We know that for those who love God all things work together for good.  – Romans 8:28

Technology enables you to digitally edit images captured on your phone or computer, offering a wide array of filter choices. The options are seemingly endless, ranging from turning your photos into cartoons to making them appear as if they were taken underwater. In an application such as Photoshop, the filters and layers are limited only by your creativity. Then artificial intelligence takes this reimagining of pictures or videos to a whole new level! Such filters take what is real and offer a perception of something you may not even have imagined previously.

The picture of today’s world is generally not a pretty one. Nations are at war, and those in positions of authority are often focused on their own power rather than the common good. Integrity is elusive, and justice may be unevenly applied. People suffer from physical diseases and a loss of hope. There is only one “filter” that could make this picture beautiful.

The love of God, as described in the Bible, is the only treatment for what ails the world. Sacrificial love, made real by the work of Jesus Christ, brings grace and mercy where there was none, rescuing humankind. When you apply His love, sin is forgiven, death is overcome, and people live together in righteousness and peace. God’s love takes what is and transforms it, not only changing the perception, but actually re-creating reality, “He set out his word and healed them, and delivered them from their destruction” (Psalm 107:20).

Check your outlook on the world today. If it has been bleak, look at it again through the lens of God’s love. Those trusting in Him will see His grace creating a new reality. Ask God to bless the United States with people of faith and vision, to lead churches and families and, specifically, the nation’s government into a new vision of hope.