a bit of an update...

Thanksgiving and Christmas have come and gone. January is well under way, and my blog is greatly lacking in post updates. Lately, life is good. It's hard. It's stressful, but God is faithful and I'm making it through. I have the awesome, incredible privilege of being an RA for freshmn girls and a few transfers this semester, including an old dear friend: Brittany Bailey. :) I am taking some crazy fun classes that I never thought I would be able to be a part of, and I feel as if I am being stretched from the inside-out and somehow becoming a better person due to that which I am learning and about to learn. It's really exciting. However, I find myself often frustrated at the ignorance I see in society around me, or not so much ignorance as just a lack of understanding or lack of desire to relate with those around us who are different from us. Why is it so difficult to look past our self and see someone else truly for who they are? What will it take for us as Americans to lay aside ourselves and see the world from a different perspective? I hear talk all the time about having a "Biblical Worldview". I do not doubt that this is crucial and necessary, but why are we not allowed to even consider that there could possibly be an Islamic Worldview, an eastern worldview, a western worldview, a Buddhist, Hindu, Jewish, and so many other worldviews that may not necessarily be wrong? Why does a "Biblical Worldview" trump all, especially when it just seems to be a "Western Worldview" in disguise? Jesus wasn't western. Does he demand of all to be western, to follow the bible to the latter? What would he do? How would he view the world?
I just find myself frustrated and asking questions like this over and over again. I just want people to understand each other. To get along, to live peacefully accepting and tolerating each other. How do we do that? We are not the only ones in the world that are right. Why can't we see that? Maybe things will never change... but what if they could? What if I could truly help people understand each other? I dream that someday we will reach a point not just where we tolerate each other, but that we desire relationship with others who are different from us and we strive to understand each other and live in peace with one another. That would be the day!
So... that's a little tidbit from my life lately. Not much else to say. I went to a Mock Presidential Campaign shin dig slash debate tonight, and it was really interesting. The Illinois primary is coming up!! I don't take a side yet... but I think Obama had a lot of great things to say.
Ok... time for me to leave the RA office. Resuming homework is next on the agenda. I'll probably say more soon... Much love,
Kara Joy