Learning to Listen to Tejano

For if we are beside ourselves, it is for God; if we are in our right mind, it is for you. For the love of Christ urges us on, because we are convinced that one has died for all; therefore all have died. And he died for all, so that those who live might live no longer for themselves, but for him who died and was raised for them.

From now on, therefore, we regard no one from a human point of view; even though we once knew Christ from a human point of view, we know him no longer in that way. So if anyone is in Christ, there is a new creation: everything old has passed away; see, everything has become new! All this is from God, who reconciled us to himself through Christ, and has given us the ministry of reconciliation; that is, in Christ God was reconciling the world to himself, not counting their trespasses against them, and entrusting the message of reconciliation to us. So we are ambassadors for Christ, since God is making his appeal through us; we entreat you on behalf of Christ, be reconciled to God. For our sake he made him to be sin who knew no sin, so that in him we might become the righteousness of God. 
                                                                                                                               
                                                                                                    Paul, 2 Corinthians 5

I wake up hearing the low vibration of my neighbor's car stereo. Self disclosure: It irritates me to hear the thudding of the mega bass player and the bouncy Tejano music blaring next door. Why do I have to listen to my neighbor's music? Don't they have any consideration for others? Ok, for me?

When I begin thinking this way, I am drawn up short. If you consider yourself an ambassador for Christ, if you want to announce that God has reconciled himself to us and that our sins no longer count against us, you simply have bigger fish to fry than your irritation over loud music.

We are a new creation; we are living in new creation; we have a new purpose and a new reason for living. The old human point of view must be rejected.

I guess if God can reconcile himself to me, I can reconcile myself to booming bass and the bajo sexto.