Discuss...

I could write a sermon about this. Seriously. Talk about the desperate, universal cry of the human condition. Wow. He's even holding a bar of soap!
Who would you address this message to? How does real change occur? Where is the hope?

Confirmation: I am a horrible person.

It's humbling (and harrowing) to realize one's capability to sin. Today I drove my dad's car to the cell phone store. I just needed to zip in for a few minutes (note: this is an excuse/justification). There were no parking spaces in the very small parking lot. Except a handicap space. Actually, only 1 of the 3 handicap spaces was open. This was literally the last open space in the lot. Now, my father has some back problems, so he has (and needs) a handicap sticker. For the record, I do not. I DO NOT need a handicap sticker of any sort. But, because I am selfish and lazy, I took that bad boy, hooked it over my rear-view mirror and walked (slowly, like as if I had an injury) into the store leaving zero handicap spaces for people who really need them. I was there maybe 5 minutes. But of course, on my way out, there's a man coming in the store in one of those motorized chair things. Totally, legitimately, for-the-rest-of-his-life handicapped. I suck.

2 important points:

1. I will never do that again. I feel terrible. Like staring into the latrine pit of one's own soul.

2. I believe in a God of forgiveness and grace, so I can repent and be forgiven. Good News.

Forgive Me, Bachelorettes.

Watching The Bachelor with my roommates brings out the very worst in me. In the rest of my life I try not to judge people by their eyebrows, their whitened teeth, their other augmented body parts. I try to forgive them for being selfish, deluded, foolish. They are all people loved by God. Except when I watch them on this show. Somehow I feel like it's okay to mock, judge, hate, deride, and otherwise despise them. This isn't right.