damn our damned pride that devours us inside rote anxiety and fear our self mutilated tears consequences defied, dulled and then denied “truth” full of affectation then shun all correction. A glimmer or a gleam a simple twinkle in a dream a change in composition then transforms damnation. the simple gleaning that we see sighs longingly for … Read more
whispers
Easter. 2:43am. Nearly two thousand years after the fact. The black ring revolves around my ring finger with the help of my subservient hand. It is a darkness without depth, only in guise. The cut at the base of my left thumb, slightly pink, a mere paper cut that whispers mortality. This black jacket, with black … Read more
The Beatitudes
Blessed are the poor in spirit, for theirs is the kingdom of heaven. Christians are those who recognize their spiritual bankruptcy before God, their utter lack of goodness, not simply their inability to do good, but that they are completely sinful before him. In recognizing and declaring their lack of true life, their complete lack … Read more
beyond me.
I want to drive away somewhere. But I have no idea where I’d end up. I’d most likely end up where I am right now and wondering what it all meant. Messed up nails. Burnt pots. Trim them off. Rub/scrub them over with half cut limes. I want to go back and change everything. I … Read more
lloyd-jones on j. edwards
Indeed I am tempted, perhaps foolishly, to compare the Puritans to the Alps, Luther and Calvin to the Himalayas, and Jonathan Edwards to Mount Everest! He has always seemed to me to be the man most like the apostle Paul. Of course, Whitefield was a great and might preacher as was Daniel Rowland but so … Read more
Had a dream that some people had gone through my stuff to find dirt on me, and I caught them in my room. I bascially house arrested them and wouldn’t let them go out. At first it was just like 2-3 people, but then it expanded into like a dozen and I forgot what got … Read more
Personal experience defining spirituality. That I have to experience it in order for it to be true. Subjective reality. Truth outside of ourselves. Outside of our individual selves and outside of our collective selves. Extra nos. Righteousness outside of ourselves. You don’t have to experience your sinfulness for it to be real. As a Christian, … Read more
