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Ok we have two problems. Cars use too much petroleum. We don't know what to do with 'spent' nuclear fuel. Why can't we take spent fuel, which isn't totally spent (otherwise we wouldn't care where we put it) and create miniaturized power plants, first for use in mass transit (like trains, planes, and busses), then small home based power plants, and finally in cars?
It's funny how no one that I talk to is saying much about just how surreal it has been to be a USAmerican the last couple weeks.
The US government - under a Republican administration - is just about to make the biggest move towards socialism the world has seen since...well...since Sarah Palin's neighbors did it. I guess the difference here is that we are being led to that territory by duly elected (mostly) representatives.
Oh, and I drove for an hour last night looking for gas. Nada. Steph is out again looking for it - and she's about to run out. One station I pulled into last night had the sheriff called in - while I was there - so they could tell everyone they were out without staring a riot. The police car drove around the station with its lights on, and the deputy yelling through the loudspeaker - "Disperse! This filling station has no more gas!"
Hey Exxon, Texaco, Valero, BP, Shell - wanna buy some bank stock? Once our government (including the former Goldman Sachs exec who's running the whole damn show) figures out what it's worth, us taxpayers will be looking for a buyer. Seriously. Why are you running away laughing? Well, can you at least give my van another hit - just a taste? C'mon, I promise I am kicking this stuff...tomorrow.
Grabbed some quiet time this morning (had to get up early - that's my only option), and during the time of sitting and thinking, I kept getting the impression of the word "Distractions." I just kept chewing on that word and thinking about what it might mean for me - and maybe for us. I thought I would take a moment and write down my thoughts, and what I think I am going to do about it...
First of all, I should say that I don't think of myself as easily distracted. Try as they might, it's hard for my wife and kids to distract me from whatever it is I am working on at any given moment. And when I am focused on them, I am likewise not easily derailed from that either. So I guess for me the issue is not necessarily even about everyday and immediate distractions. It's got to be deeper than that, and I think it is.
Think about the movies - the bad guy that throws a trash can against the front door to distract the security guard while the bad guy's accomplice jimmies the lock on the back door. The security guard is a good and attentive employee. He's a good security guard, but he's just been distracted by the bad guys. He played into their hands, and the consequences may be dire.
That's what I am sensing is going on with me, and with much of the church. We are being willfully distracted. We are being deceived into thinking that the things that have our attention right now are the important things. Meanwhile, no one is minding the store. The guards and watchmen are good, but they are watching and guarding the wrong things. I can think of three things off the top of my head that are trying to distract me from the Kingdom of God right now:
Perhaps you can think of others. I won't address each one individually, because I think that will maybe add to your distraction. I just want to put right what isn't right, and I would like you to prayerfully consider doing the same.
What isn't right for me is that I am focusing on an election which will go on without me. I have already made up my mind on it, and any more time I spend on it now is time that I won't be able to spend expanding and supporting the Kingdom of God.
What isn't right for me is that I am focusing on Ceasar's money. It never belonged to me anyway!
What isn't right for me is that I am focusing on what is or is not sin for another person. Need I say more about that?
So now, in front of God and everyone that reads this blog, I am making the following resolutions:
I don't know about you, but I don't want to miss what's important. I don't want to miss the bad guy trying to come in the back door. Please pray for me on this, and comment and let me know what you think. What does this mean to you?
I don't know about you, but I think this is my favorite day of the year. You know, the day the summer weather "breaks" its sweaty grip. I am among the 20% of humans that enjoys change for change's sake. I'll say the same thing in February when winter gives way to spring around here.
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I remember the first time I saw one of these. It was at a McDonald's in Anderson indiana. It was a dumb I idea I said. Now here I am 3 deep in line at the redbox machine.
Gold. Mine.
