Can you make a difference in the world?  Many people don't believe they can, and so they don't even try.  They may think that the prospect is too overwhelming; and it may be, if you think of the "world" as a whole.  But when you take it as "one person at a time", "one event " at a time, it makes more sense; it seems more doable.  And, it actually works.  Give a hug, say a kind word, tell someone you care, and you will see a difference within your sphere.  When someone is loving and kind, it is contagious; it spreads from person to person.  All it takes is the desire to spread love as opposed to being indifferent.   Pray for peace, within our hearts, within our lives and within our world. 

I really never watch the news....I don't pay attention to all the sensationalism going on within the news....I mean, seriously, the news, which is suppose to be "just that"(news) has become a media spectacular.(with as much gore, emotion, attention grabbing stuff that they can find).   The bigger the ratings, the more they pay, the more they are "recognized"...so how can you blame the journalists for mixing "entertainment" with the actual things we might want to know.  But recently, something(news) was put to my attention by a colleague, so I read about it, (watched it...YouTube is my one internet weaknesses), and I could not help but look, fascinatingly at what our journalists appear to be all consumed with at this point in time... Could it all just be a ruse, preparing people for the battle of the up and coming Presidential election...perhaps to make it seem as if our country is on the brink of disaster, so that they can point fingers at each other, with blame, and say "MY opponent is here to fix it all for you!"  OR, could any of what I've been looking at and reading possibly be true? Wow...(in my language...totally, WOW)...If you haven't checked out the internet news lately..  ;-))), please do so if you like a sort of "negative-terror" kind of entertainment...and then, in your own mind, choose what you'd like...heavens knows there is plenty to choose from!  After spending minimal time being drawn into the terror, the anger, the gossip, and all the rest, I decided to rely on God...God is the only One who can see ALL..I cannot imagine what He must think of how we are trying to destroy ourselves and each other; pretty much in everything we do.  All He wants us to do is love each other the way He loves us...so very much..through it all.  But He must be sad at the world situation ..And then I came upon a chapter in the Book of Wisdom and that is really when fear gripped my heart...Because the words truly spoke to me about what is going on in the world...idols are everything we deem important enough to spend time and money on..idols are things that take our attention off of God...they take us away from God; they make us crazy and cause us to do crazy things.  That is why God wants us to make Him our only truth, because He knows all else will destroy us if not taken in the "right doses"..When we make God most important in our lives, put Him first, then and only then, will things be as they should be. (peace can exist)
And so as I read through the book of Wisdom, I can see so clearly that what is going on in the world today, is due to our "false idols"...so I suppose much of what they are speaking about, might actually be true.

WISDOM 14:12-14, 27,  

"For the source of wantonness is the devising of idols
and their invention was a corruption of life.
For in the beginning they were not; nor shall they continue forever.
for by the vanity of men they came into the world,
and therefore a sudden end is devised for them."
"For the worship of infamous idols
is the reason and source and extremity of all evil."

WISDOM 11:15-16
"And in return for their senseless, wicked thoughts,
which mislead them into worshiping dumb serpents and worthless insects
You sent upon them swarms of dumb creatures for vengeance;
that they might recognize that a man is punished by the very things
through which he sins."

WISDOM 12: 23-27
"Hence those unjust also, who lived a life of folly,
you tormented through their own abominations,
for they went far astray in the paths of error,
taking for gods the worthless and disgusting beasts,
deceived like senseless infants.
Therefore, as though upon unreasoning children,
you sent your judgement on them as a mockery;
But they took no heed of punishment which is but child's play
were to experience a condemnation worthy of God.
For in the things through which they suffered distress,
since they were tortured by the very things they deemed gods,
They saw and recognized the true God
whom they had refused to know;
with this their final condemnation came upon them."

Please join me in praying for the restoration of our country; of the world.
For peace, love, and the honor of God in our lives to prevail.
In Jesus' name.  Amen.