Updated: And It's Still A Mystery
We stand today on the brink of the threat of nuclear war. It seems the world has gone mad. And it has. Most are clueless as to the reason why. We tend to blame our nation's stupid and foolish leadership for getting us into this mess. But they are the effect, not the cause. The reason for this predicament lies within each of us. We are to blame. For we have as a people, and as individuals forsaken the love of the truth of the word of God. Many, if not most, will scoff at this statement, but while this truth can be ignored, it cannot be dismissed. For the truth of the word of God stands regardless of what we believe.
The apostle Paul told first century Christians regarding this end time, "... with all unrighteous deceitfulness [evil lying] among those who perish [including both the secular and theological, it reads in Dan. 12, "... and there shall be a time of trouble, such as never was since there was a nation." And in Mark 13, "And except that the Lord had shortened those days, no flesh should be saved ...."], because they did not receive the love of the truth, that they might be saved. And for this reason God will send them strong delusion, that they should believe the lies, that they all may be damned who did not believe the truth but had pleasure in unrighteousness." For those who walk a Godly path in life, "... God from the beginning chose you for salvation through sanctification by the Spirit and belief in the truth." [2 Ths. 2:10-13]. Yet, because of our ignorance of the truth of the word of God, what is about to take place, and why it is happening to us remains a mystery. [See Paul Was An Apostle To The House Of Israel, Not The Gentiles, footnote 1].
"We keep moving forward, opening new doors, and doing new things, because we're curious and curiosity keeps leading us down new paths."
"Curiosity about life in all of its aspects, I think, is still the secret of great creative people."
"Those with less curiosity or ambition just mumble that God works in mysterious ways. I intend to catch him in the act."
"Be less curious about people and more curious about ideas."
"Curiosity is the one thing invincible in Nature."
"Be curious always! For knowledge will not acquire you; you must acquire it."
"Perhaps the greatest virtue of man is curiosity."
"There are no foolish questions, and no man becomes a fool until he has stopped asking questions."
"I think I benefited from being equal parts ambitious and curious. And of the two, curiosity has served me best."
"Without curiosity, one does not think."
"Curiosity sets us apart from the average lump of dirt."
"Curiosity without action is like a boat without water."
"Curiosity is one of the great secrets of happiness."
"The cure for boredom is curiosity. There is no cure for curiosity."
"It is a capital mistake to theorize in advance of the facts."
"Satisfaction of one's curiosity is one of the greatest sources of happiness in life."
"People die when curiosity goes."
"Be curious. And however difficult life may seem, there is always something you can do and succeed at. It matters that you don't just give up."
"Think for yourselves and let others enjoy the privilege to do so too."
"The whole art of teaching is only the art of awakening the natural curiosity of the young mind for the purpose of satisfying it afterwards."
"A person without curiosity may as well be dead."
"Curiosity is an eager desire to know, or learn about something."
"Curiosity has its own reason for existing. One cannot help but be in awe when one contemplates the mysteries of eternity. Never lose a holy curiosity."
"A sense of curiosity is nature's original school of education."
"Curiosity will conquer fear even more than bravery will."
"Why am I so curious? I don’t know. But I’ll find out."
"People say: idle curiosity. The one thing that curiosity cannot be is idle."
"When holy curiosity is driven by passion, and critical thinking by perseverance, wisdom and truth emerge."
"Seize the moment of excited curiosity on any subject to solve your doubts; for if you let it pass, the desire may never return, and you may remain in ignorance."
"I have no special talents. I am only passionately curious."
"Curiosity is the deepest connection that we have with knowledge, wisdom and life. Incuriosity is cutting all these connections."
"Socrates told us, 'the unexamined life is not worth living.' I think he's calling for curiosity, more than knowledge. In every human society at all times and at all levels, the curious are at the leading edge."
"Learning is by nature curiosity ... prying into everything, reluctant to leave anything, material or immaterial, unexplained."
"Knowledge is not rooted in facts; it is rooted in curiosity."
"One of the secrets of life is to keep our intellectual curiosity acute."
"If we had known everything in this universe, we would have had to find another universe to feed our curiosity, because what keeps man alive is curiosity!"
"There are more things in Heaven and Earth, Horatio, than are dreamt of in your philosophy."
"It is a miracle that curiosity survives formal education."
"The spark of curiosity ignites passion in great minds."
"Curiosity is, in great and generous minds, the first passion and the last."
"Listen with curiosity. Speak with honesty. Act with integrity."
"Curiosity is the very basis of education and if you tell me that curiosity killed the cat, I say only the cat died nobly."
"He wrote as a young man that God's noblest gift was the gift of an inquiring mind."
"Curiosity is one of the permanent and certain characteristics of a vigorous mind."
"Curiosity is the ultimate power tool."
Book Excerpts
The duality of the Day of Atonement [Yom Kippur],1 both of the old covenant, the flesh, and the new covenant, the Spirit, are referred to in the New Testament Book of Acts. “But those things, which God before had showed by the mouth of all his prophets, that Christ should suffer, he has so fulfilled. Repent, therefore, and be converted, that your sins may be blotted out, when the times of refreshing shall come from the presence of the Lord; and he shall send Jesus Christ [the second time] which before was preached of you …." [quote from the apostle Peter, Acts 3:18-20].
Sneakers
When we get right down to it, what is life on this planet all about? How you ever asked yourself, "What is the meaning of life? " If your answer wasn't a bit more contemplative than, "A Monty Python movie," that may explain a lot about our world's current situation. If we boil things down to the bare minimum, we are left with the fact that there are two kinds of stuff in life … the disappearing stuff and the everlasting stuff. Or put another way, the wrong stuff and the right stuff. The big picture of Life is all about which stuff we spend our time going after that gives us meaning in our daily lives.