This Broken Mess of a Life

The most devastating thing that’s ever happened to me was when my Grandpa died. I’m sure if you’ve lost a loved one, you will understand what I am about to describe… The thing that struck me the hardest was the next morning, waking up, and realizing that the world was going on as if everything was normal. I walked out my front door and I had to do some things….I had to get gas in my car, I had to stop at the store on the way to my grandparents’ house. It was absolutely insane to me that no one around me realized what huge loss had just occurred.  Everyone was walking around like life was normal when it wasn’t. I felt a little like that waking up the morning after this election.

I've mentioned before, my husband and I got on the Dave Ramsey train last year. And, from a factual, budgetary view, it's worked out really well. As many of his callers state and as a great deal of the testimony in his books claim, it has indeed felt like we've gotten a raise. But, OMG Dave Ramsey. I can't with that man anymore. I just can't. He's just a terrible person. Just awful.

"Whoever is righteous has regard for the life of his beast, but the mercy of the wicked is cruel" Proverbs 12:10 As a Christian today, I almost always feel that I'm "interpreting" the Bible differently than the masses. But there are certain things that I think are less about "interpretation" and more about willful ignorance.  I admit....it's ignorance that I've deliberately chosen, myself, for a while. I could list a million verses about our call as Christians to be good stewards of the earth.  But you can go find them....they are there. Google will help you. At the end of the day, something I've been struggling with lately is this: Can we, as Christians, look ourselves in the eye and say that God calls us to torture animals in order that we can eat?