My heart was searching and was never fulfilled.
Then the direction of my life was profoundly changed, for the better. My virtual backpack of sorrows and resentment is now empty. My heart is full and satisfied.
I could write this blog with several "voices" but I choose to voice as neutrally as I can write. But this weekend is a celebration that defies neutrality.
The reason my life was filled and changed for the better was because I crept out from under all my self-guided philosophies and discovered that God was real.
This weekend is the celebration of the beginning of new life. If you do not have a personal relationship with Jesus you are missing out.
I have so much more to say on this matter, but I am so full I will need to organize my right brain before I can plaster the thoughts on this left-brain format.
If you have been turned off by churches, I can only say one thing, church is made of people and people are not perfect AND God is much bigger than any church. (okay so that was two or three things).
The last thing I have to say is that a truly free and peaceful heart lies with a TRUE relationship with God.
May God touch your heart and free you from any false illusions of peace and freedom.
Friday, March 25, 2005
Wednesday, March 23, 2005
Sticks and Stones
"Sticks and Stones can break my bones but words can never hurt me," is a lie.
In the The Three Little Pigs, the three houses are made of straw, sticks and brick/stone.
Functional life is a balance between being straw that will bend in wind and stone that cannot be blown over. We need to be pliable enough to be functional yet not be blown flat. We need to be strong yet not have hearts of stone.
Along with experiences, words build us up or flatten us.
Phrases handed to me by friends have become part of my life. Each one was a gift of words that has helped me to focus on what is important. They are words, but they are NOT just words.
I hope this list expands and I hope to also develop a "reject list".
1. He's not Jesus.
This seems obvious enough, but I find that I am more willing to accept my own weaknesses than those of my husband or other people. After all, my life would be a whole lot easier if THEY were perfect. This first phrase was directed to me almost twenty years ago by Margie when I was complaining about my spouse, but the phrase applies to anyone of whom I have expectations.
2. It's like water off a duck's back.
We have a choice to hang on to offenses and load them into our virtual backpack of sorrows adn resentment, or we can let them go. It takes the mind-set of #1 to apply this one without resentment. This phrase was handed to me by Kelly, a Park Ranger I was supervising. Who knows what I was upset about.
The third was handed to me by Lezlie who said it came from her grandmother.
3. Do not sweat things that are not of eternal value.
Seriously folks, that virtual backpack of sorrows and resentment can drag us down. It is SOOOOO important to figure out what is REALLY important. The one thing that really counts is your soul/spirit. If your spirit is holy everything else falls into place.
More to come...
In the The Three Little Pigs, the three houses are made of straw, sticks and brick/stone.
Functional life is a balance between being straw that will bend in wind and stone that cannot be blown over. We need to be pliable enough to be functional yet not be blown flat. We need to be strong yet not have hearts of stone.
Along with experiences, words build us up or flatten us.
Phrases handed to me by friends have become part of my life. Each one was a gift of words that has helped me to focus on what is important. They are words, but they are NOT just words.
I hope this list expands and I hope to also develop a "reject list".
1. He's not Jesus.
This seems obvious enough, but I find that I am more willing to accept my own weaknesses than those of my husband or other people. After all, my life would be a whole lot easier if THEY were perfect. This first phrase was directed to me almost twenty years ago by Margie when I was complaining about my spouse, but the phrase applies to anyone of whom I have expectations.
2. It's like water off a duck's back.
We have a choice to hang on to offenses and load them into our virtual backpack of sorrows adn resentment, or we can let them go. It takes the mind-set of #1 to apply this one without resentment. This phrase was handed to me by Kelly, a Park Ranger I was supervising. Who knows what I was upset about.
The third was handed to me by Lezlie who said it came from her grandmother.
3. Do not sweat things that are not of eternal value.
Seriously folks, that virtual backpack of sorrows and resentment can drag us down. It is SOOOOO important to figure out what is REALLY important. The one thing that really counts is your soul/spirit. If your spirit is holy everything else falls into place.
More to come...
Sunday, March 06, 2005
Spiritual Atheism?
Julia Sweeney spoke eloquently about leaving God and becoming an atheist. Yet she still spoke about having a spiritual aspect to being human. Whoa. That doesn't work.
Ms. Sweeney has not stopped believing in God, she has simply replaced Him with another god. From what I could ascertain, it is the god of humanity. She is impressed that we has humans have evolved on this earth, without help, to become such a complex animal. (Her thoughts not mine) She talked about how wonderful humans are so I deduced that "humanhood" is her god.
Ms. Sweeney has "lost her faith". If she sat back and listened to her own speaking, she would hear that she still does believe in God. She has for some reason turned her back on the true God.
People are spiritual. Look at people throughout the ages. No matter in what god they came to believe, the great majority of historical humanhood has believed in a god. If "god" had not been a real part of our collective lives, like breathing and drinking water, "spirituality" and worship would surely have devolved long ago. What is the evolutionary purpose of spending precious time and resources on something that does not exist? Humanhood could have developed fellowships without a god.
The questions are: in what god do you choose to believe and how much of your life do you want to dedicate to him, her or it.
Personally, I have chosen to believe in the Creator, not the created. I have been blessed by God.
Ms. Sweeney has not stopped believing in God, she has simply replaced Him with another god. From what I could ascertain, it is the god of humanity. She is impressed that we has humans have evolved on this earth, without help, to become such a complex animal. (Her thoughts not mine) She talked about how wonderful humans are so I deduced that "humanhood" is her god.
Ms. Sweeney has "lost her faith". If she sat back and listened to her own speaking, she would hear that she still does believe in God. She has for some reason turned her back on the true God.
People are spiritual. Look at people throughout the ages. No matter in what god they came to believe, the great majority of historical humanhood has believed in a god. If "god" had not been a real part of our collective lives, like breathing and drinking water, "spirituality" and worship would surely have devolved long ago. What is the evolutionary purpose of spending precious time and resources on something that does not exist? Humanhood could have developed fellowships without a god.
The questions are: in what god do you choose to believe and how much of your life do you want to dedicate to him, her or it.
Personally, I have chosen to believe in the Creator, not the created. I have been blessed by God.
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