Not the clamoring of society, not the armies of a nation, and not even the legions of the devil can break through the walls of a man’s conviction. His fortress is only breached when he opens the door from within.
The Walls of Conviction
Salvation Comes by Submission
If it is not necessary to conform to the will of God, then you are greater than your god, then your god is not a higher power, then you have no divine force to rely on when things turn against you.
The hope of being saved is incompatible with the insistence of doing your own will. Salvation comes by submission.
Stories of Struggle
No one tells the story of the man who never struggled
Who You Really Are
There is who you really are
And there is who you let yourself be
A Part of Yourself Unforged
To refuse to pass through a particular trial,
Is to leave a part of yourself unforged.
The One Thing You Hold Back
The one thing that you would hold back from God,
Is the one thing you must become willing to place upon the altar.
A Slight Change of Idea
A slight change of idea can be the difference between prevailing peace or rolling horrors upon the Earth.
Every great ideology, philosophy, pattern of government, and conception of reality began as a mere idea in the mind of a man. They are but small things, and a man can turn his mind from one idea to another with little consequence. He has but simple thought experiments, ideas of how things could be. And in the simulations of his mind, his ideas may all seem correct, innocent, and only geared to the good of mankind.
But as the idea grows, and leaves the mind, and takes hold of the masses, then it becomes argument, then creed, then party, then nation. And as it grows, so do the consequences, and so some ideas become the foundation for flourishing and joy, and some become the foundation for purge and war.
The Possibility of an Answer
With difficult spiritual questions we sometimes just need to know that an answer is possible, even if we don’t yet know what it is. Shapes and shadowy forms suggest something concrete beyond the veil, and that is enough for man to believe.
A Time for Quiet
If you never have quiet,
You will never hear the things
That don’t make any noise.
Transcended Life
One of the great quests of this life,
Is to find something that matters more to you than life,
Something for which you would give up your life.
For if you do not,
Then you haven’t transcended life.
