http://www.thedailyshow.com/watch/tue-january-25-2011/indianapolis-homeless-talent-show
I am offended down to the depths of my very soul. The Homeless are now, apparently, the new Minstrels of today's society.
Thank you Jon Stewart...I am actually speechless right now. I will talk to you all tomorrow.
Wednesday, January 26, 2011
The Rain
"Let the righteous strike me;
It shall be a kindness.
And let him rebuke me;
It shall be as excellent oil;
Let my head not refuse it. " - Psalm 141:5
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"Whoever loves discipline loves knowledge, but he who hates correction is stupid." - Proverbs 12:1
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I have to own up to some pretty awful mistakes that I have committed. Mistakes that have left many hurt because of my immaturity and wanton selfishness. Right now, in this particular stage of my life, I am finding that I not only have to look hard at my past actions and short comings but suffer through the rebuke of others for what I have done.
And Lord, it does hurt...I suppose true self examination is always a painful experience to some degree.
When you cause hurt to others and really try to seek Wisdom in how you can make amends it becomes a mountain IN the mountain that you were already climbing for discovery/recovery of self. Because the secret in this is, you may never reach where you need to go without the clear and uncompromising eye of self examination fixed on you. You may never get where you are going until you attempt to fix the damage that you may have caused others on your journey. You might not even be able to move forward until you go back to make things as right as you can.
Today I had to walk through the rain to get back home. The rain was torrential at times and my coat and rain hat utterly failed me. But I had to keep going, because home is where warm clothes are and where showers and food are. It would have been irresponsible and downright foolish of me to stand in the rain, cursing it, complaining that this trip would have been easier on a sunny day. We bring a lot of the rain into our own lives...we seed to clouds of deceit, anger, pain, wanton selfishness, and having our priorities out of whack...accept the rain, know that it is part of the process of bringing to mind those who need you to heal them...and maybe look at the rain as an opportunity to cleanse yourself of your past in error.
Do you understand? You have to be able to own up to the messes that you have made in this life to be free of them and their consequences. Someway you will have to come to grips with the past and accept, without conceit or anger or self righteous upset, the absolute terror you may have made someone else's life. Not only is this necessary, but it probably is the path that your life was SUPPOSED to take anyway. Helping someone recover from the pain you caused them is more about the one who caused the pain than the one who is in pain. When you cause intentional pain, you may hurt the other person physically, emotionally, mentally, sexually but you also murder a part of your own soul, your own humanity. You see, God worked that detour into your path and made it right for you to go back and help heal those you’ve hurt so you could be whole and complete at the end of your journey.
That is, if you can stand the rain...
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"An unexamined life is not worth living." Socrates
It shall be a kindness.
And let him rebuke me;
It shall be as excellent oil;
Let my head not refuse it. " - Psalm 141:5
...
"Whoever loves discipline loves knowledge, but he who hates correction is stupid." - Proverbs 12:1
...
I have to own up to some pretty awful mistakes that I have committed. Mistakes that have left many hurt because of my immaturity and wanton selfishness. Right now, in this particular stage of my life, I am finding that I not only have to look hard at my past actions and short comings but suffer through the rebuke of others for what I have done.
And Lord, it does hurt...I suppose true self examination is always a painful experience to some degree.
When you cause hurt to others and really try to seek Wisdom in how you can make amends it becomes a mountain IN the mountain that you were already climbing for discovery/recovery of self. Because the secret in this is, you may never reach where you need to go without the clear and uncompromising eye of self examination fixed on you. You may never get where you are going until you attempt to fix the damage that you may have caused others on your journey. You might not even be able to move forward until you go back to make things as right as you can.
Today I had to walk through the rain to get back home. The rain was torrential at times and my coat and rain hat utterly failed me. But I had to keep going, because home is where warm clothes are and where showers and food are. It would have been irresponsible and downright foolish of me to stand in the rain, cursing it, complaining that this trip would have been easier on a sunny day. We bring a lot of the rain into our own lives...we seed to clouds of deceit, anger, pain, wanton selfishness, and having our priorities out of whack...accept the rain, know that it is part of the process of bringing to mind those who need you to heal them...and maybe look at the rain as an opportunity to cleanse yourself of your past in error.
Do you understand? You have to be able to own up to the messes that you have made in this life to be free of them and their consequences. Someway you will have to come to grips with the past and accept, without conceit or anger or self righteous upset, the absolute terror you may have made someone else's life. Not only is this necessary, but it probably is the path that your life was SUPPOSED to take anyway. Helping someone recover from the pain you caused them is more about the one who caused the pain than the one who is in pain. When you cause intentional pain, you may hurt the other person physically, emotionally, mentally, sexually but you also murder a part of your own soul, your own humanity. You see, God worked that detour into your path and made it right for you to go back and help heal those you’ve hurt so you could be whole and complete at the end of your journey.
That is, if you can stand the rain...
...
"An unexamined life is not worth living." Socrates
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