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Human Hypocrisy and Inconsistency
I was looking through some older writings I have and thought I would share. This is from 2014, before I had this blog: We humans are the personification and epitome of inconsistency. We are corrupt and live by our own morals, and that causes enormous amounts of...
The Root of the Problem, Part 2
Last time I talked about removing problems at the root (The Root of the Problem, Part 1). Now I'm going to talk about a different root problem. When you are gardening or growing any sort of plant, the roots need as much care as the rest of the plant, if not more care....
The Root of the Problem, Part 1
When gardening or doing basic lawn care, you need to remove weeds or they will take up all the resources that should go to the plants that you want to have there, killing your intended plants and ruining your work. But when you pull weeds, you find out that many are...
Unconditional Love in the Family
Through a couple conversations with a friend, I have recently been thinking more about unconditional love and what it means. The other day I wrote out a few thoughts I've had on it lately: If I ever decide to get married, I'll be very serious about it. I've seen a lot...
Metaphors and Parallels – Making a Statue
When you carve and chisel a statue out of stone, it takes quite a bit of work. Sometimes God's work in our lives is like making a statue. You start with a block or slab of rock. It doesn't really look like anything artistic, but the potential is there. Then you have...
Love and Volition
God loves us. He chooses to do so. He wants us to love Him back. We also have our choice. Love must be voluntary, or it is not love. Forcing someone to love you doesn't work. You can make someone say they love you, and you can even get them to act like it, but if they...