After thinking about "giving thanks"... here I am, back to wondering.
It was recently suggested that I migt be becoming "a curmudgeon". I am not a scrooge... but I seem to be less and less enthused with "the holiday season". It is a very crafty way of adding to the secularization of America. Having the motivational gifts of "exhortation and mercy", I can't keep my mind off of those who are hurting... thus this time of year tends to exascerbate hurt. It is common to assume that mercy ministries and the like reach out to "the homeless"... but I see so much hurt in my own "upper-class" community. In fact, I sometimes think that there is a more desperate attempt to "put on a happy face"... or harder still... "trying to do what Jesus would do". As I am writing on my laptop... I cannot be accused of being a luddite... however, I am often overwhelmed with all that "progress" and technology bring. During the "holiday season" I am struggling with the sense that I am missing out on all the fun... but I am not sure what I am missing?
I want to be part of a solution... not just a whiner!
I want to suggest that "less is more" without being accused of being unrealistic
I want to spend time with my wife and my friends without having to be "in the holiday spirit" (whatever that means?)
I want to slow life down but nor procrastinate
I desire a real Christian community which gives and gives and gives
As I often do... I have given myself more cause for wondering...
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