March 2011
So why do we pray...?
About 40 years ago... I prayed that God would heal a young 15 year old man with leukemia... he died.
Redemption... hmmmmm!
If you have been following any of my Musings you might get the impression that I have some issues with religion. That could be because I have all kinds of issues with religion... not the least of which is the incredible distortion of God's incredible plan.... Redemption!
I need to change
It is not about you changing.... or me changing you... it is all about how I need to change. When I was an infant, my mom and dad did everything for me... it would not have been good for me to have them continue to do that for the rest of my life... I needed to grow up... I needed to change.
there is only one department!
There is only one department I am in control of.... just one... that department is me... I have a free will... I can do whatever I choose to do... that's my department... so when I said this yesterday... about actually believing we have an enemy...
departments
I mentioned last time how I finally discovered something very important.... actually one of the most important things we can learn about life ... that I really am not in charge of any departments.... the issue is... the problem is... that somehow I think I am or should be in charge of a whole lotabunch of departments... that's why it is so tough...
retirement
So this thought runs thru my head... "Philip... you are closer to being 80.... than you are to 70" ...kind of an interesting thought... so I've been "musing away" about this the past few days... all my usual stuff like... "retire?... retire from what ? life?" I've seen too many guys get into their 60's and "retire".... losing any meaning for their existence and next thing you know they are gone...
