Story Ideas

20080430:

green star looks down on you inimically

fly fisherman = magician with wand

20080624:

. . .

Ron is good with words and thoughts

I shan't attempt to preserve the marvelous style that Ron maintains in his observations, but shall relate three of them from Men's Group last week:

1. Relationships are inherently transformational. They change you, in unpredictable ways.

2. Marriage is supposed to lead me to God. (Neither Ron nor are married, but he seems much closer to the finish line of the premarriage race than I do.) So for all of everything it is, my receiving love in marriage is to remind me of my Father; my giving love in marriage is to remind me of the Church's Groom.

3. Insufficiency is a must in affairs of the heart. It reminds us of our dependence on God; it is not to be run from or resigned, or even accepted, but to be embraced.

(From VCL teaching, but mentioned that same night)
Also, the world says this:

Give me Authority over you.
Be Accountable to me.
Then I will Affirm you.
If you submit to me, are corrected by me, and find me the judge of your good efforts, I may Accept you (if you measure up, and keep measuring up).

Jesus and His Kingdom say:

I Accept you.
I Affirm the good in your life.
If you will, I will help you to adhere to your best wishes by making you Accountable to them.
I will take Authority, gladly, if you trust me to bear it for you.

The World (kosmos):
-> -> -> -> -> -> -> -> -> -> -> -> -> -> -> -> -> -> -> ->
Authority, Accountability, Affirmation, Acceptance
<- <- <- <- <- <- <- <- <- <- <- <- <- <- <- <- <- <- <- <-
Jesus's Body

Trinity

Breath, Voice, Word

Father, Son, Spirit

Beginning, Middle, End

Source, Flow, Sea

Spirit 2

Energy + Personality(Polarity?) = Spirit

Energy: passive, active (The tao that can be named is not the true tao.)/Food of the spirit, the soul; that which is necessary; cf. Maslow hierarchy, inversion.

Personality (Polarity?): Default reactions; Weltanschaaung or viewpoint

And yet. And yet--

The Spirit that can be named is not true Spirit.

The wind blows where it will.

Breath

Brain Dump inspired by ones from months back. Apologies for implied hierarchy, had I my way these would scattered around the pageview and slowly move.

Unseen
Heavenly
Living/Dead
Information dense/bearing/loading
"At just the right moment"
Love or Hate
Best or Worst
Ruling or Being ruled; Dominion; Hierarchy
Voice
Spiritual
Very Good or Very Bad; Dichotomous; Self arranging to extremes
Equilibrium
Homeostasis
Rhythym
Balance
The nature of God

Should rule Flesh and Bone

More at Spirit 2

Flesh

Brain Dump from months back. Apologies for implied hierarchy, had I my way these would scattered around the pageview and slowly move.

Unintentional
Natal
Innate
Reflexive
Vulnerable
Innocent
Ingenuous
Spontaneous
Default
Soft
Strong or Weak
Tearable
Relational-ey

Pure with Bone and Breath

Bone

Brain Dump from months back. Apologies for implied hierarchy, had I my way these would scattered around the pageview and slowly move.

Purposive
Intentional
Knowledge
Cunning
Planned
Systematic
Measure
Account
Regular
Consistent
Hard
Rigid/Fragile
Breakable
Rule-y

Aspirant w/ Flesh; Breath

Love is near

27 “His purpose was for the nations to seek after God and perhaps feel their way toward him and find him—though he is not far from any one of us. 28 For in him we live and move and exist. As some of your own poets have said, ‘We are his offspring.’ 29 And since this is true, we shouldn’t think of God as an idol designed by craftsmen from gold or silver or stone.

Acts 17

The word that saves is right here,
as near as the tongue in your mouth,
as close as the heart in your chest.

Romans 10

For this commandment which I command thee this day, it is not hidden from thee, neither is it far off.
...
But the word is very nigh unto thee, in thy mouth, and in thy heart, that thou mayest do it.
...
That thou mayest love the LORD thy God, ... for he is thy life, and the length of thy days ... .

Deuteronomy 30


I should perhaps note that the Romans 10 link is to Paul's explanation of the Deuteronomy 30 quotation. If you balk at my connection between the word of God and God, perhaps this from the beginning of John's gospel will explain:

In the beginning was the Word, and the Word was with God, and the Word was God.

If you wonder at my identity between God and love, most succinctly I will refer again to a part of a letter traditionally in John's name about Jesus:

7Dear friends, let us love one another, for love comes from God. Everyone who loves has been born of God and knows God. 8Whoever does not love does not know God, because God is love.

It is extremely clear,
then: Love is near.

13I bring near My righteousness [in the deliverance of Israel], it will not be far off; and My salvation shall not tarry. And I will put salvation in Zion, for Israel My glory [yes, give salvation in Zion and My glory to Israel].

Isaiah 46