tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4095822388315899381.post2965415735356039789..comments2024-03-28T20:57:55.651-07:00Comments on Blessed Are The Pure Of Heart: A Positive Take on The Ten Commandments, Part 1 - No Other GodsAndrewhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13230537202427640540noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4095822388315899381.post-88033172333232143972013-11-01T08:08:03.608-07:002013-11-01T08:08:03.608-07:00Excellent point!
There are some things after whic...Excellent point!<br /><br />There are some things after which we run that are sacramental, and those should be carefully considered. As long as we know they're sacraments, they're safe...but when they become gods themselves, we're in big trouble.<br /><br />For me, a sacrament is flight. When flying alone, I feel closer to God than at any other time - I hate to say it, but far closer than in any church I've ever attended.<br /><br />John Gillespie Magee put it far better than I can, in his poem "High Flight":<br /><br />Oh! I have slipped the surly bonds of Earth<br /> And danced the skies on laughter-silvered wings;<br /> Sunward I’ve climbed, and joined the tumbling mirth<br /> of sun-split clouds, — and done a hundred things<br /> You have not dreamed of — wheeled and soared and swung<br /> High in the sunlit silence. Hov’ring there,<br /> I’ve chased the shouting wind along, and flung<br /> My eager craft through footless halls of air....<br /><br /> Up, up the long, delirious, burning blue<br /> I’ve topped the wind-swept heights with easy grace.<br /> Where never lark, or even eagle flew —<br /> And, while with silent, lifting mind I've trod<br /> The high untrespassed sanctity of space,<br /> - Put out my hand, and touched the face of God.Andrewhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13230537202427640540noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4095822388315899381.post-79154834679462307552013-11-01T07:54:13.958-07:002013-11-01T07:54:13.958-07:00Recently someone reminded me that what you run to ...Recently someone reminded me that what you run to may be what you worship. Do you run to the phone, to food, to the gym? Or do you run to God, trusting that He's got it? And then peacefully enjoy your time, take your action steps in His timing which still might include the phone, food, the gym but under His guidance. Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4095822388315899381.post-70524968200240022932013-11-01T07:02:40.955-07:002013-11-01T07:02:40.955-07:00Indeed we struggle - and are set to struggle by th...Indeed we struggle - and are set to struggle by the society we've created.Andrewhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13230537202427640540noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4095822388315899381.post-36075662477354521722013-11-01T04:46:09.476-07:002013-11-01T04:46:09.476-07:00I love that. No other Gods. Pretty straightforward...I love that. No other Gods. Pretty straightforward... yet we struggle so with this one. Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com