As I sat and watched the television play I could only imagine what was really coming from it, an aroma of lies and deceit, greed and arrogance, and distrust and jealousy. It was like I was being consumed by something that looked so delightful and tasty, but I was not truly judging it by its fruit, or what some would call its core. What do you see beyond the surface? Look at what is going on behind the scenes, not what is going on in the performance.
We breed a people that think that happiness comes from being known in the world, that money can make you important, and that being alone means you are worthless. In the bible it says that jesus left his disciples to pray. When was the last time you left everything, including all electronics, people, and thoughts to spend one moment with god? Probably a very long time, and the reason is because of our selfishness. It is our destruction, our control, and the poison that drains the love of Christ out of us. Our spiritual strength begins to weaken and diminish, withered and waiting to be thrown in the fire.
Mirrors won’t be present in heaven where we focus on ourselves. All mirrors should be broken and thrown in the fire because this life is not about self, but about selflessness. Our mind is focused solely on ourselves every day, whether we want it to be or not.
Everything needs to be taken out of your life that is not a product of love and that includes television, mirrors, computers, internet, and possibly as far as to say even cell phones. We are losing track of what is important and that is our complete focus and concentration on the person we are standing next to. These are the most important meetings of our life, because when this life is over and our time comes to be judged we will remember that moment with the person and we said nothing of what we knew.
Look at the times magazine sometimes and notice how all the cover pages the M, is placed above leaders to show you images of the devil. He raises his hands and smiles, the smoke screen has been tactically employed to make you think that he is the good guy, but the darkness grips his soul for that position of power, where the world knows your name.
In the bible it also says the exalted will be humbled and the humbled will be exalted. What if this life was our one chance, an ulterior dimension where our purpose here was to test our ability to endure mocking and being alone as Christ did before he was on the cross. We all must live similar lives to Christ in the sense of how he treated individuals and did not care of what men and women thought of him but shared what he knew was the truth.
People can’t handle the truth because they are so blind that no matter how hard they try to focus and grasp what you are saying, they will remain blinded by their arrogance and pass off your words of wisdom as though they were trash to be thrown in the waste bin. Knowledge is worth its weight in gold, and for good reason. If knowledge is completely grasped and an individual can choose to be humble for just a few moments and LISTEN to another person then themselves, they will experience a freedom from the chains of self doubt, self-esteem, depression, anxiety, and anger like they could never imagine. Their happiness would not be for material objects, beauty, or perfection, but the simplicity of being given the opportunity to breath, to feel, and to love.
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