Purposelessness??
Whaddya’ll make of this guy? I ran across ‘im last night when looking for what ppl are saying on youtube about religion(he’s got a video about that too)– just to get a cultural update, y’know?
I’ve totally been where he is. & I think that needs to be communicated more to each other. & that’s what I love about my church. most ppl have called it ‘being real’. I’ve scoffed at that phrase a million times. as if reality is now equated with lies! (cuz that’s usually what ppl live according to that causes their pain that they feel). ok, so ignore that comment/argument, cuz that’s not where i am anymore, but if you think it makes sense, blog about it & lemme know if I’m crazy or not.
People are SO looking for validation. It’s central to humanity. It’s in the music we love. Likewise purpose & belovedness.
When we don’t hear the validation from people, circumstance is next.
& for those who are hurt emotionally, they seek validation as well. Of what sort? That the hurt they feel is valid. There’s a validation in external environment being matched with internal struggle. Hence, slicing of wrists– it’s a valid form of pain.
But on a lesser level, when the enemy beats us up, we want to know that we have strength. & for men, it’s usually validated within sexuality. Eldredge makes much of this & I’d say rightly so.
But that’s my brain trying to be rational, & not backed up with research. & that’s the fun of post-rational society. We all get to create our own structures of thought & live them out. I just hope we all understand that history & authority is still important. Sure no one has lived EXACTLY as I have, but sometimes ‘close enough’ is ‘good enough’.
& that brings me back to our friend, jim on this video. He’s probably built his own life on his own rules & reason & now he recognizes something doesn’t add up. When I hit that wall, jesus answered that equation. that’s my confession & all I’m sayin to jim & others is the “don’t knock it ’til you’ve tried it.” & the tough thing about jesus, is that so few ppl converse with Him & have come into relaitonship with him in such a way that when they have LITERALLY TRIED TO RUN AWAY from him, have found that they can’t without.. well.. dying (internal in their soul, or even physically- even then I’ll be with him!). In the words of Shaded Red(good luck finding their cd’s) I’m “caught”. & that’s a good thing. I don’t always like it, or agree, but it’s the ‘good better than I realize’. & my denial just can’t “break reality.” Again to John Eldredge.. “love is more fierce than we realize.”
Jim, I see you’ve “opened your mind” to ppl’s thoughts. But always be sure to “open up your heart” too. even to God’s love & desire to be in relationship with you.
