I’ve always been a poor communicator but lately it’s like I’m speaking a completely different language than other ppl. Idk I’m often accused of judging others and accusing them (which I definitely do sometimes 🤦♀️) when I add my input into conversations. Although, most of the time im pretty sure im just so excited to talk about God with another person it just comes out like word vomit. I don’t do anything half way, so when I started to actively seek God, and got to know Jesus through the gospel I became voracious for more. I obsessed over everything others had written and dove head first into the deep end. I did not feel the quiet peace or contentment others do. I felt an uncontrollable fire that I wanted to consume me whole. No one ever talks about their love for God with that kind of passion and zeal. It’s always just peace and quiet. I want to shout it out loud and defend his character like a guard dog does it’s loving master. I’m completely content being a gentile dog God found snooting through his scraps and decided to take in. I don’t really care about gifts or titles or miracles, I just want to be with him. I sometimes wonder if I’m doing something wrong but can’t bring myself to heel to their corrections. I don’t really care about being at peace 24/7, I don’t think that’s possible to be honest, I want to love him with everything I have. To not make him feel abandoned or like no one cares for a single moment of my life. Jesus deserves to be loved just as passionately as he loves us. Sorry for randomly leaving this rant in your comments section, sadly I feel like you are one of the few ppl out there that understands what I mean.
Excellent! I look forward to your further reflections on this subject. I think at one point I wanted to ask you if you were familiar with Jonathan Pageau. Glad to know you and the Pageau brothers are on the same wavelength.
Beautiful piece. Reminds me a bit of Jordan Peterson's work on Genesis and his other symbology. I do think that a symbolic understanding of our world is the key to understanding our past, and our religions. This modern worldview of a dead, mechanistic universe is deeply misguided, but unfortunately it's quite difficult to convince the average normal person of that fact.
It’s crazy that so few people take an interest in reading or understanding the Bible in general. All of the greatest stories, all of our lives, all of our thoughts and beliefs all stem from this one book. It’s words are written into the fabric of the universe and the design is a labyrinth of layered structures and hidden depths. Every time I read it, there’s something new to be discovered. It’s like the first time, every time. I confess I sometimes wander and get lost, but Jesus voice always seems to be the anchor that calls me back home. You’d think that I would have figured out how to be a better judge of character by now, but nope. Just assume everyone has good intentions and blurt out exactly what I’m thinking with no understanding of the politically correct social expectations 😂 mostly bc I don’t have the attention span anymore to sit quietly and listen to the convoluted nonsense and disjointed logic that makes up the conversation. No one just says what they mean anymore and I don’t feel like learning to speak this new shallow pretend language that says everything else except what’s obvious. I think that’s why I like your work so much, it’s grounded in both the flesh and spirit. It’s can hold both unseen and seen worlds together creatively and not implode into insanity or fear mongering.
I’ve always been a poor communicator but lately it’s like I’m speaking a completely different language than other ppl. Idk I’m often accused of judging others and accusing them (which I definitely do sometimes 🤦♀️) when I add my input into conversations. Although, most of the time im pretty sure im just so excited to talk about God with another person it just comes out like word vomit. I don’t do anything half way, so when I started to actively seek God, and got to know Jesus through the gospel I became voracious for more. I obsessed over everything others had written and dove head first into the deep end. I did not feel the quiet peace or contentment others do. I felt an uncontrollable fire that I wanted to consume me whole. No one ever talks about their love for God with that kind of passion and zeal. It’s always just peace and quiet. I want to shout it out loud and defend his character like a guard dog does it’s loving master. I’m completely content being a gentile dog God found snooting through his scraps and decided to take in. I don’t really care about gifts or titles or miracles, I just want to be with him. I sometimes wonder if I’m doing something wrong but can’t bring myself to heel to their corrections. I don’t really care about being at peace 24/7, I don’t think that’s possible to be honest, I want to love him with everything I have. To not make him feel abandoned or like no one cares for a single moment of my life. Jesus deserves to be loved just as passionately as he loves us. Sorry for randomly leaving this rant in your comments section, sadly I feel like you are one of the few ppl out there that understands what I mean.
Excellent! I look forward to your further reflections on this subject. I think at one point I wanted to ask you if you were familiar with Jonathan Pageau. Glad to know you and the Pageau brothers are on the same wavelength.
Ever consider covering Terry Allen's "Dogwood" on the podcast?
This is great - thank you!
Brilliant. I'd never heard of the Hold Spirit as literally air. This is all so inspiring!
Beautiful piece. Reminds me a bit of Jordan Peterson's work on Genesis and his other symbology. I do think that a symbolic understanding of our world is the key to understanding our past, and our religions. This modern worldview of a dead, mechanistic universe is deeply misguided, but unfortunately it's quite difficult to convince the average normal person of that fact.
It’s crazy that so few people take an interest in reading or understanding the Bible in general. All of the greatest stories, all of our lives, all of our thoughts and beliefs all stem from this one book. It’s words are written into the fabric of the universe and the design is a labyrinth of layered structures and hidden depths. Every time I read it, there’s something new to be discovered. It’s like the first time, every time. I confess I sometimes wander and get lost, but Jesus voice always seems to be the anchor that calls me back home. You’d think that I would have figured out how to be a better judge of character by now, but nope. Just assume everyone has good intentions and blurt out exactly what I’m thinking with no understanding of the politically correct social expectations 😂 mostly bc I don’t have the attention span anymore to sit quietly and listen to the convoluted nonsense and disjointed logic that makes up the conversation. No one just says what they mean anymore and I don’t feel like learning to speak this new shallow pretend language that says everything else except what’s obvious. I think that’s why I like your work so much, it’s grounded in both the flesh and spirit. It’s can hold both unseen and seen worlds together creatively and not implode into insanity or fear mongering.
Good stuff. A few items to note.
1: The Hebrew for Holy Spirit is Ruach ha Kodesh- literally, The set apart wind/breath
2: Yahusha(Jesus) many translations say died on an actual tree not a cross.
3: An accurate view of biblical cosmology is a game changer. The entire story of the Bible starts to make sense.
Thanks. Got a lot from the tree explanation 👍