What condition my condition is in!
Writing is a good practice. Well now-a-days typing or "word processing" is a good practice. Doesn't matter what you call it, I know you mean and I know what I mean, so you just read a lot of text that wasn't really worth reading. How about them apples?
Thinking as I type, just toying with a philosophical idea, so don't argue holmes!
I came up with a certain theory regarding my spirit's spirituality. I thought about all the little things that go through a person's mind. You know, all those little thoughts and ideas that you don't talk about because you "know better". Things you wouldn't necessarily be proud of saying, but it shot through your head for reasons you can't understand. You just chalk it up to not being able to control your random thoughts. And I thought about how a person feels overall. If a person is short fused, irritable, depressed. I'm more or less referring to these moods when they apply to a person's disposition not when they are situational.
My theory is, the things that go through your head, and the dominating characteristics of your mood all seem to reflect condition of your soul. You know, not 100% but when you think it, its not far away from being said or done. I remember reading a line in the bible, I'll find it later, but it's in a prayer and even Bob Marely refers to it, but it says, "may the meditations of our hearts be acceptable in thy sight." The things you have to filter out might be more important that just mere thoughts, after all, they are just under the surface.
Example: Sally is a reserved girl, she's very conservative when it comes to sexuality, but when she see a hunky home boy she always has some dirty little thoughts about some dirty little things. Though conservative, by appearance and action, she has those shameful thoughts.
Sally is a sexually "moral" person. She never does anything questionable, shes respectful and not crude about sexuality. In essence by action shes considered a respectable person because she keeps her integrity. That said, just under surface, she lusts after any attractive guy and we all know how the imagination can get going. that was just a cheesy example of what I'm talking about.
As we are all wired the same, we all have those "impure" thoughts as the "Church" would call them. Some more than others, but no one is with out them. To be without those would make you innocent, like a child. So it's just kind of humbling. I think about this because it brings me back to God. It makes me want to improve even then very way my mind works. And thats deeper than just making sure you act out on the right things and filter the rest. Striving to not have to filter anything, is something that is motivating me to be a better person in a more complete way, but will always keep me humble. It will remind me that no matter how much good I've done, I'm still just human. No matter how great the apostles were, they still fought like I do. And the more unrepentant one becomes the more one lets those little thoughts slip out.
Just thinking out loud....virtually.
Thinking as I type, just toying with a philosophical idea, so don't argue holmes!
I came up with a certain theory regarding my spirit's spirituality. I thought about all the little things that go through a person's mind. You know, all those little thoughts and ideas that you don't talk about because you "know better". Things you wouldn't necessarily be proud of saying, but it shot through your head for reasons you can't understand. You just chalk it up to not being able to control your random thoughts. And I thought about how a person feels overall. If a person is short fused, irritable, depressed. I'm more or less referring to these moods when they apply to a person's disposition not when they are situational.
My theory is, the things that go through your head, and the dominating characteristics of your mood all seem to reflect condition of your soul. You know, not 100% but when you think it, its not far away from being said or done. I remember reading a line in the bible, I'll find it later, but it's in a prayer and even Bob Marely refers to it, but it says, "may the meditations of our hearts be acceptable in thy sight." The things you have to filter out might be more important that just mere thoughts, after all, they are just under the surface.
Example: Sally is a reserved girl, she's very conservative when it comes to sexuality, but when she see a hunky home boy she always has some dirty little thoughts about some dirty little things. Though conservative, by appearance and action, she has those shameful thoughts.
Sally is a sexually "moral" person. She never does anything questionable, shes respectful and not crude about sexuality. In essence by action shes considered a respectable person because she keeps her integrity. That said, just under surface, she lusts after any attractive guy and we all know how the imagination can get going. that was just a cheesy example of what I'm talking about.
As we are all wired the same, we all have those "impure" thoughts as the "Church" would call them. Some more than others, but no one is with out them. To be without those would make you innocent, like a child. So it's just kind of humbling. I think about this because it brings me back to God. It makes me want to improve even then very way my mind works. And thats deeper than just making sure you act out on the right things and filter the rest. Striving to not have to filter anything, is something that is motivating me to be a better person in a more complete way, but will always keep me humble. It will remind me that no matter how much good I've done, I'm still just human. No matter how great the apostles were, they still fought like I do. And the more unrepentant one becomes the more one lets those little thoughts slip out.
Just thinking out loud....virtually.