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Meditations of a christizen (christian-citizen)upon today's topics. |
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I, Brother James, cultivated through my imagination 'The Word Courier's Journal'. It is but one of several literary efforts so conceived to include the "Word", the mind altering, eye opening, lifesaving Gospel of Jesus Christ into the everyday conversation on those things deemed relevant to readers. I and all other followers of the Lord are called to witness. Jesus said "Go therefore and teach all nations..." (see Matthew 28:19 KJV Holy Bible) Here lies my modest attempt to introduce the unknowing people to the Lord and immerse they who know Him in discussion with respect to His outlook on all that matters. |
| A Jimism indeed. Don't get kicked to the curb appeal. |
| " people fail to realize it is on the inside that god must be defended, not the outside." "For evil in the open is but evil from within that has been let out." "The Life of Pi" by Yann Martel (Chapter 25) This is a fictional work. However, it's somewhat based upon real life people and real life events. Pi Patel the main character/narrator spoke the above quotes with regard to different representatives from varied religions Hinduism, Islam and Roman Catholic fighting on behalf of their version of God. He argues that they have it all wrong to jump to their defense of God. And I see his point. If Allah is what and who he says he is and Jesus is who and what he says he is and so forth than they don't have need for anyone to defend them. The proof of our faith must come from within. To argue this is pointless. We can always point to what seems to us as inconsistencies of others' beliefs. But as the then teenaged narrator said that which is within leaks out. Scripture also says as much concerning the heart. That is to say it is the seat of evil imaginations. The proof of our beliefs is inward and should display outwards. Jesus said of us the world will know us by our love that is by action as opposed to theoretical arguments. |
| "It's not your job to fix him, change him, parent him, or raise him. You want a partner not a project." Julia Roberts advice to women To that I'll add something for my fellow men folk. It's not your job to save her. If she needs a hero than its best that you avoid her. Keep in mind, princesses look for someone to rescue them. Queens rescue themselves. We guys should get real. The urge to come to the rescue is an egotistical deception. I don't care what Hans Christian Anderson, the Brothers Grimm or Disney say. If you want to be a hero become a fireman and fight fires. We men are builders, workers and helpers but not heroes. Men don't save, but Jesus does. That boom you heard was the mic dropping. |
| Television sports commentator Colin Cowherd has often quipped be careful about "trying to be happier than happy." It's a twist on the grass looks greener on the other side. The difference here is that he's saying this about people who like the grass in their yard. So if you like your grass, why would you try to get another yard for better grass? It smacks of greed to me. But, I know we have those who can never be satisfied with anything. Nothing is ever good enough. When that's the case something is lacking within that can't be replaced from something outside. The grass ain't always greener on the same side. And even if it seems that way now, that doesn't mean it will stay that way. |
| I read the following in a Medium web site article about marriage: "saying I love you does not need a good reason for it." |
| Alpha females don't travel in packs. They're not lone wolves either. They are apart but set apart.That's what I'm talking about. |
| Be chill as a duck's bill. |
| I strive to become how I described President Obama in an earlier 'Word Courier' entry. And for that matter, the same can be said of Jimmy Carter. Like them, I want to be so square that I'm cool. |
| Hindsight is 20-20 but what's next is a blur. It's easy enough to look back with regret about the mistakes we've made. However, it's unrealistic to live an error free life. And sometimes what may be a mistake in our eyes could be the intention of providence. Having said that, I regret only those decisions in which I didn't follow my gut. Often, you just don't know how something will turn out. But when the instincts kick in and I fail to follow the gut, I usually regret it. I don't think that I'm alone in this. I have learned that what I think of as instinct is often though not always that still inner voice. The communication that comes from outside and beyond me but is heard from within me and is heard in my own voice. I'm speaking of that voice we should always listen to. I have made my best decisions when I listened to and adhered to that voice. The decision to follow Christ to wherever it may lead is one of the few choices that I regard as a no doubt about it 100 correct decision. That has proven time and again itself the right choice because it has led to many good results. This is not to say I haven't made bonehead mistakes since that decision. Let's face it, I'm guilty of such blunders. The decision to go to the University of Iowa is likely the best secular decision that I've ever made. I wrote in an earlier entry that who matters. Where and when also matter. The only regrets that I have concerning my choice of school is not taking full advantage of what it had to offer. But like I said hindsight is 20-20. |
| God is Lord of all or not at all You can't cherry pick the Scriptures that you adhere to. All of them apply.The people who come to mind when I say this are fellow pro lifers who will cheer the Dobbs v Jackson's Woman's Health Organization Supreme Court decision which is said to over rule Roe v Wade. It boggles my mind that the most ardent "pro life" states typically have the highest infant mortality rates. (rate at which babies born live die before their first birthday) That makes no sense. The mentality under which churches dot their lawns with crosses for the yet born babies as they allow the birthed babies to go without help as a matter of public policy is dubious. Theirs is not a pro life for the whole life stance. To me death is death. And I suspect that's how our Lord see it. |
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