for the corrupt and those with
a bent of mind to cheat and swindle others.
On the face of it,
one feels that those that
who are good and sincere
are bound to suffer.
And that is reinforced again
and again in the face of several crises
that humanity faces today -
the financial meltdowns, immoral behaviour,
environmental degradation, poverty etc.
Politicians may not be everywhere
but people with a great capacity and
appetite for dirty politics seem to abound like cockroaches!
In such an environment being
a good person seems synonymous
with being a fool and a victim.
It makes one wonder as to how
the world will ever change if
the good seem to be punished and the bad rewarded.
However, our Lord Jesus preaches to differ.
He says that truth always triumphs and goodness always prevails.
And so, whenever I am plagued with this doubt about the importance of being good, I recollect His various discourses on goodness. And when there are things that I am unable to explain to myself, I remind myself of the all-encompassing love. But I never yield to the temptation of concluding that goodness is no good because somewhere deep within, I agree completely with HIM..
It is in this light that an example I witnessed became an inspirational force in being good. And that came in the form of a 1978 British war film, Force 10 from Navarone.
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