Divorced old baron Reason from my Bed...
...and took the daughter of the vine to spouse.
*smiles* Forgive my love for ancient literature. It seemed appropriate though... as a summation of the past two weeks anyway. As I've been at work and working here at home, I've been pondering the *ultimate* question! (again, please forgive! I just finished watching the Hitchiker's guide to the Galaxy :D ) "So long! So long and thanks! for all the fish!" *goes into a little tapdance and pretends to twirl a cane and do magical things with a brushed felt tophat* Hmmn... so... anyway! As I've been working the past couple weeks, I began noting the things I've been thinking... thinking, and learning, and discovering... and I wanted to see if I could share some of them. *smiles* Most of you reading (those that know me anyway) may see their influence in what I'm sharing, since I don't think any of you have *not* had some influence on my thoughts this past week *smiles* ...I just hope I can remember them all!
I've noticed that we tend to avoid falling in love with the people we love the most. The reason being that if we hurt the person we're in love with... we still have that greatest love to fall back on... Yet, in never risking the most, we stand to gain less than the best, should we succeed. ...I think it just goes to prove a predominantly defeatest attitude among the general populace... whether subconscious or not. I'm not talking about egotism either! But a well rounded self-confidence. Not egotistical, and yet completely sure.
Humanity is an interesting predicament. *grins* No... I'm not *quite* saying they're a problem persay! They're just so diverse... and yet, ironically, so monotonous. To be able to pull back and then look down on the goings on around... Fascinating :)
People are really the only things that matter. We can't say that we live for ourselves, because such a life is selfish, lonely, and unproductive. Yet to live up to someone else's expectations is also just as vacuous a lifestyle. This is where Christianity seems to fall down (I refer to secular Christianity ...don't correct the seeming oxymoron. We're dealing with differences in denotation and connotation, so the two seeming opposites can still exist simultaneously) Without finding a delicate balance between affecting, and being affected (positively) we gyrate out of control and do more damage to ourselves and others. One extreme leads to introversion... which, in and of itself isn't bad, but if a *conscious* decision to be introverted, then it can become selfish, because introverts tend to absorb much, but give relatively nothing back. Whereas, on the other hand if you go to the other extreme and interact widely with people but don't have a solid basis from which you're anchored, then you can be "tossed about by various winds..." *wasn't meaning to quote, but had it pop into his head*
It's fascinating how without life, most things are pointless. I realize that goes without saying, or *should!* But I mean it slightly differently, and more metaphorically than it might appear on the surface. We've been studying in 1st Peter of late, during our church Bible studies, and... while the others have postulated some interesting "points" and "reasons" for the actual writing of the letter, I'm drawn to believe that the purpose is to emphasize the importance of "life." Allow me to explain. He writes about "living stones" and "living hope." "Spiritual sacrifices," and "spiritual houses," and then finishes off by banding all those who would choose to be called Christian (true Christians... the *doers*) and telling them that they have a responsibility to live up to what they are... spiritual priests of God Himself. Heirs to God... *children* of God. ...denoting that we have divine ancestry... divine blood flows in these veins... *looks down at his own hands* Please... dont' think I'm blaspheming. But just think of it for a moment... if we *are* divine (as the Bible itself purports) then don't we have a calling to *live* as though we're divine? It is said, "Live with dignity, for daily we walk with kings." ...*that's* what Christianity is supposed to be... it's what it *truly* is... *smiles* "It's more of a lifestyle, than a religion."
Hmmn... I have more, but I'm noticing that the "thoughts" are turning into essays *grins* So I think I'll end it here... at least for tonight. *hugs* Love you all. GB ...thanks for letting me rant :)
*smiles* Forgive my love for ancient literature. It seemed appropriate though... as a summation of the past two weeks anyway. As I've been at work and working here at home, I've been pondering the *ultimate* question! (again, please forgive! I just finished watching the Hitchiker's guide to the Galaxy :D ) "So long! So long and thanks! for all the fish!" *goes into a little tapdance and pretends to twirl a cane and do magical things with a brushed felt tophat* Hmmn... so... anyway! As I've been working the past couple weeks, I began noting the things I've been thinking... thinking, and learning, and discovering... and I wanted to see if I could share some of them. *smiles* Most of you reading (those that know me anyway) may see their influence in what I'm sharing, since I don't think any of you have *not* had some influence on my thoughts this past week *smiles* ...I just hope I can remember them all!
I've noticed that we tend to avoid falling in love with the people we love the most. The reason being that if we hurt the person we're in love with... we still have that greatest love to fall back on... Yet, in never risking the most, we stand to gain less than the best, should we succeed. ...I think it just goes to prove a predominantly defeatest attitude among the general populace... whether subconscious or not. I'm not talking about egotism either! But a well rounded self-confidence. Not egotistical, and yet completely sure.
Humanity is an interesting predicament. *grins* No... I'm not *quite* saying they're a problem persay! They're just so diverse... and yet, ironically, so monotonous. To be able to pull back and then look down on the goings on around... Fascinating :)
People are really the only things that matter. We can't say that we live for ourselves, because such a life is selfish, lonely, and unproductive. Yet to live up to someone else's expectations is also just as vacuous a lifestyle. This is where Christianity seems to fall down (I refer to secular Christianity ...don't correct the seeming oxymoron. We're dealing with differences in denotation and connotation, so the two seeming opposites can still exist simultaneously) Without finding a delicate balance between affecting, and being affected (positively) we gyrate out of control and do more damage to ourselves and others. One extreme leads to introversion... which, in and of itself isn't bad, but if a *conscious* decision to be introverted, then it can become selfish, because introverts tend to absorb much, but give relatively nothing back. Whereas, on the other hand if you go to the other extreme and interact widely with people but don't have a solid basis from which you're anchored, then you can be "tossed about by various winds..." *wasn't meaning to quote, but had it pop into his head*
It's fascinating how without life, most things are pointless. I realize that goes without saying, or *should!* But I mean it slightly differently, and more metaphorically than it might appear on the surface. We've been studying in 1st Peter of late, during our church Bible studies, and... while the others have postulated some interesting "points" and "reasons" for the actual writing of the letter, I'm drawn to believe that the purpose is to emphasize the importance of "life." Allow me to explain. He writes about "living stones" and "living hope." "Spiritual sacrifices," and "spiritual houses," and then finishes off by banding all those who would choose to be called Christian (true Christians... the *doers*) and telling them that they have a responsibility to live up to what they are... spiritual priests of God Himself. Heirs to God... *children* of God. ...denoting that we have divine ancestry... divine blood flows in these veins... *looks down at his own hands* Please... dont' think I'm blaspheming. But just think of it for a moment... if we *are* divine (as the Bible itself purports) then don't we have a calling to *live* as though we're divine? It is said, "Live with dignity, for daily we walk with kings." ...*that's* what Christianity is supposed to be... it's what it *truly* is... *smiles* "It's more of a lifestyle, than a religion."
Hmmn... I have more, but I'm noticing that the "thoughts" are turning into essays *grins* So I think I'll end it here... at least for tonight. *hugs* Love you all. GB ...thanks for letting me rant :)
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