Are there video games in heaven? II
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Really, work, sleep, hygiene, God? Where does "love your neighbors fit" in? What is it about God, if you don't even take the time to enjoy what he gives you?
There is this pretty purple flower that grows around here. The entire plant is about the size of my thumb. It's not native to the area, so it's considered invasive, but it's just so darn pretty. If you look at it closely the tiny little details God put into it are truly amazing. (Want to capture it on camera, but the camera doesn't do that close.) It's just a weed that takes over lawns at parks around here, but God made it just to enjoy. And he put it out of its original habitat, in part, so I could find it. (I really like the different shades of purple in flowers.)
If I worked, slept, showered/shampooed/shaved, and spent time only in God's word, I would have never seen that flower. If that's all I did, I'd also wouldn't do anyone else any good.
If your only purpose is to give up without swapping it for something good, it is useless. It's also ignoring what God has already given us to enjoy. I may never have seen a feathered dino, but I see tiny purple flowers that shouldn't be there.
God doesn't say, "give up" like that. He says, "Give in!" Give in to what he wants, not austerity!
There is this pretty purple flower that grows around here. The entire plant is about the size of my thumb. It's not native to the area, so it's considered invasive, but it's just so darn pretty. If you look at it closely the tiny little details God put into it are truly amazing. (Want to capture it on camera, but the camera doesn't do that close.) It's just a weed that takes over lawns at parks around here, but God made it just to enjoy. And he put it out of its original habitat, in part, so I could find it. (I really like the different shades of purple in flowers.)
If I worked, slept, showered/shampooed/shaved, and spent time only in God's word, I would have never seen that flower. If that's all I did, I'd also wouldn't do anyone else any good.
If your only purpose is to give up without swapping it for something good, it is useless. It's also ignoring what God has already given us to enjoy. I may never have seen a feathered dino, but I see tiny purple flowers that shouldn't be there.
God doesn't say, "give up" like that. He says, "Give in!" Give in to what he wants, not austerity!
Sounds like a very dull and joyless life. Soaking in the Word will do you little good if you don't put what you learn in practice in serving the Lord. God wants us to have life and have it abundantly. There is nothing wrong with getting enjoyment out of God's creation and the things that He provides.
J
finished reading it
i never said i dont thank God for what he provides
and i never said i didnt fill in that time with better things that are of God
like sermons instead of games
street preaching instead of bad music
fellowship even if its on the internet to try and show what ive been shown instead of sports
im not saying im sanctified saying that that road doesnt involve conforming to the world but seperating from it
i never said i dont thank God for what he provides
and i never said i didnt fill in that time with better things that are of God
like sermons instead of games
street preaching instead of bad music
fellowship even if its on the internet to try and show what ive been shown instead of sports
im not saying im sanctified saying that that road doesnt involve conforming to the world but seperating from it
J
Hmmm. Maybe more people should read the book of James for some practical Christian application. Oh never mind, that would just transfer them to the works/righteousness threads 
im off to go read it before i post in here again
i pray maybe God will show me something i dont understand
ill come back if i can see what youre getting at with this
T
I literally read James every Saturday evening, all five chapters. I have a lot of it memorized now, but I still get something new out of it almost every time . It's solid, practical advice on how to live the Christian life, and it prepares me for another week of striving to live like Christ did. Its one of my favorite books in the Bible
. It's solid, practical advice on how to live the Christian life, and it prepares me for another week of striving to live like Christ did. Its one of my favorite books in the Bible
W
How can you help (anyone) if you isolate yourself?
How can you know how to help if you don't know what peoples lives are about?
I remember being given an assignment in programming, to make a game similar to "angry birds"
... I'd never played it (I tend to avoid the popular stuff ), so I had to find out what it was about to do the assignment.
- You have to know what the world is about to be part of it. Not saying you have to go crazy and spend all your day playing video games or getting drunk ... but you have to be enough out there, in the world, to know the people who do,
... and, to be honest, I think God wants you to enjoy life.
How can you know how to help if you don't know what peoples lives are about?
I remember being given an assignment in programming, to make a game similar to "angry birds"
... I'd never played it (I tend to avoid the popular stuff
), so I had to find out what it was about to do the assignment.- You have to know what the world is about to be part of it. Not saying you have to go crazy and spend all your day playing video games or getting drunk ... but you have to be enough out there, in the world, to know the people who do,
... and, to be honest, I think God wants you to enjoy life.