With all of world’s ills, heed Solomon’s advice

LGBTQ, Black Lives Matter, immigrants, Christians and many others suffer the consequences of hatefulness and intolerance. Sadly, some respond back with equally venomous rhetoric and actions. Racial injustice, genocide, discrimination and evils around the world are intensifying.

Tyrannical governments that have illegally annexed countries continue to exploit the indigenous people. Hong Kong and Taiwan are doing whatever they can to avoid becoming statistics of a despotic regime.

China’s humanitarian crisis, including the annihilation of “whistleblowers” Christians and Muslim Uyghurs, is staggering in numbers. North Korea’s aggressive military exploits are minor compared to the atrocities their people suffer. Many African and Middle Eastern countries have been repressed for so long, it’s hard to imagine them any other way.

Though the sins of the United States may pale in comparison, they still exist. For example, Hawaii’s illegal annexation along with the fraudulent vote for statehood is compounded by today’s quiet-title land thefts, blood-quantum restrictions, underdeveloped Hawaiian Homelands, and ineffective government polices allowing for destruction and desecration of important historical and cultural sites.

All things considered, it would be easy to succumb to depression and despair. Thousands of years ago, Solomon penned similar disheartening sentiments. He concluded “there is nothing better than for people to be happy and to do good while they live . . . God makes everything beautiful in its time . . . God will bring every deed into judgment, including every secret thing, whether good or evil.” In the meantime, “honor God and obey His commands.” Taking this advice, the world will be a better place. Michele Lincoln Lahaina