"With so much drama in LBC it's kinda hard being Snoop D-O-Double G," Snoop Dogg proclaimed once. It is a telling statement of how the world around us has an affect on our lives.
Think about it: there are things that we know that we can control, mainly our personal responsibilities such as our health, money management, or time spent on personal relationships. But, there are things that we cannot control in which we have to manage, like the weather, traffic jams, or Russell Wilson throwing an ill-fated interception in the Super Bowl.
The things we can control, we probably strive, or at least hope to strive at bettering those things. The things we cannot control, we wish we could bend them to our will, it is human nature right? Those are just minor things.
A question I want to bring forth to all of us is, what happens when are directly confronted by things beyond our control? What is our responsibility then? Although I live in Georgia, when 9/11 happened, the way I would travel in the future, my perspective on Islam, the way I looked at my role as a Christian was directly impacted.
So what does it mean when our life gets interrupted by a major event? If you allow me to go to the Bible on this, Isaiah 6:1-8 gives us some perspective. "In the year that King Uzziah died, I saw the Lord, high and exalted, seated on a throne; and the train of his robe filled the temple....Then I heard the voice of the Lord saying, “Whom shall I send? And who will go for us?” And I said, “Here am I. Send me!”
It would seem as if when things are outside of our control impact our lives, it is a way of God calling us to action. It is our knock at midnight if you will. And I know we get this feeling of helplessness with starving families in other countries but there are schools and community centers closing nearby and maybe there is something we should do for those kids.
Maybe there is a family on our block having a rough go at it and they could use groceries for a week. Maybe there is a coworker who needs to carpool with us or they might lose their job if their late one more time. Or there could be a married couple that needs a babysitter so they can go on a date because they have been on the rocks for a bit.
There will always be things beyond our control. But when we are faced with things that we cannot control, will we step up and answer the call. We all have a choice, so we should choose wisely, and we should choose with love.
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