Blank Slate, Blank Brain

Some days that is the state of my mind.  Blank.  I get up in the morning and my only purpose is to get some breakfast and find the book I'm currently reading.

I know I'm not the only one!  We recently had a very small church quilt guild meeting, and the other ladies seem to have the same feelings.  Some of course have jobs and they have a predetermined list of things to do every day during the work week, but those of us who are retired have endless (or seemingly endless) days with which to do nothing very important.

On one hand it's a blank slate.  Write anything you like!  On the other hand there is no clue or direction, and if you're not energized it can be daunting.

I do have some volunteer jobs that are continuing even though my real part-time job is on hiatus at this time.  However most if it is done at home and on no particular weekly schedule.  And some days I find it hard to remember what day of the week it is.  Good thing my vitamin box has the days of the week on the compartments!  

What with the election going on, and TV not being on its regular schedule due to Covid and all that, I've tended to ignore the outside world a LOT.  (It used to be we watched a regular schedule of programs, so we knew it was Tuesday or whatever.)  I watch very little, and mostly record the occasional thing to watch later.  My hubby watches the news daily, several times in fact.  Mornings he says he's watching the weather, and evenings he's watching for the weather for tomorrow.

Sure.

Our church has been holding in person worship for a while now, social distanced and wearing masks to keep everyone safe as much as possible.  Recently we went back to in person Bible study.  This month's topic was what the Bible says about voting.

No candidates are being discussed, and both sides of the aisle are represented in the congregation.  The Pastor has done a magnificent job of keeping political arguments to a minimum and making discussions center around what the Bible teaches about government, leaders and the roles of Church and State.

The goal is to help people remember where they should be going for 'direction', and it's not necessarily where the world goes.  What does the Bible say about making choices.  Luckily we have good direction there.

I won't bore you with four weeks worth of theology, but what it comes down to is that we're forced to vote for sinners because what other types of people ARE there?  So we have to review ALL the information we can find on candidates, parties and issues.  Read the fine print, and learn to be discerning.  Just because you see it on TV in a 30 second commercial doesn't mean it's true.  Right?

So you go back to what you learned in school.  Listen to your conscience.  Hopefully you can discover whether the candidates are doing the same.  Weigh the

See what's true and what isn't, what meets with God's meaning for humanity and what doesn't... a hard thing.  A person can be for many of the things in which you believe and yet have a couple of opinions that just go against what you hold most dear.

If you're a one-issue voter, maybe it's easier.

Of course all politicians lie at some point or another.  They're just humans after all.

Therefore, here we are on the horns of a dilemma.  As someone in the group said, we're forced to choose between an assortment of not very good choices!  Well, how true is that?

I grew up in the 60's where the saying was 'if you're not part of the solution, you're part of the problem'.  Ugh, we thought we were so smart.  The older I get the harder it gets to know.  The Statler Brothers sang this line in one of their songs:

Things get complicated when you get past 18.

 

I think I'll go down to the sewing studio and do some fabric therapy.  Yeah, it must be the day I scheduled for project finishing.  I can't see anything else on the calendar!

Sew on...