We All Move On (by The Samples)

In response to the disaster of the 35W bridge collapse on August 1, 2007, two major politicians, one a Republican and the other a Democrat, are both recorded to have said, "This is America - this type of thing shouldn't happen here." How dare they say something so asinine! Who are we to expect that nothing bad should ever happen to us?! Why are places like Indonesia more deserving of all their disasters than America? There is something every American - especially our politicians - need to wake up to: Regardless of what state, country, or hemisphere we live in, we are all residents of a fallen, sinful world! Pain and suffering, tragedies and disasters, darkness and evil are all a package deal where we live - get used to it! And for those who like to take situations like this and use it as ammunition against God, you need to wake up, open your eyes, and shake off your pessimistic attitude! If you want to know where God is in the midst of all this, watch the news and talk to your neighbor, co-worker, family, and friends who crossed that bridge at 6pm every day and are still here to ask "why am I still alive?"

The sad fact of all of this is that we must move on. We must learn from what has happened. Maybe the lesson we need to learn is how to prevent disasters like this. Perhaps the lesson is that we need to treat each day as a blessing and a gift from God because we're not promised tomorrow. Or maybe the lesson is that there may not be time to wait in realizing who Jesus is and how crucial it is to allow him into your life and live for him. I don't know what lesson you're supposed to learn from this, but I do know that if we don't learn, grow, and move forward the deaths and uprooted lives from the collapse of the 35W bridge will be a pointless waste. Honor and respect the lives that were lost and the workers who are exhausting themselves and risking their own lives by making right in your own life what has gotten out of alignment - you may not have tomorrow.

*In loving memory of the lives lost on August 1, 2007 in the Mississippi River