So in reality, I’m at home sick today and bored beyond belief with no options left but to try and find yet another thing to keep me sane on an otherwise uneventful day. Fair warning to anyone reading that today’s post is nothing more than a stab at creativity mixed with a dose of boredom. What better way to kill the bored at home blues than breathing life into an otherwise abandoned blog? (From here on out I will do my best to avoid anymore pointless alliteration of the letter “B”).
My thoughts today gravitate toward the darker side of current events and news stories of late. Reading both online and in the paper about the current state of joblessness both locally and nationally, the disappointing truth about home mortgages and foreclosures, and the feeling of apprehension as the holidays approach ever more steadily as bank accounts and job security decline more and more gradually. Will the bells and whistles and deals and bargains of the approaching Black Friday provide the financial relief that it seems to promise for the holiday shopper? I contemplate my own bank account and how I might manage to get even a little something for each of my loved ones as I struggle from paycheck to paycheck and analyze my very own job (in)security.
But somehow I am not discouraged and will not be dismayed. Deep down I know that if I am unable to afford Christmas gifts for my family members and friends, they won’t care, for even one second. Deep down I know that Christmas for me has nothing to do with presents or lack thereof, rather I know that it has everything to do with the time that I can set aside to be with them without any other worldly distractions. I know that were I to find myself in the worst of places with no job and no way to pay my bills, God will and does provide. I was reminded of the goodness that is in people just this past week as I went to go see The Blind Side with my girlfriend (http://www.theblindsidemovie.com/). I know that that same desire and calling to help others who are in need lives within me and I know that it lives in those I love as well when I find myself in need.
So as I contemplate the poor outlook that the media offers on the state of our country, our economy, and our neighbors and friends, I find myself reminded of the good that keeps things going. Today, I am not worried about whether or not I will have a job next year, I am not worried about what gadgets will be on sale this Friday, I am not worried about what I can or can’t afford to give as presents this year, and I am not worried about everything else everyday media decides to recall to my attention and the attention of those around me. I am simply content knowing that I believe in a God who saves, who endures, who protects, and who loves me.
Those are the thoughts that I have to offer today and I hope that they might serve someone out there well. To anyone who took the time to read all of this I commend you and I thank you for believing in me enough that if you kept reading you might find something valuable in what I had to say. Now, to go finish today’s crossword puzzle…

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