There is a lot of information out there. Cyberspace has an infinite number of factoids, data, websites and apps. It is mindboggling to say the least. We can feel overwhelmed, even guilty if we think about everything we’re missing. We should be and feel a lot smarter than we   appear to be. I know that I don’t challenge myself enough intellectually. Watching “Jeopardy” doesn’t really count. No one likes to be perceived as a braggart that knows everything.

The truths that are embedded like bedrock are a different story. Exactly to the point – it IS all an interconnected, past-present-future story of God’s truth that is best felt and not learned by rote. If we never understood a blessed thing about how the world worked, or how vast the universe is, or how to look up something on the internet, as long as we knew the story of God’s love, we would be okay. “Trust in the Lord and lean not on your own understanding”. I don’t even need to know exactly where I read that in God’s story (the Holy Bible) to know it and believe it. Sight unseen. Blind faith. Assurance of the iron-clad promise of our Heavenly Father.

Even though we must know a thing or two about getting through life physically in this crazy world we have sullied, I often think about the sheer joy, the child-like innocence of those with Down’s syndrome. They are pure, honest, genuine and more selfless than “normal” people. Ultimately, all I care about is singing God’s praises. Even those who can’t carry a tune are certainly offering up a spiritual worship as they pray, confess, and seek to do the Father’s will. How wonderful to know God personally and for Him to accept and love us unconditionally!

Pastor Art