deepbrew

I come from a family that loves to discuss things, and this weekend, when all of us, except for my brother in Poland, were together, we never lacked things to talk about. However, we ended up with some major disagreements which we never resolved, and that doesn’t feel good.

Why do we tend to dislike people who disagree with us? I’ve been trying to figure that out, and today I think I sort of hit upon the reason, and it isn’t very flattering. We dislike people who disagree with us because we value our own opinions, and when they say things that seem to disrespect our opinions, and by extension our intelligence, we turn them into our enemies. The disagreeing person never meant to be an enemy, in most cases, but they easily become that.

Furthermore, groups of people can’t stand other groups of people who disagree with them? WHY? It seems so ridiculous, that the love for all men which followers of Christ are to be filled with can be compromised by something as simple as a disagreement.

I think this is idiotic, and I want to get over it. I think the cause of Christ would be much better served if I would really LIKE people who don’t flatter my opinions. But good gracious, just thinking right now about a few people who hold some absolutely ridiculous ideas is making me see just how hard liking some of my adversaries in opinion is going to be. I am going to have to pray for a miracle.

And just in case you were wandering, yes, I still love all the members of my family very much and look forward to many more stimulating discussions with them, and loving everyone through it all. Actually agreeing in the end would be a plus.

This is totally the bomb!!

I think I’m going to like writely! way to go !

People, I am sorry for the long neglect.  Here, humor yourself by reading the funniest computer prank episode ever.  Cheerio!

This story about Billy Graham did good things for me.  I’m posting a few excerpts that really resonated w/ me.  Yeah, I know, it’s a lazy way to post, but I liked the article.

“His mind is on the heavenly more than the temporal, on the central promises of Christianity more than on the passing political parade.”

“As he has grown older, Graham has come to an appreciation of complexity and a gentleness of spirit that sets him apart from many other high-profile figures in America’s popular religious milieu—including, judging from their public remarks, his own son Franklin Graham, and men such as Jerry Falwell and Pat Robertson.”

“For Graham, politics is a secondary to the Gospel, which transcends party lines and, for believers, transcends earthly reality itself.”

And this strikes me as much as any of it,

“If he had his life to live over again, Graham says he would spend more time immersed in Scripture and theology. He never went to seminary, and his lack of a graduate education is something that still gives him a twinge. “The greatest regret that I have is that I didn’t study more and read more,”"

…don’t worry, don’t fear, don’t be preoccupied with food or clothes, how you look, or the

worries of tommorrow. your father will take care of you. seek first his kingdom, and he will

supply everything…