If history is a pattern, Rome will do what Rome will do… becoming more decadent with each decade.
Those of us who claim to know Him, both Scribe ( words, words, words, sophistry and learning), and Pharisee (law, law, law - only tradition), can ask better questions. Instead of, “ if I do enough intellectual gymnastics, can I tie myself in enough knots that God will see MY ideas as a big juicy pretzel and want to partake?”
Maybe we could ask: “What do I really want?”, “What lack I yet?”, “What is He offering?”, “Why seek ye the living among the dead?”, “What am I waiting for?”, “What time is it?”, “What is my part to play?”
There were only a few who recognized Him when He came. The wise and those who fed the sheep were among the first. Discernment comes from taking time to be Holy.
I grew up in Catholic schools on the east coast, in Queens and the DC suburbs. So, back then, we didn’t have burritos, but we did have a few Mexicans. Mostly ones who would set up on a corner to sell you onyx chess sets, set upon a small table, around which you’d sit on tiny stools. The table is long gone, but I still have the set and stools.
Anyway, in school, we naturally didn’t ask about burritos, but rocks instead. Could God make a rock so big that even he couldn’t lift it? Of course not, because weight is irrelevant to Him. He is outside space, time, AND matter.
If history is a pattern, Rome will do what Rome will do… becoming more decadent with each decade.
Those of us who claim to know Him, both Scribe ( words, words, words, sophistry and learning), and Pharisee (law, law, law - only tradition), can ask better questions. Instead of, “ if I do enough intellectual gymnastics, can I tie myself in enough knots that God will see MY ideas as a big juicy pretzel and want to partake?”
Maybe we could ask: “What do I really want?”, “What lack I yet?”, “What is He offering?”, “Why seek ye the living among the dead?”, “What am I waiting for?”, “What time is it?”, “What is my part to play?”
There were only a few who recognized Him when He came. The wise and those who fed the sheep were among the first. Discernment comes from taking time to be Holy.
I grew up in Catholic schools on the east coast, in Queens and the DC suburbs. So, back then, we didn’t have burritos, but we did have a few Mexicans. Mostly ones who would set up on a corner to sell you onyx chess sets, set upon a small table, around which you’d sit on tiny stools. The table is long gone, but I still have the set and stools.
Anyway, in school, we naturally didn’t ask about burritos, but rocks instead. Could God make a rock so big that even he couldn’t lift it? Of course not, because weight is irrelevant to Him. He is outside space, time, AND matter.
Isn’t the mistake thinking we are actually effecting someone else’s bigger picture