Source (book): "Teach Us to Number Our Days", Chapter 3, "Mixed Up in My Head", Page 23.
By David Roper, Pastor, and regular and popular writer for Our Daily Bread.
By David Roper, Pastor, and regular and popular writer for Our Daily Bread.
PHOTO: Just a line to say I'm living,
That I'm not among the dead,
Though I'm getting more forgetful
And mixed up in my head.
I got used to my arthritis
To my dentures I'm resigned.
I can manage my bifocals (lens),
But my, I miss my mind!
- Author Unknown
One of the hard facts of aging is the loss of mental acuity (sharpness): I find now that my arguments are less compelling, my thoughts are less cogent (convincing), my memory is less clear. Little by little I'm losing my wits - a thought that disconcerts (embarrass) me, for as my physical abilities decline, all that remains is my mind.
I find encouragement, however, in the realization that the loss of my mental faculties, like everything else that I'm losing, can lead me to more of God, an idea George MacDonald elaborates in his Diary of an Old Soul:
Well may this body poorer, feebler grow!
It is undressing for its last sweet bed;
But why should the soul, which death shall never know,
Authority, and power, and memory shed?
It is so that love with absolute faith would wed;
God takes the inmost garments off his child,
To have him in his arms, naked and undefiled.
As we take leave of our senses we're left with God alone - which, after all, is His final intention for you and for me. His eternal aim is to bring us to the place where all that we have and all that we desire is God. There, and only there, will we find the satisfaction we've been seeking all our lives. As friend of mine once put it: "I had no idea what I was missing until all I had left was God."
There's another truth that fills what's left of my mind with joy and thanksgiving, and it's the realization that the deepest knowledge of God is not the fruit of intelligence, but of obedience. Deep wisdom is the outgrowth of compliance: Those who "perfect holiness in the fear of God" have a degree of clarity and understanding that others do not have. John Calvin is often cited in this regard: "All knowledge of God is born of obedience."
In this world we know and then we do. But God turns our theory of knowledge upside down. In His world we do and then we know. Every act of obedience quickens our sensitivity to God. It awakens our sense of His presence and deepens our capacity to comprehend the truth He has given us to know. Even the desire to obey opens our eyes to see more of God than we could otherwise see. "If anyone wills to do His will, he shall know concerning the doctrine, whether it is from God or whether I speak on My own authority," Jesus said. (John 7:17 NKJV)
The corollary (consequence) to this principle is that those who are unwilling to do God's will have no knowledge of His ways. Blindness, error, and ignorance follow them throughout their lives. Ignorance and heresy, thus, are not a matter of the intellect, but of the heart. "They [the unbelieving] are darkened in their understanding and separated from the life of God because of the ignorance that is in them due to the hardening of their hearts." (Ephesians 4:18)
Bad behavior blinds men and women to the truth so that they "believe the lie." (2 Thessalonians 2:11) They perish because they refuse to love the truth and so be saved. They are deluded because they have "delighted in wickedness." (2 Thessalonians 2:12) Heresy, then, is not a matter of confusion, but of morality. Heretics, Paul notes, are not merely self-deceived; they are "depraved." (2 Timothy 3:8)
C. S. Lewis states the principle this way: "what you see and what you hear depends a good deal on where you are standing. It also depends on what sort of person you are." (Matthew 5:8)
Put another way, it's the pure in heart who see God.
The soul's dark cottage, batter'd and decay'd,
Lets in new light through chinks that Time has made;
Stronger by weakness, wiser, men become
As they draw near their eternal home.
- Edmund Waller (1606-1687)
Image by Pete Linforth on Pixabay
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That I'm not among the dead,
Though I'm getting more forgetful
And mixed up in my head.
I got used to my arthritis
To my dentures I'm resigned.
I can manage my bifocals (lens),
But my, I miss my mind!
- Author Unknown
One of the hard facts of aging is the loss of mental acuity (sharpness): I find now that my arguments are less compelling, my thoughts are less cogent (convincing), my memory is less clear. Little by little I'm losing my wits - a thought that disconcerts (embarrass) me, for as my physical abilities decline, all that remains is my mind.
I find encouragement, however, in the realization that the loss of my mental faculties, like everything else that I'm losing, can lead me to more of God, an idea George MacDonald elaborates in his Diary of an Old Soul:
Well may this body poorer, feebler grow!
It is undressing for its last sweet bed;
But why should the soul, which death shall never know,
Authority, and power, and memory shed?
It is so that love with absolute faith would wed;
God takes the inmost garments off his child,
To have him in his arms, naked and undefiled.
As we take leave of our senses we're left with God alone - which, after all, is His final intention for you and for me. His eternal aim is to bring us to the place where all that we have and all that we desire is God. There, and only there, will we find the satisfaction we've been seeking all our lives. As friend of mine once put it: "I had no idea what I was missing until all I had left was God."
There's another truth that fills what's left of my mind with joy and thanksgiving, and it's the realization that the deepest knowledge of God is not the fruit of intelligence, but of obedience. Deep wisdom is the outgrowth of compliance: Those who "perfect holiness in the fear of God" have a degree of clarity and understanding that others do not have. John Calvin is often cited in this regard: "All knowledge of God is born of obedience."
In this world we know and then we do. But God turns our theory of knowledge upside down. In His world we do and then we know. Every act of obedience quickens our sensitivity to God. It awakens our sense of His presence and deepens our capacity to comprehend the truth He has given us to know. Even the desire to obey opens our eyes to see more of God than we could otherwise see. "If anyone wills to do His will, he shall know concerning the doctrine, whether it is from God or whether I speak on My own authority," Jesus said. (John 7:17 NKJV)
The corollary (consequence) to this principle is that those who are unwilling to do God's will have no knowledge of His ways. Blindness, error, and ignorance follow them throughout their lives. Ignorance and heresy, thus, are not a matter of the intellect, but of the heart. "They [the unbelieving] are darkened in their understanding and separated from the life of God because of the ignorance that is in them due to the hardening of their hearts." (Ephesians 4:18)
Bad behavior blinds men and women to the truth so that they "believe the lie." (2 Thessalonians 2:11) They perish because they refuse to love the truth and so be saved. They are deluded because they have "delighted in wickedness." (2 Thessalonians 2:12) Heresy, then, is not a matter of confusion, but of morality. Heretics, Paul notes, are not merely self-deceived; they are "depraved." (2 Timothy 3:8)
C. S. Lewis states the principle this way: "what you see and what you hear depends a good deal on where you are standing. It also depends on what sort of person you are." (Matthew 5:8)
Put another way, it's the pure in heart who see God.
The soul's dark cottage, batter'd and decay'd,
Lets in new light through chinks that Time has made;
Stronger by weakness, wiser, men become
As they draw near their eternal home.
- Edmund Waller (1606-1687)
Image by Pete Linforth on Pixabay
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Just a line to say I'm living,
That I'm not among the dead,
Though I'm getting more forgetful
And mixed up in my head.
I got used to my arthritis
To my dentures I'm resigned.
I can manage my bifocals (lens),
But my, I miss my mind!
- Author Unknown
PHOTO: Just a line to say I'm living,
That I'm not among the dead,
Though I'm getting more forgetful
And mixed up in my head.
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That I'm not among the dead,
Though I'm getting more forgetful
And mixed up in my head.
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One of the hard facts of aging is the loss of mental acuity (sharpness): I find now that my arguments are less compelling, my thoughts are less cogent (convincing), my memory is less clear. Little by little I'm losing my wits - a thought that disconcerts (embarrass) me, for as my physical abilities decline, all that remains is my mind.
One of the hard facts of aging is the loss of mental acuity (sharpness): I find now that my arguments are less compelling, my thoughts are less cogent (convincing), my memory is less clear. Little by little I'm losing my wits - a thought that disconcerts (embarrass) me, for as my physical abilities decline, all that remains is my mind.
PHOTO: One of the hard facts of aging is the loss of mental acuity (sharpness): I find now that my arguments are less compelling, my thoughts are less cogent (convincing), my memory is less clear. Little by little I'm losing my wits - a thought that disconcerts (embarrass) me, for as my physical abilities decline, all that remains is my mind.
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I find encouragement, however, in the realization that the loss of my mental faculties, like everything else that I'm losing, can lead me to more of God, an idea George MacDonald elaborates in his Diary of an Old Soul:
Well may this body poorer, feebler grow!
It is undressing for its last sweet bed;
But why should the soul, which death shall never know,
Authority, and power, and memory shed?
It is so that love with absolute faith would wed;
God takes the inmost garments off his child,
To have him in his arms, naked and undefiled.
As we take leave of our senses we're left with God alone - which, after all, is His final intention for you and for me. His eternal aim is to bring us to the place where all that we have and all that we desire is God. There, and only there, will we find the satisfaction we've been seeking all our lives. As friend of mine once put it: "I had no idea what I was missing until all I had left was God."
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I find encouragement, however, in the realization that the loss of my mental faculties, like everything else that I'm losing, can lead me to more of God, an idea George MacDonald elaborates in his Diary of an Old Soul:
Well may this body poorer, feebler grow!
It is undressing for its last sweet bed;
But why should the soul, which death shall never know,
Authority, and power, and memory shed?
It is so that love with absolute faith would wed;
God takes the inmost garments off his child,
To have him in his arms, naked and undefiled.
As we take leave of our senses we're left with God alone - which, after all, is His final intention for you and for me. His eternal aim is to bring us to the place where all that we have and all that we desire is God. There, and only there, will we find the satisfaction we've been seeking all our lives. As friend of mine once put it: "I had no idea what I was missing until all I had left was God."
PHOTO: "I had no idea what I was missing until all I had left was God."
His eternal aim is to bring us to the place where all that we have and all that we desire is God. There, and only there, will we find the satisfaction we've been seeking all our lives.
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There's another truth that fills what's left of my mind with joy and thanksgiving, and it's the realization that the deepest knowledge of God is not the fruit of intelligence, but of obedience. Deep wisdom is the outgrowth of compliance: Those who "perfect holiness in the fear of God" have a degree of clarity and understanding that others do not have. John Calvin is often cited in this regard: "All knowledge of God is born of obedience."
His eternal aim is to bring us to the place where all that we have and all that we desire is God. There, and only there, will we find the satisfaction we've been seeking all our lives.
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There's another truth that fills what's left of my mind with joy and thanksgiving, and it's the realization that the deepest knowledge of God is not the fruit of intelligence, but of obedience. Deep wisdom is the outgrowth of compliance: Those who "perfect holiness in the fear of God" have a degree of clarity and understanding that others do not have. John Calvin is often cited in this regard: "All knowledge of God is born of obedience."
PHOTO: "All knowledge of God is born of obedience."
There's another truth that fills what's left of my mind with joy and thanksgiving, and it's the realization that the deepest knowledge of God is not the fruit of intelligence, but of obedience. Deep wisdom is the outgrowth of compliance: Those who "perfect holiness in the fear of God" have a degree of clarity and understanding that others do not have.
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In this world we know and then we do. But God turns our theory of knowledge upside down. In His world we do and then we know. Every act of obedience quickens our sensitivity to God. It awakens our sense of His presence and deepens our capacity to comprehend the truth He has given us to know. Even the desire to obey opens our eyes to see more of God than we could otherwise see. "If anyone wills to do His will, he shall know concerning the doctrine, whether it is from God or whether I speak on My own authority," Jesus said. (John 7:17 NKJV) [16]
There's another truth that fills what's left of my mind with joy and thanksgiving, and it's the realization that the deepest knowledge of God is not the fruit of intelligence, but of obedience. Deep wisdom is the outgrowth of compliance: Those who "perfect holiness in the fear of God" have a degree of clarity and understanding that others do not have.
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In this world we know and then we do. But God turns our theory of knowledge upside down. In His world we do and then we know. Every act of obedience quickens our sensitivity to God. It awakens our sense of His presence and deepens our capacity to comprehend the truth He has given us to know. Even the desire to obey opens our eyes to see more of God than we could otherwise see. "If anyone wills to do His will, he shall know concerning the doctrine, whether it is from God or whether I speak on My own authority," Jesus said. (John 7:17 NKJV) [16]
PHOTO: In this world we know and then we do. But God turns our theory of knowledge upside down. In His world we do and then we know. Every act of obedience quickens our sensitivity to God. It awakens our sense of His presence and deepens our capacity to comprehend the truth He has given us to know.
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PHOTO: Even the desire to obey opens our eyes to see more of God than we could otherwise see. "If anyone wills to do His will, he shall know concerning the doctrine, whether it is from God or whether I speak on My own authority," Jesus said. (John 7:17 NKJV)
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The corollary (consequence) to this principle is that those who are unwilling to do God's will have no knowledge of His ways. Blindness, error, and ignorance follow them throughout their lives. Ignorance and heresy, thus, are not a matter of the intellect, but of the heart. "They [the unbelieving] are darkened in their understanding and separated from the life of God because of the ignorance that is in them due to the hardening of their hearts." (Ephesians 4:18) [17]
Painting by Sir Joshua Reynolds - The Infant Samuel
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The corollary (consequence) to this principle is that those who are unwilling to do God's will have no knowledge of His ways. Blindness, error, and ignorance follow them throughout their lives. Ignorance and heresy, thus, are not a matter of the intellect, but of the heart. "They [the unbelieving] are darkened in their understanding and separated from the life of God because of the ignorance that is in them due to the hardening of their hearts." (Ephesians 4:18) [17]
PHOTO: Those who are unwilling to do God's will have no knowledge of His ways. Blindness, error, and ignorance follow them throughout their lives. Ignorance and heresy, thus, are not a matter of the intellect, but of the heart. "They [the unbelieving] are darkened in their understanding and separated from the life of God because of the ignorance that is in them due to the hardening of their hearts." (Ephesians 4:18)
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Bad behavior blinds men and women to the truth so that they "believe the lie." (2 Thessalonians 2:11) [18] They perish because they refuse to love the truth and so be saved. They are deluded because they have "delighted in wickedness." (2 Thessalonians 2:12) [19] Heresy, then, is not a matter of confusion, but of morality. Heretics, Paul notes, are not merely self-deceived; they are "depraved." (2 Timothy 3:8) [20]
Painting by Artist Michael Cheval - Angel of Santa Fe (SN)
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Bad behavior blinds men and women to the truth so that they "believe the lie." (2 Thessalonians 2:11) [18] They perish because they refuse to love the truth and so be saved. They are deluded because they have "delighted in wickedness." (2 Thessalonians 2:12) [19] Heresy, then, is not a matter of confusion, but of morality. Heretics, Paul notes, are not merely self-deceived; they are "depraved." (2 Timothy 3:8) [20]
PHOTO: Bad behavior blinds men and women to the truth so that they "believe the lie." (2 Thessalonians 2:11) They perish because they refuse to love the truth and so be saved. They are deluded because they have "delighted in wickedness." (2 Thessalonians 2:12) Heresy, then, is not a matter of confusion, but of morality. Heretics, Paul notes, are not merely self-deceived; they are "depraved." (2 Timothy 3:8)
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C. S. Lewis states the principle this way: "what you see and what you hear depends a good deal on where you are standing. It also depends on what sort of person you are." (Matthew 5:8) [21]
Put another way, it's the pure in heart who see God. [22]
The soul's dark cottage, batter'd and decay'd,
Lets in new light through chinks that Time has made;
Stronger by weakness, wiser, men become
As they draw near their eternal home.
- Edmund Waller (1606-1687)
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C. S. Lewis states the principle this way: "what you see and what you hear depends a good deal on where you are standing. It also depends on what sort of person you are." (Matthew 5:8) [21]
Put another way, it's the pure in heart who see God. [22]
The soul's dark cottage, batter'd and decay'd,
Lets in new light through chinks that Time has made;
Stronger by weakness, wiser, men become
As they draw near their eternal home.
- Edmund Waller (1606-1687)
PHOTO: C. S. Lewis states the principle this way: "what you see and what you hear depends a good deal on where you are standing. It also depends on what sort of person you are." (Matthew 5:8)
Put another way, it's the pure in heart who see God.
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Put another way, it's the pure in heart who see God.
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PHOTO: "Dear Lord, we learn that the hard facts of aging is the loss of physical abilities, and our minds. In the realization that the loss of our mental faculties, like everything else that we’re losing, can lead us to more of God.
Amidst our bodies deteriorating, that love with absolute faith would have God taking us in his arms, naked and undefiled. As we take leave of our senses we're left with God alone, which is His final intention for us.
Amidst our bodies deteriorating, that love with absolute faith would have God taking us in his arms, naked and undefiled. As we take leave of our senses we're left with God alone, which is His final intention for us.
His eternal aim is to bring us to the place where all that we have and all that we desire is God. Only there will we find the satisfaction we've been seeking all our lives. We had no idea what we were missing until all we had left was God.
Lord, there's another truth that fills what's left of our mind with joy and thanksgiving, and it's the realization that the deepest knowledge of God is not the fruit of intelligence, but of obedience. Obedience leads to deep wisdom. Those who ‘perfect holiness in the fear of God’ have a degree of clarity and understanding that others do not have. All knowledge of God is born of obedience.’
Lord, we pray that our every act of obedience quickens our sensitivity to God. Let it awakens our sense of His presence and deepens our capacity to comprehend the truth He has given us to know. We pray too, that even the desire to obey opens our eyes to see more of God than we could otherwise see.
As ignorance and heresy are not a matter of the intellect, but of the heart. We pray that we are not darkened in our understanding and separated from the life of God because of the ignorance that is in us due to the hardening of our hearts.
Lord, help us not to blinds us to the truth, and ‘believe the lie.’ We don’t want to perish because we refuse to love the truth and so be saved. Help us not to be deluded because we have ‘delighted in wickedness.’ We pray for Your help to uphold our morality and not be ‘depraved.’
Lord, grant us a pure heart so that we can see God.
Through Lord Jesus Christ we pray. Amen!"
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Source (book): "Teach Us to Number Our Days", Chapter 3, "Mixed Up in My Head", Page 23.
By David Roper, Pastor, and regular and popular writer for Our Daily Bread.
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Reference
[1] From "Teach Us to Number Our Days", Copyright © 2008 by David Roper, ISBN 978-981-11-7184-0, Chapter 3, "Mixed Up in My Head", Page 23-26.
[16] John 7:17 NKJV, emphasis added
[17] Ephesians 4:18, emphasis added
[18] 2 Thessalonians 2:11
[19] 2 Thessalonians 2:12
[20] 2 Timothy 3:8
[21] C. S. Lewis, The Magician's Nephew, Chapter 10.
[22] Matthew 5:8
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