The Important

I will encounter important things today, but the important things will not necessarily be what I think they are. There may be small things that are important but which I pass by – the wren, the rose, the persistent dandelion, the blue bird, the puppy, the cat – these are important because they speak of beauty and song and innocence in a world gone mad.

Should I pass by an old house in Petersburg today that displays fine exterior woodwork or metal work I should note that once upon a time men and women were creators of beauty and artistry and worked while they danced with the aesthetic – perhaps “once upon a time” will give me hope for a future time, at the least perhaps it will shed a ray of sunshine on my day.

Not all of the things I see today will be important, much of what I see will be distraction – advertising, fashion, the drive for money, entertainment, fearmongering.

There are important things that my eyes cannot see but which I must see anyway; I must see beyond what can be seen, see beyond the actions into the powers and ideals behind the actions.

All of the people I see today will be important, for there are no unimportant people. Am I prepared to see them, to meet them, to encounter them, to touch their lives with prayer, with word, with deed?

Jesus sends me into the world today to meet important people, to see Him in things that may seem unimportant but which are reminders of Him, and to be faithful to Him and others on a cosmic stage on which the principal players are unseen. I wonder how the day will be?

What Kind of Foodie?

“They are more desirable than gold, yes, than much fine gold; sweeter also than honey and the dripping of the honeycomb,” Psalm 19:10.

“How sweet are your words to my taste! Yes, sweeter than honey to my mouth!” Psalm 119:103.

“My son, eat honey, for it is good, yes, the honey from the comb is sweet to your taste; know what wisdom is thus for your soul; if you find it, then there will be a future and your hope will not be cut off,” Proverbs 24:13 – 14.

“My food is to do the will of Him who sent me and to accomplish His work,” John 4:34.

“I am the bread of life; he who comes to me will not hunger, and he who believes in me will never thirst,” John 6:35.

“As the living Father sent me, and I live because of the Father, so he who eats me, he also will live because of me,” John 6:57.

Driverless Cars

Driverless cars, coming soon to a dealership near you, are extensions of driverless lives. Since we don’t think about the higher things of life, the first tier questions, but rather accept without critical thinking what we’ve been taught and go on our way consuming goods and services because, after all, when we die we die – why should we have to think about driving? A driverless car will give us more time to electronically “connect” with people, buy things on the internet, and listen to lyrics and music often without beauty and thoughtful composition – music and lyrics that deaden rather than lift the soul.

Fools that we are, we don’t realize that there are no driverless cars just as there are no driverless lives; something or someone will always have to drive the car, and someone or something will always have to drive lives. The difference between a driverless car and a driverless life is that when the system in a driverless car fails and the car crashes – that is not by design. However, when a driverless life crashes, when a driverless society crashes, that is by design; not the design of God, but the design of the enemy – we are involved in a massive societal pileup, a crash, a catastrophe; but we are drunk at the wheel and don’t know it – when we start to awake we take another drink and deaden the pain.