No short-cuts!

John 24:6Jesus told him, “I am the way, the truth, and the life. No one can come to the Father except through me.

Our society wants to short cut everything. There are no real short cuts to things that matter. I talk to students all the time that have these amazing dreams and yet they don't have the heart, the work ethic, and the drive to reach those dreams. I hear people complain about the violence in our society. They want a quick fix. They want to ban guns or arm teachers. Neither one of these are PERFECT solutions. Our country will always have crazy people living in our midst. Our country will always have the mental ill. There are no shortcuts in protecting ourselves. We need to attack the problem from all fronts. But, the most important solution is to repair the hearts of men. Until we address the lack of love, the lack of service to others, the lack of Jesus. This world will remain mired in sin and violence.

The tough solution is coming to the Father. The only real answer to the tough problems that face us us to turn to Jesus and bring others with us. You can't legislate it. You can't force it. The world must know about Jesus, but they have to accept him on their own. May I be a part of this REAL SOLUTION.