Mar 04 2009
Are Our Lives Too Cluttered?
In a word, yes.
We live in a world where clutter and noise is the rule rather than the exception. And the sad thing is, we do not even recognize it. Between work, family, and other activities, we do not have time for what is really important and that is God.
Did this clutter and noise creep up on us? The answer is yes and no. It started centuries ago. The protestant revolt, industrial revolution, and socialism/liberalism have all marginalized God leaving gaping holes that need to be filled. However, that is a topic for another post.Even with the events mentioned, life was still slow enough to have time for God.
It has only been in the past couple of decades that the pace of life has pick up to such a pace that we no longer have enough time to do all the tasks we think we have to do and this is what has pushed God to the shadows. The world’s gods now are relativism, liberalism, and materialism.
This must not be the case. We must take a long look at our lives and see what is necessary and what is not. We must look back and see what we lost and how we can recover what was lost. By renoucing relativism, liberalism, and materialism can we get back to what is important and that is God.
Now, I am not saying that we should take a vow of poverty, but we should do without things we absolutely do not need. We do not need an Escalade, a 50 inch plasma tv, and designer clothes to make us happy. Our happiness must come from God.
