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Forgiveness

rwcreasy — Sat, 05 Dec 2009 20:23:30 +0000

In Henri Nouwen’s book The Return of the Prodigal Son, he says that the way to spiritual fatherhood is forgiveness. It is through constant forgiveness that we become like the Father.

I have often said I forgive you but even as I said these words, my heart remained angry or resentful.

I still wanted to hear the story that tells me that I was right after all; I still wanted to hear apologies and excuses. I still wanted the satisfaction of receiving some praise in return.

But God’s forgiveness is unconditional; it comes from a heart that does not demand anything for itself, a heart that is completely empty of sell-seeking.

It is this divine forgiveness that I have to practice in my daily life. It demands that I step over the wounded part of my heart that feels hurt and wronged and that wants to stay in control and put a few conditions between me and the one whom I as asked to forgive.

This stepping over is the authentic discipline of forgiveness.

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rwcreasy — Wed, 04 Nov 2009 03:01:12 +0000

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“Those chickens have come home to roost”

rwcreasy — Sun, 09 Aug 2009 16:46:59 +0000

To quote a famous preacher and former pastor of BO for 20 years, “…those chickens have come home to roost.” This was of course the rationale Jeremiah Wright used for justifying the attack on our NY City twin towers by Islamic radicals. Well it looks like those chickens have come home to roost for our community organizer in chief. BO was short on resume accomplishments (only in the US Senate for 140 days) so his main marquee headline was that of “Community Organizer” back in Chicago (aka agitator, trouble maker, organizing the people to oppose and challenge conventional wisdom or status-quo in government). Now, BO has helped to organize and unify the Republican Party as no one else seems to have the ability to do. This past week, a grass roots effort composed of a wide range of political, social, fiscal conservatives, and libertarians of all ages, have unified to say “fooey” to the Pelosi, Reid, socialized medicine health care reform bill. People are angry and skeptical about the attempt of the Federal Government to run health care. As I’ve pointed out before on my blog, the majority of people are content with their insurance plan. But, when the people rise up and attend town hall meetings held by their representative to express their concerns and opposition, they’re accused of being nazi’s and surrogates of the health insurance companies. Conservative radio talk show hosts are accused of ginning up and agitating the docile, ignorant, and robotic American People. Wrong! We don’t need anyone to remind us that the government can’t even deliver mail correctly and surely can’t determine when and if I need a knee replacement. The leftist Pelosi and Reid have accused the people voicing their concerns as being motivated by “astro turf” efforts which are to be contrasted with real “grass roots” reaction. Basically, this gives our elected representatives cover for going against the majority of the people’s wishes by simply brushing them off as “astro turf” trouble makers instigated by Rush Limbaugh and Fox News. Get real. The American way (which seems to escape the White House) is free speech. If BO’s healthcare bill is so great, why be afraid to discuss it? Why establish a web site for people to report “fishey” stories that malign the bill? Why try to rush it through congress before the August recess? Let’s see the bill. Let’s do something some elected representatives haven’t done and actually read the proposals. There should be nothing to hide. I think they’re afraid if the American people actually see what’s coming, there will be even stronger reaction to halt the government takeover of our health care.

Senate Republican Leader Mitch McConnell, Ky., told “FOX News Sunday” that it’s not clear who’s organized and who’s not but that Democrats’ efforts to “demonize” the protesters reflect weak spots in the substance of their plan.

“I think attacking citizens in our country for expressing their opinions about an issue of this magnitude may indicate some weakness in their position on the merits,” McConnell said. “And I also think it’s particularly absurd for the Democrats, who have over an $8 million e-mail list over at the DNC called Organize America, to be criticizing citizens for being organized.”

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Liberty and Tyranny

rwcreasy — Sun, 05 Apr 2009 20:23:44 +0000

We all declare for liberty; but in using the same word we do not all mean the same thing. With some the word liberty may mean for each man to do as he pleases with himself, and the product of his labor; while with others, the same word may mean for some men to do as they please with other men, and the product of other men’s labor. Here are two, not only different, but incompatible things, called by the same name–liberty. And it follows that each of the things is, by the respective parties, called by two different and incompatible names–liberty and tyranny.

Abraham Lincoln, 1864

Just finished reading Mark Levin’s Liberty and Tyranny, A Conservative Manifesto. Highly recommend reading and becoming informed. We must all become more active to protect our freedoms. If not, government will take them away.

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Hermann Hesse

rwcreasy — Sun, 15 Mar 2009 23:40:53 +0000

“We kill at every step, not only in wars, riots, and executions. We kill when we close our eyes to poverty, suffering, and shame. In the same way all disrespect for life, all hard-heartedness, all indifference, all contempt is nothing else than killing. With just a little witty skepticism we can kill a good deal of the future in a young person. Life is waiting everywhere, the future is flowering everywhere, but we only see a small part of it and step on much of it with our feet.”

- Hermann Hesse, German poet and novelist.

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