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PoHymn: A Rustling in the Stagnant … November 29th, 2017
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F, me
femur
flesh
follicle
face
frame
feet
follow
faith
fear
failure
fruitful
fresh
feelings
findings
friends
fellowship
fertility
family
feasting
fasting
forgiving
forgetting
fibbing
forthcoming
fragile
faltering
fatal
funeral
forever
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Jesonian: Pillars… July 12th, 2015
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Anyone who is willing to spend 24 hours hanging out with me will quickly realize that I have three pillars that hold up the household of my faith and keep a roof over my personality.
- Be of good cheer
- Be creative
- Be honest
It doesn’t mean that I’m never grouchy, lazy or a liar. It just means that normally I reject those profiles and when I accidentally slide into them, I attempt to repent quickly.
So it should be no surprise to anyone that Jesus of Nazareth–the unemployed carpenter-turned-preacher–should also have such pillars.
If you ignore them, you will fail to understand his character.
So what are the three pillars of Jesus?
1. Be smart.
He told his disciples to “render unto Caesar the things that are Caesar’s and unto God the things that are God’s.”
In other words, not everything can be solved by the Bible, and certainly not every situation is covered by the Constitution.
Sometimes science has all the answers, and on other occasions, we must defer to the mystery of creation.
The true Jesonian person understands the importance of being smart–applying what is applicable instead of forcing something in that is irrelevant.
2. Be universal.
Jesus made it quite clear to the Jewish people around him that he was not Jewish. He told them that before Abraham existed, he was around. He interacted with Samaritans and outcasts.
If you don’t believe this to be true, then you have only to look at the reaction of those who were Jewish around him. They deemed him a sinner, a seditionist and a friend of those who were against Israel.
He didn’t care. He knew the power of his message was to package it for the whole world and not merely for a small portion of Mesopotamia.
3. And finally, Jesus made it clear that he expects his followers to be forgiving.
Every time he was confronted with someone who was faulty and that individual was willing to repent, Jesus never failed to forgive.
What is forgiveness? It is the realization that we don’t perform the job of God and that each one of us is so needy that we shouldn’t point out the need in others.
Those are the three pillars of Jesus:
- Be smart
- Be universal
- Be forgiving
I’m terribly curious what would happen if the Christian church actually followed these pillars…and built their house on the rock instead of the sand.
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Listen! Stop! Look! … July 21, 2014
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Listen!
Don’t assume you’ve heard it all.
Allow your brain a chance to receive the freshness of a new insight.
People are always telling you their story.
They will let you know where it hurts.
They will inform you of what they need.
Sometimes they bury the lead under a joke.
Often they disguise the anguish beneath religiosity.
But listen.
Allow yourself to believe there’s more.
He that has an ear, let him hear.
Stop!
Yes, cease to believe that you’ve heard it all and know it all.
Don’t try to fix people.
Find a way to input them in the space they’ve provided.
Stop trying to save the world.
Instead, give people a chance to grow.
Don’t be so sure you know the will of God.
Because after all, it’s not His will that any should perish.
Don’t allow yourself to be so far behind the times that you’re chasing truth.
Stop repeating things that don’t work.
Start anticipating fresh blessings every day.
Look!
- For ways to bless people.
- For ways to hug people.
- For ways to touch people.
- For ways to make people laugh.
- For ways to drop a dollar at just the right moment.
- For ways to learn.
- For ways to avoid too much work.
- For ways to lift a burden.
- For ways to establish your humanity.
- For ways to be forgiving.
- For ways to be vulnerable.
- For ways to accept that people are the closest thing to God you will see today.
Listen!
Get your ears on.
Stop!
Selling an agenda.
Look!
For God.
He’s out there.
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When Living Stops and Breathing Continues … November 11, 2013
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“I just don’t know what to do!”
Be careful.
This statement is not a question. When you hear people speak it aloud, do not assume they are looking for counsel.
Rather, it is a proclamation–a surrender.
Too many individuals have given up on the idea of happiness as being childish and immature, and have settled in to try to achieve contented breathing. They have become so involved with forgiving others, their calling or being overwhelmed with responsibility that they have ceased to pursue the idea of being happy.
Matter of fact, in our art and literature we often decry such an emotion. We like to take people who act happy and portray them as inexperienced and unaware.
But I’m curious–if happiness is not the goal of our earth journey, then why do we think we would be comfortable with it in the afterlife? Wouldn’t we find it unusual? Perhaps redundant? Or would we continue, in eternity, to consider happiness to be “unrealistic” and keep waiting for the sky to fall on us?
If you don’t start believing in happiness now, you will never be allowed to have happiness forever.
So what can you do when the process of forgiving other people and yourself, or pursuing your job and calling with its responsibilities, has sapped all the maple out of your syrup?
Every day of your life, make sure of three things:
1. I am involved in my own choices.
Never sacrifice your ability to decide to either God or man. We gain power, intelligence and creativity when we allow ourselves the privilege of stopping, considering, concluding and moving out on an idea born of our own spirit.
2. I feel joy, which brings strength.
I will take a moment every single day to make sure that I allow joy to be a part of my experience. What is joy? It’s the knowledge that God has everything under control. And what is that control? Nothing can separate us from His love–therefore there is nothing which is truly terminal.
3. I am moving toward what is proving itself to be fruitful.
When I lived in Tennessee we had a tree in our front yard that was proclaimed by the former owners to be a pear tree. Here’s the problem: it never produced pears. I caught myself one day telling a visitor that it was a pear tree. Then I paused, took a deep breath, and said, “Honestly, I don’t know WHAT kind of tree it is. But one thing for certain–it’s NOT a pear tree.”
If your tree isn’t making pears, don’t think that next year will be any better. Pursue what is fruitful, even if it is not immediately to your preference. In the long run you will enjoy success much more than tradition.
- We must continue to forgive.
- We should pursue our calling.
- And taking responsibility for our life is essential for maturity.
But when these three things rob us of joy, turning us into mere “breathing organisms,” we need to restore our choices, regain our strength and pursue our fruit.
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