"If the highest good,

is only the provision of everyone's

basic physical needs;

then the individual's pursuit

of aesthetic beauty

becomes one of the greatest evils."

Exactly at what point do our "needs" end and the "superfluous" begin? There is both an "absolute" and "relative" dynamic to both - particularly as they relate to the responsibility to the individual; as well as responsible economics. If I live strictly according to my basic needs, and give what I would have spent to the "needy;" then those who were employed because of the "superfluous" now become the "needy".

Wisdom in the Crucible

So Many Of The Great Challenges Within Our Life,

Are All About Navigating The "Kinds" Of Choices
That We Need To Make,

When The Assumptions That We Bring To Life,

Never Come To Pass..."

(rsg 7/23/2010)

Do not forsake wisdom and she will protect you;
Love her and she will watch over you.
Proverbs 4:6

Those Who Habitually

Jump To Conclusions


Habitually Reveal

Some Inner Fear

(rsg 07/12/2010)

Confession

True Confession Before Christ

Necessarily Means Embracing The Kind of Inner Honesty

For Which Eternal Separation Becomes

Not Only A Vivid Possibility,

But A "JUST" One As Well.

On The Other Hand,

The ABILITY To Truly Confess

Also Necessarily Means That The Confessor

Is Now Bathed and Swathed

In The Surpassing Grace Of A Loving God.