I ran into three people today, whom I knew, but could not talk to.
We engaged voluntarily in either ignoring, or looking down to study the cracks in the floor.
I hate it when relationships break down. I swear, This is not how it was meant to be.
Thursday, March 03, 2005
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8�But you are not to be called �Rabbi,� for you have only one Master and you are all brothers. 9And do not call anyone on earth �father,� for you have one Father, and he is in heaven. 10Nor are you to be called �teacher,� for you have one Teacher, the Christ. 11The greatest among you will be your servant. 12For whoever exalts himself will be humbled, and whoever humbles himself will be exalted.
~Matt 23.
I don't understand then. Why church as we know it today?
Paul isn't Jesus.
8�But you are not to be called �Rabbi,� for you have only one Master and you are all brothers. 9And do not call anyone on earth �father,� for you have one Father, and he is in heaven. 10Nor are you to be called �teacher,� for you have one Teacher, the Christ. 11The greatest among you will be your servant. 12For whoever exalts himself will be humbled, and whoever humbles himself will be exalted.
~Matt 23.
I don't understand then. Why church as we know it today?
Paul isn't Jesus.
Wednesday, March 02, 2005
Monday, February 28, 2005
Love
1If I speak in the tongues of men and of angels, but have not love, I am only a resounding gong or a clanging cymbal. 2If I have the gift of prophecy and can fathom all mysteries and all knowledge, and if I have a faith that can move mountains, but have not love, I am nothing. 3If I give all I possess to the poor and surrender my body to the flames, but have not love, I gain nothing.
4Love is patient, love is kind. It does not envy, it does not boast, it is not proud. 5It is not rude, it is not selfseeking, it is not easily angered, it keeps no record of wrongs. 6Love does not delight in evil but rejoices with the truth. 7It always protects, always trusts, always hopes, always perseveres.
8Love never fails. But where there are prophecies, they will cease; where there are tongues, they will be stilled; where there is knowledge, it will pass away. 9For we know in part and we prophesy in part, 10but when perfection comes, the imperfect disappears. 11When I was a child, I talked like a child, I thought like a child, I reasoned like a child. When I became a man, I put childish ways behind me. 12Now we see but a poor reflection as in a mirror; then we shall see face to face. Now I know in part; then I shall know fully, even as I am fully known.
13And now these three remain: faith, hope and love. But the greatest of these is love.
I have decided that it is true. I like the navs not just because they believe in what I believe, but because they really do care, and they care about things that really matter. They love, and they love not because of what I am, but because of who God is.
El.
"Do you trust me?"
Why would the cosmic creator of the universe care if I trust Him or not?
More mind-boggling, why has He trusted me with His life, message and mission?
1If I speak in the tongues of men and of angels, but have not love, I am only a resounding gong or a clanging cymbal. 2If I have the gift of prophecy and can fathom all mysteries and all knowledge, and if I have a faith that can move mountains, but have not love, I am nothing. 3If I give all I possess to the poor and surrender my body to the flames, but have not love, I gain nothing.
4Love is patient, love is kind. It does not envy, it does not boast, it is not proud. 5It is not rude, it is not selfseeking, it is not easily angered, it keeps no record of wrongs. 6Love does not delight in evil but rejoices with the truth. 7It always protects, always trusts, always hopes, always perseveres.
8Love never fails. But where there are prophecies, they will cease; where there are tongues, they will be stilled; where there is knowledge, it will pass away. 9For we know in part and we prophesy in part, 10but when perfection comes, the imperfect disappears. 11When I was a child, I talked like a child, I thought like a child, I reasoned like a child. When I became a man, I put childish ways behind me. 12Now we see but a poor reflection as in a mirror; then we shall see face to face. Now I know in part; then I shall know fully, even as I am fully known.
13And now these three remain: faith, hope and love. But the greatest of these is love.
I have decided that it is true. I like the navs not just because they believe in what I believe, but because they really do care, and they care about things that really matter. They love, and they love not because of what I am, but because of who God is.
El.
"Do you trust me?"
Why would the cosmic creator of the universe care if I trust Him or not?
More mind-boggling, why has He trusted me with His life, message and mission?
