How many of us look in the bathroom mirror with honesty? I must confess that I use it less and less as I get older: I don't need the added stress. No amount of makeup or facelift work will hide what's taking place over time on the outside! However, the reflection I do need every day of my life; the one we all need; the one which would actually improve over time were we to apply ourselves to its betterment; the one we almost all fail to seek, is the kind in which we examine our hearts and compare it to the word of our God. What are we really like inside?
Tag: Human Nature
Human Nature: The Poison and the Antidote
One of the most powerful poisons to our faith and peace in the Lord is the way we perceive other people, or perhaps how they really are. I sometimes struggle with a deep and monstrous problem: the darkness of human nature all around me. How many claim that they don't go to church because of the hypocrisy there? And it's not just in the church but out of it, on our streets, in our workplaces, and unfortunately, even in our own homes.
GOD IN A SMILE
Sometimes when I observe human nature-including my own-I ask the Lord if he might have made a mistake. Perhaps he should have stopped creating once he'd made the animals...
THE PERFECT WORLD
The political scene with its surrounding discourse, debate and accompanying scheming, charades, and false characterizations and representations provide a perfect arena for human nature to hone and to extrude one of its prime characteristics-one of the things it's best at: blaming someone else... Life, for almost all of us, is tough, and then we die. … Continue reading THE PERFECT WORLD
GLOBAL CONSCIOUSNESS
Some people believe that there's a "global consciousness". Humanity, they think, is all coming together in one giant Mind of peace, love and harmony. Well, if you want a glimpse of it, spend fifteen minutes within the swirling cesspool of human thought known as "Facebook"...




