The not so New Year’s Eve, New Year’s Eve post.

I think this is inaccurately titled mainly because I have actually spent a good portion of the night looking through previous blogs and listening to “Good Life” By One Republic. After reading many of my previous blog posts I feel it only proves a belief that I might actually be a pessimist. I don’t believe this to be 100% accurate mainly because I have no way of proving it. I speak often of the bad in our lives. The sad, the tragic, the pain and anguish. I believe these to be necessary. As human beings we tend to get caught up in our lives, our problems, ME-ism. We are so good at this that nothing short of something tragic could snap our attention away. I believe God uses these moments, when we abruptly snap to attention and focus on the here and now. To remind us that he’s there. That even though I was worried about the rising gas prices or whether or not he/she likes me moments ago. God was there the whole time waiting to engage in a relationship with me.  I believe he leverages these moments of clarity to refocus, even if only for a split second, our priorities. I have experienced this in my life more than once. Maybe it is just me. Maybe I am alone in letting my attention wander from God. I just think sometimes it takes something drastic to grab our attention long enough for it affect our heart. The song “Give Me Your Eyes” by Brandon Heath really helps make this point I think. If only we could see other people or life in general through God’s eyes and not my narrowed, me centered pair. Honestly I would not want to believe anything else. I don’t want to believe that tragedy just happens. That sorrow is just that. That God the creator of all can’t leverage something so terrible for him. I think that when he shines through this darkness in our lives, and helps us to overcome it all. It makes it all that much more affective.

If you are reading this, than you must be one of the 4 readers I so I want to thank you four and apologize for subjecting you to the ramblings that I produce here.

Jamison