dystopia

Ever since diving into this concept in gr. 12 english, a dystopian society has always been on my mind. As a quick crash course, dystopia is the opposite of utopia. Utopia is the concept of having a completely ideal and perfect society, and therefore dystopia is how we cannot have a perfect society, where things are corrupted and flawed.

Nothing is perfect. Nothing is perfect in this world. You'll never find a person who has the whole package, and be the perfect soulmate. Eventually you'll find something about them you may not be fond of. Society and media today understand this very well. I've seen in several tv series where they talk about dating, but how every single person they may date has a package, whether it be clingy, or messy and unorganized, nobody's perfect.

Although we understand such things, we are still going to that utopian world. We're constantly trying to make electronics, develop technologies that will last forever, and will never fail us. Has it worked? no.

Things fade.

Things fail.

But one thing doesn't. Our God, His Love. His Mercy. and His Promises. We place our hopes on such useless and meaningless things. Materialistic things. We're relying on technology more and more, we rely on friends more and more when we really should be focusing on God, not these flawed things/people.

Put our hope on something that is worth putting our hopes in. Its like betting i guess you could say. Would you rather bet on something you are unsure of, or something you have complete 100% faith in? Obviously the thing that will guarantee a win!

verse of the day: Psalm 136

¹ Praise the Lord! He is good.
God’s love never fails.
² Praise the God of all gods.
God’s love never fails.
³ Praise the Lord of lords.
God’s love never fails.

⁴ Only God works great miracles.
God’s love never fails.
⁵ With wisdom he made the sky.
God’s love never fails.
⁶ The Lord stretched the earth
over the ocean.
God’s love never fails.
⁷ He made the bright lights
in the sky.
God’s love never fails.
⁸ He lets the sun rule each day.
God’s love never fails.
⁹ He lets the moon and the stars
rule each night.
God’s love never fails.

¹⁰ God struck down the first-born
in every Egyptian family.
God’s love never fails.
¹¹ He rescued Israel from Egypt.
God’s love never fails.
¹² God used his great strength
and his powerful arm.
God’s love never fails.
¹³ He split the Red Sea apart.
God’s love never fails.

¹⁴ The Lord brought Israel safely
through the sea.
God’s love never fails.
¹⁵ He destroyed the Egyptian king
and his army there.
God’s love never fails.
¹⁶ The Lord led his people
through the desert.
God’s love never fails.

¹⁷ Our God defeated mighty kings.
God’s love never fails.
¹⁸ And he killed famous kings.
God’s love never fails.
¹⁹ One of them was Sihon,
king of the Amorites.
God’s love never fails.
²⁰ Another was King Og of Bashan.
God’s love never fails.
²¹ God took away their land.
God’s love never fails.
²² He gave their land to Israel,
the people who serve him.
God’s love never fails.

²³ God saw the trouble we were in.
God’s love never fails.
²⁴ He rescued us from our enemies.
God’s love never fails.
²⁵ He gives food to all who live.
God’s love never fails.

²⁶ Praise God in heaven!
God’s love never fails.