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Gina:
You know how Ray pointed out that we don't know what up is unless we've been down. And we don't know peace, unless we've experienced war. We don't appreciate health until we've been sick, and riches until we've been poor.
The evil really is bad -- it's really low down. And it scares the living you know what out of me to think that there are people in the world that don't give a rat's poh-poh about others.
I like to think that the goodness of God is as "high" as evil is "low." You know what I'm saying? Like, as far "gone" as some people's minds and deeds are, is how right and good God's ways are.
Let's say we only experienced a little bit of evil or wickedness, well then God would only have to show us a little bit of goodness and peace -- because that's all it would take to balance things out-- how exciting and awesome would that be? Not very.
But if we want to see how truly awesome and loving God really is and can be, we need something really grotesque to compare it to. Or. something. like. that...
And the darkest hour is just before dawn....
Johannesburg - Kevin Carter, the South African photographer whose image of a starving Sudanese toddler stalked by a vulture won him a Pulitzer Prize this year, was found dead on Wednesday night, apparently a suicide, police said yesterday. He was 33. The police said Mr Carter's body and several letters to friends and family were discovered in his pick-up truck, parked in a Johannesburg suburb. An inquest showed that he had died of carbon monoxide poisoning
His picture of an emaciated girl collapsing on the way to a feeding centre, as a plump vulture lurked in the background, was published first in The New York Times and The Mail & Guardian, a Johannesburg weekly. The reaction to the picture was so strong that The New York Times published an unusual editor's note on the fate of the girl. Mr Carter said she resumed her trek to the feeding centre. He chased away the vulture.
Source: http://flatrock.org.nz/topics/odds_and_oddities/ultimate_in_unfair.htm
Instead of helping the little girl he took time to set up his camera equipment and get just the right angle while that little girl struggled to get food with that vulture waiting for her death.
The love of money is the root of all sorts of evil.
cjwood:
Damn. Just heartbreakimg gina. I was wondering why the photographer didn't pick up that child and carry her to the feeding center. Surely such tragedy will be replaced with a joy and comfort that is unimaginable to us now. Surely. Come Lord Jesus. Come quickly.
claudia
Gina:
Well, my thoughts on the picture were also that he should have helped that starving child. But then...
I read the rest of the article and I came to the conclusion: there, but for the grace of God, go I.
Upon further reflection, I realized the photographer was not hoping the child would die, he didn't starve that child in order to get the shoot. He was in fact exposing famine in such a way that it would shock people and make them take notice. Someone commented on that picture article that the child and the photographer were alike in that they were both starving and on their way out. Both had vultures on their backs.
I know we're supposed to judge ourselves -- as judgment is on the house of God now. I apologize if my post in anyway sounded condemning towards that photographer. I admit I was very angered by that photograph at first and didn't mind that he was haunted by his work and that's why he ended up taking his own life. I even wondered why he didn't just find a different line of work. But the same can be said of many of us.
Passing judgment: easy.
Doing the right thing: not so easy.
The flesh is weak.
Rhys 🕊:
Wow that's a powerful picture Gina, actually moved me to tears as never seen it before. I was thinking about your comments in another post about loving one another and how it covers a multitude of sins. Made me think of the plight of many around us with there issues not being as obvious as this but we often don't know what is going on inside others and a bit of love can go along way. Is something I need to focus on more instead of letting all of the stuff in life get in the way.
I can understand your anger. I myself just want to pick up the child and get help as soon as possible. God had his reason for him to take the picture and I think he did what he had to do.
Excellent line by the way:
Passing judgment: easy.
Doing the right thing: not so easy.
The flesh is weak.
Well praise God as with every person God has made, that child will be just fine in the age to come.
Blessings to each one.
Rhys :'(
zvezda:
if there's extreme evil, then there should be extreme good, right?
one thing i don't understand is that why's God dragging it for so long.
Job's trials only lasted a couple of weeks, but those poor kids have been suffering for many years and probably many more years to come.
it reminds me of another thread not long ago:
http://forums.bible-truths.com/index.php/topic,14633.0.html
sure, we know we will be all in all eventually, but the key point is: it seems like a million years away... :-\ :(
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