Focusing Outward

A little over an hour ago, my hubby and I were sitting in the living room enjoying some old episodes of The Office that we have on DVR. Soon after, we turned off the DVR and Fox News was on broadcasting a replay of the Hannity and Colmes episode featuring the "debate" between Reverend Al Sharpton and Bernard McGuirk. I had intended to record it during the week but forgot, so I considering watching it right then. My hubby looked completely disinterested and got up and walked out of the living room. That surprised me because he's more into these kind of topics than I am.

I watched about 10 minutes or so of the debate, and found myself beginning to slip into that very critical mode that I mentioned a few posts ago. I have very negative feelings about certain things as we all do, and the format that some topics are presented in can really cause me to leap on top of my high-horse and get my blood-boiling. I realized that the particular issue being televised at that moment should not be one of them. It's just not that serious.

My friend Joel is a Jr High Pastor for Mount Paran Church of God. He has a very thought-provoking blog that always awakens my spirit and puts me back on track when I need it. One particular post is entitled "Nights Like Tonight", and after reading it, I felt really convicted about the things that I have been allowing to occupy a huge part of my heart and mind.

I'd like to spend a little time (at least a couple of days) stepping outside of back and forth rhetoric concerning "who thinks who should be President in '08" or "how much I'm offended by certain people" and so on. I could definitely use a little time away from such things. Lately, I'm finding myself in an increased amount of discussions with others concerning politics. Some of it is due to readers of this blog becoming more aware of my viewpoints, while most of it has to do with my place of employment and the fact that our entire existence as a company is based on the publishing of current events.

If I'm going to spend this much time analyzing politics, current events, etc...,not to mention having to constantly defend my position to co-workers, faithful blog readers, etc..., I better be getting paid for it. And I doubt that my opinion is worth enough money for me and my family to live on. :-)

Enjoy Joel's blog post.