Roots

"Since, then, you have been raised with Christ, set your hearts on things above, where Christ is seated at the right hand of God. Set your minds on things above, not on earthly things. For you died, and your life is now hidden with Christ in God" (Colosssians 3:1-3).

I have a long time without writing. I really must confess I have separated myself lately from what my real roots are. I have lived a routine...and an empty life.

In a country such as this (United States) it is very easy to become cold in your communion with the Lord Jesus Christ because there is no persecution or imminent trial. Temptations surround you in all forms and sizes. Materialism is gigantic and colonizes the lives of many people...myself included.

This summer I am taking a class titled: "History of the United States." But the system and format of this class is completely different to all the history classes I have ever received. The pure truth about history. Real docummented evidence of all the crimes and atrocities commited against my ancestors (the incas, mayans, aztecs, etc.) and yours as well. The colonization and destruccion of the culture and society of the mayans, aztecs, incas, etc. All that it's not taught in "normal" history classes I have seen at full tilt in this class.

Being exposed to all this material (which is something very shocking and it also rips your heart) took me to a dangerous road: doubt. I started to question and ask the Lord why he kept silent? why did he allow innocence to be destroyed and massacred in such a way? Of course, it was man's sin who did that, not God. But why let the evildoers to continue living? why let them continue assassinating and massacrating? why does He expect so much from human beings? I confess, it took me to the point in which I told Him: "you only lived thirty three years in this Earth...while manking has endured and suffered throughout all its existence the different variations of crimes and evilness. I know you will judge evil and that it will not be left unpunished...but what do you expect from something so fragil as a human being?"

You'll wonder: what do the verses have to do with roots? Well, all this period of doubt in my life has made my think of my ethnic roots. What did my forefathers suffer? who really am I? I certainly have no Spanish heritage, I am mayan, etc, etc. but a while ago I realized that I've been putting my eyes in the things that are visible and material, but not in the things from above, where the Just Judge sits and will not let anything escape His Judgment.

What are our roots? If you have accepted Christ as your Savior, He is your root, what keeps you alive, what gave you life in the first place...because before Christ we all were dead. That time of doubt in my life took me to a conclusion: I was beginning to trust in human knowledge, I was letting perpetual arguments to fill my mind. God will deal with all the crimes of mankind. But besides your ethnic roots, do you even know if you have a reference point? can you identify a point in which you actually started living? the point in which you started using your eyes for the first time to see the reality? what gives you life? what spurs you onwards?

Are we putting our eyes above? Are we seeking the perfect wisdom that only comes from the Lord? or are we putting our eyes in human wisdom, in that ridiculous struggle man intends to maintain between God and man to "prove" that God does not exist, that we are our own gods? that God is unjust?...whatever you want to tell me...what really matters ? what is it that at the end will define YOUR DESTINY? do you even know where you're heading? where you will end up in once you exhale your last breath?

That rain of storms I cannot answer for you. Each one of us must examine ourselves and return to our first love...again I ask you: what is your point of reference? what are your roots?