i've been hearing this cliche phrase in my head and i'm going to throw it out there so bare with me... in the grand scheme of life there are two kinds of people: 1)those who sprint 2) those who run marathons. i guess i'm a sprinter. the gun shoots and i'm off running. no one is going to catch me. i'm invincible... until about half way through the race i start thinking about things and before i know it something pretty and shiny has caught my eye and i'm not even on the track anymore. i have always been and will always be a drifter and a dreamer. here is the problem with this cliche phrase. it was coined in the 20th century. a product of our modern world view on life. they assume that there is one track to be on and it's how you run that race and that race only that counts. maybe a postmodern view would say that everyone is running their own course... better yet why do we have to run? why can't some of us walk or crawl or mosey? and why is it assumed that we run this race alone? i want to participate in this "race" with all of my friends along side of me. i want to pick flowers, eat some amazing food, have a glass a wine and all the while having a good laugh and some meaningful conversation. i want every minute to count. i don't want to race at all. i'm sick of racing. it's stupid and pointless. survival of the fittest. it's bull crap. the whole evolution theory has done more than piss christians off, (as much as christians would like to deny it we may have been pioneers of the heart behind the theory...) it's provided a evidence for modern society to act in defense of it's arrogant self-centered every man for himself ways. that's what makes the evolution theory fallible. it is just as much based on a social mind set as the creation theory. with two different gods that are served. evolution serves humanity as it's god and creationism serves Yahweh and we are trying to race and prove and postulate and exegete and what i would like to say is stop it, stop it, stop it. has anyone slowed down to think, reason, talk, laugh, play and get distracted by pretty shiny things that catch our eyes... or more importantly have we loved and been loved? if the only goal in life is to win than we may finish the race, but we may be surprised at what reward we have won by doing so.

shaloam