lost those values long, long ago. Long before they shut down the Mass during the pandemic . . .the mass evidently doesn't have much value during a pandemic . . .
How about politics, do I value my politics, my nation, and the Constitution. Yes I do. But once again, it seems these things are valued less and less. Was the Constitution wrong all these years? Was America wrong? I don't think so, if you valued things like character, honesty, integrity and compassion, but since those things are no longer of value, maybe it is time for a new Constitution, a re-making of America. I know how it will end, and it isn't good, but if we as a nation are not going to value the freedoms and beliefs found in the Constitution, I am afraid things aren't going to work anyway.
How about my health, do I value my health? Yes, I do, but during these times, my health, is no longer my health, and my body is no longer my body, and my life is no longer my life. People now believe they can tell me how to live, because they have been told I am a threat to them, and their health. They are willing to cancel everything in their lives, waiting and hoping for a vaccine and brighter times and my actions are a threat to them, while they hope for brighter days ahead. The truth is, no day, can replace another. And to believe that, devalues the gift that is today. Existence on this earth is about life and death . . .probably 1/2 to 2/3 of the world's population, understood this long before this pandemic. They knew some of them would die of hunger, thirst, and abuse everyday, that was a reality. During this pandemic, we in America have been shown it is a reality, that a small, small percentage of us will die from this virus. This reality of death, is something, much of the world's population has and had to live with daily, and look how we react this reality. It is like we are misers. The only lives we value are our own, and our loved ones. We don't worry about the truckers, or cashiers, or shop clerks getting the virus, but we and our loved ones aren't going to get it. Time has no value, so we will hide and avoid each other, and just replace the days, with others days, after this pandemic is over. Sorry folks, it doesn't work that way. Values change, and while we lock ourselves away, character changes, compassion changes, love and caring changes . . .So what do I have to value now, if anything . . . Well, I guess I have my broken-ness to value, and the promise that if I agree to His terms, Jesus Christ will help me mend my broken-ness, and quite frankly that seems the only thing of value I have left during these times . . . . .It is what I value.
