Wednesday, February 25, 2015

Winter Fury 2015: Climate Change We Can Believe In!


First, I must confess that this isn’t a rant against supposed global warming or a tirade against current political grudge matches.  I’m not about to launch into scientific debate or dialogue and attempt to offer persuasion for a partisan line of thought.  This is simply a moment of reflection during the “wasted time” piling up while freezing weather slows an already admittedly slower-paced, Southern lifestyle to a crawling stop.

Second, I did pick the title of this post with specific purpose…

The “climate” of modern living is increasingly hurried and heated, busy and overwhelming.  Schedules are so filled that even in our “rest” we’re fielding phone calls, answering e-mails, texting plans for more schedules, and catching up on the other things we didn’t get to earlier.  The climate of modern living says, “Unless you’re doing something, nothing’s getting done.”   The climate of modern living doesn’t have time for delays, much less a snow day or two.  And increasingly, the climate of modern living relegates working on relationships to the “whatever time I have left over” column of our planners.  No wonder so many are uncomfortable in modern life… the thermostat is set on full blast!  We’re caught in a cycle of perpetual motion fueled almost solely by momentum and habit.

Welcome to God’s grace filled opportunity to change the climate of your living!