Here's my advice to you (not that i have the authority on the subject).. NEVER cease learning and thinking.. Never stop creating and renewing.. You are what you say are, and you can do what you say you can do.. You can do all things through Christ who GIVES (not gave) you strength..
Right now i'm currently reading 4 different books, and that's only because i don't have the money to buy any more at this point.. Don't ever think that you are caught up and know everything there is to know on a present subject.. You can learn from anyone, especially an accomplished author.. So keep reading, keep learning, keep evolving, keep thinking about the world that you live in.. because the creator of that world never stops thinking about you.. In Jesus' ministry, he never stopped evolving.. He understood where he was and understood that he needed to reach the people where they were.. He used the culture around him to reach out to people.. Paul quoted poets, secular authors, and plays to reach people.. The scriptures also say that He makes ALL THINGS NEW, not NEW THINGS, but ALL THINGS NEW.. God never ceases moving, evolving, and creating..
On the opposite side of things, don't take everything that one person says and gobble it up and make that person a god.. My father, who is a very educated and brilliant man, has always told me to "eat the meat and spit out the bones".. Take what you want, do what you will with it, and then be done.. Don't dwell on it.. That's how people become stagnant and dead.. (do a study on the Dead Sea and you'll see exactly what i mean).. I'll leave you with this....
"Learning is not attained by chance, it must be sought for with ardor and attended to with diligence."
-Abigail Adams (1780)
- J5
Good job and well said! (Especially the part about the brilliant father!)
ReplyDeleteProud of you bud!
This is so good 5!
ReplyDeleteNicely done...only a person with true wisdom can come up with these words bro!