Not anyone I know. But we didn't grow figs in Georgia.
Other people. I really hate other people.
I used to feel this way and as a veterinarian, my entire profession is based around liking animals more than people most of the time. I'm also very distraught by humans destroying each other and this beautiful earth. But studying the bible has helped me have sympathy and understanding for what is happening in the world and hope for the future. If the world weren't becoming SO terrible, i hate to say it, but - the bible prophecies wouldn't be accurate and the whole thing would be a house of cards. Which - it's really not. Searching the WORD for answers and not the WORLD is a difficult thing itself Ecclesiastes 1:18 but if we do, we can also find a lot of comfort and peace
Here are some scriptures that help me when I struggle with how awful the world is today and that the awfulness is almost exclusively caused by people. I got a little carried away
....i just love God's word so much, this turned into my personal study for the day. Forgive me
Genesis 6:5-7 - Even God felt as you did and almost gave up on us completely. So He understands that we will sometimes feel the same way...
2 Samuel 12:1-6 - as an animal lover, this story breaks my heart - as it's supposed to. It moved David - and it showed how deeply a lack of compassion can hurt both us and God
Psalms 34:14-19
Proverbs 3:13-32
Ecclesiastes 12:13-14 - this is one of the most profound scriptures for me because it literally means that our PURPOSE in life is to worship - preferably God/Christ, but -when i meditate on this, it is so clear that it is ingrained in the human condition to the point that if people DON'T do this in a healthy way, they find something else to worship...money, sex, material possessions...or they numb the need with alcohol, drugs, sex, money, material possessions. For me, this was like a weight lifting off - when i "got" this, I could let go of that intense NEED to search for the meaning of life. It had finally been put into words, what I had always felt inside and I could let go and start trying to draw close to Christ and coming to know His Father and that can bring a comfort no drug or car or achievement or fleeting success ever can. I know much of the NT changed people's lives, but this scripture changed mine in that I was always searching, desperate to find the meaning/purpose in life. This scripture right here is what ALLOWED me to take the steps to want to draw close to God, that helped me understand it was not only important, it was the entire point of life itself.
Isaiah 2:4-4 - it won't always be like this....
Isaiah 41:10 - but while it is, He is with us
Matthew 5:23-24 - make peace with others so you can make peace with God
Matthew 6:25-34 - try not to worry
Matthew 24:4-22 - not what we usually consider encouraging but comforting in that it helps explain WHY things are getting so bad and have confidence that Christ knew we would suffer more because of it. And that there is a hope for the future...
Luke 6:22-38 - try to take the high ground
Luke 15:7 - keep praying for them
Luke 21:34-36 - try not to get too down, it can become a difficult burden to bear and can lead to turning away from God in despair
John 3:16-21 - so when you DO get down, meditate on this
John 15:17-19 - there will always be people who suck, love everyone anyways
Romans 1:22-25 - sums up a lot of people right there
God knows our hearts, there are some who will always turn away
Romans 8:18-25. Romans is one of my favorite books
Verses 24 and 25 always get me - "For we were saved in this hope; but hope that is seen is not hope, for when a man sees a thing, does he hope for it? But if we hope for what we do not see, we keep eagerly waiting for it with endurance." Keep the faith
2 Corinthians 4:3-4 - lets us know what's wrong with people and whose influence they are under!!!
2 Corinthians 11:14-15 - also insight into why people suck...
Ephesians 4:31-32, Ephesians 5:1-2 - what we are
supposed to be doing
Colossians 3:12-17 - same as Ephesians
2 Timothy 3:1-7 - another confirmation from God that many people are not following His direction and that they don't even want to
James 4:7-8 - but we can choose to draw close to God, and He will draw close to us.
1 John 5:19 - again, keep praying for everyone, Satan is trying HARD to get us all
Revelation 18:4-11 - it won't last forever
Revelation 21:1-4 - and it will all be ok again. We will be in union with God forever
hee hee....ok bye!!!