My First Post
When Thomas Edison invented the light bulb, he perspired and stumbled upon 2000 ways how NOT to make a light bulb, but he knew needed only ONE way to make it. He tried hard enough though, worked long enough, and reaped rewards of his perspiration.Yet based on my book buying pattern i analysed recently, i realised i'm as much a Thomas Edison in my Christian life. I have books, revealing many interesting topics regarding cults, yoga, new age, ancient mysticisms, the 2nd coming, which in the absence of better metaphors, is perhaps few of many ways which describes how not to walk in tandem with the Lord. The fact of the matter is that while we Christians are fully aware of the fact that the Bible is the ultimate resource of living in the light, we fail to recognise the truths, knowledge and wisdom that belies in the Book of books.
As i packed my stuffs, i came across many books which i have accumulated and thought of reading. We're all Thomas Edisons in our walk since many of us aren't clear with the many things presented in this world. We read about how to not sin when we should be reading the Bible, we read about how to control anger when we really should be happy, we seek advice from humans or books, when we can talk directly to God, we discover about Hell when we should set our sights on Heaven, we fear Satan's works and minions when we should be fearing God and pray.
So here we are, everyday learning about how not to live the wrong way, when the right way is already present; the Bible. It is cynical how we often take for granted the things that God wants to speak to us about. We go to church, pray for the pastor to speak what the Lord ought to have him speak, yet hardly pray for ourselves, to anoint us to listen and decipher meanings that the Lord wants us to know.
The Bible is not so hard as it seems. It may speak in riddles, speak in metaphors, in parables but yet the meaning lies between you and God. You pray before you read, during (when you don't understand something ask for guidance to know the difference later) and after you read (to not forget) and i suppose you could grow closer to God. You can informal chats/prayers where u blab and God listens. Driving is a good time to reflect too. Turn off the volume of the music awhile, and just have a chat.
If somebody wants to listen about your days and rants, God does. And on Sunday, YOU do the listening.
posted by kItttttt @ 8:17 am
3 Comments:
God rants to us on Sunday?
Hehe...:)
I think God talks to us all the time not just in the Books. It's whether or not any of us are open minded enough to pay attention that makes all the difference.
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Kamigoroshi, at
10:11 pm
I don't want to just come a hate on God but how can anyone follow a story to base your views of the world and moral opinions. How do you feel about abortions?
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turntable eel, at
10:22 pm
i must've made a mistake. I did not mean God rants. But God surely wants us to listen. And he listens. sorry bout that.
a side note. i have researched stuff on abortions before, about them pro-life and pro-choice, about how the pro-life would burn abortion clinics in the US. How they curse those pro-life advocates like barbarians.
It was ultimately your own decision, something that you did, whether you impulsely decided on it, or thought about having sex very carefully, the fact of the matter is that you made a choice to make/potentially make her pregnant.
Now, it is in my believe/religion however you want to put it, sex is something that should be saved up for marriage. You have sex with someone you love, and married. Legally however, you are permitted otherwise since there is no statute anywhere which governs something like this.
But through our own discernment, through our own wisdom, we acted in a way which we believed, satisfies our physical body. We consciously know of the consequences. What is there to be pro-choice or pro-life about when it was our own mistake?
You screw around, you pay the price. Aborting or keeping the baby is a price to pay. You don't have to google up on abortion i'm sure you know the side effects. Psychology, physical (i.e nausea), emotional issues are needed to be addressed as well thanks to abortion. I'm not sure what empirical evidence is present regarding the subject of future pregnancies but i believe abortion greatly reduces your chances of it.
Knowing all this, we still pretentiously argue of a subject like this when we should know better. You already know prevention is better than cure. But where is the common sense?
As a Christian, we are forewarned of the potential detrimental effects and consequences of sex before marriage and are thus discouraged(for a choice of a less stern word) rebuked from such an action. Hence, there was never a case of abortion for religion to answer to.
Just a thought, don't mean to sound harsh and all;
Does abortion remedies the potential detriments of sex before marriage?
how we live life, what we believe in, who do we trust, what do we do is all a matter of choice. I'm just here to share my thoughts.
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kItttttt, at
3:41 am
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