Hello my dear friends,
I know I've posted it before, but I wrote a song years ago about the estrangement I so often experience from living in this world. I know you feel it, too. Here are those lyrics:
I Don't Belong
My feet can't settle in this place, the ground keeps shifting with each step
Fatal sinkholes leave no trace, desire to catch me in their trap
My eyes grow tired from the strain, for what I see, I can't believe
My ears grow weary once again, the things they hear seek to deceive
Though I see that many walk as if this was their home . . . I don't belong
Don't wanna be here any more, don't wanna leave before my time
Which do I choose, which am I for? The conflict grows within my mind
Born from outside of this earth, I walk this alien terrain
When I forget my place of birth . . . I'm temporarily insane
Though I see that many walk as if this was their home . . . I don't belong
I thought maybe some of you might be encouraged to post some of your own thoughts and feelings in this thread. :)
Jim
especially my favorites:
"My feet can't settle in this place, the ground keeps shifting with each step
Fatal sinkholes leave no trace, desire to catch me in their trap
My eyes grow tired from the strain, for what I see, I can't believe
My ears grow weary once again, the things they hear seek to deceive"
what brought this to your mind to post it? any-thing or things in particular?
You know, It is a GREAT thing that we feel we don't belong. It is LIFE and it is marvelous.
For the 'don't belong' of the world is only death.
Love,'
Adam
that psychiatrists might have a drug and even an institution for that!
(an attempt at humor) 
Yes, Jim...I have felt this way so many, many times. I can't even remember how many times in the last few years, I cried out, "I don't want to live here anymore!" The groanings have been felt very deeply at times. The contrast of living 'in this world' and not being 'of this world' is felt so much more it seems these days than I have ever experienced it. The flesh is constantly warring against the Spirit. I was talking to someone the other night who said, "I don't want to hear the negative anymore!" I understand that. The truly good and reliable news is found in our Life in Christ. The source of Newness and Life is found in Him. Alot of people don't get this! We livein a totally new creation and Mind!
And it's so TRUE, that the mind of the world is insane! I count on "God has not given me a spirit of fear, but of power and of love and of a sound mind!" Fear, unsettledness and unrest is everywhere! I don't give alot of time to the weather these days, except to know 'what' I need to wear as 'outer' wear from day to day, lol. But you all know how dramatic it is, what damage and loss of life it's causing.
I'll be honest, there isn't a whole lot I can watch on T.V. It's yucky! I do realize I can be a little more sensitive than some, but even Dave, who is 'less' sensitive is finding less and less to watch. The world shouts at every turn. My rock is Christ, my life is in Him, I am so thankful to know this, to be within this realm of living!
I'm probably doing the best as I have doing, lately, as I am finding and living in a little 'nest' of my own, but I'm quite aware of what's happening out 'there', and the Peace of Christ, in the Mind of Christ is precious! The LIFE as Adam said, IS the contrast to the 'other' realm. Again, I thank God for THAT Mind! My body and emotions 'feel' very unsettled at times, but within, within the place of my Union with Him, it's solid and it's real!
Christ in you, the hope!
That's a good question. I think it's a little bit of everything. It's huge! The ugliness of the world will pop its head out through certain individuals from time to time, but the longer I live the more I recognize how I'm witnessing little pieces of the ugly monster. When I was younger, I thought I had to search it out in order to find it, but slowly it became so obvious. The spirit of this world has always driven those who belong to it, and I realize that its all around me all the time infecting everything with its poison.
I thank my God that he is constantly being made known to me in the midst of it all. We are indeed being renewed constantly in the midst of this dying world.
Love, Jim
I have determined to know nothing among you except Christ, and him crucified!
For sure, my dear Adam! The spirit of Christ within us shows itself all the more clearly, all the more marvelously alive through it all. :)
Jim
I have determined to know nothing among you except Christ, and him crucified!
I often recall the following scene from The Princess Bride:
Westley: Hear this now: I will always come for you.
Buttercup: But how can you be sure?
Westley: This is true love - you think this happens every day?
How often have we assumed that others understand this life just because we do? Yeah, I think I've projected my own desires regarding this life upon quite a few when in fact there was no connection whatsoever. I think I've also projected my assumptions that some could not have witnessed together in this life of the spirit because of some technical detail. Such folly to assume. His life blows apart such barriers and assumptions. And I am so glad for that.
Love, Jim
I have determined to know nothing among you except Christ, and him crucified!
Yeah ... really! They think they can bottle it and sell it, don't they?
I have determined to know nothing among you except Christ, and him crucified!
great poem/lyrics. It's amazing to me actually. Sometimes I think I'm the only one who has "no grounding" in this world. Everyone else seems so successful, or success-ridden (term I coined), and I'm left in the worst circumstances imaginable...at least when viewed from THEIR perspective. Because from God's, I'm right there with Him, in Him, and no where else. I thank God that I've been living so miserably lately in the flesh because Christ keeps showing me where I really am, who i really am, heheh.
- justin
Hello my friend,
It is good to know that we have much more in common than we ever imagined, isn't it? Yes, for all our imaginations, we are truly no where other than in Christ!! :)
Jim
I have determined to know nothing among you except Christ, and him crucified!
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