Recently, while reading his book "Living the Resurrection" i came across this quote:
"Holy Scripture rescues us from out-of-breath stutters of distracted and amnesiac journalists who think they are keeping us in touch with what is important."
nicely put, sir.
While its hard to get the true meaning of this quote out of the context of the chapter he was writing- generally speaking, he is talking about living with the awareness of transformation at every turn in life. Living with a vibrant sense of what is important. This quote made me laugh out loud! It so aptly summarizes my feelings about the nightly news broadcasts. On the few occasions i have watched part of the broadcast, i catch myself commentating or just laughing at their behaviour. Now i realize, it is important to know about the "birth pangs" that our planet and its people are going through. It just seems that the level of importance of this awareness has grown out of proportion to the greater reality of God-awareness!
Let me explain- to an ant, the daily crumb count on a kitchen floor is of tantamount importance. However, the family living in that kitchen scarcely notice that fact, unless someone walks barefoot through the room! (ok, this belies my housekeeping tendencies haha) Perspective.
please do not misunderstand - i am not saying we are ants. Nor that God is uninterested in our day to day reality. Not at all. Just that the intense seriousness of the fear-based reporting does not give an accurate measure of life's important factors. They rarely speak about acts of exceptional love, or sacrificial service. Certainly this would uplift the viewers more than hearing the gory details of yet another murder. The good of the people is not the priority. Selling airtime to advertisers and keeping the market-share of viewers is!
So as we step back from the broadcasters for a moment (perhaps consider a fast from it?) do we regain some perspective on what God identifies as important?
"Love the Lord your God with all your heart, soul, mind and strength and your neighbour as yourself." Begin there.
What might be the outcome of meditating on that perspective?
Cheers!
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