philip's blog
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...
ok... so here's a tip....
Not mine.... not my tip... just some words from T. Austin Sparks... that I believe with all my heart...
"The Lord has not called upon us to form churches. That is not our business. Would to God men had recognized the fact! A very different situation would obtain today from what exists, if that had been recognized."
"The Lord has not called upon us to form churches. That is not our business. Would to God men had recognized the fact! A very different situation would obtain today from what exists, if that had been recognized."
got any tips?
So... have you got any tips, Philip... you know... any tips about life .... how to live... how to make something out of all this.... Come on now old fella... after 75 years on the planet .... have you learned anything you'd maybe like to pass along... ? :)
George Warnock?
Ever heard of him... George Warnock? I never did... who is this guy anyway? Well... my friend Bodie sent along a little somethin'..... as he is prone to do... all the time... got me a little excited.... as he is also prone to do... all the time.... :)
martha... martha...
Martha was a doer... I understand that... I was a doer... a doer that needed to undo all my doing.... “Martha, Martha, you are worried and bothered about so many things; but only a few things are necessary, really only one, for Mary has chosen the good part...."
how come is it....?
Over and over and over... just kept happening ....after the perfect church fell apart... my purpose in life kept changing... I had to keep reinventing it... or go down the tubes... how come is it you think?.... could it possibly be that .... "that whole built-in concept was a lie… right from the beginning… a lie…" like I was saying the other day...
