From the book of wisdom we find a discourse on the nature of man to understand the world from his own perspective. He seeks meaning merely through the senses in which he experiences life as a mortal being rather than utilizing the sensations of the heart to find a greater path towards heaven. And with these are born the emotions that plague him and yet deliver him to ultimate freedom.
You see, meaning is derived through free will to lead us to enlightenment or by choice down a road of mistrust, greed, anger and all the other emotional responses inherent in human nature. Why waste time contemplating the choices of other men who for their own reasons go astray when it is our own decision to continue on doing what is right by the goodness of God? True, that we must protect the innocent and guard the righteous through the dispassion of justice, but not to condemn by way of vengeance for the sake of our own upturned happiness.
There is no “eye for an eye” in the law of the Lord, only a challenge to consider what good is gathered from right or the despair and agony of doing wrong to another human being. This brings forth the image of blind justice who does not rely on the seen, rather on the greater good or ill that comes from the deed itself in relation to the whole. The trouble begins when man stays rooted in the things that are mere creature comforts; shelter, food or the gold in which he gathers unto himself. It is through the unselfish act and for the sake of love that man remains in the favor of God almighty. It all comes down to the choice to see beyond first sight and the challenge remains for us to see as God sees, not as we do.
You see, meaning is derived through free will to lead us to enlightenment or by choice down a road of mistrust, greed, anger and all the other emotional responses inherent in human nature. Why waste time contemplating the choices of other men who for their own reasons go astray when it is our own decision to continue on doing what is right by the goodness of God? True, that we must protect the innocent and guard the righteous through the dispassion of justice, but not to condemn by way of vengeance for the sake of our own upturned happiness.
There is no “eye for an eye” in the law of the Lord, only a challenge to consider what good is gathered from right or the despair and agony of doing wrong to another human being. This brings forth the image of blind justice who does not rely on the seen, rather on the greater good or ill that comes from the deed itself in relation to the whole. The trouble begins when man stays rooted in the things that are mere creature comforts; shelter, food or the gold in which he gathers unto himself. It is through the unselfish act and for the sake of love that man remains in the favor of God almighty. It all comes down to the choice to see beyond first sight and the challenge remains for us to see as God sees, not as we do.
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