The disobedience of our time;

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         We have run our course.  Time is no longer a benevolent force standing apart from us but rather some kind of encroaching force to be reckoned with.  We see daily and up close, the results of our disobedience to the one we have ignored.  God.  We have become our own masters and heeded none but ourselves and our own inclinations. What we have left behind is some sense of connectedness to be taught how to live and abide in a world with physical and spiritual laws we constantly ignore.
     Case in point, we face a tremendous hurdle in battling the forces of nature unleashed in hurricanes, fires, floods, and drought.  We are unable to combat these forces effectively and save not only  property but lives as well. Tragedy unfolds daily.
   
     This America we live in is co-opted by our own selves. In an effort to live democratically, we have many voices to listen too. An impossible task.  Not everyone is satisfied and most of the time power and politics win over common sense.  Our state of being is self-Reliance, independent thinking, ingrained from an educational system early on.  We have used our natural resources to the point of abuse.  And ignored our obligations to renew that which we use.  It is incumbent upon us to step back, and rethink our future.  God, says " I will destroy those who destroy the Earth."
    Our connectedness to our very survival ,"Earth" is in rebellion.  To us.  To be stewards of what we have is to first, realize where it comes from, and second be of a thankful nature and bless the giver of life's resources.
     We are a wasteful society dependant upon the structures that came before us, but not chained to it, capable of change.  We first must put priority on what is the sacred, honor that which comes not from us, but from the one who is ultimately in control, and that is by revelation, alone. Jesus. In the Gospels, Jesus proves divinity in quieting the storm on the sea of Galilee. And again, by the bounty of fish, caught by his word, and command to drop the nets again, and pull in a haul of fish, nearly sinking the boat.  Our God has a plan, and it ultimately will come into view with or without our help. If he needs to humble us while doing so, he will, and he will use that which we cannot overcome.
     When calamity happens, such as the  horrific toppling of the Twin Towers, and most recently Notre Dame, and floods and famine, the most common response, is "We will rebuild."  This, without  a sense of profound inward reaching out to the one who could provide a divine guidance in the midst of our human  activity and ask, should we rebuild? Spend the billions on concrete and steel or should we redirect it to a better cause? Build shelters, feed the poor, increase the healthcare funding, renew our vigilance to the way we use our resources?
     If Jesus, truly is who he said he was,  ( And I believe he is) then we all would be of a different mind and humble ourselves, to a God, which knows our shortcomings more than we do.  If we have progressed to the point of contaminating the only world we live in, both spiritually and naturally, we have much to concern ourselves with.
    This being resurrection day, renewal, is the word, bringing forth life and restoration of that which was dead.  Peace.