I do believe in fairies. I do. I do
So, how many of you still believe in fairy tales?
I do. I have received a few comments from someone who will remain nameless. (I'll give you a hint. His name starts with an "m" and ends with an "icah.") They were commenting on the dismal nature of my last several posts. While I still disagree, I thought I'd write something with more of an upbeat feel so as to appease the eternal optimists out there.
Personally, I think that fairy tales are the embodiment of hope. Anyone who believes in them has to concede that true love can happen, that life is not all dirt and sweat, and that living is more than just mere existence.
I would like to give fairy tale another name. Maybe "God tale?" I don't know. All I know is that I have seen absolutely phenomenal things happen when people believed that God had more for them than just what the world calls life, or even what most Christians call life.
Along those lines, a few months ago, I wrote my own fairy tale during a spate of insomnia. The aforementioned nameless person told me that I have to let other people read it. So, if you answer the question at the top, and give me your email, I'll send it to you. I'm not going to post it here. It's too long, for one thing, and I'm not quite ready to let just anyone and their bozo brother read it.
Tenn' enomentielva (Quenya, "until we meet again"
Biblical Christianity vs. What???
I heard something today that made me mad.
I was happily listening to a Christian broadcast on my way to school, when a phrase caught my ear, so to speak. The speaker was talking about how their next broadcast would be "both a Christian and Biblical view on ________."
Christian
AND Biblical? Why do we have to indicate now that the Christian viewpoint is also Biblical? How sad it is that there is another kind of "Christianity" that is not Biblical.
If we take the Bible from Christianity, then what are we left with?
Think about it.
The Widow's Mite
I heard something great today.
Cambodia, definitely one of the poorest countries in the world, donated $10,000 (I think) to Hurricane Aid. They said, (paraphrasing) "Everyone is always helping us. I know that $10,000 is nothing, but even a spoonful of rice helps." That is definitely not word for word, but is at least the general gist.
That's unselfishness, people. That's what God means when He says to give joyfully and ungrudgingly.
Just wanted you people to know that.
Understand
Something that I just internalized for the very first time. The Bible says that Jesus had to go through everything we go through. And maybe I never literally questioned that, but subconsciously, I know I did. Somehow it always seemed incongruous that Jesus could be completely sinless, yet understand what we go through each day. So here's something that blew my mind a little. Maybe yours will be a little blown too.
When Jesus was suffering on the cross, He did not just suffer a literal death in place of the death we deserve, He took our guilt and sin upon Himself. It was like He personally had done every single thing we had. He felt the feelings that we felt. He was literally inside of our sin. Jesus really does know what we go through. He understands, not just imagines, He actually knows.
Still Speechless
My heart continues to be so full that there's sort of a bottlenecking effect going on. I really don't even know what I could say. It's at times like these when I wish we lived on a world of Betazoids. (for the uninitiated, Betazoids are a type of alien from Star Trek that are both empathic and telepathic, meaning that they can read feelings or moods and also read minds) Then I could just look at you, there would be a little zap, and you would understand. I guess I'll just have to leave you with a prayer I read last night in my devotions.
When I think of the wisdom and scope of God's plan, I fall to my knees and pray to the Father, the Creator of everything in heaven and on earth. I pray that from his glorious, unlimited resources he will give you mighty inner strength through his Holy Spirit. And I pray that Christ will be more and more at home in your hearts as you trust in him. May your roots go down deep into the soil of God's marvelous love. And may you have the power to understand, as all God's people should, how wide, how long, how high, and how deep his love really is. May you experience the love of Christ, though it is so great you will never fully understand it. Then you will be filled with the fullness of life and power that comes from God. Now glory be to God! By his mighty power at work within us, he is able to accomplish infinitely more than we would ever dare to ask or hope. May he be given glory in the church and in Christ Jesus forever and ever through endless ages. Amen.
Maybe some of you recognize this prayer. Paul prayed in Ephesians 3. And although it isn't original with me, this is pretty much how I feel.
Y'shua berakah. (Jesus bless you.) (My own feeble translation, and probably not accurate.)
A Fairly Successful Test
Hey, this is my first post. I'm trying this out and it doesn't make much sense so far.
