Being me -
I am a shallow person. I have more joy and show more emotion than anyone I've ever known. I am absolutely passionate about some things.
Ignorance is bliss and when we know better, we do better.
The best thing I can give the world is to be the best me I can be, and only I can do that.
That is my purpose, my reason for existence and each of us is unique with a special gift that only we possess.
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The wheel in the sky keeps on turning -
I've listened to and admired and sang along with many songs over the course of my fifty one years. I like music, it moves me. But I'm shallow and I married a deep person, who listens to lyrics and understands what songs are telling. I just like the beat and usually the chorus. Hey, it works for me and I can be fun to be around. :o)
I'm not sure what that Journey song means, but since I'm involved in ministry and I'm always looking at what the world is doing.. in this case more specifically, religion, ala Christianity, I see the wheel in the sky keeps on turning.
There have been formations, reformations and revelations. Men have been breaking away from the "system," since there was a system. Jesus was a radical whose only defiance was towards the "system." Paul turned away with passion from that which he previously adhered to so earnestly. Martin Luther posted his objections on the door of the church.
Today we're seeing what people in the arena are calling a move of the Holy Spirit of God in the form of an exodus from traditional denominational church to simple, organic, house church type gatherings.
Regardless of what is happening and who is behind it. I will venture to say this, because I believe it to be true.
Where man is involved, there will come another movement (credited to God) and the previous movement leaders will be the biggest opponents of the new movement and the new wine will be poured into new wine skins, because the old wine skins can not hold the new wine without being damaged.
Ahhh, so that's why Jesus told the most learned Nicodemus, "You must be born again."
A paradigm shift in your thinking... Paul says, "Be transformed by the renewing of your mind!"
And what you believe will always precede your behavior.
The wheel in the sky keeps on turning. Man thinks they got it right and their way is the right way. All the rest is foolishness. And of course their way is foolishness to the new way.
So all man kind should join hands and sing, "Wheel in the sky keeps on turning, don't know where I'll be tomorrow!"
There is nothing wrong with wanting a more intimate relationship in what ever it is you seek. Just leave the old system alone and all the other systems as well and understand...
that no matter what...
The wheel in the sky keeps on turning!
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Re: "A paradigm shift in your thinking... Paul says, "Be transformed by the renewing of your mind!" And what you believe will always precede your behavior."
ReplyDeleteA friend of mine once repeated to me the truism, "It's easier to behave oneself into a new way of thinking than to think oneself into a new way of behaving." Acting "as if" often motivates more than trying to get oneself going by thought alone. Start a diet by eating less and exercising more, and you may find yourself thinking more clearly about what is good for the body, rather than staying on the couch and thinking/dreaming about the day you'll be fit. Start helping people in easy ways, and you may soon find yourself helping people more and more than if you wait for a good idea to start doing good works.
It's not always true, but I think it's true more often than folks like to admit. ;)