I want to apologize to my readers for not posting much last week. Ultimately I was a bit depressed with the results of Tuesday night and needed some reflection time. First let me say I was never a fan of John McCain but he offered me the only hope to the cold reality of his opponent. For the past few months I’ve been consumed with the election and the direction I see my country moving. Ultimately I believe our country choose what it felt was the best hope for our economic future at the sacrifice of our moral future. This last week I’ve been able to reflect some on the current situation, ponder what I believe to be coming in our future, and consider how I, and others, can deal with what is coming.
In my reflection I wonder if the pilgrims on the Mayflower knew just how seemingly fortunate they were, that there was a new frontier they could sail too and live according to their values verses those thrust upon them by their government. They had a choice, it wasn’t a glamorous choice, but they did have the option flee their homeland and start a new life.
In today’s world we don’t have that option, and when you think about it, what would God prefer of us? Would he choose that we run from the problems of society and start new or would he instead prefer us to stand up and fight for Him right where we are? I do believe the later option allows us to truly show God who we are, and what we are willing to do for Him. After all Moses fled his crisis in Egypt only for God to send him right back to confront Pharaoh head on.
So what do we do, how do we fight? This is a good question considering most of us haven’t done much fighting. We may give an issue or cause of our faith our lips service but our actions probably more resemble apathy than action. With that said this individual is taking the next few weeks to meditate on what I can do, besides throwing out my opinion on this blog. Something that has come to me in my reflection is something I’ll call the PEA Principle for now. I’ll use PEA as an acronym for Prayer, Education, & Action. And when we want to cause “Change” for the common good I think we must operate in that order; Prayer, Education, & Action.
A pea is a small food which in a way represents how we are to be in comparison to God. We must be small and we must be food for others as they may not be receiving Christ in the Eucharist. As John the Baptist said “I must decrease so He may increase”. We too should decrease to ourselves so God who dwells within us may more easily shine through us, thus affecting a greater change towards His will rather than our own.
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