Primo

It's 1:23am. I've been awake for 20 hours. And yet I feel the urge to blog. :)

I've literally just realised that I have a law essay due in 9 days. I've barely even thought about it. Primo.

Elevate tonight was seriously off the charts. Actually the best Elevate I have ever been to. Seeing that altar full of people who want Jesus in their lives makes what I do so worthwhile. Screw tiredness. It was flippin mean!

I've also just started to learn how to tech direct, and I am pumped. I love learning new things. This is a great opportunity. I had so many questions asked towards me tonight. It's like everyone thought I knew what was going on. I didn't. But I acted like I did. I feel old now because of the fact that people are coming to me for advice on production. I remember 2 years ago, I didn't know how to do anything. Times have changed. It's my appointed time.

Now all I need to do is find myself a wife.

Primo.

5:24

We have to stop war. It’s an addiction. We don’t need military superpowers. Is it possible that having military bases in 100 countries is antagonising? Is it possible that it causes terrorism when there a foreign military in your land? Why do we have military superpowers? Why can’t we have humanitarian superpowers? Instead of dropping bombs, why can’t we drop food and medicine?  (Para. Howard Zinn)

We don’t need new weapons with the ability to kill thousands more people. We need more efficient ways of distributing aid and help. The cost of the US involvement in Iraq and Afghanistan since 2001 is closing in on 1.4 trillion dollars. That’s nearly enough to wipe third world debt. THREE times.

We don’t necessarily need to capture another African war-lord. And we definitely don’t need to invade another Middle-Eastern country. What we need to do is to stop being selfish and become selfless. Christ didn’t die so that we would fight more wars, he died so that everyone could be loved and could be made equal.

“I want justice—oceans of it. I want fairness—rivers of it. That's what I want. That's all I want.” Amos 5:24 (MSG)

11 million children dying a year, as a cause of poverty is not just OR fair. Fighting a war is not going to solve the world’s problems. It will cause more. War makes people angry; people will always fight back, creating a perpetual cycle of violence.