insouciance
There are people who are night-owl naysayers hooting about the latest trends. Some are day-break blabberers beaking off about some issue. And then there are the insouciance individuals.
We all have a community of family and friends who have radically divergent thoughts about our world today. The naysayers might believe that the chaos, craziness and confusion of our world will end soon with Satanic forces at full play. The blabberers think that life is awesome and plagues like greed, disease and discourse consume humanity but will be over by WEF’s 2030 agenda. We are caught between miracles and messes.
Then there are the casual, lack of concern crowd; the “insouciances” where matters don’t seem to matter when in fact they do! We have arrived at the arena where opinions get shared like soup at supper. Voices are raised above the noise over every issue, on various platforms and people get shut down, shouted out and shouted at.
We are all part of the immense network but our relationships have become disconnected, short circuited or neglected from what really matters in this life. Perhaps it’s time to leave indifference, not be hypnotized by social comments and opinions. It’s time to get back into nature, kick the shoes off or even hug a tree. By taking in God’s beauty and the simpler things, we might reconnect with our inner self - connect with the Holy Spirit and listen or pray that our apathy is left in the woods, buried under a bush and forgotten when we return to a world where relationships matter.
The bible tells us that the Holy Spirit will guide us, direct us, comfort us and mentions other references to the power of the Holy Spirit. He teaches, instructs, strengthens, frees us, renews us, empowers and unites us. We are sealed, given access to the Father and producing fruit in us. The Holy Spirit gives us gifts, testifies of Jesus and even enables us to wait and cast out demons! The Holy Spirit is mentioned over 90 times in the New Testament!
So let us not be insouciant, but ask the Holy Spirit to convict us as believers.
In the same way, the Spirit helps us in our weakness. We do not know what we ought to pray for, but the Spirit himself intercedes for us through wordless groans. Romans 8:26