Here We Go!

Reading the daily paper and watching TV news is incredibly aging! Although the news from the Gulf is beginning to perk up somewhat with inspirational stories here and there, earlier one almost got a sense of what the "end of time" might look like.

Now the paper is filled with "who didn't do ..." whatever so that somehow, someway, others might come out looking like heroes for we poor folk who cannot do or think or act for ourselves. We have politicians working to convince us that we NEED them and that we ought to thank our lucky stars that they are there "fighting" for us.

John Roberts is being grilled by the Senate Judiciary Committee so that they may determine his fitness for the Supreme Court. His resume is not adequate, however, for those who really do not want another conservative appointed to the Court.

I feel like with every turn of the page, I get just a tad bit older. All this stuff seems to be more than I can handle all at once!

There is one constant, however, that too many of us miss as we wade through all this information: the Lord. He is always there. Sometimes, however, He can be very hard to see or to hear. Why is this? Are we on such information overload that we are unable (or unwilling) to seek His voice? Wouldn't having Him near while reading this constant barrage of "bad" news make life make a little more sense?

Theology gets past most of us. Doctrine, for the most part, makes no sense. Ethics, however, gets into our lives daily. We have to make decisions, and we arrive at our decisions and conclusions based on our own experiences and our upbringing and our environment. Nevertheless, we must decide constantly.

It is my sincere hope that my own exploration may help others to cope, to learn that all the "bad" news is not so bad, that the world is not necessarily out to get us, and that the Lord is as near as we want Him to be.

Getting through the everyday stuff - now THAT'S theology.

Peace.

Michael