Obedience: Playing Chicken or Run like the Dickens

When I was younger, when my parents told me not to do something, I would do that something anyway- being the curious little kid I was.  The typical was: don't eat the cookies before dinner, go to bed before 9, and look both ways before crossing the road.  You know, the usual.

We are told as children to obey our parents, that our parents know best, and if we listen to them- our life will be a whole lot less crappy because you avoid punishment of time-out in the corner.

Well, God- He is our Holy Father and He has given us the Bible, word-breathed scripture, to obey Him and avoid the punishment from our sin.  Yet, lately I have been thinking- how far is too far to disobey Him.

As humans, we tend to play Chicken with our actions, seeing how far we can go before breaking.

Fortunately, I haven't done much Chickening- I've just been presented Chicken to tamper with.  This Chickening, Tampering, and Poking at situations that we know are bad are temptations.

As Christians, we still face temptations.  This is a fact of life.

However, we have two choices: tamper with temptation to become weak or say "no" to temptation to grow stronger spiritually. 

We are always told to follow our hearts, and how our heart feels is how we should feel.

But, God also gave us a brain.  A brain that is capable of understanding our actions, to plan our motives, and examine what is right or wrong.

Because, let's face it: our hearts are very convincing to do things we usually would not do.

Jeremiah 17:9 states:

"The heart is deceitful above all things and beyond cure. Who can understand it?"

I believe that is why our conscience is in are brains, our heart would leave us astray too easily. 

The point that I am trying to make in this post is that, as Children of God- we need to listen to Him!  No, none of are perfect.  But, by listening to our hearts and doing what we want to do- we are only setting ourselves up for temptation and sin. 

The Bible is not a rule-book, but the Bible is a guide to live a Holy and Pure life-style to make life easier.

The Bible is telling us not to touch the stove because we will burn are fingers in a simple touch.

If you find yourself caught in temptation, wanting to play "chicken" with the things going on in your life- Stop. Drop. And Pray.

1 Corinthians. 10:13:

"No temptation has seized you except what is common to man. And God is faithful; he will not let you be tempted beyond what you can bear. But when you are tempted, he will also provide a way out so that you can stand up under it."

God can and will help you, if you allow Him too.

As well, any previous sin or temptation convicted has already been forgiven through Christ.

:)

Have a blessed day,

I hope this post provides some guidance to my fellow sisters in Christ.

<3 KM

The Trinity in Ourselves

Yesterday, I was reading my Bible and came across the verse:
Mark 12:29-31
   29 “The most important one,” answered Jesus, “is this: ‘Hear, O Israel: The Lord our God, the Lord is one.30 Love the Lord your God with all your heart and with all your soul and with all your mind and with all your strength.' 31 The second is this: ‘Love your neighbor as yourself.’ There is no commandment greater than these.”

Verse 30 stood out the most to me, not that loving your neighbor isn't important.  However, I came up with a hypothesis about the Trinity and the possibility of a Trinity in ourselves.

In the Christianity perspective, the Trinity is God, Jesus, and the Holy Spirit in which all one is a Supreme, powerful being.  I thought.  And well, I would like to think that Our Heart, Our Soul, and Our mind make up who we are as people in which combined forms a super power in way of Strength.  Maybe that's why the Trinity is made up of 3 separate beings that are actually one!

Think about it, God is the Mind that created us! He is the one that provides us Wisdom and Knowledge!  And, without a Brain (in other words, mind) we would not be able to live, nonetheless function.  I would like to think that the Holy Spirit is in us guiding our soul towards a sound relationship to share with God and others around us.  And last, but not least Jesus is the Heart in us, that relates Him to us physically and emotionally!  Providing the ultimate gift of Love and sacrifice that could ever be given with Salvation.

And, together- there is the strength of all three combined in us and in the Trinity of God. 

Like I mentioned previously, this is just a theory.

But, it certainly make me feel closer to God whether it is right or wrong.

This is the Trinity of Ourselves.