Voice of the Introverts

From People being sold land that’s underwater, or Madison Avenue creating ads that make you want to buy things that you don’t really want or need, all the way back to when hucksters would travel through the countryside selling bottles of elixirs called “snake oil” – all these things have one thing in common – they are all lies. Our government, our new media, Hollywood: they are all purveying the same thing at this point in time – they are spouting lies faster than they can make them up! 

I always thought that this quote was written by Shakespeare. It turns out this was first written by an old English dude named Edward Bulwer-Lytton in 1839, in his historical play Cardinal Richelieu. It is more than likely an American thing that I did not know this. In fact, I had never heard of the guy. I guess this means that Shakespeare’s pen was very mighty indeed, since a lot of us think that he said it.

Billions & billions of years ago there was nothing, and then there was something??? What was it and where was did it come from? It was apparently primordial ooze and it just appeared. Just one day billions of years ago, some sludge just appeared on the horizon and from this something that appeared from nothing a little pollywog popped up (again, out of nowhere), and from this pollywog that appeared from nowhere, from nothing, and with nothing but the universe egging it on more pollywogs appeared. These little pollywogs that came from nothing got together and decided that they were tired of the ooze and decided that they would hop up on land and grow themselves a pair of lungs. In the decision to grow lungs they decided they needed blood, liver, pancreas, and all other organs that necessitate life. They sprouted legs and a tail and walked up on land (which we don’t know where the land came from either) and started living a life. A couple of million years later, they decided that their tails got in the way of pooping so they got rid of those and became full grown men (and without the tails in their way they could now walk completely upright.  

I wrote an article awhile back about common sense, and where has it gone. I am going to retract a little on that statement this go-round. Everyday common sense is still a good thing, but I think sometimes that we, as conservative Christians have begun to believe that we have a monopoly on common sense. We are so sure that it is only we that have common sense that we have grown very prideful of the fact that we are the only ones left with common sense. Where does pride lead? It can lead to a down fall.

I am overlooked a lot, that is pretty much the curse of all introverts. Actually, that is a blessing and a curse. We don’t really want to be acknowledged in a big way. People think we don’t have much to say because we do not actually say a lot; that is why people think we don’t know much.

We live in a society that has taken the things that God has lain to for guides and trivialized them to near extinction. That should not be much of a surprise. 

“Who changed the truth of God into a lie, and worshipped and served the creature more than the creator…” Romans 1:25

Let’s continue with the vein of thought from part one of this two part series as we call for a younger generation to try and fix some mis-guidances in the church. In other words, let’s blow some things up!

To begin with, if it ain’t broke, don’t try to fix it! If it is in the Bible, don’t try to add your two cents worth. You can change the way you present God’s word, just don’t try to change God’s word itself. 

Wasn’t really planning on starting up again, but I had some things happen over the past few months that have gotten me into this temporary mode of putting my two cents in.

To start off with – this is for me, for us, and even some younger people.

Listen up – we are not always right! Can you believe it? I have said it – and I am pretty much right about it!! 

“And suddenly there was with the angel a multitude of the heavenly host praising God, and saying, Glory to God in the highest, and on earth peace, good will toward men,”     Luke 2:13-14

I got to thinking one day about the angels singing at the birth of our Savior. Can you just imagine a host of angels singing? Perfect beings, created by God himself, in a chorus announcing the birth of Christ here on earth. How would it have sounded? How does perfection sound? We tout all sorts of singing and singers here on earth. We say this one or that one has a beautiful voice. Everyone on earth has different tastes – country, rock, gospel, opera. The thing is though, we are here on earth and nothing is perfect. So, it is hard to imagine what perfection sounds like. 

         It has been over two months since I have written anything. My plans are to eventually stop altogether (which we will all do eventually anyway), but once these thoughts come, I have to get them out someway, so I will just do it here.   

         We are in the season of thanks (or should be). It is after Halloween and a little more than a month until Christmas – time is getting faster and faster (no matter what anyone says to the contrary). I am thinking though – just how thankful are we? We are in America, the most prosperous people as a whole, but yet are we satisfied? This goes doubly for the church – a group of people that should be the most thankful of all – but are we?