Throw Away the Script
This is basically a placeholder website still. I have a lot I want to do to it, but not enough time. Mr. Ted Slater from boundless.org suggested that I register the domain name, so I did.
Today’s topic is the stereotypes and limitations we impose on ourselves in life. I think we do this out of fear; we seek to discover the “rules” and then to adhere to them, in order to avoid possible negative consequences.
But we look in the wrong place for the rules when we study only the world around us. In truth, there is no script, only simple principles that we can carry with us anywhere we go:
- Love God with all your heart, soul, mind, and strength (i.e., everything).
- Love your neighbor as yourself.
Love does its neighbor no harm, so in these two commandments are tied up all the law.
Love, however, is a lifelong art that will require every faculty we possess, and then the help of the Holy Spirit. Every person is unique, and so requires a slightly different approach, which must be discerned. So we must fine-tune the skills of wisdom, discernment, and listening.
I also say love is an art because it can only be learned by hands-on practice. Also because it is beautiful. Love of the true sort heals the flaws of daily interactions and renders life in harmony. It is fairly unnatural to us and requires daily wrestling and instruction from the Master, God Himself.
Love is freedom. It binds me to the opinion of only one being — my Lord — God, the Father, Son, and Holy Spirit. No man can imprison my soul. I owe men allegiance only as my true Lord commands.
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