thought -- counter-thought -- recollection...
why cling to what is defeated? why hold fast to brokenness when Christ has come and restored? o.o; point-counterpoint: point 1) pain makes us somehow feel alive 2) joy somehow makes us feel alive. to the outsider who has never experienced the working of the holy spirit, it may seem as though Jesus is just another way to medicate the pain of the heart from the brokenness of this world. but Jesus has been healing and restoring the broken long before the existance of Advil Bayer or Tylenol... >.< Crafty deceitful scheme... get an entire nation to doubt their very own natural senses to the point where all of reality can only be centered on one's self with so many options of what to include that it is exceedingly easy to exclude whatever is difficult or challenging. with such a numbness to everything and a constant supply of happy, joy can be neglected and isn't sought after as a path of life, yet having nothing consistent to cling to -- as happy wears out and is replaced by new happy [new episodes of LOST, the next season of American Idol, sprinkled with a heavily medicated dose of daily things to accomplish to occupy our wandering exploring minds], in the calming moments, when there is no music, no TV, no assignments to be concerned about -- no, not when on vacation, because even that is often an excercise of drawing as much possible happy from a trip as possible to further busy one's mind to avoid thinking of responsibilities temporarily on hold -- in just the silent moments of the heart, there dwells a constant pain, that is familiar and somehow comforting purely in its familiarity from birth. those that seek the real, something constant to hold onto, can always cling to that because of its consistency. and go to great lenghts to expound on it to where it is big enough to be their god, large enough to dominate their existance and give meaning to life. "the only thing we can expect in life is death" ~i forgot who said that... i'll look it up sometime. i must depart =P more later.