Monthly Archives: May 2010

Somebody is going to make a really interesting book out of this. Too bad I don’t have time to write it right now.

Nashville and Middle Tennessee took a beating last week. We are talking hundreds of miles underwater, three interstates closed, biggest flood in 80 years…. yeah big flood.

Sounds a little like a little Katrina. Only different.

Compare cost and you will find property values in Nashville are a lot lower than right on the coast. So the same amount of physical damage equals a lot lower cost. Only a billion in damage so far.

Lives lost is an interesting comparison. How much of the difference is due to the storm and how much is due to the response to the storm?

Compare the response of Bush and Obama. Contrast?

How about the response of the media? Big difference.

What about Twitter, and the rest of the Internet? Very different responses.

The response of the people who live in both cites are very different too.

Both are music cities famous for southern hospitality and an easy pace.

Cities so much alike and yet so different. Can’t wait to read the book.

Why the Media Ignored the Nashville Flood

Okay not me personally… but people… in general.

Think about it. Your sitting in heaven. Everything is perfect – complete. What are you going to do?

How about creating a few humans and giving them the ability to choose right or wrong, chocolate or strawberry, praise or rebellion?

Now scientists, engineers, etc. have tried to create machines that can make decisions, but they can never do anything they were not programed to do. Results may seem random, but there is always a cause and effect. We have tried so hard and failed so often that now many people think it is impossible to do anything without a strict cause and effect.

But, God can do the impossible! And He did!

He created people that can choose to do what he did not program them to do. It is logically impossible, but the very existence of objects or even thoughts is logically impossible. They cannot exist without “cause”, but that cause cannot exist without cause.

It is impossible for them to exist, but they do exist. Any words, thoughts, actions, objects, or logic you use to deny this will disprove your point by their very existence.

All that to say, you can choose!

You must choose!

Your choices are not the result of cause and effect. They are not the result of God putting thoughts in your head.

Your choices are the cause. Your actions and everything are the results.

Your choices will never control the actions of others, and their chooses do not control you. Someone can limit your options, but you always have the ability to choose how to respond.

You are able to choose!

Whether you choose to believe me on this or not, you do have the ability to choose. No matter how impossible the situation you got yourself into you still have choices to make.

Choose! Choose well!

Choosing not to choose or to ignore the situation is also a choice but it is rarely the right choice. Make a decision today. You will probably not make the “best” choice, but you will have at least made a good choice, and that is better than the default every time.