Walking the Passage: Isn't this just a given ... a mathematical equation... and a real confession of what I am not

Friday, December 18, 2009

Isn't this just a given ... a mathematical equation... and a real confession of what I am not

Now I don't know math at all... I have a sister in law who is amazing at it but me not so much... so I guess a given is something that just is true.... in some geometric term... so sorry Joanne..
So because of my ignorance I went searching....

here is what I found.....

It means that whatever "it" is, it was already assumed true from the beginning, and no one needed to prove it.

It basically means that something is understood to be true, or is widely known, or is certain.

Well.. isn't it a given that Christian = love.... uhm, sadly not the case... I don't have to tell anybody that...... the equation ends up equaling some far different.....

You know what... I am a selfish person.. I like my time, my things, my way.... I like my opinions... I like being right... I am inpatient.... like to hold a grudge.... like to think I am right .... I am envious.. I am boastful... I am jealous.. I am self seeking... I am easily angered... can I say I delight in evil and falsehood .. I don't know about that one... but I do know I don't always rejoice with the truth...... I want it to be my version of the truth.... I can be rude... I can be proud.... I don't always protect... I am quick to judge.....I don't always hope and I certainly don't always persevere... I want my way.. I want it now... I don't want to endure all things......

That is me... take a good picture ... that is me..... These five days have only shown me how much that was me before I put before God and myself that I was going to see what living 100 days in love would do......

So I am thinking of others more already and looking for opportunities to be the hands and feet of the one whose name I want to bare........ words and writing are easy for me... this is not easy for me... so I purposefully choose moment after moment... when I feel selfishness creeping in .. I nip it in the bud... I didn't do that before..... when I want to be angry about something or think I have a right to feel a certain way I examine it much more carefully... usually realizing that it wasn't as important as I thought it all was......

So love and living love and making those choices as a Christian it isn't a given... it is a purposeful action for me.... a choice to be made....

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One of my Favorite Narnian Quotes...

“One word, Ma’am,” he said, coming back from the fire; limping because of the pain. “One word. All you’ve been saying is quite right, I shouldn’t wonder. I’m a chap who always liked to know the worst and then put the best face I can on it. So I won’t deny any of what you said, even so. Suppose we have only dreamed, or made up, all those things – trees and grass and sun and moon and stars and Aslan himself. Suppose we have. Then all I can say is that, in that case, the made-up things seem a good deal more important than the real ones. Suppose this black pit of a kingdom of yours is the only world. Well, it strikes me as a pretty poor one. And that’s a funny thing, when you come to think of it. We’re just babies making up a game, if you’re right. But four babies playing a game can make a play-world that makes you real world hollow. That’s why I’m going to stand by the play-world. I’m on Aslan’s side even if there isn’t any Narnia. So, thanking you kindly for our supper, if these two gentlemen and the young lady are ready, we’re leaving your court at once and setting out in the dark to spend our lives looking for the Overland.

A Brilliant Quote from Marianne Williamson

Our deepest fear is not that we are inadequate,

but that we are powerful beyond measure.

It is our light, not our darkness that most frightens us.

We ask ourselves, "Who am I to be brilliant, gorgeous, talented, fabulous?"

Actually, who are you not to be?

You are a child of God.

Your playing small does not serve the world.

There is nothing enlightening about shrinking

so that others won't feel unsure around you.

We were born to make manifest the glory of God that is within us.

It is not just in some of us; it is in every one.

As we let our light shine, we unconsciously give other people permission to do the same. As we are liberated from our own fear, our presence automatically liberates others.