random observations on nothing much

It has been a difficult week, work has been stressful, I am struggling with depression....what's really annoying is the depression is probably hormonal.  I hate being the victim of my hormones,  one should be able to overcome hormonal blues.... even if my job is a pain in the a#$.  

Today driving down 7th Avenue, the car in front of mine, had a license plate that read GOD NOW.... on a PT cruiser of all things.  I was struck by how casual we are invoking the name of God... we put His name on T-shirts, billboards, slogans on the back of cars and now a license plate.  Elijah wouldn't have dreamed of having a license plate with "God Now" on it.....  "there was an earthquake, but God wasn't in the earthquake, there was a fire, but God wasn't in the fire. There was a great wind, but God wasn't in the wind.  Than came sound of sheer silence..."  

I wonder if having turned God into a bumper sticker...we have lost our awe of God, and losing our awe and wonder.... God has become just one of the guys, we only  pay attention to him, when we want something, or when we sit in church and pray the sermon won't be to long and boring.   

Be still and know that I am God...  that is not easy in our instant messaging, internet generations... It's much easier to slap a bumper sticker on your car, than listening to the silence and knowing that God is present and you are standing on holy ground.

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Ran to the grocery store today, 106 degrees, terrible humidity.  there was a homeless guy out there, I have seen him before, and have given him a dollar or so now and than.  The problem is he's dirty and sweaty, and probably gets chased out of the store.  So today when I went to the store, I bought him a sandwich and a bottle of water.  As I was driving away, I saw him, eating his sandwich with gusto.  

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