http://thoughtpaths.com/archives/185 ThoughtPaths with Ken Wilson et al Thu, 21 Aug 2008 18:12:58 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.0.7 http://thoughtpaths.com/archives/185#comment-118 Mon, 02 Jul 2007 16:45:24 +0000 http://thoughtpaths.com/archives/185#comment-118 Thanks for the words on perception brother. It's such a shame that we're all wired to perceive impossibilities ahead of us, instead of the "do-ables" that they really are. It's a good thing Nehemiah (city walls) or David (lions, bears, Goliath) didn't think that way. The difference between these people and us is; pure, anadulterated faith. They believed in their abilities through God's grace, by their faith, as if it were a tangible thing. Like they could reach out and hold it in their hands, like a crystal ball, and actually see their success. They knew that they were merely conduits being used for the purposes of God's work and that any "ability" they may have demonstrated was actually the Hand of God, and they gave Him all of the Glory. The really sweet thing is that nobody could convince them otherwise. They just believed. Unfortunately, the new and improved, scientific, holistic, evolved, post modern, self-sufficient Man doesn't see it that way. Much to our chagrin, we all too often tend to let "me" get in the way. It won't surprise me in the least if you get a few thousand hits from Brigham Young followers out there in the great State of Utah. Thanks for the words on perception brother. It’s such a shame that we’re all wired to perceive impossibilities ahead of us, instead of the “do-ables” that they really are. It’s a good thing Nehemiah (city walls) or David (lions, bears, Goliath) didn’t think that way. The difference between these people and us is; pure, anadulterated faith. They believed in their abilities through God’s grace, by their faith, as if it were a tangible thing. Like they could reach out and hold it in their hands, like a crystal ball, and actually see their success. They knew that they were merely conduits being used for the purposes of God’s work and that any “ability” they may have demonstrated was actually the Hand of God, and they gave Him all of the Glory. The really sweet thing is that nobody could convince them otherwise. They just believed. Unfortunately, the new and improved, scientific, holistic, evolved, post modern, self-sufficient Man doesn’t see it that way. Much to our chagrin, we all too often tend to let “me” get in the way.
It won’t surprise me in the least if you get a few thousand hits from Brigham Young followers out there in the great State of Utah.

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