Christian's Corner: The Loving Idiot and the Hateful Genius

Matters

of 

The Heart

&

The Mind

            Vision is not the author of the truth, neither is hearing. Thought the ear and the eye can receive truth they can also be deceived by lies and illusion. Only by the Spirit of Christ can the truth be verified for from him only is truth born and raised.

                    More than can be explained in a few words is the truth of the matters that involve both the mind and the heart. For instance, which should be most involved in solving a math problem, or to speak a child who has suffered the loss of their immediate family. We come together to figure out the best decisions to make by applying not just our heart, even though the heart measures the fair treatment ratio by considering ourselves in our own desires. But in order to be fully responsible for the advice we give we have to look across the boulevard of similarities through the acknowledgement that we all differ in our opinions and therefore communication is subjective to the individual based on there unique experiences and capacity for understanding in their own range of terms.

                    It takes more than a strong heart and mind to outmaneuver demonic forces in their strike against salvation. It takes the Spirit of God. Without his spirit we would all be doomed. Our own bodies betray us. We can't trust our own understanding of our feelings. It is built into the nature of our feelings to oppose anything that hints to us being inferior. The flesh wants what feels the best to itself, but what comes with it is peril...

It makes no sense to live a life that brings you everything you could ever want and then send you to hell afterwards if you have a choice. Nothing that you've received at that point can be returned in exchange for passage to heaven. -Mark 8:34-37