I Am

I praise you because I am fearfully and wonderfully made; your works are wonderful, I know that full well. (Psalm 139:14 NIV)

Do you remember the story of film maker Tom Shadyac from a couple of years ago who gave up his mansion and private jet for a mobile home and a bicycle?  He did a documentary called, "I Am."  It asks the questions, "What is wrong with the world?  What can we do about it?"  The answer to the first question, it turns out, is: "I Am."

This is a wonderful documentary.  You can livestream it from Netflix.  It is well worth the hour and 20 minutes to watch it.  Shadyac interviews philosophers and religious leaders and finds science behind faith.

He shows that we are actually hardwired to be compassionate and kind and living in supportive community rather than selfish and rich and walled away from others.  Think about it:  greed and selfishness breed all the negative emotions like jealousy and fear.  War leaves our veterans with Post Traumatic Stress Disorder.  But have you ever served in a soup kitchen or a homeless shelter?  Have you given more than you thought you could to help people who have been hit by disaster?  When we do those kind of things we get hit with the good chemicals in our body like endorphins.  No PTSD when we help others... nope, our bodies actually reward us.

We are indeed fearfully and wonderfully made.  If only we could erase the conditioning of the world we live in and live as God truly made us.  We would find God's Kingdom come.

Our Father,
Thy kingom come.  Amen.