Leeki's BLOG

정의에는 선하고 의롭고 합리적인 힘이 있다.

반면 은혜의 힘은 다르다.

그 힘은 세상의 힘과 달리 인생을 변화시키는 초자연적인 힘이다.

사형수, 동성애자, 절도범..

이러한 사람들도 정말 하나님을 믿는 것 만으로도 구원에 이를 수 있는가 라는 질문에 답을 주는 책 이다.

나 자신도 그동안 은밀히 품어왔던 의문들이 몇가지 해결 되었다..

다시 한번 하나님의 존재를 인간의 사고 방식 안에서 이해하면 안된 다는 것을 느꼈다..

그래서 우리는 그렇게 느끼라 하고 말하는지 모르겠다..

The paradox of our time in history is that we have taller buildings, but shorter tempers; wider freeways, but narrower viewpoints; we spend more, but have less; we buy more, but enjoy it less.

We have bigger houses and smaller families; more conveniences, but less time; we have more degrees, but less sense; more knowledge, but less judgment; more experts, but more problems; more medicine, but less wellness.

We drink too much, smoke too much, spend too recklessly, laugh too little, drive too fast, get angry too quickly, stay up too late, get up too tired, read too seldom, watch TV too much, and pray too seldom.

We have multiplied our possessions, but reduced our values. We talk too much, love too seldom, and hate too often. We've learned how to make a living, but not a life; we've added years to life, not life to years.

We've been all the way to the moon and back, but have trouble crossing the street to meet the new neighbor. We've conquered outer space, but not inner space; we've done larger things, but not better things.

We've cleaned up the air, but polluted the soul; we've split the atom, but not our prejudice.

We write more, but learn less; we plan more, but accomplish less. We've learned to rush, but not to wait; we have higher incomes, but lower morals; we have more food, but less appeasement; we build more computers to hold more information to produce more copies than ever, but have less communication; we've become long on quantity, but short on quality.

These are the times of fast foods and slow digestion; tall men, and short character; steep profits, and shallow relationships. These are the times of world peace, but domestic warfare; more leisure, but less fun; more kinds of food, but less nutrition.

These are days of two incomes, but more divorce; of fancier houses, but broken homes. These are days of quick trips, disposable diapers, throw away morality, one-night stands, overweight bodies, and pills that do everything from cheer to quiet to kill.

It is a time when there is much in the show window and nothing in the stockroom; a time when technology has brought this letter to you, and a time when you can choose either to make a difference, or to just hit "Skip Ahead"...

by Dr. Bob Moorehead

A mark in every face I meet,
Marks of weakness, marks of woe

-Blake

한국에서 마주친 사람들의 얼굴에 그늘이 가득하다..

뭐가 사람들을 이렇게 힘들게 만들까.

역시 먹고 사는 문제가 이렇게 사람의 마음을 괴롭히나..

나도 취업을 앞두고 긴장감이 가득하지만, 앞날에 대한 여러 계획들로 설레임을 느낀다.

내가 마주친 얼굴들에서는 희망이 보이지 않아서 안타깝다...