thoughts inspired by the movie Remember Mi

I’m thinking about proximities. Proximities seem to have a strong correlation to calamity. It has become cliché to inquire about the explanation of “bad things” happening to “good people”. To me this notion is somewhat explicable. Good people are classified as so, usually because they have solid support systems, behave from moral ideals, and maintain a responsible character. Though they may not deserve crisis situations, they have means to stand again after being knocked down. What is more perplexing to me is the justification of bad things happening to hurting people. To a college student like myself who is settled comfortably into a life of modest hardship in comparison to the world, there is a perceived disproportionate allocation of calamity to elected populations. These crisis situations effecting masses can be seen in developing and third world nations, entire populations that live under an umbrella of poverty. I serve a just God. My thoughts, no matter how convoluted or disheveled they become always point back to the prevalence of God’s hand at work in our world. Though he is aware and sometimes even allows disaster to enter our lives, I think the unfortunate situations become more about our response then anything else. I am so thankful that the Lord uses these trials to show his glory, because if something were to be birthed from such difficulty, what could be a more appropriate provision of hope? I feel an imbalance to my perspectives now in the way that I’m thinking, but once my ideas become diluted I think they could support a lens through which to observe societies. There are too many tangled thoughts chillin in my head right now. They are unsupported and incomplete. They really don’t even matter. What matters is the end goal of realizing what is significant in the short life we have been given, and how we choose to impact others. I realize that a lot of what I attempted to relay may seem nonsensical, and I am thankful that someone made it through this! (HI MOM) Thinking is good, but loving is better.