accept the grace, the moment you are in...
Before I go to bed, I must jot this down.
I have heard the idea that people do stupid, selfish, destructive things and indulge in those behaviors because they are lonely. Because they feel alone. I am reading, "Searching For God Know What" by Donald Miller and he writes really well. His communication skills with me are top notch. He admits to a lot of his fallacies and rough times... this I can relate to. And even though I know I'm not the only one going through struggles in life, it's just encouraging to know that someone is running the same race as me.
Anyway, here's a quote from him talking about the Benedictine monks who read study the Bible late at night via candles. I thought it was totally awesome!
"I think there would be something quite beautiful about reading the Bible this way, to be honest-late at night, feeling through words, sorting through the grit and beauty. It wouldn't bother me at all to read the Bible without charts and lists because a person could read the Bible, not to become smart, but rather to feel that they are not alone, that somebody understands them and loves them enough to speak to them-on purpose-in a way that makes a person feel human."
This comes from the chapter about how Donald likes to really admire how God communicates to us. Moses apparently likes to write in parallelism via poetry, much like a musical that breaks out into song, in order to reiterate an idea and express feelings that straight up can't be explained through statements. Beautiful. All of it!
Good night good people. =)
<3
~trevor
I have heard the idea that people do stupid, selfish, destructive things and indulge in those behaviors because they are lonely. Because they feel alone. I am reading, "Searching For God Know What" by Donald Miller and he writes really well. His communication skills with me are top notch. He admits to a lot of his fallacies and rough times... this I can relate to. And even though I know I'm not the only one going through struggles in life, it's just encouraging to know that someone is running the same race as me.
Anyway, here's a quote from him talking about the Benedictine monks who read study the Bible late at night via candles. I thought it was totally awesome!
"I think there would be something quite beautiful about reading the Bible this way, to be honest-late at night, feeling through words, sorting through the grit and beauty. It wouldn't bother me at all to read the Bible without charts and lists because a person could read the Bible, not to become smart, but rather to feel that they are not alone, that somebody understands them and loves them enough to speak to them-on purpose-in a way that makes a person feel human."
This comes from the chapter about how Donald likes to really admire how God communicates to us. Moses apparently likes to write in parallelism via poetry, much like a musical that breaks out into song, in order to reiterate an idea and express feelings that straight up can't be explained through statements. Beautiful. All of it!
Good night good people. =)
<3
~trevor