Yes, I hear the word hate being used ...and I hear it often misused. But, the word 'hate' is not a neutral word ...it is a very strong word. And the emotion that is associated with it usually that we'd much like to get rid of the hate in the world.
Yet, those who feel we have to do more than talk about it ...way too often become more and more like the very thing they say they want to rid the world of. They find themselves hating ...and they often hate those who they feel are filled with hate, though their assessment of the situation is not always true. Often people get so focused on what they feel the problem is, the begin to react every time someone disagrees with them ...and they seldom actually hear what is really being said.
Yes, the belief in God is often so minimal, casual, or confused ...that this belief is often replaced by a dominant intellectual inaccuracy of anything supporting the narrative of the day. And you will be hard pressed to find God anywhere within that conversation.
So, if you want to have this conversation ...yes, I am willing, and at times, eager. If you feel I talk too much ...then I challenge you to describe God adequately with Twitter-length accuracy. You can say some very nice things ...briefly. Yet, you can say some very bad or hurtful things briefly also. We can call those brief words 'feel-good' statements ...'humor' lines, or 'talking points'. Or a person can be quickly labeled a 'hater' ...with cutting comments, 'digs', or careless casual talk.
What we say, and how we say it ...especially about others, says much about ourselves. Yet, we should also be conscious of how we speak of God. And instead of glorifying ourselves, or reasoning our behavior ...we should glorify Him, and mold our lives as consistent as we can with those beliefs.
If you think it is too much to join others in glorifying Him, then how does that fit with being with Him in glory ...in Heaven?
Heaven would not be much to look forward to ...if it were much like earth. And there is a connection with those who are of 'like' mind and who like the Spirit ...and the company kept.
I don't expect you to like my company ...my ideas ...my style of living ...or my choice of faith. I sometimes don't think I am very good company ...my ideas may be emotionally reactive ...my stylistic approach to problems may be all wrong ...and my faith may be weak. But, however I fail in this life ...it will not be my failures around which Heaven will be designed. God already has His design all set ...and He has prepared a place for us, which was already in mind when He created the foundations of this earth. And even before He created the angels who sang at Creation.
And I want to be with all those who still have a song in their hearts.
Yet, those who feel we have to do more than talk about it ...way too often become more and more like the very thing they say they want to rid the world of. They find themselves hating ...and they often hate those who they feel are filled with hate, though their assessment of the situation is not always true. Often people get so focused on what they feel the problem is, the begin to react every time someone disagrees with them ...and they seldom actually hear what is really being said.
Yes, the belief in God is often so minimal, casual, or confused ...that this belief is often replaced by a dominant intellectual inaccuracy of anything supporting the narrative of the day. And you will be hard pressed to find God anywhere within that conversation.
So, if you want to have this conversation ...yes, I am willing, and at times, eager. If you feel I talk too much ...then I challenge you to describe God adequately with Twitter-length accuracy. You can say some very nice things ...briefly. Yet, you can say some very bad or hurtful things briefly also. We can call those brief words 'feel-good' statements ...'humor' lines, or 'talking points'. Or a person can be quickly labeled a 'hater' ...with cutting comments, 'digs', or careless casual talk.
What we say, and how we say it ...especially about others, says much about ourselves. Yet, we should also be conscious of how we speak of God. And instead of glorifying ourselves, or reasoning our behavior ...we should glorify Him, and mold our lives as consistent as we can with those beliefs.
If you think it is too much to join others in glorifying Him, then how does that fit with being with Him in glory ...in Heaven?
Heaven would not be much to look forward to ...if it were much like earth. And there is a connection with those who are of 'like' mind and who like the Spirit ...and the company kept.
I don't expect you to like my company ...my ideas ...my style of living ...or my choice of faith. I sometimes don't think I am very good company ...my ideas may be emotionally reactive ...my stylistic approach to problems may be all wrong ...and my faith may be weak. But, however I fail in this life ...it will not be my failures around which Heaven will be designed. God already has His design all set ...and He has prepared a place for us, which was already in mind when He created the foundations of this earth. And even before He created the angels who sang at Creation.
And I want to be with all those who still have a song in their hearts.
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