Reality

Its not completely wrong to live with your head in the clouds, nor is is completely wrong to live in reality as if it is all that there is!

We have a God who is outside of our time and space, therefore we need to be open to things happening that we simply can not understand or explain!

However, I believe that we do need to be slightly rooted in the here and now! We need to be able to be (at least) seen as sane!

I know that there will be some who will disagree with me, and their opinions are perfectly valid (and if they so wish, they can add them in at the comments section!  Please remember to be nice, polite and not push your opinion down mine or anyone else throats! Those sort of opinions will be removed, along with any with vulgar language!)

I believe that we need to be open to the possibility of God to do anything He pleases! But I also believe that there are certain ways that this world was created to work and (from my experience) God works within those constraints!

It has been said to me in the past that an injury or ache or pain that I have had is an attack of the devil! This, I believe, gives the devil a little too much credit! The devil did not make me sprain my ankle! Nor did he sprain my ankle!

I've also been told that certain aches and pains are spiritual/human attack - words as knives in the back! And while I do not doubt that this is totally possible, sometimes, its simply because I slept so well, I didn't move in the night and thus, I woke up stiff and sore! No devil and no human attacks! Nothing that a good back massage can't solve!

The gods aren't angry, they do not control everything! Only God controls everything, knows everything and all that stuff! And funny enough, He's not angry either! I know that some things He allows, for my strengthening or learning or something like that! But not all bad things are His doing, or the doings of the devil! Some things are simply human!

My stiff sore shoulder - I slept!
My sprained ankle - my stupid fault!
That failed school exam - was study undertaken? Was the student stressed out of their brain? Are they simply the type of student who is crap at exams (I was)?!!

Reality is in the hear and now, balances with the unseen spiritual! Its not one or the other! Life needs to be treated as such!

I know that without the dreamers or thinkers of the world, we wouldn't have half the stuff we take for granted, like my "smart phone" that likes to change some of my text to something completely different! Or the laptop that is sitting across the room from me that complains that Queensland is just too hot for it to cope!

We need the thinkers and the dreamers! We also need those grounded in reality! Without them, there would be no balance, no one to actually build what the thinkers and dreamers come up with!

Look at it this way - I design a ring. It looks great on paper, however, when its been drawn up on the computer, it is quickly discovered that in reality, my far fetched ideas won't work! 3d printers simply can't do that, the design "leaks" printing wax goes everywhere and a ring simply can not be cast! It is impossible! My design needs a minor modification so it can work! Its different, a one off, pushed the boundaries a little, but now, the constraints if reality have worked together (not so perfectly) with far fetched imagination to produce something beautiful!

We need to be balanced as humans! I believe it is how we were made!

May Gods blessings shower down upon you. And may you be coated in the dust of your Rabbi!

To 'fix' me...

To 'fix' me is not the job of any human! It is the job of God and God alone!

I know I am not perfect! I will never be perfect in the eyes of any human, as we all disagree on what perfection is!

And to all those who tell me that I have issues, let he, or she who has solved ALL their issues perfectly, cast the first stone!

I know I have issues! They are listed in a particular order on a list that only God has. He and He alone knows the time, date and order when these issues will be dealt with - IN HIS WAY! As I said, no human can 'fix' me!

I have learnt this for myself, and I'm slowly learning to accept it for others! I think it's time that we all learned this one!

Its called not judging!

I had some stuff going on, and I had the pleasure of seeing a psychologist to help me! He didn't judge me! Instead, he encouraged me, he pointed out all the things right with me (which I thought was few and far between), he guided me to a different perspective and let me and God sort out the rest! He didn't tell me how crap I was! I already felt that way! He didn't tell me to stop doing something, he just encouraged a new perspective! And, even though he was a complete stranger, I felt I could trust him (which was a huge thing for me!)!

This example is the kind of thing that we should probably try to do for others! Instead of healing a pile of shit on their shoulders, we should encourage them in the good they are doing, and simply choose to shut up about the bad! Easier said than done - I am still struggling with this with a couple of people I know! And boy, can it be frustrating!

If we seek God about a situation, person or whatever, and He gives us instructions. We need to follow them! If He says to pray for that 'emotional vampire', then that is what we should do! If He says to limit the interaction with them, then that is what is to be done!

God knows all of us, our issues and what we each need! If we go around telling someone that the situation that they find themselves in is adulterous (whilst it may be 100% true), we have over stepped our place! What is the situation? Where are they both at spiritually, emotionally and physically? And by opening our mouths, have we, who have our own issues, cast the first stone?

Jesus wrote in the sand until all, not one or two, but ALL the accusers walked away!

Do I have what it takes to drop the stones in my hands? Do you have what it takes to drop the stones in your hands?

But what if it is blatant sin, something that the person knows is wrong? - My advice - SHUT UP! If you need to talk to someone about it, then go to God! He knows how to deal with it! And you know what else - He already knows about it! And, He has probably set situations and circumstances in motion to bring about His glory through that person! How awesome is that?

We need to let God be the God, and let ourselves be the humans! We make pretty crap Gods! Jesus made an awesome human, but that was because He was also God! How about we let God do His job? And remember, my idea of perfect for you is not Gods idea of perfect for you! Your mothers idea of perfect for you, is not Gods idea of perfect for you!

We need to stop trying to change each other, and instead, ask that God will change us! So person A needs to stop trying to change person B and start praying that God will change person A!! God will deal with person B in His own sweet time! And person A may never be a part of that change!

Get your own shit sorted out, and once you are perfect in Gods eyes, and if He leaves you on earth, you might just be slightly qualified to start fixing other humans, but I doubt that - because you are not God!

May Gods blessings shower down upon you. And may you be coated in the dust of your Rabbi!