Many of us have a romantic notion about visiting a cabin in the mountains. Somehow we think that being in an old cabin with no running water or electricity will make us happy and rested. For people in the US, who actually grew up in this manner, and I know some, it was anything but romantic. It was hard work and consumed your time with chores like going to the creek for water and cutting down trees for fire wood.
Watching the riots in Berkeley University California today, I am saddened for the place of my birth. I grew up in the violent 60s & 70s near Berkeley California, so I know the nature of the culture, but is still saddens me to see California continue to spiral down into spiritual darkness.
Jesus explained that he was sent to deliver man from darkness, but man often refuse to embrace deliverance. Often people are not in spiritual darkness because of ignorance, but rather because of refusal to move towards the light of God.
