Life Goes On

Has it ever occurred to you that no matter what happens in our lives, the world will keep on going? I often wonder what other people are thinking, what their experiences have been and how it has shaped who they are now. I like to watch people when I'm out and about. See their reactions to events, see how they react to each other.

I don't think anyone can say they have never complained about their life. We all have, we have all been in the situation of why me. When we are in that situation, we only see ourselves, not those around us. We only hear ourselves and not those around us. It becomes a world centered on ourselves and our poor fortune, or what we believe to be poor fortune. There will always be someone else who can top our poor me story.

For some our lives can get to a dull point, a point where we are in such a routine that we miss out on things happening around us. We get tunnel vision, so focused on the task at hand or the issue at hand that we miss the simple joys in life.

Is is just me or does it seem that life is going by faster and faster?  It seems like the weeks are just flying by.  Which if I was younger that would be a great thing.  I couldn't wait for time to speed up when I was younger.  But now it seems life couldn't care more about how fast it is moving.  My eldest son just turned two.  Talk about life flying by.

I guess the main thought is, You will never have the worst life, you will never have the worst luck, you will never be the most unfortunate, you will never be in last place, you will never be the least importance. 

Psalm 139

For the director of music. Of David. A psalm.

 ¹ O LORD, you have searched me
       and you know me.  ² You know when I sit and when I rise;
       you perceive my thoughts from afar.
 ³ You discern my going out and my lying down;
       you are familiar with all my ways.
 ⁴ Before a word is on my tongue
       you know it completely, O LORD.
 ⁵ You hem me in—behind and before;
       you have laid your hand upon me.
 ⁶ Such knowledge is too wonderful for me,
       too lofty for me to attain.
 ⁷ Where can I go from your Spirit?
       Where can I flee from your presence?
 ⁸ If I go up to the heavens, you are there;
       if I make my bed in the depths,  you are there.

 God knows each and everyone of us, down to how many hairs on our head (granted it might be easier for some than others).  I have been guilty of forgetting that I'm not expected to run this race alone.  Christ has run the race and completed it, He turned around and is now running along side you and me to guide us to the finish line.  He loves us so much that He created a path to the finish line.  Through Him, He allowed us a way to forgiveness.

In this clip Aslan is thought to represent Christ, which can be seen when he gives up his innocent life for one who was surely guilty.  Christ too, innocent gave up His life for us, who we know are sinners.  He too understood what needed to be done, yet He knew this was the only way.  The clip also helps remind us that Christ is there to take us into battle, He doesn't leave us in the hard times, but carries us through.

Life won't stop for us and our poor me thoughts, life won't even slow down for us.  Remember that Christ is there right alongside you, clearing a path for you.