Lauryn Hill once said everything is everything. I still don't fully understand what that means. Taking it at face value it is true but of course, there must be more to this than just this meaning.
I realize more and more that our God is the god of everything. One Sunday night after dinner a couple weeks ago, me and a couple of friends sit in Mr. Edwin Alderman's café prolonging our procrastination by discussing philosophical issues. What race does one put down on standardized tests? What was wrong with the government if a coup d'etat occurs? Why do we borrow so heavily from the French language terms for war when the French don't fight? Why do we burn palm leaves for Ash Wednesday? Is it worth buying the stuff people sell on infomercials?
All the while we occasionally look up at the wall of TV's broadcasting news from all over the world. Although heavily engrossed in the conversation, I could not help but notice the many different languages being displayed on each screen. Al Jazeera broadcasting a discussion among 3 important looking people, stock prices flashing across in Hindi, headlines in Polish, and of course CNN in español. I was feeling more and more helpless at the fact that I could not understand nor read what was going on.
It was at that moment that everything just seemed so surreal. I was watching and seeing everything happening around me but paying even closer attention to everybody and everything that no one would care to think twice about. A guy walking with his head held a little bit too high. A girl with a Slipknot shirt on with pink shorts. An old man in an easy chair quietly sipping at his cup and typing away on his Mac. God created these people. God also created the little things such as scones and hot chocolate for us to enjoy. God allowed us to speak so many different languages. Why are we so fearfully and wonderfully made?
I marvel once again at the fact that everything is possible through Him.
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