Once upon a time America was a Country I dreamed to be in, just coming into the Country was a dream come true. I was so smitten by the Country I wanted to speak like an American, walk like an American and even dress like one. That was then, back then.
Now in 2011 I do not want to be a part of item, I really want my distance away from the Country I once loved. The leaders are so divided, the people call each other names and look at each other through partizan eyes. No-one trusts anyone, neighbors have abandoned each other and do not care about each other. America seems to be on the down hill and if it does not turn around it will crush and burn. Greece was a failure, America will be like a Goliath falling and the crush will be heavy and will hurt if America does not come together fast.
No one party has solutions and should even think that they can go at it alone.
Saturday, August 20, 2011
Saturday, August 6, 2011
Context is Important
Context is very important, it is the base of a good understanding. I am a Christian to the core, I was born and raised in a Christian family and I do know how us Christians love to quote the half of scriptures that appeal to our positions. I have heard, seen and been around people who read the part that addresses what they want and not go further to the part that does not support their position.
When we read, be it scripture, novels, articles and yes even blogs as this one, it is very important to get the full context of what the writer meant rather than what we want him or her to mean. It is not beneficial to read half a sentence and stop before you reach the period in that paragraph. Imagine getting half instructions on a matter of importance, what would it benefit you?
The biggest story in the Bible that has been read in part and not as it was intended is the story of Ruth & Boaz. Wedding vows are centred on Ruth and Naomi, some take the Ruth Boaz relationship just around the part they met and that is all the concentrate on. It is a full wholesome story which needs everyone to understand it for what it is and how it is supposed to be delivered.
Boaz did not find Ruth where she was supposed to be, he found her where she wanted to be. Ruth had made very deliberate choice to stay with her mother-in-law when her husband had passed away, she clung to Naomi and I would want to think that she clung to her for two reasons. The first being that Naomi was now alone and the second in that she had seen something in Naomi that made her want to stay with her no matter what the situation was.
In Ruth 1 v 16 & 17 it reads
But Ruth said:
“ Entreat me not to leave you,
Or to turn back from following after you;
For wherever you go, I will go;
And wherever you lodge, I will lodge;
Your people shall be my people,
And your God, my God.
Where you die, I will die,
And there will I be buried.
The LORD do so to me, and more also,
If anything but death parts you and me.”
This tells me that she wanted to cling to Naomi, she had made a choice and was sticking to it. Immediately following this when they had returned to Naomi’s people, Ruth Chapter 2 vs 1 & 2 read
1 There was a relative of Naomi’s husband, a man of great wealth, of the family of Elimelech. His name was Boaz.
2 So Ruth the Moabitess said to Naomi, “Please let me go to the field, and glean heads of grain after him in whose sight I may find favour.”
And she said to her, “Go, my daughter.”
3 Then she left, and went and gleaned in the field after the reapers. And she happened to come to the part of the field belonging to Boaz, who was of the family of Elimelech.
Ruth was not compelled to go to the field, she made a choice and her choice ashed a new season in her life. She wanted to be in the field, she was not summoned, forced or manipulated to be in the field but made an effort herself, she had no idea whose field she would be working but just went.
Lastly I would want to think that Ruth was a friend of the bathroom, well groomed, clean and pleasant to look at. Boaz was attracted to her, she stood out amongst all who were in the field such that Boaz had to ask after her. Context is very important, get it always.
When we read, be it scripture, novels, articles and yes even blogs as this one, it is very important to get the full context of what the writer meant rather than what we want him or her to mean. It is not beneficial to read half a sentence and stop before you reach the period in that paragraph. Imagine getting half instructions on a matter of importance, what would it benefit you?
The biggest story in the Bible that has been read in part and not as it was intended is the story of Ruth & Boaz. Wedding vows are centred on Ruth and Naomi, some take the Ruth Boaz relationship just around the part they met and that is all the concentrate on. It is a full wholesome story which needs everyone to understand it for what it is and how it is supposed to be delivered.
Boaz did not find Ruth where she was supposed to be, he found her where she wanted to be. Ruth had made very deliberate choice to stay with her mother-in-law when her husband had passed away, she clung to Naomi and I would want to think that she clung to her for two reasons. The first being that Naomi was now alone and the second in that she had seen something in Naomi that made her want to stay with her no matter what the situation was.
In Ruth 1 v 16 & 17 it reads
But Ruth said:
“ Entreat me not to leave you,
Or to turn back from following after you;
For wherever you go, I will go;
And wherever you lodge, I will lodge;
Your people shall be my people,
And your God, my God.
Where you die, I will die,
And there will I be buried.
The LORD do so to me, and more also,
If anything but death parts you and me.”
This tells me that she wanted to cling to Naomi, she had made a choice and was sticking to it. Immediately following this when they had returned to Naomi’s people, Ruth Chapter 2 vs 1 & 2 read
1 There was a relative of Naomi’s husband, a man of great wealth, of the family of Elimelech. His name was Boaz.
2 So Ruth the Moabitess said to Naomi, “Please let me go to the field, and glean heads of grain after him in whose sight I may find favour.”
And she said to her, “Go, my daughter.”
3 Then she left, and went and gleaned in the field after the reapers. And she happened to come to the part of the field belonging to Boaz, who was of the family of Elimelech.
Ruth was not compelled to go to the field, she made a choice and her choice ashed a new season in her life. She wanted to be in the field, she was not summoned, forced or manipulated to be in the field but made an effort herself, she had no idea whose field she would be working but just went.
Lastly I would want to think that Ruth was a friend of the bathroom, well groomed, clean and pleasant to look at. Boaz was attracted to her, she stood out amongst all who were in the field such that Boaz had to ask after her. Context is very important, get it always.
Friday, August 5, 2011
The Process is important for a good outcome
My dad always told me that when I have a flawed thought process then the outcome will have distorted results. Your results for anything in life are tied to how you address and approach that particular situation.
In dating, the approach you use to find a girl will determine how and what results you get in terms of your marriage. You cannot wonder how your marriage failed when you picked a girl from the bar when you were drunk and the girl was as good as naked and you cannot recall how you ended in bed. You have to have a deliberate process that you go through in reaching a conclusion or answers to the issues and challenges in life.
The Process is not static, it is not written in stone that it cannot be changed, no. It is a series of things that you do or go through in order to achieve a desired outcome. When I have to make a decision on a matter about my son I ask myself what the issue is, how will it affect my son, how it will affect the family and how many options I have as a solution.I use this process always, sometimes I can change a few things in that thought process but the frame of the process remains the same.
The process is important for a good outcome, a good process will always give a delightful outcome and a bad or flawed process will bring less desirable result. think seriously on how you approach situation and what process you use, you results are tied to that process.
In dating, the approach you use to find a girl will determine how and what results you get in terms of your marriage. You cannot wonder how your marriage failed when you picked a girl from the bar when you were drunk and the girl was as good as naked and you cannot recall how you ended in bed. You have to have a deliberate process that you go through in reaching a conclusion or answers to the issues and challenges in life.
The Process is not static, it is not written in stone that it cannot be changed, no. It is a series of things that you do or go through in order to achieve a desired outcome. When I have to make a decision on a matter about my son I ask myself what the issue is, how will it affect my son, how it will affect the family and how many options I have as a solution.I use this process always, sometimes I can change a few things in that thought process but the frame of the process remains the same.
The process is important for a good outcome, a good process will always give a delightful outcome and a bad or flawed process will bring less desirable result. think seriously on how you approach situation and what process you use, you results are tied to that process.
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