neither here nor there then where

I've got to be honest here for a moment. There are a few things I need to get out there, but I hope it doesn't make you think any less of me. I guess you could say I am one of those guys who's vulnerability is reserved for a few. I like to have it all together, have all the answers, and of course, tell you them all as well. I can't put my finger on it, but tonight, something tells me you deserve more than my shallow depth.

I feel somewhat stuck in the middle. Neither here nor there. I've graduated Southeastern, I've started a Masters degree that I'll finish in April, and then where...what...who...? Things seem to be at a standstill now, and yet moving so fast at the same time. I probably sound crazy, I'm trying really hard to explain it. I feel like I should be doing so much to prepare for my future, for this grand mystery that exists somewhere five months from now.

I'm not having much luck communicating tonight. I guess this is all that needs to be said for now. I leave you with this,

"Do not lose hold of your dreams or aspirations. For if you do, you may still exist but you have ceased to live." -Henry David Throeau

shortsighted

Here's a quote I read tonight. I initially had some thoughts about it...

The inherent vice of capitalism is the uneven division of blessings, while the inherent virtue of socialism is the equal division of misery.
- Sir Winston Churchill

The root of "uneven division of blessings" is not the vice of capitalism, but the outworkings of human nature as clearly revealed in a free market environment. Some would suggest that opportunity is unequally distributed in America. If that is to be said of our citizens, how do we reconcile the fact that every day, people cross our borders with the clothes on their backs and the pennies in their pockets, only to rise as perpetual testaments to the American dream. To be honest, I have a hard time believing that there is true poverty in america when a vast majority of our lowest income bracket carries cell phones and drives their own cars. Could it be not so much a lack of opportunity as it is a paralyzing sense of entitlement, or sheer laziness, or a harmful misappropriation of priorities, if not all of the above? I hope that I don't sound cold hearted. I do bear compassion towards the socially unfortunate, but most of my compassion is not towards their financial situation. It's towards their inability to stand freely on their own two feet. Government granting more "opportunity" won't make the difference, and likewise, neither has money the capacity heal judgments, cultivate discipline, or realign priority. The answer is not a change in government or in market structure, it's an empowered church who is healing and restoring minds and hearts that can stand on their own two feet again, if not for the first time ever. Minds and hearts that are free to grab onto and hold onto the opportunities that have been before them all along.

perspective for the zealots

When it comes to upholding and advancing the values and the economy of Christ's kingdom, the government is not responsible. And maybe they have done such a poor job at it historically because it isn't in their job description; and it shouldn't be. I would contend that the Church who sees their role as one who pickets, protests, and legislates, is the Church with great unawareness over their own soul's disconnect from the heart of God.

It's time fingerpointing and voter booths stop affirming our apathy and inaction. It's time a group of nobodys get together again and change the world.