“Praise him with tambourine and dance.” Ps.150 ESV
Adults often need to be reminded to do the things they once did and did naturally when they were children. I often ask people what they do for fun. The most common reply is “Fun, what's that?” Adults forget how to play, roll in the grass, wade in a creek, or dance in the sheer delight of life. Strange that we need to be reminded to do something we once loved to do. But that is the nature of living in this fallen place. It is one of the things that Jesus has undoubtedly come to fix. I love the quote from the children's book Prince Caspian when the Christ character tells them, “You do not yet look as happy as I mean you to be.” 9/29/2010 Conversations Within ts (Watson Mill)
Just me trying to be honest with God.
“I now issue a new commandment: Thou shalt do the dance.” Evan Almighty (The movie)
“Praise him with tambourine and dance.” Ps.150 ESV
Adults often need to be reminded to do the things they once did and did naturally when they were children. I often ask people what they do for fun. The most common reply is “Fun, what's that?” Adults forget how to play, roll in the grass, wade in a creek, or dance in the sheer delight of life. Strange that we need to be reminded to do something we once loved to do. But that is the nature of living in this fallen place. It is one of the things that Jesus has undoubtedly come to fix. I love the quote from the children's book Prince Caspian when the Christ character tells them, “You do not yet look as happy as I mean you to be.” 9/29/2010 Conversations Within ts (Watson Mill)
Adults often need to be reminded to do the things they once did and did naturally when they were children. I often ask people what they do for fun. The most common reply is “Fun, what's that?” Adults forget how to play, roll in the grass, wade in a creek, or dance in the sheer delight of life. Strange that we need to be reminded to do something we once loved to do. But that is the nature of living in this fallen place. It is one of the things that Jesus has undoubtedly come to fix. I love the quote from the children's book Prince Caspian when the Christ character tells them, “You do not yet look as happy as I mean you to be.” 9/29/2010 Conversations Within ts (Watson Mill)
“The door to safety swings on the hinges of common sense.” Author Unknown
“Whoever trusts in his own mind is a fool, but he who walks in wisdom will be delivered.” Prov.28 ESV
It is one thing to value my right to private judgment and another to trust it. No doubt I have blind spots and biases that skew my view of reality. Wisdom teaches us to listen to what my dad's generation called “common sense.” It was common because it was collectively shared by good ole common folk and past down from generation to generation. A good question before embarking on some new journey might be, 'Is this good common sense.” But, not all common sense is good. When the good has been taken out of common sense and is replaced by camaraderie of relativism, where nothing is really right or wrong, it may be wise to seek the wisdom of a wiser generation. The trick seems to be knowing when to venture out and when to seek the safety of traditional shores. But even the pioneers have the collective wisdom of other pioneers before them. 9/28/2010 Conversations Within ts (Watson Mill)
It is one thing to value my right to private judgment and another to trust it. No doubt I have blind spots and biases that skew my view of reality. Wisdom teaches us to listen to what my dad's generation called “common sense.” It was common because it was collectively shared by good ole common folk and past down from generation to generation. A good question before embarking on some new journey might be, 'Is this good common sense.” But, not all common sense is good. When the good has been taken out of common sense and is replaced by camaraderie of relativism, where nothing is really right or wrong, it may be wise to seek the wisdom of a wiser generation. The trick seems to be knowing when to venture out and when to seek the safety of traditional shores. But even the pioneers have the collective wisdom of other pioneers before them. 9/28/2010 Conversations Within ts (Watson Mill)
“The door to safety swings on the hinges of common sense.” Author Unknown
“Whoever trusts in his own mind is a fool, but he who walks in wisdom will be delivered.” Prov.28 ESV
It is one thing to value my right to private judgment and another to trust it. No doubt I have blind spots and biases that skew my view of reality. Wisdom teaches us to listen to what my dad's generation called “common sense.” It was common because it was collectively shared by good ole common folk and past down from generation to generation. A good question before embarking on some new journey might be, 'Is this good common sense.” But, not all common sense is good. When the good has been taken out of common sense and is replaced by camaraderie of relativism, where nothing is really right or wrong, it may be wise to seek the wisdom of a wiser generation. The trick seems to be knowing when to venture out and when to seek the safety of traditional shores. But even the pioneers have the collective wisdom of other pioneers before them. 9/28/2010 Conversations Within ts (Watson Mill)
It is one thing to value my right to private judgment and another to trust it. No doubt I have blind spots and biases that skew my view of reality. Wisdom teaches us to listen to what my dad's generation called “common sense.” It was common because it was collectively shared by good ole common folk and past down from generation to generation. A good question before embarking on some new journey might be, 'Is this good common sense.” But, not all common sense is good. When the good has been taken out of common sense and is replaced by camaraderie of relativism, where nothing is really right or wrong, it may be wise to seek the wisdom of a wiser generation. The trick seems to be knowing when to venture out and when to seek the safety of traditional shores. But even the pioneers have the collective wisdom of other pioneers before them. 9/28/2010 Conversations Within ts (Watson Mill)
There is nothing in a caterpillar that tells you it's going to be a butterfly. Richard Fuller
“For I do not do what I want, but I do the very thing I hate.” Rom.7 ESV
Who hasn't felt the weight of these words? I am not the man I would like to be; I am most days someone I do not like. And, I wonder if this will ever change...if I will die still unable to to rule passions which always seem to get the best of me. But what is there to do but to crawl like a worm till I am cocooned in death.Jesus, thou hast made the grave but a chrysalis. Undeniably there is the seed of hope in me that I will one day be raised winged beauty, transformed into the likeness of the firstborn from the dead. It is this in between stage that bugs me. Pardon the pun Lord. Pardon also this man that I am and let us press on and finish what you started. 9/27/2010 Conversations Within ts (Watson Mill)
Who hasn't felt the weight of these words? I am not the man I would like to be; I am most days someone I do not like. And, I wonder if this will ever change...if I will die still unable to to rule passions which always seem to get the best of me. But what is there to do but to crawl like a worm till I am cocooned in death.Jesus, thou hast made the grave but a chrysalis. Undeniably there is the seed of hope in me that I will one day be raised winged beauty, transformed into the likeness of the firstborn from the dead. It is this in between stage that bugs me. Pardon the pun Lord. Pardon also this man that I am and let us press on and finish what you started. 9/27/2010 Conversations Within ts (Watson Mill)
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