Love that flies and soars
It fills the depths of my soul
I've been rejected by the world
And into his loving arms I've fled
I am lost in this craze
In this place I don't belong
It's a place I'm passing through
I'm a sojourner, ready to go home
I've dealt with pain in the greatest form
And I've had exceeding joy
Yet I haven't found
Where the end of the rope is
So that I can swing away
Into my eternal destiny
And I can soar
Like I was meant to do
14.12.10
9.12.10
Everyone's Obsessed
So, recently I've been reading Ted Dekker.
Yes, he doesn't have a very exciting style of writing
And yes, he can be off theologically in some of his books
But I'll give it to him that he can write a good story, and he's much better at that than I am.
Last night I was reading some more of his book titled, "Obsessed", and there was a part in it when the character Stephen goes to meet up a friend who owns an antique shop. (He really goes in because he wants to talk to him about the worth of a certain item that he's trying to get a hold of.)
The shop-keeper, Gerik, is selling a pocket watch for $3,000. Stephen asks him if the watch is really worth that much. Gerik goes on to tell him that an object's value is only as much as someone is willing to pay for it. He tells Stephen about people's obsessions with these objects. Gerik then tells him that we were made to obsess, just most people obsess over the wrong things.
I totally agree with this. Everyone has an obsession...an addiction.
I believe that the thing you spend most of your time thinking of and acting on is the very thing you're living for; It's your obsession.
That's hard to think of, because a lot of us spend our time on things that don't matter in terms of prospect.
What is hard for me to think of is how much time I spend on myself: Pleasing myself, entertaining myself, making sure I'm happy and that I'm satisfied with life.
I spend too much time thinking about how I feel about things, and not enough time thinking about other's feelings.
I spend too much time thinking about pleasing myself, instead of pleasing God.
As humans, it's natural to obsess...but just because it might be natural, it doesn't make it right when your obsession isn't turned toward what it should be.
But the word "obession" has bad connotations, and I'm not going to use that word when it's directed towards God....lets say "devotion."
We must be devoted to God, and not devote our lives to anything else.
Exodus 20:3 "You shall have no other gods before Me."
The value found in objects:
Yes, he doesn't have a very exciting style of writing
And yes, he can be off theologically in some of his books
But I'll give it to him that he can write a good story, and he's much better at that than I am.
Last night I was reading some more of his book titled, "Obsessed", and there was a part in it when the character Stephen goes to meet up a friend who owns an antique shop. (He really goes in because he wants to talk to him about the worth of a certain item that he's trying to get a hold of.)
The shop-keeper, Gerik, is selling a pocket watch for $3,000. Stephen asks him if the watch is really worth that much. Gerik goes on to tell him that an object's value is only as much as someone is willing to pay for it. He tells Stephen about people's obsessions with these objects. Gerik then tells him that we were made to obsess, just most people obsess over the wrong things.
I totally agree with this. Everyone has an obsession...an addiction.
I believe that the thing you spend most of your time thinking of and acting on is the very thing you're living for; It's your obsession.
That's hard to think of, because a lot of us spend our time on things that don't matter in terms of prospect.
What is hard for me to think of is how much time I spend on myself: Pleasing myself, entertaining myself, making sure I'm happy and that I'm satisfied with life.
I spend too much time thinking about how I feel about things, and not enough time thinking about other's feelings.
I spend too much time thinking about pleasing myself, instead of pleasing God.
As humans, it's natural to obsess...but just because it might be natural, it doesn't make it right when your obsession isn't turned toward what it should be.
But the word "obession" has bad connotations, and I'm not going to use that word when it's directed towards God....lets say "devotion."
We must be devoted to God, and not devote our lives to anything else.
Exodus 20:3 "You shall have no other gods before Me."
The value found in objects:
"No. 5, 1948" by Jackson Pollock
Sold for $140,000,000
This is the rarest and most valuable stamp in the world...it's called the "Tre Skilling Banco Yellow." Only one exists and it was sold for $2,300,000
This is the rarest comic book in the world.
It was sold for 12 cents in March of 1963 and now is worth over $40,000
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