It's often easier to escape reality...

It’s often easier to escape reality… because…

It means…

I don’t have to face the facts…

What I don’t know doesn’t affect me…

Children suffering on the other side of the world mean’s nothing to me…

Why should I care?

You see, it’s just often easier to just escape reality… sit on the couch… and just escape.

I heard it said that religion was the opiate of the masses, but I say we’ve missed the point!

Televisions

And

Couches,

These are the ‘opiates’ of our time.

It goes without saying that religion is no longer a dominant factor in mainstream society.

Tv’s, computers, fashion…

Images.

Images.

And more images.

These are the dominant factors of our society.

Because,

It’s

Just

Easier to escape reality…

We long for deeper relationships.

We want to make something of our existence.

We want to be good citizens, active members of our community.

We want the best for those closest to us.

These are legitimate ‘wants’, these are want’s that long to express that thing inside us that tells us to live.

We want to live.

Yet!

We consume,

We oppress,

We exploit,

We ignore the very fabric and pattern of life that enables us to live.

We fail to see that the very things we consume stop us from attaining these legitimate ‘wants’.

We fail to see that the very things we are told that are meant to bring us happiness and fulfilments are the same things that drive us apart.

This is the irony of technology.

This is the irony of televisions.

It is also the irony of social networks.

It is even the irony of this blog.

In that I am trying my best to connect you with my ideas, my thoughts and my feelings. And instead of being able, as I would if we personally spoke face-to-face, to see your reaction, hear your voice and to feel your physical presence with me in a space.

We are now

Limited

By one sense,

The one that we need to read.

By words that convey limited meaning and,

Express

NO

EMOTION. [still not sure about this bit :D]

If this is the only way that we communicate we will only experience intimacy to certain degree.

And,

NO

MATTER

HOW

MUCH

We find out about each other our relationship will not be real.

Because, even though we know what we ‘want’ and need,

We

STILL

Escape Reality…

[Just a little disclaimer: The post is both an exploration of 'space'and also a journey in finding out what, "The Medium is the Message" means. IT JUST AN EXPLORATION :D <3]

Love's New Reign [Spread the love like marmalade]

You call me crazy
Our worlds cascaded
Life’s not arrived
Till Love’s new world has invaded.

Broken lives, and
Pumping fists
Even Love’s new reign
Is enacted in this.

Faith, hope and love
Ingredients brewing to be made
The recipe’s sweet taste, to
Spread the love like marmalade.

The power of the Spirit...

"The Spirit of the Lord is on me,
because he has anointed me
to preach good news to the poor.
He has sent me to proclaim freedom for the prisoners
and recovery of sight for the blind,
to release the oppressed,
to proclaim the year of the Lord's favor." (Luke 4:18-19)

Jesus continually moved in the power of the Spirit. Sometimes it would truly be ‘powerful’, like when he healed people and told blind men and women to see and lame women and men to walk. Other times it was really subtle, like when he called young children to sit by him and he said things like, “Whoever becomes like a child will know what the kingdom of God is like”.

Then there were times when he was really, really subtle and he’d say, ‘Do you see the lilies in the field, even they possess the wonder and beauty of the Creator!’ Jesus, I believe, was aware of the significance of living every moment as though it were drenched in the presence, creativity and beauty of God.

Imagine what it would be like if you were aware of the significance of living every moment as though it were drenched in the presence, creativity and beauty of God. Imagine your conversation’s with friends at work.

I know it’s just an imagination exercise, but how would you describe the feelings and thoughts that accompany this awareness of the divine?

How is this different from the real world you live in?

Are your eyes open to the beauty of the creator in everything you do?

What is the biggest thing stopping you from being freely missional? What is the thing that stops you from being able to say, ‘My life is my mission’?

AndyC