Too much junk...

There is so much junk going around right now for me to get involved in and I simply chose not to.

Call me a coward, I don't mind. I'm tired of the emotional political talks, I'm tired of the "surface level" political conversations ending in tears for one or both sides. I'm tired of the anger driven religion talks. I'm tired of the gossip and the petty fights. I'm tired of the ignorance.

To be fair, I'm never even involved. I made the decision long ago that any decision, argument, issue that is important enough for me to deal with, is private enough for me to keep to myself. I don't feel that it is my job to "educate" anyone. I'm not letting people get away with ignorance, I just do not feel that it is my place to give anyone my position or my views unless I am asked. I wouldn't tell you what you should wear if you didn't outright ask me, why would I tell you what you should believe, vote for or care about without your permission? If these issues are deep, and personal and private then I owe you the respect to let you deal with it on your own.

I could be wrong, but right now, those things are just the last things on my mind. I'm driven by so many different goals that there comes a time, when you have to strip it all down and decide what is going to be important. When you are pulled in so many different directions at once and you have to pick a priority and go for it. This sounds stupidly simple, but I'm choosing love. I'm not worried about much else right now, until I am able to really "love the Lord my God with all my heart and with all my soul and with all my mind" Once I feel that I've tackled that to the best of my ability, I'll move to loving others and work on that til I feel satisfied. I think I can keep myself pretty busy with those two things for right now.

And as for the others (politics, religion, your social affairs, etc.) I say:
Do your homework (check those 2 dudes out, read the Bible, get your facts, etc.)
Take some action (vote, pray, apologize, etc.)
Live it out (work for the same things your Pres. is for, Live out that love, be a better friend, etc.)

That's all I can offer. If you want more, I guess you'll have to directly ask me. I don't do unsolicited advice! :)

fall

You would think that one would do a lot of deep thinking while on vacation...not so true this time around...for some reason, I think that my mind just shut down.

But I have been doing a lot of reading in Isaiah this week. And to go with my fall themed vacation, I have a fall themed verse to share with you...(I don't really know if verses can be "themed" to the season...maybe it's just that I love fall...maybe it's just been all the pumpkins, football, apple orchards, leaves, acorns, etc that made me see it through "fall" eyes)....either way, enjoy!

"You will live in joy and peace. The mountains and hills will burst into song, and the trees of the field will clap their hands!" *ephasis mine


(PS- also of note, somewhere during that post my "M" key stopped working...you really notice that you use more M's than you think when you have to go back and pound them in.)