mepastormike

Over the past week I have been feeling... well, uncomfortable. I have consistently found myself in positions and situations that I've had to ask myself, "How in the world...?!" Take for instance just tonight... I went to a local seminar that was dealing with embryonic stem cell research and a new constitution amendment that is trying to be passed here in Michigan called Proposal 2. I'm not in favor of embryonic stem cell research, but I did not know enough to explain why. So I went to this seminar. The impression I received from the very start was that if you opposed this type of research it was due to your ignorance and moral or religious beliefs, which had nothing to do with the research. I came away feeling somewhat angry at the way personal values were pushed to the side. I gave my questions and the answers were politically charged.
I think of the followers of God and the many uncomfortable positions they found themselves as recorded in the Bible. There was a reason God had them in that time and place. Perhaps for me it is to become even more knowledgeable about what is happening in the world around me. Could He possibly use me to make a difference and influence this world... will I allow Him too?