Random thoughts

A good source of guidance for teenagers is the television, except that televisions message has always been that the need for truth, wisdom, and faith takes a back seat to the need for a toothpaste that gives you whiter teeth.

The metric system didn't really catch on in the states...unless you count the increasing popularity of the 9 millimeter bullet.

I always tell kids... if you want a new bike, don't pray every night for one...God doesn't normally work that way. What you need to do is steal one, and ask for forgivness.

One time I saw a postcard with the picture of the whole earth on it, taken from space. On the back it said "wish you were here" What the heck is that?

You know which guy should be a multi-millionaire? The guy who decided it was a good idea to make a diagram telling you which way to put the batteries in.

You want to confuse a clothing salesman? Tell them your size is extra medium.

I want to make a sign for the front of our store..."Open 24 hours...but not all in a row, we prefer to pace ourselves"

Have you ever noticed that while driving in trafic anyone who is driving slower than you is an idiot, and anyone driving faster is a maniac? I've noticed.

In my opinion there are 3 types of people...those that look at things, and ask "why?" Those that dream about things that don't exist, and ask "why not?" And then there are those that actually go to work for a living and don't have time for that crap.

There are lots of things that people say are sports...that are not sports. Swimming is not a sport...it is a means for not drowning. That's just common sence.

The majority of people i meet work just hard enough not to get fired, and get paid just enough not to quit.

One thing doesn't always lead to another...sometimes it leads to the same thing. Ask an addict.

You know those people who are so badly mutilated when they die that they can't identify them except for their dental records? My question is, if they don't know who the person is, how do they know which dentist he goes to?

You know the 2 rules of gravity "if you drop a piece of toast it will always land butter side down" and "a cat always lands on their feet" here's an experiment you can try at home, strap a piece of buttered toast to the back of a cat and see what happens!

-just some things to think about

-chuck out

inquisitive

This might be a more serious one, so if you are looking for the usual nonsence and time wasting i normal have on my blog, you might want to skip this one. Or, just look at this picture, and skip the rest.



I've been doing some thinking lately (a dangerous prospect, i know). The problem is, i have more questions than answers. Let me begin with this: A couple of my buddies (probably the only ones who read this blog) have blogs of their own where they write thought proveking things about their current thinking on life, faith ect... I would say that there is nothing wrong with these blogs. I have some of the same thoughts myself. But then where does simple faith come in? If we are so caught up with deep ideas and books about deep and complicated things, is that contrary to the faith that Christ says we are supposed to maintaine as "child-like".



Let me phrase it this way...think of a young child standing at the edge of the pool, looking at his dad, and jumping to him. Child-like faith says a couple really simple things. 1. My dad is in the pool. 2. He says he will catch me when i jump. As far as i can see, those are the only 2 thoughts that cross a childs mind before taking the plunge. A child is not thinking about the best method of jumping to reduce the amount of splash that hit's my dad in the eye, so that he will have a clear view, and make it easier to catch me. He does not think about the depth of the pool, or if the ph is at a safe level. Do you get my point? Is it possible that we as humans hugely overcomplicate things? Could we be way off base by reading all these books, and not focusing our energy on reading the Bible, and talking with God?



Don't get we wrong, I am not saying that God can't speak through other books. I think that you can learn a lot from different peoples perspectives and differnt books. My question is can you not learn the same things from the Bible?



I don't know my point of all this except that recently i'm really being hit with the fact that following Christ is supposed to be simple. Not easy mind you, but simple. It seems to me that throughout the Bible the Isrealittes constantly lose sight of that simplicity. Look at the book of Judges...the basic story is Isrealittes follow God, everything goes pretty good. After some years, they try to add something to God... God + this one idle, or God + trusting in our own power or God + this one sin...then eventually God gets pushed out of the way by whatever it is they are trying to add. God sees it, allows them to be taken over by their enemy's, and they suffer for a little while. Then they cry out to God again, realize their mistake, and God rescuses them. It happens time and time again in judges and throught the Bible.



Now, looking from the outside in, why did God always have to punish them... because they lost their simple reliance upon Him. Time after time. That's a simple answer...then why did they always try to complicate things, and turn from God, if it was so simple to keep that from happening? We look at that story and say "man they were dumb" but doesn't the same thing happen in our lives? That we lose sight of our simple faith, and stray from where God wants us...from where we know we are supposed to be?



All i'm saying is that i think at times I complicate things that are better left alone.



let me know what you think



-chuck