tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4325865623924936197.post304920630281220362..comments2023-03-21T07:24:49.169-04:00Comments on Just Some Stuff About Life As I See It: The Jesus I Want to Knowjsshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02841951364803029201noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4325865623924936197.post-77916084253265957672010-01-01T15:38:22.856-05:002010-01-01T15:38:22.856-05:00Faith, I have found is something quite different f...Faith, I have found is something quite different from what I had initially thought, my concept being a by-product of what I had been taught to believe. It is my evolving experience that faith does not require any leap at all, it in no way excludes reason and it is most definitely not a suspension of reality. Quite the contrary I would say it is more a dawning recognition of reality. <br /><br />What it does not do is provide all the answers but I would emphatically state that it provides the impetus to search, to seek out the path which is no doubt specific to the individual. I have come to believe that our general definition of faith exhibits an inherent misunderstanding of the true nature of the experience of faith and I have come to know that faith is less a concept and rather more an experience.jsshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02841951364803029201noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4325865623924936197.post-62998358772300977952010-01-01T11:45:36.737-05:002010-01-01T11:45:36.737-05:00Lately I worry less about what is 'true' t...Lately I worry less about what is 'true' than what I can believe, and whether that belief helps. The most one risks by a conviction that's mistaken is being factually inaccurate. If the Jesus of the Gospels exists the way they say, then you make the proper choice by having faith. But even if He does not, you get what you engagingly describe as the 'the promise of so much more beyond the harsh realities of our existence in this life.' In my opinion, that promise is worth the risk of being 'wrong.' I'm in favor of leaps of faith.WillSpirithttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02868994549598970509noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4325865623924936197.post-14634482017537077432009-12-29T17:26:30.903-05:002009-12-29T17:26:30.903-05:00That is wonderful. So many people wanting the sam...That is wonderful. So many people wanting the same thing. Has to make you wonder.<br /><br />Thank you so much for posting that.jsshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02841951364803029201noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4325865623924936197.post-39566539204642083132009-12-29T17:12:26.267-05:002009-12-29T17:12:26.267-05:00Reminds me of one of my favorite poems (because I ...Reminds me of one of my favorite poems (because I struggle with these thoughts about Jesus too!)<br /><br />Savior by Maya Angelou<br /><br />Petulant priests, greedy<br />centurions, and one million<br />incensed gestures stand<br />between your love and me.<br /><br />Your agape sacrifice<br />is reduced to colored glass,<br />vapid penance, and the<br />tedium of ritual.<br /><br />Your footprints yet<br />mark the crest of<br />billowing seas but<br />your joy<br />fades upon the tablets<br />of ordained prophets.<br /><br />Visit us again, Savior.<br />Your children, burdened with<br />disbelief, blinded by a patina<br />of wisdom,<br />carom down this vale of<br />fear. We cry for you<br />although we have lost<br />your name.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com