The Good, The Bad, and the In-Between.

Jude 1:3 (NLT)

It is a true saying that we are what we think.

We are what we think most about.
So, in essence, the good, the bad and everything in between that we think or don't think about tells much about who we are.

When we think simplistically about everything, we set ourselves up to expect Simple Solutions, Obvious Answer's, and clear results in complex situations.

We need to come to terms with the reality that many situations - involve gambles.


We need to learn to live with the "In- betweenness" of uncertainty.

In a tolerance for uncertainty, as pointed out in The Road Less Traveled, is crucial in the process of questioning out assumptions. And in A Bed by the Window, a detective runs off half-cocked - and astray - with stereotypical thinking as a rush to judgement in large part because the detective is unwilling to wait through a period of uncertainty.

Have you worshiped the Antichrist?

The Antichrist is the master in phenomenon of fashionable depressions exalted in many beginning  to ask, "well, why go anyplace? Why should I exert myself? Why should I risk changing beliefs, Why shouldn't I just give up and kill myself? Why bother? Whats the point of it all?

What these fashionable's decry are the only things of importance are emotional insights that require no intellectual attained insight.

One aspect of thinking patters that stand out most because of its prevalence among considered none criminal segments of the population is an attitude of ownership, or what can be referred to as a sense of entitlement.

Inherent in this attitude is a cockiness that borders on Blatant Narcissism.

Those with extreme sense of entitlement are able to justify violating other people or their property without regard to their rights.

They discount their own failures to put in the efforts required to improve lives.
Some will choose to steal, manipulate, and otherwise take from others because of their belief that the world owes them.

They fail to see their own negligence in considering alternative ways of thinking and living.
This thinking is problematic when people become willing to violate others by discrimination, exploitation, and oppression denying the same rights, opportunities , and access to valued resources.

The Antichrist indeed has a significant common denominator in which all can be measured by its inherent tendency toward failures to think well or at all.

Spirit of God Against the Enemy 1

In Matthew 11:28-30 Jesus said:

Are you tired? Worn out? Burned out on religion? Come to me.

Get away with me and recover your life.
I'll show you how to take a real rest.

Walk with me and work with me - watch how I do it. Learn the unforced rhythms of grace.

I won't lay anything heavy or ill-fitting on you.

Keep company with me and you'll learn to live freely and lightly. (The Message)

The desire for a different sort of life doesn't appear out of thin air.

The longing for something more, no matter how weak or crackling with heat, is evidence that God is already at work in your life.
You would not want more of God if the Holy Spirit wasn't first seeking you.

It is the Trinity's action within that fans the small flame of desire motivating us to "Keep Company" with Jesus. In fact, the very desire or desperation you feel can be God's way of readying you to walk and work with Jesus. Take Heart, transformation happens as you keep company with Jesus.

Shares: The Road Less Traveled / Spiritual Disciplines Handbook.