Christ is Love

The tree of knowledge is used only with the tree of wisdom. Whats the point of being a clanging gong and not have love? No really whats the point? To be an anatomical being is not whats its all cracked up to be, pun intended. A crack in the wall, you need a heart to guide knowledge.

Its time we fixed the cracks in our walls, a little at a time and it will take very little time before they are all filled in. Walking encylopias whats the point? Wisdom is love itself, ya cant have wisdom without love.
Try a little try a lot, and it is tried, isnt it?

Wisdom 3:6-16 (New Revised Standard w/ Apocrypha)

6 like gold in the furnace he tried them, and like a sacrificial burnt offering he accepted them. 7 In the time of their visitation they will shine forth, and will run like sparks through the stubble. 8 They will govern nations and rule over peoples, and the Lord will reign over them forever. 9 Those who trust in him will understand truth, and the faithful will abide with him in love, because grace and mercy are upon his holy ones, and he watches over his elect. 10 But the ungodly will be punished as their reasoning deserves, those who disregarded the righteous and rebelled against the Lord; 11 for those who despise wisdom and instruction are miserable. Their hope is vain, their labors are unprofitable, and their works are useless.
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Its not pity is it simple compassion. Its the heart that says to the other soul: i wish you weren't suffering, I wish you didn't have pain.
And because I can feel your pain and I really do love you just because your a soul just like me. Sympathy is another name for love .
Love can feel and it does, a strong emotion that's for sure. Sometimes that emotive thought can be felt and understood, its just sometimes
it gets misinterpreted as pity. Its not pity its called love, it really is love and it really is called love.



One of the toughest fights to be had is our own ego. Its not to be underestimated.
Once it gets a stranglehold of one's self its hard to let go.
A wrestling match, counter action for another action, should be.

Is our ego even ours, nay I tell you :) The dark-side it is. Light should, should? No! Light will expose the darkness
of the soul, unless one is blind, no need for light then. 

Give in and you become the darkness, your just too blind to see. Lost fighters there are plenty of. 
Who you think you are may not be who you really are.
Ever turn the light on you? When in reality your just to blind to look. But look at others-but look at others? Yes thats all you do
for the most part.

Unjust weights apply to the soul as well, pitting other souls beneath your standard of what is right.
I think they call it judging? And what did the Lord teach us? 'Dont judge lest ye be judged'. Oh but your reasoning and justification
is superior. Blind and deaf bats hitting the walls. The walls of confusion and deceit.
Matthew 7


Judging Others

7 “Do not judge, or you too will be judged. 2 For in the same way you judge others, you will be judged, and with the measure you use, it will be measured to you.

No shame to contradict the Lord that you profess to be your Lord.
Salt that loses its flavor is useless. 

The levels of understanding is immense. The levels are steps in maturity, spiritual development. 
St Peter simplified it best; For this very reason, make every effort to add to your faith goodness; and to goodness, knowledge;
2 Peter 1:5
8For if you possess these qualities in increasing measure, they will keep you from being ineffective and unproductive in your knowledge of our Lord Jesus Christ. 9But whoever does not have them is nearsighted and blind, forgetting that they have been cleansed from their past sins.

Honest heart honest mind honest growth, dividends from an honest soul.
It pays to be good, in many ways that go beyond our ways.
In
Truth as in what is real and true. Turn from truth and you would turn from God.
Why is truth so important because it is the truth and a lie is a lie.

You are for the truth or remain in a lie. I think they call it deceit.
Whatever may be we will one day have to face the Truth.
One day we will.

Might as well start dusting off the coat of the deceitfulness of the deceit of the fallen ego .
A cloak for certain.
Look at me! Look at how great 'I am' or how good 'I am', all ego centered.
Little gods and goddesses who are in great need of God.

And by damning others we exult ourselves as good or better.
I do believe its called judging others to justify our own piss poor
efforts. Dont want to see lest I judge myself and see that I am just as bad perhaps worse.
But lets tickle my mind and feel good while making others feel bad.

A child is an individual who is confident in its self. An individual who does not need the aid of trust for it has it already, and its no aid. It just is.
An individual who has not been hampered yet by the worlds set of values. Like conquering  an empire or  making an empire by getting more powerful over others. The making of individual but as some kind of conqueror. Conqueror of what? and to what harm to others, not even a second thought about the others.
The others on your own road to success I guess?

A child is peace loving and even considerate, yeah! how we have fallen.
Matthew 18:3
New Living Translation
Then he said, "I tell you the truth, unless you turn from your sins and become like little children, you will never get into the Kingdom of Heaven.

Doing it all over again but backwards to the state of faith and trust like when we were children.
Purity of innocence not flawless, just purely innocent.

The Law of the Spirit, if you will. Conversion to the innocence of depending on God for our salvation
and not on others nor ourselves.

Children of the Lord.

God has given us an appeal to mend our ways into His ways.
And His ways are just and true.

Dont let the offer pass you by.


Many say but few do what they say.
Its not in words only[stupid:) ] but in your actions.
Mean your appeal to God and not to ears, yours and theirs, silly many bee.

Want to be a bee? monkey see monkey do and you follow? who?
Yeah thats right, stop mimicking others and follow God and how
he demonstrated His ways into our ways.

He didn't exclude those who were a bit different from Him
but He sure eluded those who excluded Him and others.

God is a real person and not just some person thats talked about.
Oh yes talked about He is. But to be heard not many will listen.

Duh? do you want to listen? To whom? not God.
You'll listen to others, even those who claim His name,
but you wouldn't know for you chose to listen.....
to many but  Him.

I'm not talking about what you were conditioned to think its Him or from Him.
Conditioning or having your mind conditioned to think what others 'want' you to think what is
from Him . How would they know? How would you know?

'My sheep hear My voice' not today. Today they want to hear other voices to speak in His name
to what they 'deem' right or important to them. "Itching ears?"

Blind and lost forsaking the Anchor to their soul.

... 'Lord! Lord! We prophesied in your name....Matt 7:22

Speaking in Gods name or speaking on His behalf, prophesying.
A foolish game some play. Some are foolish and some are wise,
but not all are wise.

Be careful what you say and do under the Christian banner.
Its not a game, there is accountability. 
vs 23  Then I will tell them plainly, 'I never knew you. Away from me, you evildoers!'

Whats evil whats good? Not for you to decide, the Lord taught us and He taught us well.
Our earthly standards are our own but God did bring His standards to us.
And its His standard that we should adhere too.

He warned us about greed and pride yet many teach it and shockingly in His name.
Seed faith is it? To greed and pride, smiling eyes behind a dred frown.


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Wise men still seek Him.

Christianity is a lifestyle first and foremost. It is an active faith that  describes the condition of ones heart.
It then seeks to remedy the condition by un-conditioning it to the condition it is suppose to be.
Its not suppose to be about dogma. The tenants are there for the foundation of ones personal faith in God.
Its a guide and not the source. The guide that should lead one to the Source.

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Building a canopy is easy as one two three:)
Its a shield that keeps you free.
Three two one.

Get it? Spirit soul and body.
Wholeness, a canopy of one two three.

In the begining God made the Heaven, three two one.
One, one in unison.

Thats the plan Stan:) Wholeness.
Walking in the physical as the spirit walks in the invisible though
two and three may not see. 

See as your spirit sees, two three will be free. To see once again.
The wrestling match of grand proportions.
Three two against one. 

Canopy, one over two and three making it a copy
OF THE ORIGINAL one two three.

'Mind of Christ' 'Christ like consciousness'.
The crown of glory. It is the crown you want.
And not a mere wreath.


Christ like consciousness is the 'Mind of Christ'.
How He taught us to live and the only way of reason.

Love God and your fellow man. A canopy of peace.
God will and does teach us how to love.
Its as simple as one two three.

But you need a Teacher and that would be God Himself who made us in
His image and knows whats best for others and us.

Three two one...
 

 Jesus washed the feet of the disciples, God in the form of a human man cleaning the feet of these men.
Yeah loves us enough to give up everything He had and lived among us. The rich and especially the hurting poor.
He gave up everything to be with us and suffered much.

Truly He was and still is humble. He gave His life, He gave up everything, for His creation.
Now that we would meet Him at His level of humility. Not an easy task for most.
Mansions and all, even imported French hairspray : )

He doesn't want our money or our riches. The greedy wolves want your money and your soul to.

God wants us to live in peace with one another and to live in the way that gives life peace and joy, happiness.
Only dark hearts pursue the ways of slander hate and every other act of evil.

Psalm 4 Douay-Rheims Bible
4Be angry, and sin not: the things you say in your hearts, be sorry for them upon your beds.

Anger is not hate but harbored anger will lead to hatred
What causes hatred, normally injustice.
But we need to learn not to brood over our hurt.

Trust is the answer, trust in God who is the judge of all.
Fret not is another term the book of Psalms uses.
Again confident trust in God is the answer.

We all blow a gasket every once in a while, we do live
in an unjust and unfair world.
But we are better off learning to give over to God the hot
potatoes that burn a hole or two.

Our emotions are strong but it is our responsibility to reign them in.

Proverbs 18:10
Douay-Rheims Bible
The name of the Lord is a strong tower: the just runneth to it, and shall be exalted.
(lifted from the pit from the snare)

Proverbs 16:32

NET Bible
Better to be slow to anger than to be a mighty warrior, and one who controls his temper is better than one who captures a city.
Proverbs 19:11
A person's wisdom yields patience; it is to one's glory to overlook an offense.

The Kingdom of God within. If it is Gods Kingdom then let it reign within you.
A reign indeed. Give in to your anger and it reigns in you.

You dont get it do you? Every good deed gets rewarded. We dont do good deeds for rewards but we do get rewarded now and for then
Monetary payments are silly for good deeds. But deeds get rewarded, every one of them.
Chance is but chance. Weights and heights outway the bad, in you and others.

True reward the deeds of good. You reap what you sow, karma? The balances? Chances are your chances are.....
very good indeed.
 

Our fallen state(the fallen self the ego) is like a free criminal when caught feels like its the end of the world for
its self, and it is when it is caught :) LOL

Surrender your fallen state to the State of Heaven and it will go well with your soul, and everyone else's soul.
Little by little conviction after conviction notices :)

Your real self will be free to be its true self. Your ego is your alter, your alter-ego.
Which one are you? an alter or you-your real self. The diamond in the rough. Rufff! :)

Ever walk in a dark place where there is no city lights, not even near?
That awful feeling of not knowing where your next step will lead you too.
Not knowing, cant see any signs or light to guide you in the dark.

Thats how the soul without light feels like and the empty smile is just a mask.
Knowledge can only take you so far but when you see the Light there is no end.
Not this light, it keeps on shining. Seven times that of the sun.

But in this world there is so much darkness, so it takes many lights to light it up.
We can be a light to every one as long as you have that Light to shine through.

A guiding hand to a lonely soul looking for light, any light.

To busy to push others away instead of gently leading them in.
A gentle Shepherd is our Light and those of the Light gently lead them in
instead of pushing them away.

Obstacles to trip on. Stumbling stones are ye?
Mark 1:3 Weymouth New Testament
"The voice of one crying aloud: 'In the Desert prepare a road for the Lord: Make His highways straight.'"


John 8:12 New Living Translation
Jesus spoke to the people once more and said, "I am the light of the world. If you follow me, you won't have to walk in darkness, because you will have the light that leads to life."



Luke 15

New International Version (NIV)
The Parable of the Lost Sheep

15 Now the tax collectors and sinners were all gathering around to hear Jesus. 2 But the Pharisees and the teachers of the law muttered, “This man welcomes sinners and eats with them.”
3 Then Jesus told them this parable: 4 “Suppose one of you has a hundred sheep and loses one of them. Doesn’t he leave the ninety-nine in the open country and go after the lost sheep until he finds it? 5 And when he finds it, he joyfully puts it on his shoulders 6 and goes home. Then he calls his friends and neighbors together and says, ‘Rejoice with me; I have found my lost sheep.’ 7 I tell you that in the same way there will be more rejoicing in heaven over one sinner who repents than over ninety-nine righteous persons who do not need to repent.
The Parable of the Lost Coin

8 “Or suppose a woman has ten silver coins and loses one. Doesn’t she light a lamp, sweep the house and search carefully until she finds it? 9 And when she finds it, she calls her friends and neighbors together and says, ‘Rejoice with me; I have found my lost coin.’ 10 In the same way, I tell you, there is rejoicing in the presence of the angels of God over one sinner who repents.”


Matthew 18:12-14

"If a man has 100 sheep, but one of the sheep becomes lost, then the man will leave the other 99 sheep on the hill. He will go to look for the lost sheep. Right? And if the man finds the lost sheep, the man is happier about that one sheep than about the 99 sheep that were never lost. I tell you the truth. In the same way, your Father in heaven does not want any of these little children to be lost."

What may seem as loss may actually be a win. And sometimes what may appear as a win may in fact be a loss.
Mark 8:36 New Living Translation
And what do you benefit if you gain the whole world but lose your own soul?

I  know your weaknesses I know your struggles and I understand your faults.
But my love for you is revealed to you through them all.

A paraphrase of my own - I think? :)  - of 2 Corinthians 12:9
New Living Translation
Each time he said, "My grace is all you need. My power works best in weakness." So now I am glad to boast about my weaknesses, so that the power of Christ can work through me.

No need to doubt yourself or God for that matter. Grace is revealed through our many insecurities and weaknesses. 
Hey! Be at peace for the Lord is ever near you. Dont let your failures dictate who and what God is.
Pure love ever to help you.

When your eyes open up to see your own faults its just to reveal to you how much God loves you and the message to you
is that  He will help you and never forsake you. 

So I gots a paint brush in my hand and an empty canvas in front of me and all I need now is some
paint. Now I got the paint, know where I got the paint? I searched for it in my mind and I didnt like the
options so I went beyond my mind and started searching my heart for colors beyond this world.

Yeah some might call it the colors of my imagination. Now what will I paint on the canvas?
Got it! An image. I will imagine  a hot chick with incredible personalty that has a wonderful
heart.  Ah forget it ! I gonna make a self portrait :)

Its gonna be a master piece so much incredible detail, so its gonna take some time to paint.
A lifetime of painting one image. Now I got to look at the mirror often so I can see my reflection and
determine how I want to truly look like without all my flaws and yet still remain the true identity of
my self portrait.

I said all that to tell you to start painting, you bunch of lazy asses :)
To remain sufficient in your own self but allow the Artist to paint
your true picture of who you really are.

Complacent minds are to busy to reflect their true selves of who they are
and you'll find your true self inside your heart.
Now to draw out your real self.

You are what society wants you to look like so you dress accordingly in
a manner of speech of course. The society you choose, or did your society choose you?

Are you an unaware prisoner? Maybe, figure it out for self. Are you free or a prisoner who cant
see, proclaiming and thinking it is free.

When God doesn't answer our requests. Dontcha hate that? Unanswered prayers. How frustrating!
Sometimes its the perceived ideas that get in the way. Our perceived notions on how they will come.
The answers, unlacing the perceived notions on how that prayer will be returned to you.

The question is; did God hear our prayers? I think He does. He looks at the bigger picture that we
cant possibly see. Frustrated? me too. But trust is always the best choice when waiting on a answer.
 
Confession of it be being received is not the answer. Faith is, and it says Father knows best.
Disappointments come and they go but faith is constant. 'Where two or three' yes as long it is in accordance
with the will of God and not necessarily our will.

Ahh! :) the will. The answer is trust, and you need faith to trust, to trust in God.
God sees beyond our eye sight, so trust Him always.

Sometimes answers take a long time to come by. In the mean time use your faith. 
Mysteries unfold before you, sometimes you miss them as a natural progression.

Dont get discouraged, Father knows best. 

Desired expectations, what are they? Something your were hoping for. Expectations are not exactly requests nor are they
always reasonable or within the line of the goal that leads home.
So we deter the expectations to the will. In this case to the will of God first and foremost.
The rest becomes history, your history determined by God for your life.

Why wrestle with thoughts of doubt when you can rest your ambitions with God.
Leave your worries and care to God. As best as we can 'let go'.

It sucks when we are told that we are wrong and need to turn in the correct direction.
Buts its how you look at it. Better to go the right direction than to be lost in maze of
misdirection that only leads to hurt and disappointment.

Do you believe in magic? I sure do. Love is a magical force that flows from the Source.
Point A to point B, you need the magic of faith to get there. Invisible force it is.


Magic comes from within. Ah the imagination of a little child of faith.
Get you there in a twinkle of an eye. The twinkle is slow in time but
not outside of time. I think they call it eternity, no time in eternity.

Since eternity is magical start using it now :) The magic is in your heart.
The little twinkly sparks of faith bouncing around in your heart. Just harness
that radiant energy in the path of Light.

Forgiveness is not always easy to do. But it is one of the most selfish things to do. Odd this fallen mortal flesh.
Like anything else the more you do something the better you get at it. Its a trial at times especially when the one
who offended you asks no forgiveness from you.

It takes faith to move a mountain use your faith. 

I think we under estimate what our faith can do. We do so because we rarely use our faith in productive ways.
Talking about our faith is one thing another to actually use it.

God doesn't need us to worry about how He will carry out His justice and when the axe will fall.
Worry brings on agitation but faith trusts in God for all things. Worrying while you use your faith
to ...I'm sorry that just doesn't sound right.

You cant worry and use your faith, let it go. The worrying part. Worry is a natural 'condition' in this world
using your faith is a supernatural condition that can defeat the natural.
Magic? yeah I think it is.

You cant see it but you do see the results, eventually you will.

Simple things are best. Focus on the simple and more important things. The rest will unfold itself.
LOL, if you can grab the bull by the horns you can control all of the rest :)

A red cape will only get you gourd. Make friends with the bull then you can turn it left or right.
I think I got this from a fortune cookie :)
We seem to read into to much information or is it disinformation.

Right! the disinformation is the rest; useless drivel.
Confusing the simple, the rest does. Cause you to focus on drivel.
The blind leading the blind and the blind following the blind.
Truth or a lie, only choose wisely. Cling to a lie and you become a lie.

Hey trust in God and let Him worry about the rest.
Trust God and the rest will be taken care of.
How do you trust in a God that you dont know about or think that you do?
Cut away from the drivel and understand Him and how He thinks and reasons.
Its in the gospel you know.

---as a side note its not about about how many times you read the bible
or how many religious and spiritual books you may have or will have read.
Its about receiving the truth of the matter that the bible expresses itself.
You know! THE SIMPLE THINGS! THE VERY BASICS.
---I will build a house, foundation? pfffft! I need shelter from the rain!(conscience-the illusion thereof)
You know the story right?

Comes to this; "love God and your fellow man". Do this!
How? This is impossible if we ignore the center of ourselves.


Three two one, the whole of us and not the some of us.

We need to mend ourselves rather let God mend us.

Jesus taught us well if only we would listen to Him and the teachings He gave us.

Sounds simple, it is. We are 'led' to focus on the rest that is mundane dressed up
as profound. God has all power if we would listen to the power in His instructions
we might get out of the mess that the rest continually 'makes up' :)

Where does bullshit come from? from a bull :)
Grab the bull by the horns and stop chasing the tail.

Thats what many are doing, trying to find truth butt from the wrong end :)

The Kingdom of God is all about the freewill of all individuals who respect one another.

Colors and mannerisms abound as do the various differences and incredible talents(responsibilities).

Dear gods and goddesses its about the talent(responsibilities). It is love that bares the burden of those

responsibilities. Not self adoration, you want adoration? then bare your responsibilities and you will be adored.

Until then, get your fat ass off the throne that your delusional fallen ego 'invented'.

The point of reference. We need a point of reference. When we seem to lose our moorings as it were,

always go back to the point of reference. You have your ups and downs in life even in the life of faith in God.

When we have doubts arising we should always go back to the point of reference.

As believers we have Christ as our reference point.

Not sure if God is pleased with me or others, even doubting

personal salvation at times? our doubts plead.

In those times we can always go back to our reference point, Jesus.

How did He live what did He teach?

So we go back and grasp those concepts, again.

If we can some how reach towards those concepts we seem to lose

those doubts again. We have to practice what we preach, all of us.

You may not hit the bulls eye but we should aim for the target.

If we look back to great spiritual leaders of the past, not only in Christendom, we would read their sayings and their sayings go back to the Source. They in their modesty would not like us to look at them but to the their modernizing the
message God gave us at the beginning.

They updated the timing of the message that was and is the same even in our times as it was in there's.
Same message; "love God and your fellow man".

God is our judge Christian or not. And we will all be accountable to God, Christian or not.
The messenger will always tell you they are just messengers.
Its about God and His conveyance to all of us to be more than fair with each other. I think we call it love.

Tonight's message is titled:
'Trying to finish the race before it even started.'
Huh? huh? impressed? with the title.


Tonight's sermon(insert southern drawl), make up boy! some more of my french hairspray.
Snnifff! Ahhhh! wonderful fragrance worth every penny you chumps gave me, sorry I mean children of
the Lord. Thank god I have you fine people as my collateral for my next mansion.

Now to fluff up my ego and grease your paychecks for the offerings, on with the show!

Is my alter ego gone yet? Good! It scares the shit out of me.
Alter egos have a mind of its own you know. Demons! Other personalities.
Now to find our genuine personality, our real self. The inward self.
The other selves are superfluous [link to dictionary.reference.com]

Manipulation is not part of the gospel nor is aggrandizement.
Funny how some present the gospel with various personalities(demons).

The gospel is not schizophrenic in nature, some presenters are though.
They are not real just persona's. Remember that! maybe it will clear you up of your own
persona's that you picked up unknowingly.

The genuine message is found in the gospel as presented by Jesus and expounded on by His Apostles of the New
Testament. The persona's have botched up the original intent of the message:

Love God and love your fellow man. Freely you been given freely you too should give what is free.
The words of love the words that give life and freedom.