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Conversation Over Fries
I just got back from a lunch with a long-time friend. You know the type... The type of friend who has shown true colors throughout the years, and whose colors you've grown to love.
Yeah.. Anyway...
We got to talking about some pretty cool stuff that I thought I'd write down, just so I can go back and read them again.
The first topic worth mentioning is relationships.
There are very few (I can count them on one hand) things we take with us when we leave this earth and one of them happens to the point of discussion. So... Are they important? Yeah... I'd like to think so.
Interestingly enough, relationships sometimes are a point we don't emphasize enough, generally - considering how they affect our lives.
I guess some people think they can or ought to "make it alone". That just ain't true from this man's standpoint.
Be it friendships, parents to children, children to parents, or spousal, good relationships undoubtedly deserve just as much, or even more, effort we're throwing at them.
The 2nd point worth mentioning is growing in the Gospel.
We talked about how each of us differed in our pathway leading to the levels of spiritual maturity. I found it very interesting how different he was from me. Honestly, I hadn't even considered what he went through as a possibility, but no doubt it is.
Whereas I have been putting too much emphasis on prayer and using God as a tool to help me find the way, he was doing exactly the opposite - yet his reasoning made perfect sense! Has God not told us that Christ is the way after all we can do? Has he not told us to not be slothful in doing good, not needing to be commanded in all things? Sounds like a good argument to me.
There are plenty of scriptures to be found telling us to pray always, and pray about everything, so it goes without saying why I had a hard time understanding that God certainly wouldn't be annoyed if I made my mind up without imploring his will concerning my corn flakes.
Anyway... I just found it very, very good to have a somewhat spiritually tuned conversation with a good friend over a burger and fries today - and I thought I'd let you know about it.
Yeah.. Anyway...
We got to talking about some pretty cool stuff that I thought I'd write down, just so I can go back and read them again.
The first topic worth mentioning is relationships.
There are very few (I can count them on one hand) things we take with us when we leave this earth and one of them happens to the point of discussion. So... Are they important? Yeah... I'd like to think so.
Interestingly enough, relationships sometimes are a point we don't emphasize enough, generally - considering how they affect our lives.
I guess some people think they can or ought to "make it alone". That just ain't true from this man's standpoint.
Be it friendships, parents to children, children to parents, or spousal, good relationships undoubtedly deserve just as much, or even more, effort we're throwing at them.
The 2nd point worth mentioning is growing in the Gospel.
We talked about how each of us differed in our pathway leading to the levels of spiritual maturity. I found it very interesting how different he was from me. Honestly, I hadn't even considered what he went through as a possibility, but no doubt it is.
Whereas I have been putting too much emphasis on prayer and using God as a tool to help me find the way, he was doing exactly the opposite - yet his reasoning made perfect sense! Has God not told us that Christ is the way after all we can do? Has he not told us to not be slothful in doing good, not needing to be commanded in all things? Sounds like a good argument to me.
There are plenty of scriptures to be found telling us to pray always, and pray about everything, so it goes without saying why I had a hard time understanding that God certainly wouldn't be annoyed if I made my mind up without imploring his will concerning my corn flakes.
Anyway... I just found it very, very good to have a somewhat spiritually tuned conversation with a good friend over a burger and fries today - and I thought I'd let you know about it.