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It is in silence that we hear You
I've been running
Oh I've been avoiding
the corners of Wondering and Facing
the Truth in the day of light
I've been wanting so much of that contemplation
where I once sat beneath the cherry red tree
and had to doubt indeed that when we talk a reason would come almost instantly
O Lord Jesus Christ
the tendency of me allowing my mind to wander astray
to the clouds my God, the skies have melted into a shade of gold and blue and lilac
I used unnecessarily words which has caused me to digress once more
But Lord Jesus, when I look into Your eyes
such songs form from my heart and You know, Lord, You woo me so without speaking a word.
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I remember now, Like it was only yesterday
I see him in my dreams holding me in his arms
and then i hear him say:
"My Child i'll never leave you
you will find me anywhere
the morning light, the evening
star, I'm always there."
The Problem of Free Will and Following Moral Law
I. Free Will
The terms Freedom and Will taken separately pose no problems.
1) Freedomlack of restriction, force, or coercion.
2) Willone's personal ability to choose; a capacity to weigh various options and conclude on a course of action.
Thus, "free will" as a singular term is considered as the "free and open ability to choose for oneself the best course of action."
We are, of course, confronted by this problem: what is the best course of action? But let's examine this a bit later. For now, we should examine what free will is because we speak about using it all the time.
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On the Latin Language by dasliedvondererde, literature
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On the Latin Language
Latin, Gentle Reader, is the name given to that language that was spoken (for thus saith the Encyclopædia Britannica) by small groups of people living along the lower Tiber River. Blessed be their memory for evermore, these small groups of people living along the lower Tiber River! For they spoke the language of Western Civilization. By the language of Western Civilization I do not mean French, English, or Greek, or any other inferior tongue: I mean Latin.
But Latin is a dead, pointless language! some people say. Why bother to learn it? I trust that you, O Gentle Reader, do not belong to this c
Where do errors arise in biblical interpretation?
The first is misreading the text, the second is misunderstanding the context, and the third is not reading that section in light of the whole of that section.
The fourth is forgetting who it addresses--that is to say (allegorically) people of a certain heart or disposition.
The fifth is seeing these words distinct from a life that has been lived.
The sixth is to see the Old Testament without considering and making it separate from Wisdom, Proverbs, and Ecclesiastes, and to see the New as separate from Christ's example.
The seventh is to see the Old Testament radically distinct from the Ne
I said,
"The 7-days of Creation was never considered by the original author to be a historical-scientific account, but an aetiological one [i.e., story about origins -or- reason for why things are as they are]. Those who think creation occurred in 7 days, even though "days" didn't exist until the 4th day in the story itself are probably stupid. Likewise, that creation account is meant to communicate something about the world, not a detailed account of how it came to be."
To which someone simply asked: "How do you know?"
Though I cannot say with supreme certainty, as I am only a student and hardly a scholar, I responded with these reasons:
You are the mountain
the fire which blazed where Moses once stood
the arms which delivered the Israelites from Egypt
You are the hope which no one else can give
You are the reason why even when I am about to say "no"
I will not....
I will go on because You first loved me.
You first believed in me
Praise You Lord
Praise You
You are the courage which collapsed a giant
You are the song which shook mountains and trees
and the voices which sang surely echoed to Your throne in Heaven
The hearts which lifted as Miriam played her tambourine
Oh yeah
the hearts which sang as You lead her and the Isrealites from captivity
O Lord
Praise
Once again God has amazed me uber time! by cereal-in-a-bowl, journal
Once again God has amazed me uber time!
This really made me remember a verse in Saint Paul's letter to the Romans, chapter 14. I use to believe that people of a different faith were deviating from God. That was until God who is so so good showed me mercy and grace and began to explain to me about religion.
This morning's homily was about two women prophesying and Joshua talking to Moses. This is in the Book of Numbers chapter 11 verse25-29.
"And the Lord came down in a cloud, and spoke unto him, and took of the spirit that was upon him, and gave it unto the seventy elders: and it came to pass, that, when the spirit rested upon them, they prophesied, and did not cease.