i am presently at the dreaded library computer.
how can they expect me to write a good entry and check my e-mail and start daydreaming all within the fifty minutes they allot me?
its just not fair.
i saw the gospel of john last night.
much to my surprise it wasnt about john at all, but about Jesus
which, you know, was cool and all.
i mean, not that thats bad or anything, you know
i mean Jesus is cool.
anyways one thing i really liked about the movie was the simplicity of the story.
it was just Jesus
it was just the book of john.
noone added their theological opinion.
this was especially refreshing since i have had many recent conversations that have been anything but simple.
the calvinist, the relativist, the catholic, and the universalist.
if only we just talked about Jesus, and not what he meant when he said whatever it was he said in some certain passage and verse.
when i got home i wrote the following about that very subject.
(sorry that this entry is so long, but i think the following is pretty good)
"simple mystery and history"
i like my God with a little mystery
coupled with a sure history
and cemented with the concrete truth
instead of just my perspective
you see
whats boggging me down is
whats draining my joy is
all these isms and schisms
these man made opinions
these crooks with flashlights
creeping into God's darkened bedroom
maybe i just dont want to know if
God is a
lutheran or calvinist
pentecostal or babptist
or which bible translation he prefers to read
i am a little curious whether
God likes christian tv and radio
bible bookstores and cruise boats
and if he's got w.w.j.d strapped to his wrist.
and what would Jesus do
with christian highlighters
and piggy banks
Jesus breathmints
and fish tanks
and did God enjoy "left behind"?
we have taken this mystery
his genuine sincerity
and ruined it
with our
marketing exploitation
our over examination
skipping past what he said
to find out what he meant
if Christ alone is our glory
the greatest story ever told is his story
why are we compulsed to change it
by adding sequels and product placement?
couldnt God stand alone?
shouldnt his words be enough?
shouldnt children come unto him
instead of only religious scholars?
Jesus came to be accesible
so why is that we cant get in?
all these barricades of church signs and billboards
confusing jargon and church words
men in nice suits enforcing the door charge
blocking our way
the sad thing is that
once we jump through hoops
and play by their rules
we find that he wasnt there in the first place
he has always been where we left him
in a dusty book on a book-shelf
in our box of childhood things
on the bottom of our to-do list
just waiting
just waiting
2:06 p.m. - 2003-10-20
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