I want to continue...or start... to think for myself. EVERYTHING tells me what to think...what to want...what to need...what to like...what to eat...what to do... what to buy...what I should [and what I did] experience.
Even the "Christian" world is like that...all these blogs telling me what to buy, like, think, do. All these pastors telling me the ACTUAL, TRUER-THAN-THE-LAST, MUST-SEE TRUTH. Truth has become subjective. What a lie. Disgusting. <--- and what is MOST disgusting is that I FALL for it... often. Thanks be to God for just giving me a glimpse... for giving me eyes to see... for just a moment... but I'll forget and be dragged back in in just another few minutes. UGHHHH!!
This flashy world of counterfeit lights wants to suck me in.
I must pray (continue to pray) for eyes to see and ears to hear. I don't want to get sucked in. I don't want to be deceived. I AM deceived, but by God's grace, He is freeing me from it.
Lord, I need more grace. Forgive me for myselfishness and pride and for always going my own way. Please don't give up on me, Father! Please! Amen
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Here's what I wrote to Le'Anna and Sayre... just wanted to keep the epiphany rolling:
BEWARE
Our enemies are training us NOT to think for ourselves... we are now told what we like, what we want to eat, what we want to do with our time, etc. (through the inundation of marketing campaigns into every possible crevice of life.) We have been learning not to think. (No wonder we are having more and more trouble making decisions- we wait for someone to make decisions for us.)
This applies to clergy too... they tell us what to believe and what everything means. (As though they could capture "everything"!!) <--but we take what they say as the "Gospel truth"... soak it in (pre-chewed) and then get back in our cars and wait for a commercial or billboard to tell us what to eat... and that's how we roll.
*This whole realization came after perusing my blog roll... everyone has something to tell me... what to buy. what to read. what's cool and what's not (how to be). Where to go. --- Of course they are trying to HELP... but are they helping? Am I just leaning on their experience and slothfully allowing someone to "do the work for me"?... Am I impatient because I want to know what this human wants to tell me NOW, instead of me waiting on God to tell me? The worst thing is that I choose their words over God's.... afterall, I was reading blogs instead of the Holy Bible.
Just an observation that I wanted to share. Do you have any thoughts about or experience with this?
I love you two!
<3
And here's what I wrote to Tyrone about it:
The world wants to get us. The world is soooooooo tricky!!!! I just wrote a little blog about it
(though I don't share my blogs anymore- I just keep them for myself)... but I noticed that
EVERYTHING and EVERYONE is trying their darndest to tell me HOW and WHAT to THINK!
They tell me what I want for dinner, or what I want to buy someone for a gift, or what I should do
this weekend (and then SOMEONE will tell me how to think about what I did this weekend). We
have become so lazy. We accept what people tell us without thinking for ourselves because it's
too much hassle, or we don't have the time or energy... TO THINK FOR OURSELVES!!!
DISGUSTING!!!
Pastors are HUGE culprits in this too...spoonfeeding the masses... not teaching them how to think
or dig for themselves, but telling them what they should know so they don't have to think for
themselves....this feeds the pastor's ego (because he's soooooo important and needed) AND his
wallet...these people DO need him and he tells them to pony up some dough (which pays him and
other staff to continue to coddle the masses)! UGH!
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