I had a friend get hit by a car the other night. Before we get too far, she’s okay. Well, let me set it up for you. It was a rainy night and my friend had an umbrella trying to cross a fairly busy street in a college town. According to her, out of nowhere a car was coming towards her and slammed on it’s brakes. My friend flew onto the hood and hit the windshield. The lady driving the car only rolled down her windows without saying a word. My friend got off the car after about 30 seconds, and stood up in time to see the car take off.
Now just stop, re-read the first paragraph and think about the story I just told you.
Now let me begin by saying that there could be alot of different reasons as to why the lady drove off. It could have been because she was old, my friend guessed in her sixties to seventies. It could have been because she was an illegal alien because she was of hispanic descent and didn’t say a word, in a town filled with illegal hispanic immigrants. And I could go on about older people behind the wheel or the illegal population in this country and border control. But I want to take this entry in a different direction. Because, you see, I think there was a deeper issue here. One that goes beyond age or citizenship.
I believe the deeper issue here is a spiritual one. One where one person can cause another lethal harm and not care enough to even get out of the car to make sure that my friend wasn’t paralyzed from the impact. Whatever the reason, the lady in the car didn’t even care enough to get out of the car and even try to communicate. What makes one do that? I think there’s a numbness there. Just like there’s a numbness in this country. A numbness in this country of not caring and being okay with status quo.
A numbness in people’s lives that can only be cured with one prescription. His name is Jesus, you know it, I know it. The church knows it. But how are we getting rid of the numbness not only in our lives, but in our communities as well. If we had the cure to the common cold, I guarantee we would be shouting from the rooftops. Yet for some reason, we have the cure to a disease that lasts much longer than the common cold, and we only want to share it on Sunday mornings. What sense does that make. Help me today, by getting rid of the numbness in your community. Get out and tell someone!
That’s it, guess I should have called this ‘The Numbness’, maybe I will.
Until next time.
