What2Say2Day? My thoughts continue from yesterday and wondering what I would do if presented with something so overwhelming I would want to only lock myself in a room and stay there forever. I can honestly understand why some people do this, even understand why there is a phobia based on not wanting to leave your home. For the majority of us, though, staying locked up cannot be an option.
So what do we do?
In our bible study last night we read from a few other passages that go along with this train of thought. The one that most caught me was Psalm 33. In the Psalm there is nothing but praise for a God who is the great Creator and Presence of all time. Reading this Psalm and listening to the discussion surrounding it helped me realize how little my problems are when compared to others who fight every minute for some semblance of life.
There are people in this world who need to walk 6 miles without shoes on paths of mud just for their day's water. There are people in this world who dig through heaps of garbage looking for some kind of treasure they can sell or trade in order for them to maybe get one meal that day. There are people who risk their lives meeting in basements and underground caves because their government will arrest them if they had "church" in public.
Who am I to complain if these people don't. These people understand there is a greater force at work in our universe. They accept where their life-path is taking them. The people in the world who suffer only do so because of my warped sense of how life should be for everyone.
God is the great Creator and Presence in this world. God was there before time began and will be there long after time stops. Too me that's a comforting thought.
So what do we do?
In our bible study last night we read from a few other passages that go along with this train of thought. The one that most caught me was Psalm 33. In the Psalm there is nothing but praise for a God who is the great Creator and Presence of all time. Reading this Psalm and listening to the discussion surrounding it helped me realize how little my problems are when compared to others who fight every minute for some semblance of life.
There are people in this world who need to walk 6 miles without shoes on paths of mud just for their day's water. There are people in this world who dig through heaps of garbage looking for some kind of treasure they can sell or trade in order for them to maybe get one meal that day. There are people who risk their lives meeting in basements and underground caves because their government will arrest them if they had "church" in public.
Who am I to complain if these people don't. These people understand there is a greater force at work in our universe. They accept where their life-path is taking them. The people in the world who suffer only do so because of my warped sense of how life should be for everyone.
God is the great Creator and Presence in this world. God was there before time began and will be there long after time stops. Too me that's a comforting thought.
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