So Much More Than Us.

I have a tendency to get caught up in the injustices of life and forget to take the time to enjoy the beauty and peace that is all around us. I have not blogged in so long, and my friend Stew asked me today why not? I don't know. Not inspired? Wondering why I bother to blog at all?

Then Stew pointed out to me the amazing way that God can work in us and through us. A former RCMP officer had come across my blog and through that found the link to my church. This retired member is what is known as a seeker. Someone searching for God and truth in the muck and mire of life. A former hardened heart like most of us in policing questioning if there is not more out there than what we know?

Being a spiritual seeker is an exciting thing. When we continue to seek answers and follow them through to their logical conclusions we cannot help but come to the understanding that there is a God, yet also come to the realization that something has gone horribly wrong with his creation. You cannot be a cop and exclude the very real presence of evil. Cops deal with it every day, in their interactions with others, and in the struggle of their own hearts as they try their best to execute their duties with honor and truth.

I have recently begun some dialogue with a journalist who's job it is to report on police wrongdoing. He is frustrated, the police are frustrated, and the public doesn't know who to side with. It is sad that it is something that requires sides in the first place. I am not sure where the conversation is going to go but I do know that the answers are not something that can be espoused in one random editorial.

Perhaps we all need to take the time to slow down and consider that there is something going on that is so much bigger than us all. Polarizing takes place when there is an absence of empathy for the predicament of others. I have friends who are journalists and I have friends who are cops. On both sides there is a desire to bring about justice and truth. Perhaps the problem lies in the subjective measuring stick of what those terms mean.