Times are about to change (in terms of me updating this, anyway.)
Things I've been pondering lately...
1.How many people in Western culture are controlled by their emotions? Their passions? Their hungers? How much of us are addicted to cigarettes, alcohol, food, pornography, even simple things like affirmation? I've been reading lately about the Eastern philosophy of being the master of your self. Controlling and channeling those emotions, passions and hungers so that they don't control you. What would Jesus have us do? Embrace emotion and passion, because they help make life vibrant? Or channel them so that we use our God given ability of self-control? Or have a balance? What about those who can't have "just one"?
2. Singleness. Celibacy. The point of marriage. I mean, I get the point and everything. I guess. But if what I've heard is true--that marriage is supposed to be a representation and symbolism of our union with Christ--would that be worth it? or just a distraction?
3. How do we train our minds to stop viewing common things like home, 9-5 shifts, simple conversation, daily deeds...as things that "don't really matter"? I can think of a lot of people who would be a lot more happy if we could all understand that there is no "tomorrow", no "later" and nothing is better on the other side. The most important decision we'll make in life is in the next five minutes...(thank you Troy Sherman)
4. I just don't get Twitter.
What are you pondering?
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2 comments:
I'm just wondering about moral responsibility. Who in this generation is going to be our moral leaders... I don't see any.
i like you. and i like that you blog exceptionally well.
oh, and the whole "5 minute" quote? it was one of my favorites from my dts. It's actually came from another speaker named Tre Sheppard that Troy cometimes quotes. tasty quote indeed!
keep up the hearty blogs!
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