WISDOM FROM THE PASTOR

Jeremiah 29:11-14 (NLT)

“For I know the plans I have for you,” says the LORD. “They are plans for good and not for disaster, to give you a future and a hope. In those days when you pray, I will listen. If you look for me in earnest, you will find me when you seek me. I will be found by you.” says the LORD.

An Experience in Reality

Those of us who are termed “the intellect” search for the reality of things. We formulate theorems and deduce conclusive truths. The reality of things fit so neatly into our methodology, that we approach everything through our intellect. As we collect our formulas and express our findings we oft times lose track of things, but more importantly we lose track of people, and finally most importantly, we lose track of ourselves. When such a loss occurs, we evaluate ourselves historically, finding it easy to resort to what we knew as children when life was carefree and fun-filled. For most of us intellectuals, this historical genesis is founded on principles we generally accepted because they were environmentally induced by our upbringing. Somewhere along the way we deviated to the learned and postulated new principles based on intellectual premises. One day we wake to find confusion, deceptive conclusions, depressive scenarios, and broken lives; a wonder of existence. We are somewhere in a place where the habitual resources are expended and the mind becomes more the enemy than the clearing board.