Imprints
By AdrianJ
Don't go quoting me on this position - I've already reflected on this idea
and formulated its dissolution.
Yet the import is being missed - and I would be remiss to not point out
this.
The footprints referred to in that most revered poem - the one in which
we learn that Jesus' would make an excellent fireman.
Refers to the mystery of intervention by the divine at serendipitous points
in time...
Did you ever experience a near-miss that saved your bacon?
Did anything return to you in greater quantities than was taken?
Received a gift or accolade that you knew you didn't deserve?
Escaped time for a crime that you should have served?
Find a shoulder to lean on when you needed one?
God's works are not confined to meteors, earthquakes and floods, or even
manna from heaven...But can be found in the good deeds of Mother Teresa
and the Magnificent Seven.
Hubris would delude us in thinking that it was Henry V and Welsh longbows
alone that carried St. Crispen's day.
But that old adage "no one is an island" is more true than the words themselves
convey.
Everyone receives help along the path in life's race. Not all of them are
delivered with a divine face. Theological people would call this grace.
I think to call it that is fallacious because it's just another word for
luck - which still means they don't know really know what the f*ck...
But still be humble to give credit where credit is due. Not everything
that happens to or for depends on you.
And although, you are truly "the Captain of your Soul", remember:
It takes a navigator and crew to avoid disaster and survive the seas of
life's distemper...
Comments on "Imprints"
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A former member wrote:
The answer to all five of your questions in my case is no. Seriously. And I know that divine intervention does not always come in the form of mana from heaven. But I will not give 'credit' to 'god' for everything good that ever happens to me and blame everything bad on myself or a 'devil'. If i have to take responsibility for all the shittiness in my life then I'm taking credit for all the good things I chose for myself too. god didn't give me strength, he gave me free will and I'm the one who chose to be strong or weak
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A former member wrote:
and by the way....my vessel is not a ship. Its a dingy with two oars and no anchor and I am the captain and crew
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On Tuesday, June 17, 2008, AdrianJ
(34) wrote:
You need to share. I don't believe this - no one I have ever known has had a worse time of it than me - even with a couple o' major unforeseen "act of God" tragedies...Now I'm curious.
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On Tuesday, June 17, 2008, AdrianJ
(34) wrote:
And by the way, I start this piece debunking the theory...I just don't believe that you adequately nullified with your hubriac dismissal of the invisible hand...(the invisible hand - that's a good one - like the market)