Posts Tagged ‘truth’

When to Say

// May 2nd, 2010 // 1 Comment » // My Thoughts

Do you ever struggle with saying things that need to be said? I know I do… It is the absolute hardest thing to do… to say what needs to be said…at the right time… and with the right heart… There is always the chance that you will be misunderstood or your motives will be questioned… no matter how or why you say it…

like…

  • Yes… what you are doing is stupid… sorry… but its true.
  • Yes… you are wrong and they are right… quit being so selfish.
  • I fail to understand how you think that manipulating your spouse into doing what you want will make your marriage better… you are truly an idiot.
  • No it is not OK to do whatever you want just because you are “Free in Christ”  Freedom is the ability to choose to do the right thing for the right reasons… your selfishness is what you are a slave to… that what takes away your freedom.
  • God’s will is not a needle in a haystack… if you would do something instead of standing around waiting for him to “smack you with an answer” you would actually experience his will interacting with your life on a moment by moment basis… just a hunch but you are probably missing out on a lot by waiting around until the last minute to see if God will make the choice for you.

I guess my point is actually that if you never say the things you should say… then the things that need to be said may never be spoken… so what if you suffer for it?  speak the truth in love… even if it is painful… let the people you love decide what they want to do with it.

Tags: friends, God's will, Love, truth

Related posts

Being Right vs. Being True

// September 21st, 2009 // 3 Comments » // My Thoughts

In today’s society,  truth is becoming more and more a rarity. People are more interested in being right, than they are in finding truth.  I actually wonder sometimes if people are afraid to know the truth, that somehow they feel better if they can continue believing what they believe.  For me, knowing truth is exciting and it challenges me to constantly remain open to things that I haven’t thought about yet.  Many of my posts here are about finding truth, about being true, not about me being right.  In my search for truth I have often come against some pretty serious opposition, people that cared more about being right, than knowing truth.

The good thing about truth is that it can be questioned and poked and prodded and it still remains as true as it ever was.

so how about you?   have you been more interested in truth? or being right?     let me know!

Tags: right, true, truth

Related posts

Curious Thing

// September 1st, 2009 // 3 Comments » // My Life

Our family recently converted to eating organic, non processed foods. We cut out high fructose corn syrup, white sugar, white flour, hormone treated meats and milk.

we replaced those items with agave syrup, raw cane sugar, whole wheat flour and organic, meat and milk. all of these items are more expensive than the more processed versions. However we eat less now because the food is actually more filling. so it equals out…

The curious thing is:
I lost my milk allergy
I lost 30 lbs
I have more energy
I sleep better

and when I add any of those items back to my diet…

I have unbearable cravings to constantly eat
stomach cramps
tension and anxiety
I do not sleep well at all

The truth is you may not actually know the truth about the food you eat… don’t take my word for it…look up the ingredients in the things you use… deodorant, sunscreen, ketchup, dishwasher soap, milk, meat, flour, rice, sugar, splenda the list goes on… the thing that gets me… why does someone not tell us these things carry toxins, and hormones, and chemicals that could cause hundreds of physical ailments? The answer is simple… its not financially smart.

So what do you think about this?

Tags: Art, Family, Mac, physical ailments, raw cane sugar, stomach cramps, sun, tension, toxins, truth, white sugar, whole wheat flour

Related posts

Everyone’s Entitled… Or Are They?

// August 8th, 2009 // 1 Comment » // My Thoughts

I have to say that I just about fell out of my chair laughing when I read the “Onion” article that stated “Study: 38 Percent Of People Not Actually Entitled To Their Opinion“   But It really got me thinking… I am a pretty opinionated person, so how many of my opinions are actually not mine?  Well truthfully I rarely just pick up an opinion and begin using it for my own… most often the reason for this is that I am a bit egotistical i guess…I like figuring things out on my own. I seek out truth at all costs… the result, I may actually be entitled to my opinions… not that they are great or even very accurate but in most circumstances my opinions are mine and mine alone.  However this is not so true for the average person I rub shoulders with… Call me an egotist if you like, but I rarely meet individuals that actually think for themselves these days… in general they seem to just jump on somebody’s band wagon and hang on for the ride.   Most commonly I find people regurgitating the opinions of  talk radio hosts, activists, TV personalities,  and they often are intensely confrontational and outspoken and feel very strongly about “their” opinions.   Like the staunch conservatives that are protesting the health care reform, they talk about “socialized medicine” and “single payer plans”.  And yet have no problems  avoiding a co-pay  for immunizations by going to a county health clinic to get them for free… something wrong there… right?   So where are you in this?   do you just quote Rush Limbaugh or some other outspoken personality that has whipped you into a furor about a certain subject?   You have to know that politics these days depend on the gullible public to believe in the hype surrounding an ideology and rarely provide accurate facts. This forces people to make decisions based on “feelings” rather than on “facts”  so if everyone “feels good” about a war… then we can be at war for 20 years and no one will complain… but alas if some soldiers die, well then people start feeling bad about things… so they no longer want to be at war.

I am not trying to be insensitive here… I just think that a lot of people need to begin pulling their head out of the sand and realize that the majority of the US population is manipulated spiritually, religiously, psychologically, and physically through fear, and misinformation. It is an old trick that if you want to advance an agenda then you need to get people upset about something else.  Once they are focused on your distraction then they rarely recognize that something else more sinister is going on… It is called “diversion”   So the next time that someone gets you all worked up about something… you need to think about what might actually be going on in the background.

Just take a moment and be honest with yourself… are you really entitled to your opinion?  or are you just borrowing someone else’s

Tags: activists, Art, choices, conservative, decisions, egotist, fear, hype, My Thoughts, Obama, politics, President, reform, Religion, rush limbaugh, sin, single payer, sleepwalking, spirit, talk radio hosts, truth

Related posts

When is enough… enough? GET OVER IT!!!

// August 4th, 2009 // 14 Comments » // My Thoughts

man pulling his hair out in frustration

I think this adequately describes my emotions at the moment of inspiration

It seems the media these days is full of news… about the economy, the democratic agenda, the republican agenda, whats happening on Wall Street, how somebody got away with something and everybody else had to pay for it. In some ways.. its good to know the truth about things… to be informed so that you can make good decisions and survive in an increasingly “dog eat dog” world.

I tend to enjoy the social media circle to some extent..I use twitter, facebook, most often and I like to share my favorite websites on Stumbleupon.com . I like being connected to people, my family, friends, and just the occasional acquaintance… I even check in on a few enemies occasionally to see what they are doing in their mad scientist laboratories!

Recently however my social media has become crowded with… how do I say it nicely RAVING LUNATICS!   it seems everywhere I go I am barraged by virtual sign waving screaming crowds of “conservative protesters”  they fill my normally entertaining social media with “this is why obama is evil”, “this is further proof of obamas evil plan”  and “here is even more proof! he was actually born in Australia and they wouldn’t take him!”  the list of antichrist predictions, conspiracy theories, petitions, videos, crappy photo montages attached to sappy music, are more than I can stand!  Please PLEASE!!! I really hoped that the community of Christians was made up of more than this!  the number of people continuously regurgitating unconfirmed and often stupidly one-sided views is absolutely ridiculous!

I am not here to discuss whether I agree with Obama’s ideals or how he is running the country.  Honestly the fact that anyone can keep this flaming runaway wagon of a country within the white lines is a feat of unbelievable skill… America is so fickle that we can single-handedly will bring about our own destruction with or without ANY president’s help.

So you didn’t get the president that you wanted, you are mad.. you lost your 401K, and you may have to pay for someone else’s insurance, or foot the bill for their bonus while you bail them out.  So you may pay higher taxes, the president may be a fraud, he may be the “AntiChrist”, he may be secret friends with someone that is completely vile and distasteful to you. So you are angry… about all of this… but why? why are you angry? did  you expect the world to just come whimpering to your feet and give you every thing you wanted? Who the heck asked you how things should go?  Since the beginning of time tyrants, dictators, coups, and all around nasty empires have risen and fallen… and no one has ever stopped to ask… “oh… so mister John Q Christian, what should we do next?  do you like how things are working out for you?”  America is NOT  YOUR COUNTRY!!! HEAVEN IS YOUR COUNTRY!!! get it through your thick heads!  this country is not a “CHRISTIAN” country! It is the same heathen country that it has always been.  Sure many of the founders were Christians, Almost every great empire has been founded on good ideas and good principals… because they work!  But man is always self seeking and ultimately undermines all the good intentions and even the best laid plans can work to benefit the corrupt. Why do you insist on meddling in the politics of a country that you don’t even belong to?

So again… you are angry, you feel betrayed, you feel taken advantage of, you feel like things are not going the way you like… Get Over It!!!  Focus on what matters, people are jobless, people are homeless, people are hopeless, people are directionless!!!

Instead of just adding to the confusion how about you step away from  your stupid,  Protest-a-matic, Spam-a-holic, mailing list and actually help the people that are hurting!  This is an opportunity to promote “LEGAL IMMIGRATION” to the Kingdom of Heaven!

Tags: capitolism, christian, christians, conservative, decisions, dog, economy, facebook, Family, financial problems, friends, heaven, music, Obama, politics, President, ranting, running, sin, temporal world, thick heads, truth

Related posts

The Trouble with Trouble

// July 3rd, 2009 // 1 Comment » // My Thoughts

whatever trouble you are experiencing right now no matter how bad it is… it is just a distraction that is keeping your attention away from the one truly good thing in your life… Jesus… and if you think he is not in your life… look away from your troubles for a second and you will see him there waiting for you.

The trouble with trouble is that as soon as things do not go our way we assume that the situation has turned into trouble and we want nothing to do with it. The truth is that while bad things may happen to “good” people bad things do not happen to “God’s” people! you are welcome to disagree but hear me out… “bad” is a matter of perspective. “evil” is a matter of fact! scripture says “all things work together for the good of those that love and serve God” scripture also says

Jer 29:10-14 (NIV) This is what the Lord says: “When seventy years are completed for Babylon, I will come to you and fulfill my gracious promise to bring you back to this place. For I know the plans I have for you,” declares the Lord, “plans to prosper you and not to harm you, plans to give you hope and a future. Then you will call upon me and come and pray to me, and I will listen to you. You will seek me and find me when you seek me with all your heart. I will be found by you,” declares the Lord, “and will bring you back from captivity. I will gather you from all the nations and places where I have banished you,” declares the Lord, “and will bring you back to the place from which I carried you into exile.”

he doesn’t say “you know the plans I have for you” he says “I know the plans I have for you”  From God’s perspective the 70 years of captivity in babylon were a “good” thing for his people even though they may have perceived it as “bad”   so you see “bad” is a matter of perspective.

so wherever you are, whatever trouble you are in…whatever pain you suffer… whatever struggles you deal with… they are all for your good,  so look away from  your troubles and look to your savior… “Then you will call upon me and come and pray to me, and I will listen to you. You will seek me and find me when you seek me with all your heart. I will be found by you,” declares the Lord, “and will bring you back from captivity. I will gather you from all the nations and places where I have banished you,” declares the Lord, “and will bring you back to the place from which I carried you into exile.”

I am not saying that trouble will not overtake us ever… but we can look at it from God’s perspective, and welcome it as an opportunity to grow and discover what the plans for our future are like!

Tags: Art, God, jesus, Love, pain, perspective, trouble with trouble, truth

Related posts