Well, I have had an interesting week full of mishaps and good news but those are the details that brought my thoughts around to the ideology that is "know thyself". The history of that statement is long and complex which is worth some study. However, I am not going there today. I began to wonder why I would want to know myself and I realize that knowing oneself does bring a sense of control but not self control. I tend to believe the Bible and the Scriptures say things about man such as "For from within, out of men's hearts, come evil thoughts, sexual immorality, theft, murder, adultery..." its in Mark 7. So on one hand knowing myself can bring focus to what comes naturally from my heart which is deceitful (Jeremiah 17:9). This thought of knowing a deceitful heart is not pleasant to me. I think that I would rather know God who does not lie. Also I/humanity is created in the image of God so by knowing God one can know how humanity should be. It is an interesting thought and I thought I would share it. I have decided to continue with the ideology of "know God". I have been working on that ideology for awhile and against the other I find the knowledge of God more appealing and satisfying. If anyone is interested in that, as well, and has no idea where to start I would suggest the Gospel of John found in the Bible. I also do not claim to be finished in my knowledge or even finished digesting this thought process but I wanted to blog to assist in unscrambling my egg which has been flipped once or twice this week. As always these are my thoughts and pondering and I hope you enjoy them
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Yeah. Good thoughts. Happy blogging!
ReplyDeletei'm just glad your egg is not cracked. :) i like this post. it's interesting that the secular world view always gets close to the truth but seems to have it just a little twisted.
ReplyDeleteWhat about God's promise to give us a new heart (Ez. 11:19) and our new nature "created to be like God in true righteousness and holiness" (Eph. 4:24, NIV). Maybe part of knowing ourselves is living in the realization of the transformation he's done in us. This kind of knowing yourself leads to thanksgiving and worship.
ReplyDeleteInteresting thoughts Shawna, I think that realizing what God is doing or has done within us is still knowing God. Simply because we can not do those things for ourselves. We could say that we can know God by studying ourselves alone. Genesis tells us we were created in His image but we would only see a shadow of who God is. I am pondering the ideology of introspection against the idea of seeking God and like I said I am still pondering :)
ReplyDeletethanks for your comment.
This, like all things you have posted here, is an insight into a changed man. (for the better of course) I praise Him for how much more you have come to know Him in the last decade or so. And, I am truly looking forward to what you are going to get to know about Him with this next big adventure.
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