As darkness tries to nip my light in the bud, all I hear is songs of hope that I so much love. If you know me, then you know Casting Crowns is my favorite Christian band, you also know that my mother was diagnosed with breast cancer. I look at the life my mother has lived, the path that she chose to walk,the tests and trials every corner of the way and I wonder, is life worth living in the midst of so much pain? Even Job cursed the day that he was born. It is in situations like these that I clearly understand why.
My heart is broken and all I can hold on to is the hope I have through Christ Jesus.I want someone to blame but, I have no one. I desperately want something to blame but, I have none. The hardest thing to grasp is that in His love for her, He still chose this story for her. He authored it in this way with cancer in the picture. It is hard for me to see how you will use this for your glory lord, but I choose to trust you no matter what.I hear Casting Crowns replaying in my ears, over and over and over...
"If we've have ever needed You
Lord, it's now, Lord, it's now
We are desperate for Your hand
I'm reaching out, I'm reaching out..."
I just want heaven to hold me tight
Hold my hand and tell me its alright
I want Jesus to whisper some words of comfort in my ear
and tell me that I will not lose my mum to this disease...
Yet I want his will, not mine to be done..
Casting Crowns again after tears and prayers...
"I was sure by now,God, that You would have reached down
and wiped our tears away,
stepped in and saved the day.
But once again, I say amen
and it's still raining
as the thunder rolls
I barely hear You whisper through the rain,
"I'm with you"
and as Your mercy falls
I raise my hands and praise
the God who gives and takes away.
And I'll praise you in this storm
and I will lift my hands
for You are who You are
no matter where I am
and every tear I've cried
You hold in your hand
You never left my side
and though my heart is torn
I will praise You in this storm"
I am still learning Lord, how to praise you in this storm.
Monday, November 22, 2010
Monday, October 25, 2010
We hold these truths to be self-evident
"We hold these truths to be self-evident, that all men are created equal, that they are endowed by their Creator with certain unalienable Rights, that among these are Life, Liberty and the pursuit of Happiness." Indeed it is one of the most famous lines in the English language, so potent it not only changed America's history but, also the foundation of their nation. This is one of the most Godly foundations I have ever come across.
We- Plural, a group of people, not just one person. Who is "we" ?
hold these truths- truth...an absolute. What the case is.
to be self evident- their is no doubt about it, no evidence needed to prove it!it just is as it is!
that all men are CREATED equal: notice the use of the present tense "are" meaning man in still being "created" not evolving, not mysteriously appearing, not even born...but CREATED equal.
They are endowed by their CREATOR: Wow, interesting word choice!!!Their creator? The big bang? Evolution? or God? Our creator endowed us with something what is it?
with certain unalienable rights:Now if the creator was the big bang or evolution through the process of natural selection, then man has no rights. We are only a random product of chance. Chance cannot endow us with any unalienable rights. Not to mention natural selection depends on survival for the fittest!The only rights we would have then are are those of having the best genes to be passed on to the next generation and the ability to mutate fast enough to adapt to whatever environment.
among these are life, liberty and the pursuit of happiness:What can give us a right to life? According to this bold statement- our creator. What about happiness? Happiness is an emotion.I don't know why and how a product of chance, a higher form of primordial slime would develop emotions...Charles Darwin forgot to explain that in his tree of life.Why does man have emotions? Why can he laugh, cry, get angry? Well, I don't know maybe this helps increase chances of survival.
How many atheists, agnostics and pantheists believe in this statement because man...this is a huge contradiction to your beliefs. Atheists, seeing as their is no God, it would be incorrect to use the words creator in this sentence. Seeing as the creator is the one who endows man with inalienable rights or life,liberty and the pursuit of happiness, we can take out these words too, because their is no creator, he cannot endow anyone with anything! The whole sentence then becomes meaningless!!To agnostics well since we can't really make out whether or not their is a God, we can't really determine whether he gives us any rights. These truths cannot be self evident!They are unknowable! And finally for the pantheist,which creator?
We- Plural, a group of people, not just one person. Who is "we" ?
hold these truths- truth...an absolute. What the case is.
to be self evident- their is no doubt about it, no evidence needed to prove it!it just is as it is!
that all men are CREATED equal: notice the use of the present tense "are" meaning man in still being "created" not evolving, not mysteriously appearing, not even born...but CREATED equal.
They are endowed by their CREATOR: Wow, interesting word choice!!!Their creator? The big bang? Evolution? or God? Our creator endowed us with something what is it?
with certain unalienable rights:Now if the creator was the big bang or evolution through the process of natural selection, then man has no rights. We are only a random product of chance. Chance cannot endow us with any unalienable rights. Not to mention natural selection depends on survival for the fittest!The only rights we would have then are are those of having the best genes to be passed on to the next generation and the ability to mutate fast enough to adapt to whatever environment.
among these are life, liberty and the pursuit of happiness:What can give us a right to life? According to this bold statement- our creator. What about happiness? Happiness is an emotion.I don't know why and how a product of chance, a higher form of primordial slime would develop emotions...Charles Darwin forgot to explain that in his tree of life.Why does man have emotions? Why can he laugh, cry, get angry? Well, I don't know maybe this helps increase chances of survival.
How many atheists, agnostics and pantheists believe in this statement because man...this is a huge contradiction to your beliefs. Atheists, seeing as their is no God, it would be incorrect to use the words creator in this sentence. Seeing as the creator is the one who endows man with inalienable rights or life,liberty and the pursuit of happiness, we can take out these words too, because their is no creator, he cannot endow anyone with anything! The whole sentence then becomes meaningless!!To agnostics well since we can't really make out whether or not their is a God, we can't really determine whether he gives us any rights. These truths cannot be self evident!They are unknowable! And finally for the pantheist,which creator?
Wednesday, September 8, 2010
Ravi's Thoughts
Human disobedience is the greatest contribution to evil, yet we always use evil to justify the inexistence of God. If it was true that God didn't exist because there is so much evil in the world, then he must exist if there is good!Right? If you believe in evil you must believe in good.
No other god has wounds….
I do not know the answer to the meaning of evil but I do know love. Fyodor Dostoevsky
-If the universe is in effect, the only cause that could explain it(existence of the universe) is an intelligent being. There must be an intelligent designer who is the cause of its existence.
-Moral argument: Moral realities/categories only exist if God exists.
Moral realities/categories do exist therefore God exist.
How can an amoral universe, through non moral processes end up with a moral framework? How do we think? Primordial slime cannot properly engender why it is wrong to torture babies. Especially because Evolution is based on the destruction of the weaker.
Does God Exist? YES!WHY?
1. However concrete reality is sectioned, the result will always be a state of affairs that owes itself to something else.(Nothing will never explain its own existence) Everything will always point to something else for its existence. If there was something that could explain its own existence we would have to conclude that it was uncaused and therefore eternal. If there is something in this world that could explain its on existence it would have to be something that is non physical.
2. No matter where you find intelligibility and specified complexity you will always see intelligence behind it. You will never ever be convinced that a dictionary developed as a result of an explosion in a printing press. Why do I say that? Because of the nature of intelligibility of language. You can’t get a dictionary unless there is an alphabet.
Prior to all this coming to be there had to be the raw material from which this design was even possible. Babies... why is is possible that when man and a woman come together they can conceive a baby?
There is a preconfiguring to design making all this possible.
3. The course of human events, history, social and individual within the context of extra naturalism and of a plausible cosmic intellectualism it is plausible to talk of a mind. You cannot explain a physical universe alone because a physical quantity cannot explain its own existence. You cannot just say intelligibility happens in its own effect because there has to be the predisposing component factor to bring about intelligence.Therefore it is plausible to talk of a mind that thought to bring all things together in the universe we live in-The mind of God!!!
No other god has wounds….
I do not know the answer to the meaning of evil but I do know love. Fyodor Dostoevsky
-If the universe is in effect, the only cause that could explain it(existence of the universe) is an intelligent being. There must be an intelligent designer who is the cause of its existence.
-Moral argument: Moral realities/categories only exist if God exists.
Moral realities/categories do exist therefore God exist.
How can an amoral universe, through non moral processes end up with a moral framework? How do we think? Primordial slime cannot properly engender why it is wrong to torture babies. Especially because Evolution is based on the destruction of the weaker.
Does God Exist? YES!WHY?
1. However concrete reality is sectioned, the result will always be a state of affairs that owes itself to something else.(Nothing will never explain its own existence) Everything will always point to something else for its existence. If there was something that could explain its own existence we would have to conclude that it was uncaused and therefore eternal. If there is something in this world that could explain its on existence it would have to be something that is non physical.
2. No matter where you find intelligibility and specified complexity you will always see intelligence behind it. You will never ever be convinced that a dictionary developed as a result of an explosion in a printing press. Why do I say that? Because of the nature of intelligibility of language. You can’t get a dictionary unless there is an alphabet.
Prior to all this coming to be there had to be the raw material from which this design was even possible. Babies... why is is possible that when man and a woman come together they can conceive a baby?
There is a preconfiguring to design making all this possible.
3. The course of human events, history, social and individual within the context of extra naturalism and of a plausible cosmic intellectualism it is plausible to talk of a mind. You cannot explain a physical universe alone because a physical quantity cannot explain its own existence. You cannot just say intelligibility happens in its own effect because there has to be the predisposing component factor to bring about intelligence.Therefore it is plausible to talk of a mind that thought to bring all things together in the universe we live in-The mind of God!!!
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