The story...
I can't get no satisfaction trying to please me - it's impossible. Worse yet, on my own, my efforts to be a good boy leave me insecure when facing rejection, inevitable suffering, and death. I can't get no satisfaction on my own - it's like tugging around a ball and chain made out of self.
Life would be better if I was okay with me, more openly and honestly relating to other people - bearing the type of fruit that comes from abiding in Christ: love, joy, peace, patience, kindness, goodness, faithfulness, gentleness, and self-control. Scripture says they happen as we trust in Christ and abide in Him too.
Abiding in Christ means a position and a transforming-metamorphosized relationship that includes communication. We can never fully understand the trinity of God; yet, the gospel of John says that God the Father speaks messages to the Son of God; the Son speaks the messages to the Holy Spirit; and the Holy Spirit indwells and speaks to those in Christ. Those in Christ pray to the Father in the Son's name - Christ is our mediator. Prayer and meditation keeps us close to God in a right relationship that can free us from the bondage of self today.
February 29th, we'll see you in another four years if God so wills. Let's keep the communication flowing - we need each other.
"Stuck in a box; Built over time - Cold and lonely; It's all mine." Am I a Poet?
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