despised

....when we are on a mission for Jesus Christ, there is no time to stand up for ourselves. Jesus says, in effect, "Don't worry about whether or not you are being treated justly." Looking for justice is actually a sign that we have been diverted from our devotion to Him. Never look for justice in this world, but never cease to give it. If we look for justice, we will only begin to complain and to indulge ourselves in the discontent of self-pity, as if to say, "Why should I be treated like this?" If we are devoted to Jesus Christ, we have nothing to do with what we encounter, whether it is just or unjust. In essence, Jesus says, "Continue steadily on with what I have told you to do, and I will guard your life. If you try to guard it yourself, you remove yourself from My deliverance." Even the most devout among us become atheistic in this regard— we do not believe Him. We put our common sense on the throne and then attach God's name to it. We do lean to our own understanding, instead of trusting God with all our hearts (see Proverbs 3:5-6).

QUOTE: OSWALD CHAMBERS

harsh

It is impossible to enter into fellowship with God when you are in a critical mood. Criticism serves to make you harsh, vindictive, and cruel, and leaves you with the soothing and flattering idea that you are somehow superior to others. Jesus says that as His disciple you should cultivate a temperament that is never critical. - OSWALD CHAMBERS

Judge not, that you be not judged —Matthew 7:1

hidden

Luk 16:8 — And the lord commended the unjust steward, because he had done wisely: for the children of this world are in their generation wiser than the children of light.

LINKED study

KINDNESS - the person you think maybe

concealing something may be just trying

to protect themselves from threat perceived

or otherwise. The much despised cockroach that 

appears to be running from the light may well be 

displaying a highly desirable skill - self-preservation,

these cockroaches it turns out are wise.

RAMBLING - unfinished thought 

'normal' intel vs strategic intel

street smarts vs book smarts

POWERPOINTS

1.calling the shots

2.getting the credit

3.being in the know vs being in the dark

on the 'need to conceal'

or why people hide...

or being kept 'in the dark'

what is there to be afraid

it is not fear but the

surprise of the offense

is the 'perceived'

advantage.

but

The Cost of Following Jesus

<< Luke 9 >>

57And it came to pass, that, as they went in the way, a certain man said unto him, Lord, I will follow you wherever you go.

58And Jesus said unto him, Foxes have holes, and birds of the air have nests; but the Son of man has nowhere to lay his head.

59And he said unto another, Follow me. But he said, Lord, allow me first to go and bury my father.

60Jesus said unto him, Let the dead bury their dead: but you go and preach the kingdom of God.

61And another also said, Lord, I will follow you; but let me first go bid them farewell, who are at home at my house.

62And Jesus said unto him, No man, having put his hand to the plow, and looking back, is fit for the kingdom of God.

And he left the oxen, and ran after Elijah, 

and said, Let me, I pray thee, kiss my father 

and my mother, and then I will follow thee.

And he said unto him, Go back again: 

for what have  I done to thee? 1 Kings 19:20

Fringe

Disclosure or Discovery?

When I kept silence, my bones waxed old through my roaring all the day long. (Psalm 32:3 KJV)

HAVING ACCOUNTABILITY

ISSUES  or not telling everything to everyone...finding balance.

When is the line crossed? When does one move from 'normal' privacy concerns to the 'irrational fear or distrust of others', sometimes called paranoia?  

Could this be the problem with

fringe people....??

"people who go to church but do not participate because they wish to remain anonymous".

Is there a 'right to secrecy'

like the 'right to privacy'?

Maybe this is the same

'right to remain silent'

that the law-men

talk about.

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They ask me probing questions ...They don't hesitate to point out imbalances they see developing in any area of my life.

Maybe it is the people who 

have not learned the virtues of accountability who are most

concerned about their

"secrecy rights"...

maybe it is these

who become

THE FRINGE PEOPLE.

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guided

"Him shall He teach in the way He chooses" (Psalm 25:12). At first, we want the awareness of being guided by God. But then as we grow spiritually, we live so fully aware of God that we do not even need to ask what His will is, because the thought of choosing another way will never occur to us. If we are saved and sanctified, God guides us by our everyday choices. And if we are about to choose what He does not want, He will give us a sense of doubt or restraint, which we must heed. Whenever there is doubt, stop at once. Never try to reason it out, saying, "I wonder why I shouldn't do this?" God instructs us in what we choose; that is, He actually guides our common sense. And when we yield to His teachings and guidance, we no longer hinder His Spirit by continually asking, "Now, Lord, what is Your will?" - OSWALD CHAMBERS

suicide

SUICIDE 

PREVENTION / INTERVENTION

AND THE "RIGHT TO DIE".

Should you be allowed to

die just because you

want to?

would you stop someone 

from comitting suicide?

if yes, why?

what if suicide is not 

an event but a process?

what if I am slowly killing

myself by the things I am eating?

what if I am slowly killing

myself by risky sexual behaviour?

what if I am slowly unknowingly

killing myself by a seemingly

innocent habit?....

...what if I do not know

that I am slowly

killing myself?

what if most death by

'natural causes' are

really suicides?