My OperaGrasped by the hair
Sunday, September 11, 2011 1:54:44 PM
Sometime you feel alive, not only because new things are happening but because something happens that gives you a new perspective on things.
A lot of things happening....
Saturday, September 10, 2011 11:52:37 PM
I feel alive. That's nice 
Lots of things happening.
Last weekend before the community & county election, which means I could be elected into the community council. Which can be an interesting experience, for a person who thought she would never have an impact on anything. Which may still be the truth, but well, at least I'm going to see what does really happen and who's impacting who! I'm excitet. Election day will be Monday 12 September, I'll be working night shift but hopefully have a glance at the news in the morning.
Another thing, which is also good.
I'm trying out a new diet, the "no-diet diet", hoha!!!
Not sure I'm going to lose weight on this one, but AM going to have fun!!
One of the main issues in this book is to give help to break the whole web of habits & routines we live in and to challenge us to do new things. And this is fun!!
Because I felt somewhat bored with my routines and I guess that's when we start eating for comfort!
So, now I'm doing something new every day, and on Monday I'm going to watch a soccer game for the 14 year olds and that's something that I normally would shun, I mean SHUN!!! But I'm going with one of the moms and will be cheering at her son Way to go!!! It will be a new experience....!
Well, this is the moment I live in...
Lots of things happening.
Last weekend before the community & county election, which means I could be elected into the community council. Which can be an interesting experience, for a person who thought she would never have an impact on anything. Which may still be the truth, but well, at least I'm going to see what does really happen and who's impacting who! I'm excitet. Election day will be Monday 12 September, I'll be working night shift but hopefully have a glance at the news in the morning.
Another thing, which is also good.
I'm trying out a new diet, the "no-diet diet", hoha!!!
Not sure I'm going to lose weight on this one, but AM going to have fun!!
One of the main issues in this book is to give help to break the whole web of habits & routines we live in and to challenge us to do new things. And this is fun!!
Because I felt somewhat bored with my routines and I guess that's when we start eating for comfort!
So, now I'm doing something new every day, and on Monday I'm going to watch a soccer game for the 14 year olds and that's something that I normally would shun, I mean SHUN!!! But I'm going with one of the moms and will be cheering at her son
Way to go!!! It will be a new experience....! Well, this is the moment I live in...
Seen from the outside
Saturday, July 23, 2011 10:52:38 PM
Put together these ingredients:
A shy, quite reserved, intelligent person
Economically relatively well off, living at the best west
Having a good mom
was a little occupied with neo nazi groups in his teens, but not known to be very active
Grows into his computer?
spending more and more time alone?
writing political comments of a clear right wing character, but nothing that indicates violence...
spending a lot of time playing World of War Craft...
Slowly planning
slowly growing more and more crazy...
thinking himself to be a hero and a Templar Knight,
the starter of a self declared war against what you felt were a culture falling apart....
You became a person who says that what he's done - was terrible, but necessary.....
Was madness a part of you all the time, or did it come creeping over the years??
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Today: http://www.nytimes.com/2011/07/24/world/europe/24oslo.html?_r=1
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Why weren't we there??
Why didn't you have friends who could keep you on track?
Why did we just leave you alone with your gaming, your pc and your ideologies??
I know, you have responsibility for yourself, like every one of us.
YES, YOU HAD.
Still I can't help myself thinking
what life could have been for you
and for over 90 other persons
if someone had seen you, and taken the bother to care
when you started isolating, gaming, and so on
Did we have a chance, to see what was happening? What was going on inside of you?
Did we have a chance, to stop you?
I don't know
So many questions
I just know
you must have been very alone.
A shy, quite reserved, intelligent person
Economically relatively well off, living at the best west
Having a good mom
was a little occupied with neo nazi groups in his teens, but not known to be very active
Grows into his computer?
spending more and more time alone?
writing political comments of a clear right wing character, but nothing that indicates violence...
spending a lot of time playing World of War Craft...
Slowly planning
slowly growing more and more crazy...
thinking himself to be a hero and a Templar Knight,
the starter of a self declared war against what you felt were a culture falling apart....
You became a person who says that what he's done - was terrible, but necessary.....
Was madness a part of you all the time, or did it come creeping over the years??
************************************************************************
Today: http://www.nytimes.com/2011/07/24/world/europe/24oslo.html?_r=1
************************************************************************
Why weren't we there??
Why didn't you have friends who could keep you on track?
Why did we just leave you alone with your gaming, your pc and your ideologies??
I know, you have responsibility for yourself, like every one of us.
YES, YOU HAD.
Still I can't help myself thinking
what life could have been for you
and for over 90 other persons
if someone had seen you, and taken the bother to care
when you started isolating, gaming, and so on
Did we have a chance, to see what was happening? What was going on inside of you?
Did we have a chance, to stop you?
I don't know
So many questions
I just know
you must have been very alone.
I love this foolishness!!
Tuesday, June 21, 2011 12:09:38 AM
Borrowed this post from the blog of Jeffrey Bernstein, found on his site www.gatesofzion.net
Enjoy!
The Biblical Meaning of “Hearing”
22 APRIL 2011 3 COMMENTS
Faith comes from hearing the word of God.
This does not mean merely hearing audibly but rather a hearing within; a revelation; an understanding that goes deep into your heart, into your innermost being.
Those who only read or hear biblical truth audibly without experiencing its penetrating life changing power can easily be led astray into unbelief by the very strong, convincing secular humanistic mindset that inundates us daily.
James whose Hebrew name was Yakov, the brother of Yeshua, warns us of this so called wisdom and explains where it comes from.
James 3:15 – this wisdom does not descend from above, but is earthly, sensual, demonic.
The wisdom that comes from God is spiritually discerned by those who have received the precious gift of the Holy Spirit.
1Cor. 2:13 These things we also speak, not in words whichman’s wisdom teaches but which the Holy Spirit teaches, comparing spiritual things with spiritual. 14 But the natural man does not receive the things of the Spirit of God, for they are foolishness to him; nor can he know them, because they are spiritually discerned.
You see, to believe in an invisible God and have faith that he actually freed a nation of slaves leading them on dry land through the midst of a raging sea and that the death of a man 2000 years ago can change your entire life today is absolutely and unequivocally pure FOOLISHNESS to the modern “educated” and sophisticated person, and I mean FOOLISHNESS!
Isn’t it cool that Yeshua actually rejoiced over this and praised his Abba?
Matt. 11:25 At that time Yeshua answered and said, “I thank You, Father, Lord of heaven and earth, that You have hidden these things from the wise and prudent and have revealed them to babes.
Why can’t we get it? It is not through our own wisdom that we can know God!
1Cor. 1:20 Where is the wise? Where is the scribe? Where is the disputer of this age? Has not God made foolish the wisdom of this world? 21 For since, in the wisdom of God, the world through wisdom did not know God, it pleased God through the foolishness of the message preached to save those who believe.
Think about it. Doesn’t it seem foolish, even absurd that the death of a Jewish Rabbi 2,000 years ago has anything to do with you or me? And to think that this dead and buried Rabbi rose from the grave and is now alive sounds even more absurd and ridiculously foolish. God who inspired the scriptures understands this fully. He knows that the real life changing truth concerning salvation must be spiritually discerned. The intellectual humanistic mindset which is so prized in our modern culture utterly fails to see the power of God’s plan. In fact if you see the entire Passover saga of death and resurrection as simply a nice story or myth you are on your way out!
1Cor. 1:18 For the message of the cross is foolishness to those who are perishing, but to us who are being saved it is the power of God. 19 For it is written:
“I will destroy the wisdom of the wise,
And bring to nothing the understanding of the prudent.”
25 Because the foolishness of God is wiser than men, and the weakness of God is stronger than men.
When it comes to knowing God and understanding his will we are all on the same “playing field”. A doctor of philosophy from Harvard has no advantage over a uneducated penniless child living on a garbage dump in rural India. In fact the poor child may be in a better position to know the truth! This is mind blowing and one of the things I just love about God. Guess what? He is not impressed by us! The only way we can thrill Him is by our faith.
No wonder faith is spoken of as being precious!
1 Peter 1:7 that the genuineness of your faith, being muchmore precious than gold…
and you know how precious gold is these days!
What does this have to do with the Passover Lamb? Absolutely nothing specifically! But I believe the Lord is inspiring me to share these insights with you because in order to understand and see the truth within the bible we must have eyes to see and ears to hear.
1 Cor 1:27 But God has chosen the foolish things of the world to put to shame the wise, and God has chosen the weak things of the world to put to shame the things which are mighty; 28 and the base things of the world and the things which are despised God has chosen, and the things which are not, to bring to nothing the things that are, 29that no flesh should glory in His presence.
If you attempt to know God from a human perspective you will fail! If you read the bible as mere literature you will not understand its message.
1Cor. 2:6 However, we speak wisdom among those who are mature, yet not the wisdom of this age, nor of the rulers of this age, who are coming to nothing. 7 But we speak the wisdom of God in a mystery, the hidden wisdom which God ordained before the ages for our glory, 8 which none of the rulers of this age knew; for had they known, they would not have crucified the Lord of glory.
1Cor 2:10 But God has revealed them to us through His Spirit. For the Spirit searches all things, yes, the deep things of God. 11 For what man knows the things of a man except the spirit of the man which is in him? Even so no one knowsthe things of God except the Spirit of God. 12 Now we have received, not the spirit of the world, but the Spirit who is from God, that we might know the things that have been freely given to us by God.
To conclude, the Lord himself told his disciples that those who trusted in themselves, and took pride in their own understanding were blind. It is amazing how our world view can so blind us so we cannot see the simple truth before our eyes. No wonder Yeshua warned us that many, not a mere few, will be deceived.
Matt. 13:13Therefore I speak to them in parables, because seeingthey do not see, and hearing they do not hear, nor do they understand.14And in them the prophecy of Isaiah is fulfilled, which says:
“Hearing you will hear and shall not understand,
And seeing you will see and not perceive;
15For the hearts of this people have grown dull.
Their ears are hard of hearing,
And their eyes they have closed,
Lest they should see with their eyes and hear with their ears,
Lest they should understand with their hearts and turn,
So that I should heal them.’
16But blessed are your eyes for they see, and your ears for they hear
Wow! I would say it is an excellent idea to ask God to keep us from blinding pride that will ultimately cause us to completely waste our lives rejecting the truth and believing a lie.
The scriptures and the Messiah himself speaks of and exposes Satan or the devil. Secular humanistic thinkers would have us believe this evil personality is in reality a superstitious myth. The Lord told us that Satan is a liar from the beginning and the father of lies. In other words he is good at lying. Real good! He has had quite a while to hone his craft. How clever of him to inspire the “wise” of this world to deny his very existence! There is nothing more dangerous than having an enemy you do not even believe exists! I would say you have no chance of survival if that is the case.
Enjoy!
The Biblical Meaning of “Hearing”
22 APRIL 2011 3 COMMENTS
Faith comes from hearing the word of God.
This does not mean merely hearing audibly but rather a hearing within; a revelation; an understanding that goes deep into your heart, into your innermost being.
Those who only read or hear biblical truth audibly without experiencing its penetrating life changing power can easily be led astray into unbelief by the very strong, convincing secular humanistic mindset that inundates us daily.
James whose Hebrew name was Yakov, the brother of Yeshua, warns us of this so called wisdom and explains where it comes from.
James 3:15 – this wisdom does not descend from above, but is earthly, sensual, demonic.
The wisdom that comes from God is spiritually discerned by those who have received the precious gift of the Holy Spirit.
1Cor. 2:13 These things we also speak, not in words whichman’s wisdom teaches but which the Holy Spirit teaches, comparing spiritual things with spiritual. 14 But the natural man does not receive the things of the Spirit of God, for they are foolishness to him; nor can he know them, because they are spiritually discerned.
You see, to believe in an invisible God and have faith that he actually freed a nation of slaves leading them on dry land through the midst of a raging sea and that the death of a man 2000 years ago can change your entire life today is absolutely and unequivocally pure FOOLISHNESS to the modern “educated” and sophisticated person, and I mean FOOLISHNESS!
Isn’t it cool that Yeshua actually rejoiced over this and praised his Abba?
Matt. 11:25 At that time Yeshua answered and said, “I thank You, Father, Lord of heaven and earth, that You have hidden these things from the wise and prudent and have revealed them to babes.
Why can’t we get it? It is not through our own wisdom that we can know God!
1Cor. 1:20 Where is the wise? Where is the scribe? Where is the disputer of this age? Has not God made foolish the wisdom of this world? 21 For since, in the wisdom of God, the world through wisdom did not know God, it pleased God through the foolishness of the message preached to save those who believe.
Think about it. Doesn’t it seem foolish, even absurd that the death of a Jewish Rabbi 2,000 years ago has anything to do with you or me? And to think that this dead and buried Rabbi rose from the grave and is now alive sounds even more absurd and ridiculously foolish. God who inspired the scriptures understands this fully. He knows that the real life changing truth concerning salvation must be spiritually discerned. The intellectual humanistic mindset which is so prized in our modern culture utterly fails to see the power of God’s plan. In fact if you see the entire Passover saga of death and resurrection as simply a nice story or myth you are on your way out!
1Cor. 1:18 For the message of the cross is foolishness to those who are perishing, but to us who are being saved it is the power of God. 19 For it is written:
“I will destroy the wisdom of the wise,
And bring to nothing the understanding of the prudent.”
25 Because the foolishness of God is wiser than men, and the weakness of God is stronger than men.
When it comes to knowing God and understanding his will we are all on the same “playing field”. A doctor of philosophy from Harvard has no advantage over a uneducated penniless child living on a garbage dump in rural India. In fact the poor child may be in a better position to know the truth! This is mind blowing and one of the things I just love about God. Guess what? He is not impressed by us! The only way we can thrill Him is by our faith.
No wonder faith is spoken of as being precious!
1 Peter 1:7 that the genuineness of your faith, being muchmore precious than gold…
and you know how precious gold is these days!
What does this have to do with the Passover Lamb? Absolutely nothing specifically! But I believe the Lord is inspiring me to share these insights with you because in order to understand and see the truth within the bible we must have eyes to see and ears to hear.
1 Cor 1:27 But God has chosen the foolish things of the world to put to shame the wise, and God has chosen the weak things of the world to put to shame the things which are mighty; 28 and the base things of the world and the things which are despised God has chosen, and the things which are not, to bring to nothing the things that are, 29that no flesh should glory in His presence.
If you attempt to know God from a human perspective you will fail! If you read the bible as mere literature you will not understand its message.
1Cor. 2:6 However, we speak wisdom among those who are mature, yet not the wisdom of this age, nor of the rulers of this age, who are coming to nothing. 7 But we speak the wisdom of God in a mystery, the hidden wisdom which God ordained before the ages for our glory, 8 which none of the rulers of this age knew; for had they known, they would not have crucified the Lord of glory.
1Cor 2:10 But God has revealed them to us through His Spirit. For the Spirit searches all things, yes, the deep things of God. 11 For what man knows the things of a man except the spirit of the man which is in him? Even so no one knowsthe things of God except the Spirit of God. 12 Now we have received, not the spirit of the world, but the Spirit who is from God, that we might know the things that have been freely given to us by God.
To conclude, the Lord himself told his disciples that those who trusted in themselves, and took pride in their own understanding were blind. It is amazing how our world view can so blind us so we cannot see the simple truth before our eyes. No wonder Yeshua warned us that many, not a mere few, will be deceived.
Matt. 13:13Therefore I speak to them in parables, because seeingthey do not see, and hearing they do not hear, nor do they understand.14And in them the prophecy of Isaiah is fulfilled, which says:
“Hearing you will hear and shall not understand,
And seeing you will see and not perceive;
15For the hearts of this people have grown dull.
Their ears are hard of hearing,
And their eyes they have closed,
Lest they should see with their eyes and hear with their ears,
Lest they should understand with their hearts and turn,
So that I should heal them.’
16But blessed are your eyes for they see, and your ears for they hear
Wow! I would say it is an excellent idea to ask God to keep us from blinding pride that will ultimately cause us to completely waste our lives rejecting the truth and believing a lie.
The scriptures and the Messiah himself speaks of and exposes Satan or the devil. Secular humanistic thinkers would have us believe this evil personality is in reality a superstitious myth. The Lord told us that Satan is a liar from the beginning and the father of lies. In other words he is good at lying. Real good! He has had quite a while to hone his craft. How clever of him to inspire the “wise” of this world to deny his very existence! There is nothing more dangerous than having an enemy you do not even believe exists! I would say you have no chance of survival if that is the case.
I love this foolishness!!
Tuesday, June 21, 2011 12:09:37 AM
Borrowed this post from the blog of Jeffrey Bernstein, found on his site www.gatesofzion.net
Enjoy!
The Biblical Meaning of “Hearing”
22 APRIL 2011 3 COMMENTS
Faith comes from hearing the word of God.
This does not mean merely hearing audibly but rather a hearing within; a revelation; an understanding that goes deep into your heart, into your innermost being.
Those who only read or hear biblical truth audibly without experiencing its penetrating life changing power can easily be led astray into unbelief by the very strong, convincing secular humanistic mindset that inundates us daily.
James whose Hebrew name was Yakov, the brother of Yeshua, warns us of this so called wisdom and explains where it comes from.
James 3:15 – this wisdom does not descend from above, but is earthly, sensual, demonic.
The wisdom that comes from God is spiritually discerned by those who have received the precious gift of the Holy Spirit.
1Cor. 2:13 These things we also speak, not in words whichman’s wisdom teaches but which the Holy Spirit teaches, comparing spiritual things with spiritual. 14 But the natural man does not receive the things of the Spirit of God, for they are foolishness to him; nor can he know them, because they are spiritually discerned.
You see, to believe in an invisible God and have faith that he actually freed a nation of slaves leading them on dry land through the midst of a raging sea and that the death of a man 2000 years ago can change your entire life today is absolutely and unequivocally pure FOOLISHNESS to the modern “educated” and sophisticated person, and I mean FOOLISHNESS!
Isn’t it cool that Yeshua actually rejoiced over this and praised his Abba?
Matt. 11:25 At that time Yeshua answered and said, “I thank You, Father, Lord of heaven and earth, that You have hidden these things from the wise and prudent and have revealed them to babes.
Why can’t we get it? It is not through our own wisdom that we can know God!
1Cor. 1:20 Where is the wise? Where is the scribe? Where is the disputer of this age? Has not God made foolish the wisdom of this world? 21 For since, in the wisdom of God, the world through wisdom did not know God, it pleased God through the foolishness of the message preached to save those who believe.
Think about it. Doesn’t it seem foolish, even absurd that the death of a Jewish Rabbi 2,000 years ago has anything to do with you or me? And to think that this dead and buried Rabbi rose from the grave and is now alive sounds even more absurd and ridiculously foolish. God who inspired the scriptures understands this fully. He knows that the real life changing truth concerning salvation must be spiritually discerned. The intellectual humanistic mindset which is so prized in our modern culture utterly fails to see the power of God’s plan. In fact if you see the entire Passover saga of death and resurrection as simply a nice story or myth you are on your way out!
1Cor. 1:18 For the message of the cross is foolishness to those who are perishing, but to us who are being saved it is the power of God. 19 For it is written:
“I will destroy the wisdom of the wise,
And bring to nothing the understanding of the prudent.”
25 Because the foolishness of God is wiser than men, and the weakness of God is stronger than men.
When it comes to knowing God and understanding his will we are all on the same “playing field”. A doctor of philosophy from Harvard has no advantage over a uneducated penniless child living on a garbage dump in rural India. In fact the poor child may be in a better position to know the truth! This is mind blowing and one of the things I just love about God. Guess what? He is not impressed by us! The only way we can thrill Him is by our faith.
No wonder faith is spoken of as being precious!
1 Peter 1:7 that the genuineness of your faith, being muchmore precious than gold…
and you know how precious gold is these days!
What does this have to do with the Passover Lamb? Absolutely nothing specifically! But I believe the Lord is inspiring me to share these insights with you because in order to understand and see the truth within the bible we must have eyes to see and ears to hear.
1 Cor 1:27 But God has chosen the foolish things of the world to put to shame the wise, and God has chosen the weak things of the world to put to shame the things which are mighty; 28 and the base things of the world and the things which are despised God has chosen, and the things which are not, to bring to nothing the things that are, 29that no flesh should glory in His presence.
If you attempt to know God from a human perspective you will fail! If you read the bible as mere literature you will not understand its message.
1Cor. 2:6 However, we speak wisdom among those who are mature, yet not the wisdom of this age, nor of the rulers of this age, who are coming to nothing. 7 But we speak the wisdom of God in a mystery, the hidden wisdom which God ordained before the ages for our glory, 8 which none of the rulers of this age knew; for had they known, they would not have crucified the Lord of glory.
1Cor 2:10 But God has revealed them to us through His Spirit. For the Spirit searches all things, yes, the deep things of God. 11 For what man knows the things of a man except the spirit of the man which is in him? Even so no one knowsthe things of God except the Spirit of God. 12 Now we have received, not the spirit of the world, but the Spirit who is from God, that we might know the things that have been freely given to us by God.
To conclude, the Lord himself told his disciples that those who trusted in themselves, and took pride in their own understanding were blind. It is amazing how our world view can so blind us so we cannot see the simple truth before our eyes. No wonder Yeshua warned us that many, not a mere few, will be deceived.
Matt. 13:13Therefore I speak to them in parables, because seeingthey do not see, and hearing they do not hear, nor do they understand.14And in them the prophecy of Isaiah is fulfilled, which says:
“Hearing you will hear and shall not understand,
And seeing you will see and not perceive;
15For the hearts of this people have grown dull.
Their ears are hard of hearing,
And their eyes they have closed,
Lest they should see with their eyes and hear with their ears,
Lest they should understand with their hearts and turn,
So that I should heal them.’
16But blessed are your eyes for they see, and your ears for they hear
Wow! I would say it is an excellent idea to ask God to keep us from blinding pride that will ultimately cause us to completely waste our lives rejecting the truth and believing a lie.
The scriptures and the Messiah himself speaks of and exposes Satan or the devil. Secular humanistic thinkers would have us believe this evil personality is in reality a superstitious myth. The Lord told us that Satan is a liar from the beginning and the father of lies. In other words he is good at lying. Real good! He has had quite a while to hone his craft. How clever of him to inspire the “wise” of this world to deny his very existence! There is nothing more dangerous than having an enemy you do not even believe exists! I would say you have no chance of survival if that is the case.
Enjoy!
The Biblical Meaning of “Hearing”
22 APRIL 2011 3 COMMENTS
Faith comes from hearing the word of God.
This does not mean merely hearing audibly but rather a hearing within; a revelation; an understanding that goes deep into your heart, into your innermost being.
Those who only read or hear biblical truth audibly without experiencing its penetrating life changing power can easily be led astray into unbelief by the very strong, convincing secular humanistic mindset that inundates us daily.
James whose Hebrew name was Yakov, the brother of Yeshua, warns us of this so called wisdom and explains where it comes from.
James 3:15 – this wisdom does not descend from above, but is earthly, sensual, demonic.
The wisdom that comes from God is spiritually discerned by those who have received the precious gift of the Holy Spirit.
1Cor. 2:13 These things we also speak, not in words whichman’s wisdom teaches but which the Holy Spirit teaches, comparing spiritual things with spiritual. 14 But the natural man does not receive the things of the Spirit of God, for they are foolishness to him; nor can he know them, because they are spiritually discerned.
You see, to believe in an invisible God and have faith that he actually freed a nation of slaves leading them on dry land through the midst of a raging sea and that the death of a man 2000 years ago can change your entire life today is absolutely and unequivocally pure FOOLISHNESS to the modern “educated” and sophisticated person, and I mean FOOLISHNESS!
Isn’t it cool that Yeshua actually rejoiced over this and praised his Abba?
Matt. 11:25 At that time Yeshua answered and said, “I thank You, Father, Lord of heaven and earth, that You have hidden these things from the wise and prudent and have revealed them to babes.
Why can’t we get it? It is not through our own wisdom that we can know God!
1Cor. 1:20 Where is the wise? Where is the scribe? Where is the disputer of this age? Has not God made foolish the wisdom of this world? 21 For since, in the wisdom of God, the world through wisdom did not know God, it pleased God through the foolishness of the message preached to save those who believe.
Think about it. Doesn’t it seem foolish, even absurd that the death of a Jewish Rabbi 2,000 years ago has anything to do with you or me? And to think that this dead and buried Rabbi rose from the grave and is now alive sounds even more absurd and ridiculously foolish. God who inspired the scriptures understands this fully. He knows that the real life changing truth concerning salvation must be spiritually discerned. The intellectual humanistic mindset which is so prized in our modern culture utterly fails to see the power of God’s plan. In fact if you see the entire Passover saga of death and resurrection as simply a nice story or myth you are on your way out!
1Cor. 1:18 For the message of the cross is foolishness to those who are perishing, but to us who are being saved it is the power of God. 19 For it is written:
“I will destroy the wisdom of the wise,
And bring to nothing the understanding of the prudent.”
25 Because the foolishness of God is wiser than men, and the weakness of God is stronger than men.
When it comes to knowing God and understanding his will we are all on the same “playing field”. A doctor of philosophy from Harvard has no advantage over a uneducated penniless child living on a garbage dump in rural India. In fact the poor child may be in a better position to know the truth! This is mind blowing and one of the things I just love about God. Guess what? He is not impressed by us! The only way we can thrill Him is by our faith.
No wonder faith is spoken of as being precious!
1 Peter 1:7 that the genuineness of your faith, being muchmore precious than gold…
and you know how precious gold is these days!
What does this have to do with the Passover Lamb? Absolutely nothing specifically! But I believe the Lord is inspiring me to share these insights with you because in order to understand and see the truth within the bible we must have eyes to see and ears to hear.
1 Cor 1:27 But God has chosen the foolish things of the world to put to shame the wise, and God has chosen the weak things of the world to put to shame the things which are mighty; 28 and the base things of the world and the things which are despised God has chosen, and the things which are not, to bring to nothing the things that are, 29that no flesh should glory in His presence.
If you attempt to know God from a human perspective you will fail! If you read the bible as mere literature you will not understand its message.
1Cor. 2:6 However, we speak wisdom among those who are mature, yet not the wisdom of this age, nor of the rulers of this age, who are coming to nothing. 7 But we speak the wisdom of God in a mystery, the hidden wisdom which God ordained before the ages for our glory, 8 which none of the rulers of this age knew; for had they known, they would not have crucified the Lord of glory.
1Cor 2:10 But God has revealed them to us through His Spirit. For the Spirit searches all things, yes, the deep things of God. 11 For what man knows the things of a man except the spirit of the man which is in him? Even so no one knowsthe things of God except the Spirit of God. 12 Now we have received, not the spirit of the world, but the Spirit who is from God, that we might know the things that have been freely given to us by God.
To conclude, the Lord himself told his disciples that those who trusted in themselves, and took pride in their own understanding were blind. It is amazing how our world view can so blind us so we cannot see the simple truth before our eyes. No wonder Yeshua warned us that many, not a mere few, will be deceived.
Matt. 13:13Therefore I speak to them in parables, because seeingthey do not see, and hearing they do not hear, nor do they understand.14And in them the prophecy of Isaiah is fulfilled, which says:
“Hearing you will hear and shall not understand,
And seeing you will see and not perceive;
15For the hearts of this people have grown dull.
Their ears are hard of hearing,
And their eyes they have closed,
Lest they should see with their eyes and hear with their ears,
Lest they should understand with their hearts and turn,
So that I should heal them.’
16But blessed are your eyes for they see, and your ears for they hear
Wow! I would say it is an excellent idea to ask God to keep us from blinding pride that will ultimately cause us to completely waste our lives rejecting the truth and believing a lie.
The scriptures and the Messiah himself speaks of and exposes Satan or the devil. Secular humanistic thinkers would have us believe this evil personality is in reality a superstitious myth. The Lord told us that Satan is a liar from the beginning and the father of lies. In other words he is good at lying. Real good! He has had quite a while to hone his craft. How clever of him to inspire the “wise” of this world to deny his very existence! There is nothing more dangerous than having an enemy you do not even believe exists! I would say you have no chance of survival if that is the case.
HURTIGRUTEN MINUTE BY MINUTE! RECOMMENDED!!!
Sunday, June 19, 2011 11:01:00 PM
This site is directly from Nrk, maybe better quality than the first one, not sure...
http://www.nrk.no/hurtigruten/
http://www.nrk.no/hurtigruten/
With Hurtigruten minute by minute
Sunday, June 19, 2011 10:54:32 PM
The best idea ever. Some bright head in the Norwegian broadcasting (Nrk) came up with the idea of sending in true time the 5 days and nights it takes to travel with the Hurtigruten (daily cruise ship along the coast of Norway) from Bergen to the end point, close to the border to Russia; Kirkenes.
It has become one of the greatest viewer success ever. We sit up at night and watch. It is just great.
Have a look here!!
http://hurtigruten.no/live?gclid=CNPC4-2Gw6kCFci-zAodwUa6CA
It has become one of the greatest viewer success ever. We sit up at night and watch. It is just great.
Have a look here!!
http://hurtigruten.no/live?gclid=CNPC4-2Gw6kCFci-zAodwUa6CA
Being outspoken Part II
Monday, June 6, 2011 9:48:01 PM
As a prolongation of the post about being outspoken... It is really about victimization. Something that I react strongly against. If something bad has happened to you, or someone close to you... how to handle that?? Of course, a wound needs treatment, either it is a physical or a mental wound. If you hurt your knee, you go to see a doc. If your soul get hurt it would be good to talk to a socalled "shrink" which in my opinion ought to be seen upon in the same way as an ordinary doc. No problem with that, we have specialists, doctors, therapists and so on. And it is important that the wound is treated respectfully and in a proper manner.
But what about friends and family?? In my opinion, friends and family are there to be sort of stabilizing factors in your life. And the other way around, that you can be there for them when needed. But they don't have the same role as a doctor, or a therapist. you can't expect family only to sit with their ears open, being just there to listen to you. (sometimes you're lucky, but that's not the rule, is it?? at least not in my family!!! ) To be only ears, that's the role of the therapist, and if you take on that role for a family member you'll soon be worn out. So where am I heading?
What I try to tell, family are there for support, but also for correction, something which will annoy you and hurt you at times, but at the same time it can make you think twice and maybe you come around in the end and manage to see things from a different angle.
It's hard to know when to interfere and not. Normally I let people have their own way, I don't see it as my job to teach other people. But when someone restrains my freedom of speech, I get stubborn.
It is also about how long we as a family allow another family member to stay victimized. Then I mean victimized in a sense that " whatever you want or need, we will give it to you because of the hard time you have had, or still have".
What will this attitude bring to the other person in the long run? In my view, it will enlarge his problems. Not only will he be a true victim because of the trauma he has suffered. More so, he will be a victim because he will be spoilt. And it will be very hard to see what happens because we feel so sorry for the loss and the hurt. And the victim may even learn to play on his suffering, and learn, quite unconsciensly, to manipulate his surroundings. A trait that we see in many people suffering from psychiatric diseases.
Ok, it is really true that when someone has been hurt, the wound needs treatment by professionals, and it should be taken seriously. But for how long is a family supposed to support and back up that person in every way? When is the time to move on? For how long are we supposed to stay away from certain matters when we speak because it could hurt someones feelings? For how long are we supposed to express our attitude of "poor little you who had to have this terrible experience"....? Is LIFE going to treat him like that? When are we going to treat people as grown ups and say; I'm sorry, you've really experienced a terrible loss. But now I need you to accept that I need my freedom to say and do what I need to say and do, and I need you to understand that actually, I cannot ALWAYS be there for you. I'm sorry!!! This is life!!! I'm not GOD!!!
I just think... it can be easy to vicimize that person even more, by just keeping up the "helpfulness" forever, without ever demanding anything back.... and it won't help in the long run, quite opposite it will make people shun him.
What do you think????
Am I terribly hard hearted to write this?? What do you my friends think of it? Honestly? I feel a bit bad about it all.... am not sure, now I don't really think that display Christian values here being just honest I think!!
But what about friends and family?? In my opinion, friends and family are there to be sort of stabilizing factors in your life. And the other way around, that you can be there for them when needed. But they don't have the same role as a doctor, or a therapist. you can't expect family only to sit with their ears open, being just there to listen to you. (sometimes you're lucky, but that's not the rule, is it?? at least not in my family!!! ) To be only ears, that's the role of the therapist, and if you take on that role for a family member you'll soon be worn out. So where am I heading?
What I try to tell, family are there for support, but also for correction, something which will annoy you and hurt you at times, but at the same time it can make you think twice and maybe you come around in the end and manage to see things from a different angle.
It's hard to know when to interfere and not. Normally I let people have their own way, I don't see it as my job to teach other people. But when someone restrains my freedom of speech, I get stubborn.
It is also about how long we as a family allow another family member to stay victimized. Then I mean victimized in a sense that " whatever you want or need, we will give it to you because of the hard time you have had, or still have".
What will this attitude bring to the other person in the long run? In my view, it will enlarge his problems. Not only will he be a true victim because of the trauma he has suffered. More so, he will be a victim because he will be spoilt. And it will be very hard to see what happens because we feel so sorry for the loss and the hurt. And the victim may even learn to play on his suffering, and learn, quite unconsciensly, to manipulate his surroundings. A trait that we see in many people suffering from psychiatric diseases.
Ok, it is really true that when someone has been hurt, the wound needs treatment by professionals, and it should be taken seriously. But for how long is a family supposed to support and back up that person in every way? When is the time to move on? For how long are we supposed to stay away from certain matters when we speak because it could hurt someones feelings? For how long are we supposed to express our attitude of "poor little you who had to have this terrible experience"....? Is LIFE going to treat him like that? When are we going to treat people as grown ups and say; I'm sorry, you've really experienced a terrible loss. But now I need you to accept that I need my freedom to say and do what I need to say and do, and I need you to understand that actually, I cannot ALWAYS be there for you. I'm sorry!!! This is life!!! I'm not GOD!!!
I just think... it can be easy to vicimize that person even more, by just keeping up the "helpfulness" forever, without ever demanding anything back.... and it won't help in the long run, quite opposite it will make people shun him.
What do you think????
Am I terribly hard hearted to write this?? What do you my friends think of it? Honestly? I feel a bit bad about it all.... am not sure, now I don't really think that display Christian values here
being just honest I think!! About giving. About materialism
Monday, June 6, 2011 9:04:40 PM
Now, dear Christians, some of you pray night and day to be branches of the true Vine; you pray to be made all over in the image of Christ. If so, you must be like Him in giving... "Though He was rich, yet for our sakes became poor"... Objection 1: "My money is my own." Answer: Christ might have said, "My blood is my own, my life is my own"... then where would we have been? Objection 2: "The poor are undeserving." Answer: Christ might have said, "They are wicked rebels... shall I lay down MY life for these? I will give to the good angels." But no, he left the ninety-nine, and came after the lost. He gave His blood for the undeserving. Objection 3: "The poor may abuse it." Answer: Christ might have said the same; yea, with far greater truth. Christ knew that thousands would trample His blood under their feet; that most would despise it; that many would make it an excuse for sinning more; yet He gave His own blood. Oh, my dear Christians! If you would be like Christ, give much, give often, give freely, to the vile and poor, the thankless and the undeserving. Christ is glorious and happy and so will you be. It is not your money I want, but your happiness. Remember His own word, "It is more blessed to give than to receive."
[pg 97-98, `Generous Justice' – Tim Keller]
[pg 97-98, `Generous Justice' – Tim Keller]
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