The Countercultural Me

It would seem to me.....that all I wish to be... is quite the opposite of what I see.

... I think I have read too much Dr. Suess this week to my kids.

It seems as though my life is at odds with the world, and the more I learn, the more that I see ....thats the right direction to be.

As I walked through the Walmart toy isle, I couldnt help but cringe. So much cheap plastic soon to be broken and tossed away. So much over stimulation to catch the eyes and ears of a child as they beg for toy after toy. Though a toy isle isn't inherently bad, I found my self wishing for more wooden durable toys, and open-ended toys that encourage creativity. I could go for far less obnoxiously made up girl toys that don't even look like real people. While a degree of imagination is healthy and allowed, I seem to see toys lean toward a darker side now adays. A toy that looks like a demon is not quite my cup of tea. We push kids to grow up and forget to enjoy the joys of being acute and innocent child. We push for more and more, seems like we make some reason to buy stuff for every holiday, every month. Why cant we be simple, content with what we have? Why is bigger supposedly better? Maybe less is actually more. More room for thought, more room to play, more creative tangents to follow, more peace and more space. What if laying up your treasures in heaven really is the answer and not filling a home with goods that will deteriorate as we do and don't come with us when we leave this world.

Again in Walmart I find myself thinking, "my word is anything here healthy?" The American quick diet has me bloated, tired, and over it. I went to Germany for a week and lost weight without much effort, why cant we adopt some more healthy ways of life? Why is everything high sugar, high carb, high fake ingredients, and high chance of early death?

My list goes on and on...

I love Jesus.. a vast amount of culture does not

I love the Bible... a large potion of culture does not

I want less.. culture wants more

I want wisdom.. culture wants wealth

I want to know the Bible like the back of my hand... culture is content to know a few verses and then misquote and misuse them.

I search for the facts and the truth about the Bible and the origins of life... culture seeks to rationalize their behavior and desire to be their own god.

I would rather give a well to the needy in Kenya, than have marble countertops.

I'd rather spend all my money to end human trafficking... than own the nicest car or home.

Things are simply things and make me no better.... culture measures its success by its possessions.

Though I'm not overly feminine, I know God made me a woman for good reason and His good plan.

Though many would seek too deeply for unity, I seek for truth, even if it sets me apart.

A life is a life no matter how small and culture would have you simply bury them all. Choose yourself, its only a clump of cells, they say, ignoring the facts that simply get in their way.

I think you get my point you see, I'm quite tired and can barely see.

.....Sorry don't read kids rhyming books before bed and then try to make a coherent thought, you just keep accidentally going back to rhyming.

-By Kasi Jay Peil @ 11:19pm