My stupidity is on full display for anyone who cares to see it. It’s not disguised or camouflaged. You won’t need to look hard. In fact, you’re looking at it right this moment.

Expressing my thoughts on the current situation is pretty stupid. I have absolutely no clue what the ‘current situation’ will be by the time I put a period at the end of this sentence. I’m totally ignorant about the future. The present only exists for a moment. My perspective is shaped entirely by the past. Everything I ‘know’ is a memory. Talking about ‘current events’ is literally impossible. There are no ‘current events.’ There are only ‘historical events.’

Here’s the stupid part. I assume the future is going be exactly like the past. I’m usually smart enough to not say it out loud (though not today). I’ll say things like, “You never know what tomorrow will bring,” but those are just words. I don’t actually believe that.

I actually believe that a moment from now, I’ll be sipping coffee finishing this sentence. That’s what I’m doing now and I don’t expect things to change radically half a second from now. In other words, I assume that each moment will be almost identical to the moment before it. A day is just a collection of mostly similar moments. So, I literally believe that today is going to be pretty much like yesterday. I say I don’t know the future, but I act as if I do.

History changes in a moment. Change doesn’t take hours, or days, or weeks, or years. Change takes a moment. Which means every part of my life is dangling by a thread. My whole life could be different a moment from now.

In the next moment:

• I could lose my eyesight.
• I could lose my hearing (more of it…)
• I could have a stroke.
• My house could catch fire.
• My identity could be stolen.
• I could catch COVID.
• Somebody I love could die.
• I could die.

Even as I acknowledge the possibilities I’m casually finishing this article believing that none of those things are going to happen. I can’t predict the future but I act as though I can. The real problem occurs when I open my mouth and let the stupid come out.

The 2020 election dredged this stupidity up from the basement of my subconscious and dumped it into my lap. I’ve participated in many conversations where dire predictions were made based upon the outcome of this election.

“If we don’t get rid of Trump, the country is doomed!”

“If Biden gets elected, the country is doomed!” (This was my position.)

Here’s the thing, every prediction was made in a moment by someone who had no idea what would happen in the following moment. I am one of those people. I am a guy who could be broke, or blind, or dead a moment from now, spending this moment speaking from ignorance about what will happen in 2021. It is an understatement to say, my priorities are totally screwed-up.

Thinking like this is not a good idea unless you’ve got a good religious foundation. Realizing that I can’t control anything would cause severe depression and anxiety. The only thing saving me from utter despair is Jesus.

Christ told me that while I can’t know what will happen in the next moment, God does. Christ told me that God keeps track of every moment and works those moments for good to those of us who trust him. So God is not surprised when I go broke, or blind, or dead. God is not subject to the President.

You should learn from my stupidity.

The only thing you can be certain about is God. Without faith in God, your entire life will be just a series of ignorant moments. There is no truth apart from Christ. There is no life apart from Jesus. Throw your crummy life at Jesus’ feet and let him make you a new person.

After that, you can talk about stuff like elections and ‘current events.’ You won’t be any more qualified to comment on the future but your stupidity won’t cause you to lose your soul.