Hi, all! Just a thought.

It’s a crazy world. Folks are nuts. From neighbors to political parties, we are seeing people come unglued. Be it in the church family or outside of that realm, instead of denying self and taking up their daily cross, people are denying the cross and doing anything possible to boost and elevate themselves.  

In those first few sentences, I have told you absolutely nothing you didn’t already know. You are quite familiar with it all. From where you stand, either party or candidate might be the best, or might be the worst. From where you stand, the church is building up the community, or it is heavily involved in false prophecy and is bringing the community (and us) down with it. From where you stand, your perspective as a Christian should be no different than mine, in that people are sinners, and God is the great forgiver! But it depends on where you stand.

All you have to do is look at my picture this week, and you will know exactly where in this big world I was standing at the time. Yep, I was on the corner of both famed travel avenues — Wall Street and Broadway — in New York City. Wall Street is known primarily for the stock market activity that takes place there. Broadway is primarily known for the arts and performances that take place there. 

When you think about it, the two streets are not that different. It just depends on where you stand.

Let me tell you that standing still anywhere in New York City is quite the challenge with all the hustle and bustle of the crowds at any given moment of time. Probably you are standing somewhere today that isn’t quite like that particular spot. However, you are still overwhelmed by the noise, by the crowds, by the people, by the opinions, the problems, the number of directions you can go from there, the ones that might (or might not) follow you if you went, or even the trail you will leave behind.

Yes, the world is nuts. But we are a part of this world. And the difference you can make as a Christian in this life, the challenges you may face as a hurting human being, the overwhelming thoughts and burdens that are on your mind at this very moment in time, may all be made different depending on where you stand.

Stand with Jesus. Stand for Jesus. What’s happening in your life this week? It ALL depends on where you stand.

Just a thought.

’Til later.

Brad Campbell can be reached at mastah.pastah@yahoo.com.