a quote from one of my own list of most respected people-Charles Colson in his book, "the good life"
"The myth of personal autonomy- of "my point of view, right or wrong," or " my happiness, right or wrong" --is a mere counterfeit of what you and I really want. It substitutes an illusion of self sufficiency for the sustaining reality of nurturing relationships within a community. The good life? We do not experience it in the loneliness of today's fads of self-expression and self-gratification. The good life is found only in loving relationships and community.
But even this, important as it is, doesn't get us to the good life. There's more to it, a matter of the heart, as we see in the life of someone who could be any of us.
"You will always harvest what you plant. Those who live only to satisfy their own sinful nature will harvest decay and death from that sinful nature... Therefore, whenever we have the oppotunity, we should do good to everyone"
Galations 6:7-8,10, NLT
Charles Colson again..
" The good life is made possible when we expose some of the lies of our modern culture-the belief that money and things give us happiness, the seductive notion that we can design our own lives and enjoy unrestrained autonomy. Even when we relize that it is dignity, not riches, that constitutes the good life, when we have our family and community life together and are usefully engaged, we can still find our lives incomplete. Somethng more is needed, something that shakes us out of the comfortable routine of life- a moment of awakening when we question what gives us significance."
**the above is like an answer from heaven. i actually read this after i typed the previous blog. God is so coool.
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