MRLPJ

Greetings... This post is NOT my attempt to control anything anyone posts.  That's not my place.  I'd rather use this forum to encourage anyone who posts on social media to post only things that are GOOD , TRUE , and/or BEAUTIFUL .  If what you're about to post is neither  GOOD , TRUE , nor  BEAUTIFUL , do us all a favor and keep it to yourself. Speaking up for myself only (and whomever might like to join me in this), I'm not interested in anyone's partisan-driven political views.  Most partisan-driven political posts that I encounter on social media often lean toward the extreme and, most likely, find their basis in half-truths, egregious polemics, flagrant exaggeration, and outright falsehood.  Often, such posts label those who disagree with the one who posted it as being totally worthy of public shaming (or worse).  That's really saddening to me. In the past, I've posted political opinions.  And I regret those that were partisan-driven....

  “The Wrath and Grace of God”   In the past, I’ve struggled with the whole concept of God’s Wrath .   What does the phrase God’s Wrath even mean?   Over the years, I’ve begun to think about it a little differently.   In a way, I’ve come to feel that the expressions of God’s Wrath have a whole lot more to do with me than they do with Him (or Them [ see Note below ]).   Note :   The Trinity is One and is comprised of Three Distinct Persons.   God, The Trinity, is, technically and mysteriously, A THEY .   Throughout this compilation, I refer to God as He, Him, His, They , Them , Their , etc.   This may be a difficult concept to grasp semantically.   To aid in this, whenever I refer to God as They , Them , or Their , etc., I underline it (just like I’ve done in this note).   This is to emphasize that The Trinity is Three Persons in and as One (that is, The Trinity is monotheistic) and not some newfangled kind of pant...

  On The Revellious podcast, I've been talking recently about the fear of God.  Provided below is a brief distillation of what I believe comprises the fear of God (aka the fear of The Lord).  Granted, what I've provided below is really just a snapshot in time of where I am currently regarding my fear of God.  Since the fear of God has infinite expressions, I'm sure that, ten years from now, my distillations of this important Faith-life arena will look a little different from how they look today. Peace... -- For me…   To fear The Lord (that is, to Live in The Living- and Loving-dread of The Trinity ), which is The Beginning (that is, The Firstfruit ) of True Knowledge and Wisdom , is…   1/To wholly (that is, with singleness of heart-mind) seek The Trinity  (that is, to wholly/wholeheartedly pursue Divine Intimacy with The Trinity ), and to place  Their Kingdom  (and  Kingdom-interests and -principles ) far above and before an...

  O Holy Trinity … YOU … Are The Author of My Life and Story . W rite… as You See fit. A nd Enable me to write with You… again, as You See fit.

A Simple Ethos, Expressed Simply...   Live quietly and at a Godlike Pace .   Pursue Intimate- and Divine-union with The Trinity , and Live in surrendered awe of Them .   Be and become (that is, incarnate) Loving-heartfulness, Loving-kindness, Exalted-joy, and Everlasting Gratefulness .   Forgive everyone—especially those who hate you—quickly and completely.   Listen intercessorily to everyone you encounter.   Approach everything with a “Beginner’s Mind;” and let every one, every thing, and every no-thing be Your Teacher .   Stand up for The Downcast ; remember them in your prayers.   Be playfully present and presently playful in every aspect, arena, and relationship of Your Life and Personhood .   Be at Peace .   Work hard, and rest easy (and do so often). Tell people what you really think and feel.   Eat really, really good and clean food; and drink a lot of mineral water.   In your work and relationships, under-promise, and...

Greetings... Below is the test of a prayer I've been praying for a while now.  Perhaps you'll begin to pray this (or something like this) yourself. Pace to you, Friends... Daver -- Lord Jesus Christ …   I long to be and become…   1/ Wholly Alive (that is, Wholly Martyr-like until my martyrdom in “this current Earth-life” is carried-out).       2/ Thoroughly Converted .   3/ Thoroughly Surrendered to Y-you (that is, Brought by Y-you to that Eternal Time, Space, and Place , where I’ve completely yielded myself to Y-you, where I’ve seen and offered myself to Y-you as Wholly Y-yours , and… where I’ve begun to relate—intimately and unreservedly—to Y-you as My Everything ). 4/ Thoroughly Carved, Shaped, and Transformed ( Artisanally ) into Loving-heartfulness [ see definition below ] (that is, into Y-your Loving-image and -likeness ) that I might indeed be and become Love Loving .   Loving-Heartfulness, a definition… ...