The principal participators and initiators of historical change in this time are the young people. Young people still have the hope for the ideal of a true family and they possess a greater capability to realize this ideal than anyone else. The young people still have hope for a brighter future for humanity and an ideal of a better world.
Young people are the symbols of hope for a humanity that desires to lead to the new ideal family.
The ideal of family in America has degenerated far from the original ideal of a true family. Families within used to be the safe haven and hope of the community. Now mothers and fathers and siblings may be an enemy to one another.
You can examine the history of literary works and recorded accounts that give praise to the roles and the special characteristics young people exhibit. But there is no more time of critical importance than now that the roles that young people play within the family, nation and world. Just as the time in history when society had fallen far from the ideal, the family needs a revolution to become ideal families of goodness.
We are living in the critical time in which you live where today's family, nation and world are standing in a place of dilemma? Have you ever noticed that the more technology and industry advances and youth enjoy major conveniences in their life, we see that the institution of family and individual lives seem to erode.
The divorce rates have risen in America over the last decades. Also, there is a rise in the same sex-marriage. The phenomenon of teen pregnancy and and suicide had increased in the last 30 years at the same time of the breakdown of the family. This is not a coincidence. This is the most critical issue facing modern society.
When we look at the national level, these issues including sexual diseases, economic imbalance and other social problems, political powers are very limited in the face of these problems.
These problems did not just arise in America alone, but all over the world, countries continue to agonize over how to solve the problems affecting humanity. Problems such as the threat of war, problems between the races, separation between religious groups and the destruction of the environment.
This reality that many regions of the world experience the miseries of hunger and disease, especially those who practice any faith.
If we were to give a grade regarding the outcome of how humanity's ideas and activities in the last 20 centuries, humankind would receive a failing grade. All families, nations and the entire world are urgently seeking change for the future.
Throughout history, there was not a clear road for humanity to follow the true path. This is the reason God brought Jesus and his return to the earth to gather humanity and place them on the path back into God's arms. It is now imperative that priority is given to develop awareness to the responsibility each of us has to bring about a revolution of change to the family, nation and world.
Our task is to establish for youth a new status as initiators of change and to open a new age for true families, true nations and a true world.
The Bible speaks on this when it speaks about placing new wine in old wineskins cause it to burst and become useless. We are in the era of where we should make ourselves new wineskins to prepare for the new wine never before seen in history.
When the new morning comes, we must put on a new set of clothes; when the new season arrives, we must arrange a new living environment for ourselves. We must be first renewed as true families and a true nation before we can think about bringing about the re-creation of a true world. What is the one means by which we can renew each individual, our families, nation, world and change the flow in which history is headed.
The Messiah teaches the philosophy of the ideology of a true family, true nation and true world. This philosophy opens up a historical horizon for world peace.
God's original ideal of creation was the idea of sacrificial true love capable of giving, then forgetting and turn around to give and forget over and over. When we see this ideal of creation and the current state of the family, nation and world, we see how far from the idea humanity has fallen.
God's own creative effort involves the sacrificial effort of Himself, His own power. Yet, because this effort stems from true love, it is returned to God in the form of joy that is tens of thousands of times greater.
In the family, if the parents are motivated by this kind of true love and then invest in and sacrifice themselves infinitely for their children, then, their children will feel infinite gratitude for having to receive this true love. Then, the parents will experience great joy in place of their sacrifice.
This process of give and take action initiated by sacrificial true love establishes an eternal relationship of joy and peace in the true family, true nation and true world. This was God's original ideal of creation that we have the hope to restore. It is in this place that the ideal world of eternal life is manifested.
The true family is the initial stage on which the different types of love, between true parents, true husbands and wives, true children and true brothers and sisters are put into practice and jointly grow to fruition.
On the other hand as we experience in our time, when a family nation or world does not exhibit such true love, it becomes an empty shell. The lack of true love degenerates into a breeding place for all types of distrust, resentment and immorality.
The family is supposed to be a safe haven where our pure love is nurtured, grows and is perfected as a true family.
The true family is the fundamental nucleus of a peaceful world.
The family is where we learn about God's true love through the love of true parents. We are also trained by the means of true love of true brothers and sisters which is necessary to acquire a universal love for a true nation and the true world and all of humanity.
True family is also linked to history. True love is handed down from the parent to child in each generation of the past, present and future linking them together in a consistent value system. Thus, a family that is destroyed where true love is not flowing, the individuals will not learn how to function appropriately in society and the world.
Therefore, the young people in this age must first become the embodiment of true love becoming the principal actors to build a foundation for a true family culture and true family tradition. Beyond the true family, it is in the context of the nation that young people are able to put their ideals and energies into practice.
For this reason, we should not base the strength of nation on its political, economic or military might, or its cultural influence but should be measured by the temperament of that country's young people and their sense of patriotic loyalty to the nation.
The young people are the sprout.
Political, economic, social and environmental issues can be addressed through such means as institutional improvements and government funding. Laws, military power and economic strength, however, cannot solve the problems of youth.
When dealing with the social problems of the youth, it can never be solved through force or coercion. The only way for the young people to take responsibility for their wrong actions, young people must lead sacrificial lives and become manifestations of true love, thus establishing their positions as masters of true love. Do we see this in our youth of America today?
The main force that has the power to initiate young people to bear their responsibilities is true love. True love is the initiator of all ideals and whose action will continue throughout eternity into the future. True love has the more power than life itself.
If all the youth of the country were to center a new outlook for their country on true love, that that country will discover new possibilities for advancement. When we look just the history of America just a little over a hundred years ago, we see that the youth had more of a patriotic spirit willing to live and die for their country without want for anything in return. This tradition is what made America such a great nation in less than a history of 200 years.
When groups that are diverse in the nation transform to an attitude based on true love, they will rise from the limits of their conflicting interests and thus bring about a society of cooperation, harmony and progress.
The primary force that moves a country forward arises from true love in the form of sacrificial and patriotic loyalty. When we look at national heroes whom we respect today, each one of them exemplified a life of patriotic sacrifice rooted in true love, not selfishness.
There are many challenges that keep the world from peace and unity: differences in region,race, religion, culture, custom, language and citizenship. These differences mus be overcome in order to bring about our desired world of peace.
If we look at all things in the universe from God's eyes of true love, then we would see that the world is one despite all of the above differences. God does not see national borders, race or anything created to keep humanity from uniting.
When the young people are able to dedicate their lives to sacrifice and service centering on God's true love, then they can start to solve world poverty and hunger. They will begin to heal the wounds that were caused by humanity's differences in economic standards. Also, their dedication will erase the feelings of animosity and hatred arising from having different historical differences.
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This post was rewritten and derived from the speech Youth for the True Family.
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