Crap.

Humanity declares a man's worth according to what he brings to the table.  Crap.  I don't even have a table. 

Religion My Ass!

"The more I study religions the more I am convinced that man never worshipped anything but himself."

Richard Burton

Religion is a man's futile attempt to relate himself to God.  The true gift of Christ is God relating himself to man...

Anyways... I tried to order a plate of chicken, rice and beans without the chicken...  but they wouldn't split them up... I was like "Really?"  She was like "Really."  Then she said "But I can give you just rice."  I said "Without beans?"  She said "Without beans."  I was like "Really?" She said "Really." Then I thought to myself.."She is just answering my questions with the same words I'm using but with different punctuation."  I didn't want just rice... I wanted rice AND beans together on the same plate without chicken.  I was like "I can't have just rice and beans?"  She said "You can't have just rice and beans."  I was like "If I want rice and beans I HAVE to have the chicken?"  She was all "If you want rice and beans you HAVE to have the chicken."  Weird.  Well I wasn't going to ask again because I already knew she would just repeat me and then replace my question mark with a period.  So I settled for just the rice.  I wish I hadn't settled.  Rice is good... but rice and beans is great.  There's a lot of real estate between good and great.   

FYI...

I had the greatest time yesterday!  The simplest things in life... 

From where?

 With what measurement can one judge another's heart?  Surely the weight and size of one's heart is irrelevant in spiritual matters.  The temperature and density of one's heart cannot tell of its intent.  Certainly the heart can be tried and tested by man, but to what extent?  To the extent of what a man can see with his eyes and feel with his hands...

If you knew my heart I would have given it up a long time ago.  But instead it will remain with the Creator.  He alone knows my heart.  He does not weep for me.  He does not store up wrath against me.  He does not condemn me.  Instead He has responded in love and has secured my heart in His.  

i love you..

Hunger in the streets.  Fatherless children.  War in the East.  Civil unrest and disease in Africa.  Poverty in the third world.  Depletion of natural resources.  Rising Temperatures.  Inflated prices within struggling economies.  Intrusion of man in the rain forests.  Abuse.  Addiction.  Murder.  Violence.  Rape.  In our backyard.  Greed.  Control.  Energy Crisis.  Propaganda.  Lies.   Intolerance for our brothers and sisters.  Pollution.  Poaching.  Selfishness.  Religion.  Apathy.  Depression.  Godlessness.  Hatred...

What is the origin of evil...?  What purpose does it serve?  Why have we been subjected to it's destruction?

It does not take much to see the suffering.  A quick drive thru suitcase city may surprise you.  Try sitting off Dale M.  without hearing the wail of sirens racing towards a crisis.  Turn on the news, someone's life has been violently taken.  Read the paper, our economy is failing.  Friends have been laid off.  Visit the hospital, disease is thriving.  Our elders are alone in a assisted living facilities.  The orphanages are full.  Prison is crowed.  This is where I live.  I see it everyday.  And across the world there is a different brand of suffering.  But suffering to say the least.  

Some have turned their back to it.  Others close their eyes.  It is ignored.  It is not discussed.  It is not politically correct.  Our leaders fatten themselves on the fruit of the land with a reckless abandonment of compassion while the poor and weak spirited are left to carry the burden.  What hope do we have then?

Barrack Obama?  Can he save us with his eloquent speech and well catered campaign?  Will his charm and marketability deliver us?  Perhaps more so than the other flavors on the menu but in reality he is not the answer.  Our hope is not in man.    

Our hope rests on the foundation of love.  And the greatest love of all is when a man lays down his life for another.  Moment by moment, embrace this love.  It will find you in the chaos that your life is.  In your home.  At the office.  When you go out.  At the bars.  The grocery store.  School campuses.  It will spread to the ocean.  It will cross the seas and touch the world.  Change is inevitable.  It will come no matter what.  But changing for the better is a fight.  Do not grow weary in doing good.  It is thankless.  It is difficult.  It is sneered at.  At times it seems hopeless.   Take heart, smile because what you have done has not been done in vain.  Instead, each act of love is another cornerstone in the foundation of a better tomorrow.  Take the hands of those beside you.  Together crucify hatred and selfishness and embrace the love has been yours since the beginning

Share

You know how some people don't like eating in front of people who aren't eating... maybe they are embarrassed, or they think it's rude... either way they would prefer someone else to eat with them... so they share.  

It would be cool if countries had manners like that...