Of the many ways we could define the Divine Matrix, perhaps the simplest is to think of it as being three basic things: (1) the container for the universe to exist within; (2) the bridge between our inner and outer worlds; and (3) the mirror that reflects our everyday thoughts, feelings, emotions, and beliefs.
THE DiViNE MATRIX
BRIDGING TIME, SPACE,
MIRACLES, AND BELIEF
Gregg Braden
EVER WONDER…
Why the sun lightens our hair, but darkens our skin?
Why women can’t put on mascara with their mouth closed?
Why you don’t ever see the headline “Psychic Wins Lottery”?
Why “abbreviated” is such a long word?
Why doctors call what they do “practice”?
Why lemon juice is made with artificial flavor, while dish-washing liquid is made with real lemons?
Why the man who invests all your money is called a broker?
Why there isn’t mouse-flavored cat food? who tastes dog food when it has a “new & improved” flavor?
Why they don’t make the whole plane out of the material used for the indestructible black box ?
Why sheep don’t shrink when it rains?
Why they are called apartments when they are all stuck together?
Why they call the airport “the terminal” if flying is so safe?
Last year I joined a support group for procrastinators but we haven’t met yet.
What makes a natural born citizen any more qualified to lead this country than one born by C-section? Mike Carter
Resume, etc. background
God will never leave = Biblical
As a young Christian, I was always told that God would take His presence away from me when ever I sinned because fellowship was broken; but that is NOT biblical….
Here’s what Jesus and His Word has to say about that….
“I will never leave you”… “I am with you always”… “I do not condemn you”… “You are forgiven”… “Where sin abounds Grace abounds even more”… “Your sins are No Longer counted against you”… “My love keeps no record of your wrong doings”… “And I give you eternal life, and you shall never perish; neither shall anyone snatch you out of My hand.”
Cayce Talbott
Proof that God heals
(A) i can prove God doesn’t heal.
(B) how?
(A) he has never healed me.
(B) have you prayed without ceasing?
(A) well, no.
(B) have you, in all humility, asked him?
(A) not exactly.
(B) what exactly HAVE you done?
(A) nothing. just waiting for God.
(B) God’s part is done.
(B) God created you perfect.
(B) God is on the inside of you.
(B) right now you’re breathing God.
(B) when you see, you’re seeing God.
(B) when you hear, you’re hearing God.
(B) when you love, you’ll see you’re healed.
Secular Language Glitches
HEAR YE !! HEAR YE !!
I put out a “list” of Christian terminology that is undergoing an upgrade. Being a multi-linguist myself (and please don’t tell me they have an ointment for that!), I am painfully aware of secular language glitches that just won’t quit! “I am sure”, It must be” “It has to be” “I know it is” all denote tentativeness, uncertainty! How in the blazes can we ever be sure? Leave out the adjectival phrases altogether, and simply state your case.
Then we need to take into consideration cultural differences. I wanted to thank a guy for his thoughtfulness, and started to write “you’re so sweet”. Then I worried that it might not be perceived like Jonathan Swift’s Sweetness and Light in Nigeria.
Woe is us. Communication is getting more and more complex despite all the shortcuts that telegraphic, internet language and pictographs afford. Haven’t you done the same thing: write – delete – write – delete, and finally go to your gallery and send them a pic instead?
God is not only in you, you’re in him.
Do you think that God is in you
And that you have to contend with
A sometimes nasty, unsympathetic world?
Think again!
God is not only in you – You are in Him.
Acts 17:28 KJV
For in him we live, and move, and have our being; as certain also of your own poets have said, For we are also his offspring. IN HIM, AND IN OUR SPIRITUAL BODIES, WE ARE NOW PERFECT .
Commanding respect
COMMANDING RESPECT
I once followed a pastor
Because his insights were
Most revelatory and new
And he commanded a certain
Kind of respect that drew me
To the safety of his
All-knowing wisdom.
I felt so many illusions
Dissipate from whence they came.
Noticed too that all the precious
Reverence for God and his Son
Was fast departing as well.
Dear friends, don’t get sucked in
To a brand new idol worship.
The Holy Spirit of
Almighty God is capable
Of talking to you quite directly
Up to and until You start
To command respect.
[For my ESL friends: “command respect” generally has a very positive application. However I’m deliberately using it here to denote man’s taking the issue too far, taking it upon himself when it is the purview of God; used like ‘demand’.]
The real you vs. religion
THE REAL YOU VS. RELIGION
Do you ever find a great
big smile come to your face?
For no reason whatsoever?
You want to laugh
or cry tears of joy
or sing or shout?
That’s your awareness of Jesus
inside you, happy as a lark!
Do you ever feel like you
should criticize and condemn
another person for any reason?
THAT’S religion.
The last thing this praying world needs!
Some people have the strangest way
Of worshipping,
Don’t you think?
I mean they jump and shout
And let it all out!
Well, they prolly think me strange too
What with my tongues and communing.
I guess maybe being critical
Is just about the last thing
This praying world needs!