What is the most powerful weapon in the world? The greatest thing you can possibly do for yourself, for anyone else, and for the world? What is the one thing that does the greatest amount of damage to the forces of darkness in this world, and tears down the most lies, and brings in the most truth, and heals human beings the most, and brings them together, and causes hope to spring up, and joins people together in unity and purpose, and brings peace, and does all of the other things that everyone knows that the world needs, but prove to be so elusive? What would heal all of the people in institutions, and convince (motivate) people to change? What would stop wars? What would convince bad people to stop what they are doing, and be good??
What would do all of this?? And more??
Being loved.
Love cures all problems. Love has the ability to cure all people. Love has the ability and the potential to cure you. And when love cures you, you begin to love others, which in turn cures them... and they cure others... and they cure even more...
Love never leaves you, never forsakes you, never forgets you, never quits on you, never uses you. Love ALWAYS does what's best for you. Love ALWAYS benefits you at its own expense.
Love cures your hangups. It ends your confusion. It sets you free. Love is the answer to your life!
Sunday, August 31, 2008
Saturday, August 16, 2008
More on my favorite verse out of Romans
I love this verse. Romans 1:20 "what can be known about God can be seen in what is made." Every time I see a neat little quirk of human nature, (that is the same to us all), I smile as I see another aspect of God's beautiful nature. For instance, was talking to a friend today, and we were discussing how you can't force people to do anything, and that whenever you try, they respond by pushing back just as hard. It's just natural. The more you try to force people to do anything, the more they are going to push back just as hard to say no. Which tells us something about God. Namely, that He is just like that. Free, and never willing to give up His freedom! Which, of course flies in the face of religion, which tells you that you must give up your freedom when you come to God. :) :} :]
Thursday, August 14, 2008
Fire
Everything physical is a picture of something spiritual. Fire, in the natural, is a picture of fire in the spiritual.
Fires burn every year in nature. Usually at the end of the growing season, late summer and fall. These fires are designed to burn off any dead, unhealthy or unnecessary branches or foliage. This is how nature keeps the earth clean.
When fires are not allowed to burn, or extinguished before they can do their work of cleaning the forest, or the desert, then dead, rotten, unhealthy and unnecessary branches (foliage) clog and choke the environments. This makes for unhealthy forests/deserts etc. They are filled with dead, useless, in the way branches, leaves, foliage, etc. Environments in this state are not as pleasant to be in as healthy ones.
And then, when a fire does find its way to these clogged ecosystems, because their is an overabundance of things that need burning, the fire burns so hot that it kills everything. And if you've ever seen an area where this has happened, it is occupied mostly by weeds, as the absence of healthy, natural plants makes room for them.
As it is in the natural, so it is in the spiritual. God's correction (part of His love) is often referred to as fire. This is for a very good reason. It is so we can understand it. It burns away all that is dead, unhealthy, or useless in our lives, spiritually speaking in our souls. It is for our good, to keep us healthy. We are supposed to let Him do this for us on a regular basis (notice that it only happens once a year in nature... God is not out to spend any more time than is necessary on this process in our lives). We need to let Him examine us and burn away all that is dead and unhealthy on a regular basis. And this will greatly help us to stay healthy.
And, as it is in the natural, so it is in the spiritual. When we extinguish His fire, we let all of that dead stuff build up until there is an overabundance of it, and our lives become unhealthy. And, then, when His fire finally does reach us (as it will reach everyone eventually), it hurts much more than it's supposed to! Not because He's angry or vengeful, but just because of the logic of the situation.
So, my point, as is my point with everything else I say, is to let Him love you. Go to Him and let Him do this for you. It is for your own good.
Fires burn every year in nature. Usually at the end of the growing season, late summer and fall. These fires are designed to burn off any dead, unhealthy or unnecessary branches or foliage. This is how nature keeps the earth clean.
When fires are not allowed to burn, or extinguished before they can do their work of cleaning the forest, or the desert, then dead, rotten, unhealthy and unnecessary branches (foliage) clog and choke the environments. This makes for unhealthy forests/deserts etc. They are filled with dead, useless, in the way branches, leaves, foliage, etc. Environments in this state are not as pleasant to be in as healthy ones.
And then, when a fire does find its way to these clogged ecosystems, because their is an overabundance of things that need burning, the fire burns so hot that it kills everything. And if you've ever seen an area where this has happened, it is occupied mostly by weeds, as the absence of healthy, natural plants makes room for them.
As it is in the natural, so it is in the spiritual. God's correction (part of His love) is often referred to as fire. This is for a very good reason. It is so we can understand it. It burns away all that is dead, unhealthy, or useless in our lives, spiritually speaking in our souls. It is for our good, to keep us healthy. We are supposed to let Him do this for us on a regular basis (notice that it only happens once a year in nature... God is not out to spend any more time than is necessary on this process in our lives). We need to let Him examine us and burn away all that is dead and unhealthy on a regular basis. And this will greatly help us to stay healthy.
And, as it is in the natural, so it is in the spiritual. When we extinguish His fire, we let all of that dead stuff build up until there is an overabundance of it, and our lives become unhealthy. And, then, when His fire finally does reach us (as it will reach everyone eventually), it hurts much more than it's supposed to! Not because He's angry or vengeful, but just because of the logic of the situation.
So, my point, as is my point with everything else I say, is to let Him love you. Go to Him and let Him do this for you. It is for your own good.
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