Living On The Edge Again (Part 1)
This is a great song by Aerosmith (see post from Feb 14 2006). It also very accurately describes how most people live their lives. For many people on our planet, they live on the edge of starvation. It is a daily struggle to get enough food to feed themselves and their families. For others, they live on the edge of conflict between how they want to live and forces that would choose to change the way that they live. There are those that are oppressed and do not know day to day whether they will be the next to fall under the microscope of the tyranny of those that call themselves leaders. There are many macro visions of how people live on the edge. For the individual, living on the edge takes on an entirely new dimension.
Many people suffer with their personal demons. If there were not personal demons, the great books of the world would be non-fiction, movies would all be documentaries and the news of the world would be about boats safely docking or the winner of the best in show. We all have had trauma in our lives whether it is a death in the family, an auto accident, a medical issue, over eating, under eating, drinking, drugs, run in with the police, divorce…. I could go on for pages. It is the things that happen to us that make us who we are. It provides the canvas for us to continue to paint our lives and allows us to look back and reflect on what we have done and where we would like to go. For some, a personal demon freezes them in time and prevents them from making any further progress on the canvas. They do not seem to be able to get beyond the incident in their lives and it clouds every action they take. The phrase walking wounded seems to fit the description.
For those who have maneuvered around the roadblocks of life and continue to be productive and functional have found a way to reduce or eliminate the psychological affects of life’s traumas. They say time heals all wounds (or is it time wounds all heals) and memory is a great equalizer on that front. The further away you are from the event, they less affect it has on your daily struggle. Another well traveled path is to give your burden to the One who can handle it. The One who can handle your troubles is God. For those who have found Jesus Christ, turning your troubles over to him is a great relief. You know that you are not alone in your travel through life and the burdens become like a feather in the breeze. It comes down to communicating to God, through prayer. He knows your problems but is waiting on you to open the lines of communication to have personal time with just you.
The three verses from the Bible below have had the most influence on my life as a Christian (so far). They are taken from the KJV of the Bible because that is what I first started reading and I enjoy the old English way of saying things. It is also the only “true version” of the Bible for the Shiite Christians. I have talked about one of the verses in a previous post but events of last weekend have provided strengthening of my relationship with Christ and have allowed me a better understanding of some of my Earthly relationships. More later.
John 3:16
For God so loved the world, that he gave his only begotten Son, that whosoever believeth in him should not perish, but have everlasting life.
John 15:12
This is my commandment, That ye love one another, as I have loved you.
Luke 6:37
Judge not, and ye shall not be judged: condemn not, and ye shall not be condemned: forgive, and ye shall be forgiven:
Icool
Cobb
Many people suffer with their personal demons. If there were not personal demons, the great books of the world would be non-fiction, movies would all be documentaries and the news of the world would be about boats safely docking or the winner of the best in show. We all have had trauma in our lives whether it is a death in the family, an auto accident, a medical issue, over eating, under eating, drinking, drugs, run in with the police, divorce…. I could go on for pages. It is the things that happen to us that make us who we are. It provides the canvas for us to continue to paint our lives and allows us to look back and reflect on what we have done and where we would like to go. For some, a personal demon freezes them in time and prevents them from making any further progress on the canvas. They do not seem to be able to get beyond the incident in their lives and it clouds every action they take. The phrase walking wounded seems to fit the description.
For those who have maneuvered around the roadblocks of life and continue to be productive and functional have found a way to reduce or eliminate the psychological affects of life’s traumas. They say time heals all wounds (or is it time wounds all heals) and memory is a great equalizer on that front. The further away you are from the event, they less affect it has on your daily struggle. Another well traveled path is to give your burden to the One who can handle it. The One who can handle your troubles is God. For those who have found Jesus Christ, turning your troubles over to him is a great relief. You know that you are not alone in your travel through life and the burdens become like a feather in the breeze. It comes down to communicating to God, through prayer. He knows your problems but is waiting on you to open the lines of communication to have personal time with just you.
The three verses from the Bible below have had the most influence on my life as a Christian (so far). They are taken from the KJV of the Bible because that is what I first started reading and I enjoy the old English way of saying things. It is also the only “true version” of the Bible for the Shiite Christians. I have talked about one of the verses in a previous post but events of last weekend have provided strengthening of my relationship with Christ and have allowed me a better understanding of some of my Earthly relationships. More later.
John 3:16
For God so loved the world, that he gave his only begotten Son, that whosoever believeth in him should not perish, but have everlasting life.
John 15:12
This is my commandment, That ye love one another, as I have loved you.
Luke 6:37
Judge not, and ye shall not be judged: condemn not, and ye shall not be condemned: forgive, and ye shall be forgiven:
Icool
Cobb
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