It’s not always your business to pay attention to every controversy or news story. We’re not called to always be in this state of anxiety and to be all worked up. If I’m constantly reading my phone or watching YouTube or whatever I’m missing the real world, I’m missing what is actually out there, and I am being that distracted, I’m not focusing on what the actual call of my life is. If you’re all in a frenzy, you can’t shoot straight. Jesus said, ‘let not your heart be troubled,’ and I take that seriously. If the news is troubling you in this unproductive way, turn it off!

If we have reverence for creation, we may have a better chance of having reverence for people, and for the Creator.