Angel
September 14, 2007
Speaking of the devil
What do you want Angel
What do you offer me
Freedom, fame, fantasy, fun
Whimsical worlds of wealth
I am alone- abandoned, Angel
Where is that god
You bring new life
What do you care about me
What will you give me
Immortality, power, and love
What do you know of love
Come into the light, Angel
What’s that……you can’t
But, Angel- all the power and freedom
What about these
Ah, I remember you now
The most beautiful of all, Angel
Yet you fell……or were you thrown
What do you have to offer me, Angel-
What will you give me, Lucifer.
Why Brother?
September 13, 2007
So many died;
That so many did is inconceivable.
How does a man, a sinner, lead a crowd?
Inhumanity rising from greed.
So many women and children
What kind of new world promotes killing?
A new beginning from senseless brutality?
Where was God?
Where was he when his people suffered?
So many died;
That so many did is inconceivable.
How could no one see?
What did God do to help?
Scenes of horror.
Bringing tears to the eyes of the Father.
How could His creations do this?
Why is it brother against brother?
I see no difference between you, says He.
So many died;
That so many did is inconceivable.
Tags: God, brother against brother
Bible vs. Man
September 12, 2007
Let’s take an aside guys and examine this ‘religion‘ we are talking about.
The Bible says man is inadequate and needs Jesus to enter Heaven.
The Bible says that man cannot accomplish this by his own merits.
The Bible says that man must be a servant to others and give up of himself.
The Bible says that man cannot succumb to the desires of the flesh.
The Bible says that man cannot do many things that contradicts his inherent desires.
Man is selfish.
Man is inherently programmed to look out for number one.
Man desires worldly things, lusts for the opposite sex, and covets that which is not his.
Man will always adhere to the survival of the fittest; that’s just their way.
Man is prideful.
Man will not be told that they cannot do something.
Man always looks for the spotlight.
Man always looks for an easy out.
If man is inherently selfish, and man is inherently prideful, why would man write a book that states they cannot win? A book that states that they cannot do anything on their own merits and that they must succumb to others? Why would man write a book that contradicts their very nature? Why would man voluntarily make things hard for himself? It makes no sense! The Bible is a book that man could would not write. But we are told that it is God-breathed; that the words are spoken by God to man, transcribed to paper.
Of all the religions in the world, why would man choose the one religion that states beyond a doubt that there is not one single thing he can do on this earth that will guarantee him eternal happiness? Not one thing apart from accepting Christ and becoming a true believer. But alone, man can do nothing. Man is selfish! Given a state of total anarchy, man will look out for himself! Why then, write this book that tells man to serve their brothers, give of themselves, and be the good Samaritan? Given the choice, man would inherently want to let the next guy be the charity giver, lol.
Man’s very nature contradicts everything the Bible asks of man. Maybe religion is not supposed to be easy, but given the opportunity to write such a ‘manual to man,’ would man really restrict himself so voluntarily?
Translate God
September 11, 2007
No matter what they say, the church says, or I say, what God says will always be questioned…I wonder why…
He Already Answered
September 10, 2007
What the Church says: God answers prayers. In fact, where two or more come together in agreement by prayer, He listens and answers. God provides. In fact, while you are not to test the Lord your God, you can test him in your tithes: that if you give your 10%, He will increase it 30-60-100 fold. You hear that every time the offering plate is about to be passed; after all, it’s true. Moreover, God would not let you go without; he clothes the naked and feeds the hungry. The church says, God listens. And God answers prayer.
God’s answer does not necessarily have to be an affirmative one either; He can say no. It may not be the answer you want or like, but it is an answer.
What they say: Answers?? When?? How?? If God answers prayers, why are there still children dying, hunger, and war? What happened to that raise at work I prayed so hard for? Why did my only child die of cancer when she was only 12? How did God answer me when I am left with more questions than I started with? I asked for a cure. I asked for a better job. I asked for a new home. I asked for my rapist to be brought to justice.
God does not answer prayers; I can’t even be sure he listens. How can no be an answer to someone asking for their mother, spouse, or child to be spared from pain and even death? How can this God of love who listens to prayers and loves his children answer no? God doesn’t answer no. He just doesn’t answer at all.
What I say: Ever read the books of Job, Isaiah, Nahum, Habakkuk, Haggai, Malachi, Matthew, Romans…the Bible? Modern man has not proposed any questions that God hasn’t already heard or even answered before. In Job He really puts the tester to the test, in Isaiah He tells you just how much He has given you and up for you, in Nahum He tells you that the guilty will be punished, and in Habakkuk onward, He tells you about the wealth He can and will bestow on you if you follow and love Him. He promises to take care of you.
But yet nowhere in the Good Book does God say anything about being a genie from a lamp who will grant you unlimited wishes til your heart’s content. You asked for a raise so God gave you a new job opportunity. You asked for your child to be spared from pain so He took her to be with Him. You asked for your mother to live and she now has life eternal.
Did you ever ask someone a question only to have another one thrown at you? Annoying as it was, did you get the message? Just because the answer is not the one we wanted, does not mean it was necessarily the wrong one. God did say that you could test him in your tithes, but he does not say that it’s the next Wall Street: invest in me as my stock will always increase in value for you to cash out for a nice sum soon. Malachi tells us that God was trying to bring the descendants of Jacob back to Him; that God would show them the truths He already promised his children and that if they followed the ways He set forth, He would do the same for them. Pastors and religious leaders tend to embellish the riches that God promises. God doesn’t command us to tithe so that He may pay dividends on those tithes to support you. He asks us to tithe so He can keep you blessed.
Who hasn’t seen the email about the little boy wanting a dog from a farmer and chooses the runt with a gimp leg because he, having problems with his legs himself, can relate to the young pup? It is meant to stir the emotions of the heart as most cannot resist the innocence of a child, but it also shows that life is all about perspectives/relativity: what is disregarded by one, may be golden to another. A millionaire can ask God for a raise and find a lousy $100 bill in the gutter and scoff, but let a homeless family of four find that same $100 bill and they are in heaven. While not every case has a definitive upside, why can’t we trust the all-knowing favor of God?
Football
September 9, 2007
Sorry guys, it is the first official Sunday of football so you know how it goes! Check back later. 
Go watch a game!
Tags: football
Games Women Play
September 8, 2007
It seems as women get older, they learn to perfect their ‘games.’ But they use transference to blame it on another. After all, they are older and are past the ‘games’ of their youth. Yet I find it quite amusing that the ones who are mastering the ‘games’ are those that are ‘too old for them.’ They are the ones that slap you in the face and then ask ‘why ya crying’ as if nothing happened to begin with. They are the ones that throw stones and then wonder why you are kicking pebbles. They are the ones that are ready to open up the floodgates of hell on you for something they do not take two seconds to investigate. What is encoded on the woman’s DNA that makes them so apt to play these ‘games?’ The games women play and the men and women that fall into them; it is a cycle that I am sure will only get perfected with age!
Tags: women, The games women play
