The Good Stuff

If you utter what is precious, and not what is worthless . . .

 - From Jeremiah 15

Love.
Peace.
Justice.
Healing.
Mercy.
Life.
Joy.

Why do people hate these words so much? These are the threads running through the Word of God . . . in Scripture . . . in the Bible. 

Yes, yes. We know that God comes across as an angry, vengeful, violent bringer of doom. We know that. We study our Bibles. We get it.

But there's an understanding of it that comes from faith. Your faith opens your eyes. You begin to see the harmony, the logic, and even, the Science. But you have to be willing to receive. You have to be able to handle the hard stuff, the harsh material, in order to get past it and see the overwhelming flood of good stuff: everlasting life. Peace. Joy.

But if you sit around and mock Christians, you'll miss the good stuff. 

Right?

All skeptics, from all cultures and all backgrounds . . . they always miss the Good Stuff.

In Jeremiah 15, God says that His word is precious. He equated worthless speech with what comes out of the mouths of "merrymakers." We know what this is talking about.

Partiers, people engaged in idle talk and activities. People just surviving, only to make themselves drunk in fake happiness; their speech is worthless. And we know it is. 

But when we look through Scripture and see the Good Stuff God has in store for us. 

Why . . . why . . . do people mock it?