I believe in Newton’s
laws of motion. One an object in motion stays in motion unless acted upon by a
force, the second being the force of an object in motion is related to the mass
and the acceleration of the object, and finally for every action there is an
equal and opposite reaction. In a way our lives are objects and we are in
motion. Moving around and hitting each other emotionally spiritually and
physically. Everyone we come in contact with because imprinted with a small
part of ourselves. Kind of like when you take silly putty and squash it on the
newspaper. It is incredible how one small event can trigger a land slide of
emotion and change in the individuals that were affected by it.
Be warned this is going
to be a bit cheesy but still I think this is relevant to a lot of peoples
experience. We all live according to Newtons 3 laws of motion. Our lives in
their selves are full of motion, full of change, full of Force, we often don’t
see how we impact and effect even the people in our own family. Here is what I
propose. Human life progresses along Newtons 3 laws of motion.
I know profound right
(sarcasm). Like I said bear with me. Ok so here we go. We will start from the
back though to make this interesting. For every action there is an
equal and reaction. We as a community of humans live in such close community
and proximity that we cannot help but to effect the people around us. We talk
to somebody every day, read and article, or post something on Facebook almost every
day. It’s incredible how much social interaction that we need to survive. Where
would you be without your MacBook iPhone with 5g speeds and the ability to
socially connect with all of your friends in a matter of seconds? Honestly
these days we would be lost without some sort of technology in our days. Trust
me I know. I tried and lasted about the ten minutes it took me to take a
shower. We take action that causes reactions on people we cannot even fathom.
Like you reading this blog makes me happy and that makes me not complain at my
roommate as much which makes him happy. So thank you. But back to the matter at
hand. We are so connected that our words are actions that dramatically change
how someone goes about their day or even their entire life. With one word like
yes or no futures of entire families are changed. Once we realized this the
rest gets easier. If we were to look outward to how we are affecting the people
around us how much more of a happier place would the world be? Hunger could be
gone, crime, heartbreak, and sin would be eradicated. It sucks that looking
outward isn’t human nature doesn’t it?
This leads me to law number two.
The force of an object is directly proportional to the mass and the
acceleration of the object. Let’s say that for this analogy that mass and
acceleration are much the same as ego and culture. We are often progressed by
culture to be moving forward to increase our speeds. Do more things more often,
party more, talk more and most importantly listen less. We spend all our time
thinking about what we could say in a situation rather than spending our time
thinking about what the other is saying. This can be attributed to the ego of
some people. The bigger the ego the harder it is to stop the actions the
progression that someone is trying to make. That ego of I have to be the one to
help them, only my words can save this individual from doom often causes more
pain than it helps. When you get to that point are you thinking that they would
benefit from hearing this or will you benefit from saying it? Do you even
listen to what they have to say? The answer is when I get in these moods no I
don’t listen to whom I am trying to help. Why do we do have to act that way is
often something that I ask myself. Can’t my driving force be Love and
selflessness rather than my own pleasure and the dictated will of the culture?
I am a force that is in motion with and increasing mass and a increasing
acceleration. I just hit others and keep going about my same track of motion
sometimes without any regard to the word around me. I ask you honestly if you
were to look inward would you see a truly loving and selfless heart. I cannot
say that I can.
There has to be a solution right?
How are we to fix our selfish centers? That leads me to the first of Newton’s
laws. An object in motion will stay in motion unless acted upon by and outside
force. We as a community get so bent on doing everything our way in our time
line for our own purpose that we fail to see the pain we can cause people. Fail
to see how our words will destroy a bridge to other groups or communities in
general. We let our interpretations of the word get us on the wrong path to us
into to hatred and the Dark Side (Get it? Because I was talking about Forces.
See what I did there?). Where all we can see is what “I”: can do not
necessarily what we are supposed to do. I am not saying this of everybody or
even that it is happening now but just to keep it in mind. I feel that we can
often get caught up in these self-righteous thoughts that keep us going on our
same trajectory and motion. We need our outside force for change. We need God
to come into our lives and change us. Provide us with an opportunity to better
ourselves and really learn where our path should be taking us. Like a ball
rolling off the table he is the only one powerful enough to push us back on
course. God is the only one who has the clairvoyance enough to see how our
actions will truly benefit his kingdom.
So my main point is if today you are feeling
closed off and stuck in your ways like a ball rolling on a frictionless surface
pray and open yourself up to change because I know that I will be doing the
same for myself. I cannot be the director of my life. That is a job for one
that truly knows where he needs me to be. And I believe that if you are open to
it Jesus will meet us where we are at and send us back on track. I am just glad
that I know a God who will not make me figure it out on my own. Lastly imagine
what the body of Christ can do when we all fill our part and walk with the same
intention of love and salvation.
With Hope for all of us,
Cyrus Schaaf
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