Thursday, June 26, 2008
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Segundo
I do not typically like to post blogs if I don't have anything to say, so as such, I have nothing concrete to say, so I'll begin typing in the hopes that something will spring forth from my fingers.
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Yael Naim
By Yael Naïm, David Donatien
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Today was an amazing day by the way, it was beautifully sunny, I had the day off from Le GAP, and I got to sleep in until the ripe old time of noon! Can we say F-U-N?! I woke up, did the office for the day piddled around a bit, and then read some things on the interwebs. Round about four in the afternoon I decided that I should probably do laundry as it wasn't going to do itself. This was after I watched it for a good while, hoping it would in fact do itself. Ugh. If only, if only there were a way for laundry to do itself. Or for me to be able to afford a maid. Or even just a laundress... I'd willingly carry my clothes to the laundromat if I had enough money to think that it wouldn't be too much of an expense. But alas, I think that, and I will always think that it's too much of an expense, even if I do some how have a financial windfall.
So, I did my laundry whilst I read my Bible outside. It was really nice to just sit in the sunlight and read the Word waiting on my laundry to finish in the washer. Then I frantically tried to finish drying and folding with enough time to run to church for the Wednesday night service (I hear they're fun). But, of course Rev. Sarah wasn't there presiding over the Eucharist, and so there was just the body of Christ. Not the blood of Christ. Which was awkward. I mean, you've got to have something to wash the body of Christ down with, right? And typically that's the blood of Christ. Duh! Ok, that was sacrilegious, and I shouldn't have said that about one of the holy sacraments. My apologies... haha.
Ok, no, really. Seriously. Sorry.
So, in other news, I get to see my first Cubs game tomorrow with Jacob, Levi, and Sarah. FUN. The only bad thing about it is that I have to be at the game at 120, and then at Le GAP by 6. The game should be over by then, but at the same time... what if it's not? Actually, that was a stupid question. If it's not, I'll leave. Especially since if it goes over nine innings, I don't want to be there to watch it anymore. Especially since I almost always leave games after the sixth or seventh inning. But, that's not to say that I don't enjoy them. Or that I won't enjoy it tomorrow. I love baseball, and I love the fact that I might get sun burnt. Thus bringing my tan up a few shades on my arms (being pale sucks... immensely. Damn Irish genes).
I'll share with you what I read in the "Good Book" today, then it's off to bed for me, as I very rarely go to bed prior to four, and rarer yet wake up before noon. Tomorrow should be well worth it though if I do say so myself. :)
So, what did I read today that is so great, you may ask?
Luke 6:27-42 was a part of my reading for today (I also pray before reading the Word every day that the Lord will reveal something new and exciting to me about Himself that I didn't know before, or cast something already learned into a new light). I typically go in sequential order for the books and chapters. Now I'm at Luke 8, and by tomorrow, I'll be further along, or completely finished with Luke. Whichever.
Either way, that's not important. I've decided to touch on this passage in Luke because it still has meaning to us in today's world, just as it had meaning for those in the early church. With all the differences in doctrines, teachings, and traditions (Nazarenes, Wesleyans, Pentecostals, Baptists, Presbyterians, Episcopals, Methodists, Roman Catholics, and Greek Orthodox churches to name a few), I feel it's completely imperative to remember that Christ is why we do all of these things. Not to further our own agendas, and not to further the goals and missions of an elect few. But to further the work of God in this world. We should be uniting, instead of tearing each other down over petty arguments and disagreements about the way one denomination chooses to worship our communal Lord and Savior. But alas, I digress... (I feel like I've written so much, and that I should wrap it up. But I haven't even started the point yet).
Luke 6
27 through 32-"But I say to you that listen, Love your enemies, do good to those who hate you, bless those who curse you, pray for those who abuse you. If anyone strikes you on the cheek, offer the other also; and from anyone who takes away your coat do not withhold even your shirt. Give to everyone who begs from you; and if anyone takes away your goods, do not ask for them again. Do to others as you would have them do to you."
37 and 38-"Do not judge, and you will not be judged; do not condemn, and you will not be condemned. Forgive, and you will be forgiven; give, and it will be given to you..."
41 and 42-"Why do you see the speck in your neighbor's eye, but do not notice the log in your own eye? Or how can you say to your neighbor, 'Friend, let me take out the speck in your eye,' when you yourself do not see the log in your own eye? You hypocrite, first take the log out of your own eye, and then you will see clearly to take the speck out of your neighbor's eye."
So, what does that say to us? What is Jesus telling us to do in these bits. Well, in my own life it's telling me to not harbor hatred toward someone. Be it a particular politician, ex-friend, ex-lover, or spreader-of-gossip-about-me. They did what they did, but let it roll off your back (the offering of the other cheek). The Lord didn't tell us to sit idly by and let someone beat us up and blacken both of our eyes. He meant, if they do, you might as well let them do the other side, because it's not like it really matters in the grand scheme of things. If someone hits you, so what? If someone gossips about you, so what? Let it roll off your back and let them do your thing. You're still going to do what you've been commanded. And what we're being commanded here is to treat these people with the utmost respect that they deserve as humans.
Also, let's not be hypocritical (division between churches... *nudge*nudge*). Romans (3:23) tells us, "For all have sinned and fall short of the glory of God." AKA, get over yourselves, and actually do something worth while. Do something the Lord your God would be proud of... like winning souls to his kingdom. Or showing the fruits of the spirit in a world that's lacking in that department.
That's my soapbox. I'm totally done now, especially since I have now spent literally ALL day writing this blog.
I hope it didn't read too cursory and too much like a tangent (ha). If it did, I'll break it into two posts tomorrow.
Have a great night, and until next time, may the Lord bless you.
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