This is going to be a wild year. The Presidential Election. The Euro thing coming to a final head, at least according to the pundits, I don't know. But they say the Euro Crisis is going to affect the whole world, as if we needed more of that. And then all that Mayan Prophesy stuff. You know, I'm not into that, but I watch it because other people are into it, and I want to know the pulse of the World. I'm not going to take it seriously unless we start seeing more Signs in the Sky. Comet Panstarrs isn't going to be around until early 2013, so that will be on next year's New Year's blog post. I'm really hoping for some big signs in the Revival Movement.
I blogged last year about some rising personalities, and some growing movements, and a more open, responsible way of being better Christians. Maybe 2012 will be the year a great Christian leader brings sanity, community, collective wisdom to a wide spectrum of Christians? It hasn't happened much yet. But I know there are lots of decent respectable leaders out there waiting in the wings, plus some misguided ones too.
Whatever we or our leaders do, we need to remember it's not just about us, it's for our children and the next generation. I saw some Sunday morning political talk show today where the pundits were talking about good and bad things in 2011. And one conservative guy said "What a waste all that green investment has been!" And the liberal pundit said, "Well we can't say until 2030 when global warming is destroying our children or whether we helped to prevent it."
You see, the trials and tribulations of 2011 were BAD, and 2012 looks to be even worse (maybe). But unless we start getting positive and working together and fixing things as a Community, then 2013 and 2020 and 2050 are going to be horrible, and who wants their children growing up and becoming adults in that? We have to have faith in God and Jesus that they are in charge. I think the world should have wiped itself out in the Cuban Missile Crisis, or during the 1980s Cold War sabre rattling, or terrorist nukes in 2001 or 2011. God is miraculously holding this planet together, and it's not with our help. Miracles are occurring around us starting with our ability to sleep and eat in relative comfort, and not fighting over weeds to eat in some Post-Apocalyptic nightmare in some should-have-been alternate reality timeline. (I hear dandilions are nutritious if it ever comes to that.)
I sometimes think of that when praying before my meal. "Thank you God for this food...because it could be weeds for dinner and a world filled with pirates and gangs if you weren't holding things together." What would you be eating today if there was a world disaster and civil order disappeared, and every day was a fight to stay alive, you and your loved ones? So be thankful that your life, such as it is in early 2012, is blessed with what you have, because it could be a lot worse. And don't assume that disaster isn't possible. Much of world history was in the Dark Ages, so it could happen because it has happened. Do everything you can to help the world, and pray for God's help, and become complete and mature Spirits like God wants. And if that's not inspiring enough, do it for your children, or someone else's children if you don't have any. Here's one eating French Toast at a diner in Berkeley the other day, instead of weeds.
