Crazy Time

Crazy time: this is my brain all of the time. My brain is constantly ticking with thoughts. They may not make any sense but they are there. The leaves are changing and life is more beautiful than ever. Something about nature just does it for me. I wonder why i get so caught up in consumerism and materialism when I am the happiest at my most raw form. When I am all grubbed up, breathing in the fresh mountain air I am happy and still. I can rest in God's beautiful creation. So why do I become so wrapped up in material things? Why cant we as humans appreciate the beauty of nature? We separate ourselves from the natural cycle of life and I it is coming back for us. 

In Food, Culture, and Sustainability we have been reading The Omnivore's Dilemma. It is blowing my mind. I wish I lived on a farm and raised my own food. It is crazy to think that the majority of my food has traveled thousands of miles and has some form of corn in it. Sometimes when I think about sustainability and our future I want to cry. I feel hopeless. We seem to not want to change our ways. This is what my mind can not understand. We do not look after ourselves for the long haul. 

So I just rambled on for a little while and what really intrigues me about all of this is I wonder where all of this fits into my life as I try to allow the Gospel to become more and more real in my life every day. As I see God filling each one of us with the Holy Spirit. God is working through us and he is good, gracious, and merciful.