The world is a smaller place than it used to be. That is one of the benefits of modern technology and the modern media. We have the ability to see places we could only have imagined before. We are aware – sometimes – of situations and events in the world that we never would have known about.
While that can be overwhelming, it can also be encouraging in that it holds out hope that the world community can make a difference in places we might otherwise ignore. The world can come to the aid of any countries experiencing devastating events, like Tsunamis, earthquakes, forest fires and other calamities.
But is the world really getting any smaller ??
This is about mindfulness. Paying attention. Becoming an active participant in our own lives.
A mile is just a mile. What has changed is not the geography but the awareness. Once there is awareness, there is the possibility of making choices. In our daily lives, the world
around us, beamed daily into our lives, is choked full of challenges, obstacles and brokenness How do we react to what we see, to what we hear and to what we have read ?Do we act like it? Do we pray like it? Do we vote like it? Do we lead like it?
Genesis 4 : 8 - 9
Cain said to his brother Abel, "Let us go out to the field." And when they were in the field, Cain rose up against his brother Abel, and killed him. Then the LORD said to Cain, "Where is your brother Abel?" He said, "I do not know; am I my brother's keeper?"
(0681 21VIII2008)