Jesus (Holy Teaching)

Jesus was an impoverished middle-eastern Jew who preached a message of mercy and non-violence while keeping company with the poor, alcoholics, prostitutes, tax collectors (who were essentially mafia dons back then), lepers, and people who were not of his religion or ethnicity. He was anti-public prayer and anti-greed (Matthew 6:5)

Jesus was not against homosexuality, immigrants, birth control, and stated nothing about abortion (though the god of the Old Testament is certainly pro-baby killing as he did so on a constant basis).

He never mentioned anything about voting Republican or Democrat, pre-marital sex, trying to ban erotic literature, masturbation, evolution, shunning those who you disagree with, suppressing knowledge and women, or blindly hating the President.

So why do so many "Christians" think otherwise? Have you actually read the Bible? I don't think you have, because the only thing Jesus commanded was to simply love Thy Neighbor as Thyself and to look after the orphans and the widows.

He also most certainly never stated to "Love the sinner, hate the sin." In fact Jesus stated the exact opposite, "Do not judge lest thee be judged" and "He who is without sin, cast the first stone. "

Yet so many "Christians" spend their days judging and gossiping about their neighbor while behaving like obnoxious fanatics engaged in an asinine culture war.

"I love your Christ, but not your Christians. Your Christians are so unlike your Christ."- Gandhi

God's Will (Holy Teaching)

“In harmony with God's will
the sky is clear and spacious,
the earth is solid and full,
all creatures flourish together,
content with the way they are,
endlessly repeating themselves,
endlessly renewed.

when man interferes with God's will
the sky becomes filthy,
the earth becomes depleted,
the equilibrium crumbles,
creatures become extinct.”

“Whoever is planted in God's will
will not be rooted up.
Whoever embraces God's will
will not slip away.
Their name will be held in honor
from generation to generation.

“Without opening your door,
you can open your heart to the world.
Without looking out your window,
you can see the essence of God's will.

Mustard seed (Bible Study)

Mark 4: 30-34

The Parable of the Mustard Seed

 And he said, “With what can we compare the kingdom of God, or what parable shall we use for it?  It is like a grain of mustard seed, which, when sown on the ground, is the smallest of all the seeds on earth,  yet when it is sown it grows up and becomes larger than all the garden plants and puts out large branches, so that the birds of the air can make nests in its shade.”

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 With many such parables he spoke the word to them, as they were able to hear it.  He did not speak to them without a parable, but privately to his own disciples he explained everything.

Walk (Bible Study)

Ephesians 4:1-16

 I therefore, a prisoner for the Lord, urge you to walk in a manner worthy of the calling to which you have been called, 2 with all humility and gentleness, with patience, bearing with one another in love, 3 eager to maintain the unity of the Spirit in the bond of peace. 4 There is one body and one Spirit—just as you were called to the one hope that belongs to your call— 5 one Lord, one faith, one baptism, 6 one God and Father of all, who is over all and through all and in all. 7 But grace was given to each one of us according to the measure of Christ's gift. 8 Therefore it says,

“When he ascended on high he led a host of captives,
and he gave gifts to men.”

9 (In saying, “He ascended,” what does it mean but that he had also descended into the lower regions, the earth? 10 He who descended is the one who also ascended far above all the heavens, that he might fill all things.) 11 And he gave the apostles, the prophets, the evangelists, the shepherds and teachers, 12 to equip the saints for the work of ministry, for building up the body of Christ, 13 until we all attain to the unity of the faith and of the knowledge of the Son of God, to mature manhood, to the measure of the stature of the fullness of Christ, 14 so that we may no longer be children, tossed to and fro by the waves and carried about by every wind of doctrine, by human cunning, by craftiness in deceitful schemes. 15 Rather, speaking the truth in love, we are to grow up in every way into him who is the head, into Christ, 16 from whom the whole body, joined and held together by every joint with which it is equipped, when each part is working properly, makes the body grow so that it builds itself up in love.

Sing

Sing a song of joy

Sing with your heart and soul

Sing a song of joy

The change

The change in my life

Has been Awesome

The Change in my life

Has been good

I was headed down a one way street

Toward destruction

You turned my life around

Knowing that someone cares

Means a lot to me

I never liked beening lonely

As you could plainly see

So you entered my life

To comfort me

The change in my life

Has been Awesome

The Change in my life

Has been good

The Spark

There is a spark

Within every human soul

Where it comes from

I do not know

The spark is

A feeling

A force

An energy

That drives you forward

Toward the goal

The spark is felt

In the desire to excel

You are driven to succeed

Once the spark is felt

There is no turning back

Before you know it

That spark has become a flame

A raging fire that can not be put out

Even in the hardest rain

Sure people will talk

Or get in your way

Let that spark glow

Let that spark shine

Let the heat from that raging fire

Within your soul

Drive you forward

Drive you on

Let nothing stand in your way

Show them you can do it

Show them today

True Self

Don't hide your

True self from

The world

Stop

Stop

Doubting

Yourself start

Believing in

You

New Beginnings

Tortured soul,

Come immerse thy soiled vessel

Within my cleansing pool of forgiveness.

Replenish thy love starved heart

With the sustenance 

Held within my being.

    

Renew thy passion 

With soothing words 

Whispered softly  

To thy slumbering spirit.

Embrace the beauty

of thy true self  

That shines bright

Within my minds eye.

And thy renewed essence

Will guide you anew

Towards forgotten dreams

And wonders yet to be revealed

Heart of a champion

To have the heart of a champion

You must say yes to yourself

When others say no

To have the heart of a champion

You never back down from what life throws at you

Are you willing

To test every ability you have

To push yourself to the limit

To push even further

life pushes you down

Will you rise adain

Will you fight once more

Will tou do what it takes

To reach your goals

To see your dreams come true

If the answer is yes

Then you can say

Yes, I have the heart of a champion

Passion Fruit

Your body is like succulent fruit

Vine ripe, plump and tasty

I must quell my desire to gobble you up

I mustn’t be so hasty

Your skin so smooth and supple,

Tender to the touch

Wanting so to taste your flesh

My yearning is just too much

Your sweet aroma fills the air

And I absorb your pleasing essence

Entering my nose then body

Where it reacts like effervescence

My mouth is now watering

And I’m unable to fight

This thirst and anticipation

For the first delicious bite

I peel away your clothes

Like the skin of some exotic fruit 

The goodness I find hidden within

Is exquisite without refute

I savor every morsel

The taste of you is divine

I’ll never share you with another

The pleasure of you is all mine

You satisfy my every desire

My hunger and thirst you sate

No other can compare to your passion fruit

It’s the best I ever ate

Wedding

May the newly weds

Be forever in love with

One another and never

part from each other

May their love forever grow

May their path be straight and smooth

Love

Flames

Burning

In my soul

Love has filled that spot

My heart is filled with the joy oy all things

Hard To Say I Love You

It's hard to say

I Love You

I hate that I'm so shy

The words form upon my lips

They will not come forth

No matter how hard I try

It's hard to say

You are so beautiful

Me

I look like something the dog dragged in

No wonder you never notice my

However

My heart beats for you

Poundind out the rythum of love

I feel the magic

Everytime we hug

Your voice is like an angel

Soft and sweet for all to hear

It is the purest sound

To pour into my ears

However I must move on by

It's hard to say

I Love You

Because I am so shy

You there standing in the light

While I admire you from a far

At least we're friends

Though I wish we could be more

Image

I look into the mirror

Still can not see

What that woman

Sees in me

She says I'm handsome

I don't know

I think I look like a troll

She says I'm cute

As cute as can be

Really

That can't be me

Life's Roller Coaster

Life is full of ups and downs

And you tend to feel like gods not around

But if you drop all your pride

And start to look deep down inside

Only then will you realize

That life is not the dramatized

Scare

If

You think

You scare me

You are not right

My friend, for I do

Not scare easy

You little

Punk lost

Thanks

The Three

Simplicity

Patience

Compassion
These three are your greatest treasures
Simple in actions and thoughts

You return to the source of being
Patient with both friends and enemies
you accord with the way things are
Compassionate toward yourself
you reconcile all beings in the world
There is no greater misfortune
than underestimating your enemy
Underestimating your enemy
means thinking that he is evil
Thus you destroy your three treasures
Becomeing an enemy yourself
When two great forces oppose each other
the victory will go
to the one that knows how to yield

Life in Three Ways

Passion

Outrage

Engagement

Triumph

Release

Yearning

People

Always

Say

Something

In

Outlandish

Notions

Live

In

Full

Everyday