thoughts on the news of the day: powerless

hmmm…..

            Almost a million customers are without power in the Mid-Atlantic United States as hurricane Irene continues its attack.  That means no lights, no air conditioning, no microwave, no TV.  I would suspect that before it’s all over, counting New York City and surrounding areas, that figure will be millions more.  At least it is not in the middle of the winter when icy temperatures would make it life threatening to stay in the area.  I mean, hard as it may be, we can live without our flat screens.

            No power.  That happens in our lives, too.  We are powerless over so many things.  We are powerless over diseases out of control.  We are powerless over children out of control.  We are powerless over crime and illegal drug use which is totally out of control. 

            But there is another power; and that power is God.  Followers of 12 Step programs are apt to call God their Higher Power; that is, a power greater than themselves.  It is the energy that flows through us so that we might live and breathe and have our being -- so to speak.   It is our job to plug into the power and to let it flow within us.  I think that’s what the scriptures mean when they say that nothing is impossible with God.  We are powerless but God is not.

            As easy as it is to say, and as inconvenient as it is to live through, finding ourselves without power is a good way to remind ourselves that God is in charge.

            hmmm…..