Saturday, May 30, 2009
Saturday, May 9, 2009
Been awhile....
I didn't realize it had been so long since I last blogged...guess life is a bit crazy these days!
Things here are great, though I must say that tonight I'm a bit frustrated. Since I only know of 2 semi-faithful readers, I feel that I can go ahead and step right up onto my soap box.
Sometimes I DETEST ignorance. Granted, I know that I have had my fair share of times of making ignorant comments...and can only pray if my comments hurt anyone, that they have since been able to get past it and forgive (and hopefully forget!) about it.
Today I read a comment on Facebook that infuriated me. It shouldn't have. It wasn't a comment directed towards me, though it wouldn't surprise me if there wasn't an underlying hint for me to take from it, but I digress. Anyway, the comment hurt deeply. Poor Jared has listened to me complain about it and held me while I cried about it. The thing that bothered me so much about this comment was that it suggested if someone isn't in a certain phase of life, they haven't reached the pinacle of greatness that other people in this certain phase have. I'm sorry, but that's just stupid. To suggest this is to basically say that God doesn't seem to care as much for those who aren't in this phase of life. Well...you know what, God did not design robots! Who is to say that we're all supposed to graduate from college at 22, get a job in the career field of our dreams, get married, buy a house, have children, buy a larger house, become empty-nesters, become grandparents, retire and vacation for the rest of our lives (all in that order)? What about the people who gave up the American dream to become missionaries? What about the people who are having a tough time finding that special someone? What about the people who were in a certain field of work and then lost their job and had to go into another field? I believe each of us have a certain area (or areas) of life that things have not gone exactly as planned...some of us can make changes in those areas right away, others of us cannot. Regardless, God does not esteem the people who are in one phase of life higher than those who are not.
At least this comment made me realize again the complete importance of thinking of how my haphazard statements may make other people feel.
OK...I'm stepping down from my soapbox.
Hope everyone has a great week (all two of you!) ;)
Things here are great, though I must say that tonight I'm a bit frustrated. Since I only know of 2 semi-faithful readers, I feel that I can go ahead and step right up onto my soap box.
Sometimes I DETEST ignorance. Granted, I know that I have had my fair share of times of making ignorant comments...and can only pray if my comments hurt anyone, that they have since been able to get past it and forgive (and hopefully forget!) about it.
Today I read a comment on Facebook that infuriated me. It shouldn't have. It wasn't a comment directed towards me, though it wouldn't surprise me if there wasn't an underlying hint for me to take from it, but I digress. Anyway, the comment hurt deeply. Poor Jared has listened to me complain about it and held me while I cried about it. The thing that bothered me so much about this comment was that it suggested if someone isn't in a certain phase of life, they haven't reached the pinacle of greatness that other people in this certain phase have. I'm sorry, but that's just stupid. To suggest this is to basically say that God doesn't seem to care as much for those who aren't in this phase of life. Well...you know what, God did not design robots! Who is to say that we're all supposed to graduate from college at 22, get a job in the career field of our dreams, get married, buy a house, have children, buy a larger house, become empty-nesters, become grandparents, retire and vacation for the rest of our lives (all in that order)? What about the people who gave up the American dream to become missionaries? What about the people who are having a tough time finding that special someone? What about the people who were in a certain field of work and then lost their job and had to go into another field? I believe each of us have a certain area (or areas) of life that things have not gone exactly as planned...some of us can make changes in those areas right away, others of us cannot. Regardless, God does not esteem the people who are in one phase of life higher than those who are not.
At least this comment made me realize again the complete importance of thinking of how my haphazard statements may make other people feel.
OK...I'm stepping down from my soapbox.
Hope everyone has a great week (all two of you!) ;)
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