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February 22, 2007
He's That Important
I noticed tons of state troopers on I-24 Tuesday evening. I commented on it to my mom and to the Dude (yes, I was on the phone while I was driving).
Then yesterday on my way to work, I noticed 8 state troopers and cops from the 24/75 split to the Hamilton Place exit. I couldn't figure why, but I just shrugged it off. This was north-bound 75, by the way, away from down town and toward Knoxville.
It all became clear when I got to work. My coworkers mentioned that they thought I'd be late, because of the President's visit. I wasn't late. I was on time.
Our manager was late, though, because she couldn't get through downtown to get to the store from the warehouse. She got to the store after 5, and spent the whole afternoon lunching and shopping.
Another colleague had taken a long lunch, walked with her colleagues to a park, where they saw his motorcade and even saw him waving from his limousine window. She reported that he wanted barbecue for lunch so he ate at a local barbecue place--and that he ate with two Cigna employees (because his visit was all about healthcare) and that he didn't clear out the restaurant for his visit...but nobody could drive by (colleague saw this from her office window) and there were Secret Service everywhere.
And I heard him on the radio last night.
That's not a very interesting report, is it? I know. That's the extent of my interaction with President Bush yesterday. He's one of the most powerful people in the world and definitely the most powerful person in our nation, and he visited our little city yesterday! So if I went downtown tonight, I could eat at the very restaurant he did! Wow.
Here it comes: the moral of my little fable.
Some people spend their lives just on the fringes of life with Jesus. They know He snarls traffic sometimes. They know someone who saw Him. They read about Him. They hear what He has to say on the radio or maybe on TV. They see how many people value Him and also see how many people hate Him and make a big point out of telling everyone, but they themselves don't really have much to do with Him. They just carry on with life, thankful that today the traffic is running, today they can go downtown on a whim, and tomorrow they can wake up and go to the park on a beautiful weekend day to enjoy the sunshine.
I'm not expected to know or really be involved in Bush's personal life. I'm not a family member or a member of his staff. I'm not a Texan. I'm not really into politics, so I'm not even sure of my opinion on the Iraq War. But I know he's important and very powerful.
If this is your brand of Christianity...you know He's there and He's important, but He doesn't really change your daily life or affect you much, then slow down. Read what He has to say and see if He might indeed be talking to you. Don't just drive on by and go on with life. I'll go on with my life since Bush's visit. But Jesus really is important; Bush's presidency will end, foreign policy will change, and in just a few years he'll have a chapter or two in history textbooks and will fade into memory. In a few decades, centuries, or millennia, he'll be no more interesting than Julius Caesar or King Richard Lion-Heart is to us.
But Jesus is so much more important than any of us. He's never going to fade into the background, never going to be just a chapter in a history textbook, never going to be just worm food. Because He's alive, He rules, and He's coming to judge us all. Please know Him, so that when He comes, you'll be ready.
My $0.02 | By The Newest Worker | 09:22 AM
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Not much can be said for the President's supposed "power"; he's done nothing good with it.
More than 3,000 men and women have paid for the President's sins with their lives.
And Jesus was powerless (as a human on Earth), yet He selflessly died to save others, to cleanse their sins.
And the President is a supposed Believer. He should act like it.
Posted by: Adam at February 22, 2007 10:07 AM
What an insightful application! Good post! :)
Posted by: WonderGirl at February 22, 2007 10:10 AM
Thanks, WonderGirl! By the way, good job on the gestating. I'll be praying for your safe and productive labor.
Adam, all I said was that he's powerful. I don't know if I said in my post that I'm not really into politics (and I'm too rushed now to go back and finetoothcomb it), but I'll say it now. And I think this issue is too complex for me to give a self-confident opinion (because I just haven't studied the issue). But here are some thoughts:
It may be that the American public is being wagged by the media. Like in Wag the Dog; remember that movie?
It may be that we don't really know all the details that have influenced the president's decisions.
It may be that there are so many misunderstandings among all the subcultures in our nation that actions taken by President Bush are totally misunderstood by media (who may or may not have a bias), and that the reports are then misunderstood by each of the 300 million people who are citizens and the many others who may or may not be citizens.
With so many misunderstandings just here in America where we have so very much in common (remember the disconnect between Pat Robertson et al and Tom Cruise et al, not to mention the disconnect between Jim Dobson et al and the Kennedys and their group!)...can you imagine the disconnect between us Americans and people of foreign countries such as Iraq?
I just reread that...I hardly committed to anything at all. It's a masterwork of prevaricating language. (Eye Roll at Self) All I'm saying is, just consider the topics I brought up. I know that I don't know everything. Is it possible you may not be 100% correct?
Posted by: The Worker Herself at February 23, 2007 12:42 PM