Taking a peek at a few things, it is easy to see how much we are creatures of habit— those undergoing massive changes for the first time are understandably reeling like the sky is falling. It feels like the gods must be crazy all over again, whatever you do, don't pretend you're cool with any of it, vent & let it out—even if you have to direct it at the most visible scapegoat. Pay attention to the response you get back, not necessarily the onslaught in the media, but the odd thing that jumps out at you—it's the one thing that makes the least sense to you. There is a profoundly spiritual guidance walking you through the chaos, it may not be evident for a while yet. For most of our lives we have wrongly assumed we had life all figured out bc we should know better given all the technological advancement—but we were wrong. Do not worry if you still keep trying to right the ship, it's only human nature, even when we know we are reaching beyond our limits, we still somehow refuse to admit the truth. Last month I was boiling two potatoes to make this snack, but after 60 minutes it was still firm (very odd), I kind of had an idea GOD was messing with me—but inside I'm set on doing it myself, so I told myself “That's fine it's still early in the day, I can afford to do this for a few more hours if need be.” Not joking, it was around 3hrs later & it feels more or less like it was before I dropped it in boiling water..very funny. I'm like, “What in tarnations?! I'll show YOU what's what!!! pistols blazing in the air” 6hrs later, it's dark out & it is time to make dinner, I finally cede & pray begrudgingly, "help with this." No one is going to believe this is how GOD plays with us, to get HIS point across on how HE is the ONE we need but it is though. Kind of a really chill way for HIM to get me to pray & displace my thinking from how things are in the physical realm to the spiritual. Anyhow, now when it comes to cooking I can't take timing too seriously, since all that is required is a prayer & acceptance for whatever results good/bad/ugly. See how we can't, everything drains us: “Person doesn’t have to only drain u with arguments and fights. They can drain u with lack of communication, lack of trust, lack of empathy, lack of apologizing, lack of acknowledgment and lack of fulfilling your love language. Know the red flags.” via deep-feelings-blog “oh heavy heart, how you exhaust me.” via hswefn
I think the whole purpose behind prayer could be bc we are so limited, we have to learn to draw life from GOD, I mean it even says only GOD is life; HE is the source of BEING. I've started looking at Martin Heidegger's work on being..I think he was talking about “being present" rather than the actual ontological state of BEING. I dunno, just my first impressions. Check out this quote, it seems to indicate the fact we can challenge what is handed down to us from what is generally accepted as fact, kind of like unplugging from the Matrix & seeing the brutal decay around us rather than the play-pretend-world-of-nothing is wrong: “Your destiny can't be changed but, it can be challenged. Every man is born as many men and dies as a single one.” I like how this quote winks at the “life is a box of chocolates,” we tend to assume every avenue in life is available to us as though we can hop from one lane to the next like sampling sweets in a BOC. But we start to realize, life is like opening a door which compels us to keep opening more subsequent doors after our initial choice—rather than going back to see what the other doors would have offered us, to where we keep making choices that will solidify us into a singular state where we've learned to remain belligerent or to “accept GOD is good” (this was life for me for about 3 days straight last week, weirdly my first time ever, it was really life altering POV until problems & questions crept back in again—I guess that is what it's like to be walking on water for Simon, then poof! I felt like an idiot & sunk back into the sea). To be exact it was my stupid understanding of how the start of the New Year in the Hebrew Calendar is in Sept/Oct, and in my mind I was saying: Wait a minute?! YOU Missed the deadline, YOU said this was my year." Forgetting HE had extended the acceptance & killed the fattened calf for me to re-enter HIS House, like last week. YAY! I'm no longer the prodigal child, living for survival :P
Heidegger's quote conveys while certain predetermined aspects of life may be unalterable, individuals possess the power to confront obstacles, kind of like how GOD invites us to “knock & the door maybe opened for you. For everyone who asks receives,” and recently I heard Tim say it's your heart's cry, like the guy who was healed when he was let down thru the roof of the house & JESUS said “you are forgiven.” Finally s/o makes logical sense of this account as the lame man was probably saying in his mind, “Thx? Don't YOU see I need the use of my legs?” But JESUS can see into our hearts, the way HE knew the Pharisees were abhorred by the idea of anyone saying they spoke as GOD HIMSELF in the flesh. :D “Life was like a box of chocolates. You never know what you're gonna get,” expresses life is full of unpredictable experiences & surprises, both good & bad, much like the varied contents of a box of chocolates. The quote has become a cultural touchstone, encapsulating the unpredictable nature of life.
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Wade in the Water Children, GOD's going to trouble the Water || Cynthia L. Thomas
