The reason that Jesus condemned the Good Samaritan was because he didn't properly vet the stranger beside the road before helping him. After all, he might have killed him.
Tuesday, January 30, 2018
Thursday, January 25, 2018
Always the Wrong Time
It's always surprising to me how quickly a lack of effort can replace a lack of conviction when it comes to just doing the right thing at the right time.
- namasdave
Evidence of Things Unseen
The question was,"What would it take to restore your hope."
My answer was,"What would it take to restore my hope? That's a question I cannot answer.
When there is nothing but hope to hang onto, hope can be a very difficult and elusive thing to grasp."
The toughest part of believing in God is that God is not tangible in the sense that humans are.
That God is not doesn't mean He is any less real, but it would truly be a lovely thing at times to be able to reach out and touch God in a very physical sense.
I suppose that's where faith comes in, but I deeply wish there were more than that at times, to fill the void at moments like this.
“The substance of things hoped for, the evidence of things not seen.”
My answer was,"What would it take to restore my hope? That's a question I cannot answer.
When there is nothing but hope to hang onto, hope can be a very difficult and elusive thing to grasp."
The toughest part of believing in God is that God is not tangible in the sense that humans are.
That God is not doesn't mean He is any less real, but it would truly be a lovely thing at times to be able to reach out and touch God in a very physical sense.
I suppose that's where faith comes in, but I deeply wish there were more than that at times, to fill the void at moments like this.
“The substance of things hoped for, the evidence of things not seen.”
Monday, January 22, 2018
Fake It Till You Break It
If the old adage "fake it till you make it" is valid at all, then it seems one could also "fake it till they break it".
The former meaning acting as though you want what you don't until you do, and the latter meaning acting as though you don't want what you do, until eventually you don't.
If time can change one certainly time can change the other.
Connecting the Dots
If you're unhappy in your current situation, remember there are much better situations in which you could also be equally unhappy in. Happiness is not an attitude we will find as the result of being in a situation, it is the attitude we have regardless of the situation. We will be happy only by the measure of our hope, and we will have hope only by the measure of what we place our faith in. You can connect the dots from there. d(-_-)b
Friday, January 19, 2018
Life Lessens
We like to tell ourselves that the difficulties in life are our test, but that is a half truth, a lie.
Everything, EVERYTHING is a test.
The tragedy and the celebration, whatever we do in that moment, we are choosing to make ourselves something (if only slightly so) different than we were just moments before.
The greatest test of who we are is what we become when we have no time to think before we act.
When we are faced with gut reaction as our only timely option.
It is then that we should step back and reflect on just what it is we have shown ourselves to be in actuality, what we have made ourselves.
Step by step, little by little.
There is always something to learn in any situation for the willing student.
While no one can make us feel or do anything, what we feel and do should be embraced with deep introspection and speculation as a testament to our character, either by default or design.
We should question, always, what we have done that has brought us to this place, good or bad.
Consider this...
No one who knew the date that they would have to run for their lives would wait until the day of the race to train.
But life is a series of situations, however easy or difficult, that is in reality a training of sorts in preparation for run of our lives.
Sadly most of us (not excluding myself) live like we can train on the day of the race and claim that we did our best however we may finish or not.
We are only denying to ourselves what we and everyone else can see.
It is a solid testament to the fact that the easiest lies to believe are the ones we tell ourselves, and we do so most often for our immediate leisure, hoping that when the day comes that we know we should be one thing or another we might become that thing in the moment.
THAT is training on race day and It doesn't work like that.
It is a lie believed by our most gullible audience, ourselves.
This is probably the shortest lesson from all of this I can possibly share, but valid none the less.
I am learning more ugliness about myself than I ever would have desired.
Thanks for sticking with the once terminally optimistic me.
Everything, EVERYTHING is a test.
The tragedy and the celebration, whatever we do in that moment, we are choosing to make ourselves something (if only slightly so) different than we were just moments before.
The greatest test of who we are is what we become when we have no time to think before we act.
When we are faced with gut reaction as our only timely option.
It is then that we should step back and reflect on just what it is we have shown ourselves to be in actuality, what we have made ourselves.
Step by step, little by little.
There is always something to learn in any situation for the willing student.
While no one can make us feel or do anything, what we feel and do should be embraced with deep introspection and speculation as a testament to our character, either by default or design.
We should question, always, what we have done that has brought us to this place, good or bad.
Consider this...
No one who knew the date that they would have to run for their lives would wait until the day of the race to train.
But life is a series of situations, however easy or difficult, that is in reality a training of sorts in preparation for run of our lives.
Sadly most of us (not excluding myself) live like we can train on the day of the race and claim that we did our best however we may finish or not.
We are only denying to ourselves what we and everyone else can see.
It is a solid testament to the fact that the easiest lies to believe are the ones we tell ourselves, and we do so most often for our immediate leisure, hoping that when the day comes that we know we should be one thing or another we might become that thing in the moment.
THAT is training on race day and It doesn't work like that.
It is a lie believed by our most gullible audience, ourselves.
This is probably the shortest lesson from all of this I can possibly share, but valid none the less.
I am learning more ugliness about myself than I ever would have desired.
Thanks for sticking with the once terminally optimistic me.
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