Once there was a certain young Man. He was a worker with a Family. He had some financial problems and sold his only car to get out of it. Soon the rains came and one morning as he dressed up for work there was a certain change in weather. Soon it started to pour. He could have called either of his two bosses to join them for work but somehow he didn't. He now pondered why either of his bosses wouldn't call him to find out how he would get to work. That would really be nice but he asked himself again how many times he did that himself. Why can't we be the ones to reach out to the poor and needy? Must we allow them to spend their time and energy to our doors before replying them with" sorry I can't help you"? Must we learn brotherly love through pain and strife? If that young Man hadn't lost his car(a painful experience) he probably wouldn't have pondered to see that he hadn't loved his neighbor like himself. What do we go to church every sunday to do? A neighbor once asked me on a sunday if I went to church and I replied that I didn't go to church any more as I was now practising what I learnt from 35yrs of church going. How long do we have to go to church to realise that the main reason for the church lies outside and not within it?
This young man probably didn't call his bosses out of shame at his current state(having to depend on the generosity of his fellow men). Some will interpret it as Pride. Now did his bosses not call because it didn't occur to them or was it out of pride? I remember Abraham refusing help from someone on the account of it not being said that he helped him.Was this act out of pride? If Jesus begged Herod not to crucify him or begged for his life as most Men today would expect that would have been serious ass kissing. But he didn't so was that act out of pride? I don't know but I'm still searching for answers. Maybe that's why I find it difficult to beg my fellow men for favors. Maybe it's genetic.But I have a question for ass kissers and butt worshippers. If a video of one of your ass kissing scenarios is displayed what would be your reaction. Shame? Then what the f..k is stooping low to conquer?
All about Life.
01 April 2012
27 March 2012
What is needed
What every individual needs is the ability to read and understand, then to observe and write in a language understandable to many. The rest is trash.
08 March 2012
Destiny or Purpose
Some say Life is what you make it. Some say your destiny is in your own hands. Some say you write your own destiny by the choices you make and the actions arising from those choices.I totally agree because our conscious efforts are involved. But I don't agree that we really create our destinies cause that would mean that we created ourselves. Now I believe that every creation has a purpose be it positive or negative. Nobody creates for nothing. So also is Man. He was not created for nothing. And as it is for Man so it is for each Man.
Our level of consciousness has equally triggered my thought to follow a pattern which produces the question: Can we really factor in all the variables that come into play in any particular equation or decison making? And even if we claim to have done so how sure are we that the variables we assigned less weight(minor) to do not have more weight in reality? I say so because the subject matter is deeply subjective and poses some complexity that highly suggests we tread with a lot of caution.
Now I'm a wide reader and in one of the books I read it says and I quote" A man thinketh a way in his heart but the ordering of his steps are of the Lord". If you ask me to interperete this I would tell you that it says no matter how conscious our decisions seem there is a force that influences the actions that consequently follow which contradicts our decisions with our actions and this force is very exogenous(i.e outside our control). Let us ponder a while on sacred waters! shall we? God created Man but Man is now threatening him! Was that God's intention? Of course not! So why the result? Because there was an outside influence. A lecturer of mine thought me about an invincible hand that equates Life.Man is naturally selfish and would hardly help people other than himself. God saw this and designed life in such a way that it was inevitable to promote your own good or well-being without doing that of another. My lecturer's typical example was the fact that the Man selling meat to you is not doing so because he wants to do so but is compelled to do so because he gains from it. But at the end he is equally serving you by so doing thereby promoting your well-being as he promotes his. In other words no matter how hard we try we can't be completely selfish!
Now Back to the lecture at hand. Same applies for each decision we make and the actions that follow.So when we say we write our own destinies we are correct but it doesn't happen without an influence that alters the outcome.Just like the destinies of some animals is to be food to Man so is the destiny of some Men to be food for some animals. We don't really have control of our destinies and purpose. A typical example Judas Iscariot was destined to betray Christ. No matter how hard Judas tried I'm very sure he couldn't have averted this. The second thief on the cross was destined to go to Heaven. Yes he stole and murdered but these things were the steps he needed to take to meet christ on the cross. if he hadn't done all these he wouldn't have had that opportunity. I'm sure no matter how hard he too tried he couldn't stop thieving and murdering. But those steps were ordered by the Lord. Then for some their destinies are so important that even if they jumped into turbulent sea they would not drown but rather will be swallowed by a Big Fish that will bring them safely to Land so as to fulfill their purpose.
We can make our own destinies. We can even write it own tablets of stone. But the actual steps we take are influenced by one of the greatest and invincible force Mankind has ever known but is as old as he is in terms of creation. Some Men have been so blessed that the destinies they have chosen to write for themselves have aligned to what God has in mind for them and some have been going against their God-given destinies and thereby have become strugglers in Life. But the destiny of Man is influenced and written by God and just like he can't unsolve the mystery of the woman beside him he can't fathom this influence. It lies outside his existence!
Our level of consciousness has equally triggered my thought to follow a pattern which produces the question: Can we really factor in all the variables that come into play in any particular equation or decison making? And even if we claim to have done so how sure are we that the variables we assigned less weight(minor) to do not have more weight in reality? I say so because the subject matter is deeply subjective and poses some complexity that highly suggests we tread with a lot of caution.
Now I'm a wide reader and in one of the books I read it says and I quote" A man thinketh a way in his heart but the ordering of his steps are of the Lord". If you ask me to interperete this I would tell you that it says no matter how conscious our decisions seem there is a force that influences the actions that consequently follow which contradicts our decisions with our actions and this force is very exogenous(i.e outside our control). Let us ponder a while on sacred waters! shall we? God created Man but Man is now threatening him! Was that God's intention? Of course not! So why the result? Because there was an outside influence. A lecturer of mine thought me about an invincible hand that equates Life.Man is naturally selfish and would hardly help people other than himself. God saw this and designed life in such a way that it was inevitable to promote your own good or well-being without doing that of another. My lecturer's typical example was the fact that the Man selling meat to you is not doing so because he wants to do so but is compelled to do so because he gains from it. But at the end he is equally serving you by so doing thereby promoting your well-being as he promotes his. In other words no matter how hard we try we can't be completely selfish!
Now Back to the lecture at hand. Same applies for each decision we make and the actions that follow.So when we say we write our own destinies we are correct but it doesn't happen without an influence that alters the outcome.Just like the destinies of some animals is to be food to Man so is the destiny of some Men to be food for some animals. We don't really have control of our destinies and purpose. A typical example Judas Iscariot was destined to betray Christ. No matter how hard Judas tried I'm very sure he couldn't have averted this. The second thief on the cross was destined to go to Heaven. Yes he stole and murdered but these things were the steps he needed to take to meet christ on the cross. if he hadn't done all these he wouldn't have had that opportunity. I'm sure no matter how hard he too tried he couldn't stop thieving and murdering. But those steps were ordered by the Lord. Then for some their destinies are so important that even if they jumped into turbulent sea they would not drown but rather will be swallowed by a Big Fish that will bring them safely to Land so as to fulfill their purpose.
We can make our own destinies. We can even write it own tablets of stone. But the actual steps we take are influenced by one of the greatest and invincible force Mankind has ever known but is as old as he is in terms of creation. Some Men have been so blessed that the destinies they have chosen to write for themselves have aligned to what God has in mind for them and some have been going against their God-given destinies and thereby have become strugglers in Life. But the destiny of Man is influenced and written by God and just like he can't unsolve the mystery of the woman beside him he can't fathom this influence. It lies outside his existence!
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