People

Sometimes people can distract us from, well, everything. Even in the "normal" rhythm of life, other people's problems can somehow infect us, no matter how strong the barrier we put up. What's even worse is when two people, having equally frustrating days, collide to create a cataclysmic social problem. Sometimes we're one of those people, sometimes we're not. Either way, humanity is so incredibly flawed and messed up, that I wonder how we function together at all. We all have egocentric, self-filling motives in this life, mixed in with a little bit of grace. Sometimes we manage to get out of the way long enough for God to work, so it is only a further testament to his compassion and mercy that he is able to use us in a world where we can't seem to stop stumbling over our own two feet.

I sound frustrated because I am frustrated. What's funny is I have no direct target, except us. Oh, I'm in the middle of that boat as well... Sometimes I feel like the captain of stupidity leading it.

How can WE get out of the way? Seriously. God wants so badly to show up in our world, to pull us out of the mess we have made, but we're too busy telling Him, "Just hold a minute," while we worry about things that don't matter.

This past 10 days or so have been a reminder of that.

Why do we do the things we do?

Why do we wake up in the morning?

What are we living for?