Life Will Go On

Arguing is not going to solve anything. It never did, it never will. Ever since we have had the Internet, we have been inundated with 24/7 reporting, debate, commentary and opinions. It wasn't always this way. I am old enough to remember when news was news on about three channels, not 24/7 discussion on something like 300 channels. Today we are exposed to chaos through every form of mass communication known to man, and we are all are tempted to feel obligated to form an opinion about everything that is happening in the world and discuss or debate it with our fellows. Well, tonight after this historic strike by the U.S. on three nuclear sites in Iran, I simply feel very little inclination to vent my feeling about this or anything similar. I am probably just as much a follower of current events as anyone I know, and every day I feel less and less qualified to comment on them. I am not an expert. I have a Ph. D. in Child Development, and that is where my expertise ends, or I should say ended, as I graduated in 1996. In addition to that, my specialty was aesthetic development and the creative arts experience of young children, so as for commenting on all of the things that are tearing up the world right now, my studies were about as far from politics or warfare as you can get; therefore, I am just going to say, don't ask me. What I do know is there are things over which I have control, and things over which I do not. Mostly, I do not have control of anything but my own actions. War is the natural state of mankind in conflict with God, self and the rest of humanity. I know what I think, I know how I feel. Obviously, this is huge, and everyone is going to have an opinion about it for who knows how long, but what really comes to me right now is I want to see what God has to say about it, and as long as I am looking into that, I have peace. I would like to see everyone know the peace of God, especially at times of turmoil, at times like this. My phone is on the charger. My TV is turned off. I am going to read a little, get ready for bed, talk to God and see what he might have to say to me. Life will go on. "Thou wilt keep him in perfect peace, whose mind is stayed on thee: because he trusteth in thee" (Isaiah 26:3).