Balthazzar
N. Germanic Descent
Matthew 16:25-26
25 For whosoever will save his life shall lose it: and whosoever will lose his life for my sake shall find it.
26 For what is a man profited, if he shall gain the whole world, and lose his own soul? or what shall a man give in exchange for his soul?
I've spent my entire life saving my life, and in this process, I've lost the life I once knew. My soul is different than when I was 20. I have a very different character, a different purpose, a different sense of duty and obligation, etc. I'm more seasoned now than I was then, and all this came quite naturally. I'm thinking Jesus was simply alluding to a truth associated with life and our experiences and how we change over time. To lose our lives for his sake means what exactly? We repent, change and we hear then do, and this also has the same effect as the natural, so what makes "for Jesus' sake" so special? Why is this any different than the natural?
Is it a matter-of-fact statement associated with allowing him to teach us?
"If being blinded by the lights has come upon your plate, and if the sound of a million voices taunt your fate, remember the value in a name, then consider how you lose it, because it is in that losing that you win what you gain.
If it is the gain you seek, remember how and what you'll be gaining.
Calculate the cost before you choose, and measure from the balance scale. Dipping your toes won't do it, you see, you get in and then get lost.
Bright lights blind and voices carry, and the balance scales determine the fate.
We know the name, and we know our flame."
Ono'Ma - LaChi
Name: Mal, brother (My messenger)
25 For whosoever will save his life shall lose it: and whosoever will lose his life for my sake shall find it.
26 For what is a man profited, if he shall gain the whole world, and lose his own soul? or what shall a man give in exchange for his soul?
I've spent my entire life saving my life, and in this process, I've lost the life I once knew. My soul is different than when I was 20. I have a very different character, a different purpose, a different sense of duty and obligation, etc. I'm more seasoned now than I was then, and all this came quite naturally. I'm thinking Jesus was simply alluding to a truth associated with life and our experiences and how we change over time. To lose our lives for his sake means what exactly? We repent, change and we hear then do, and this also has the same effect as the natural, so what makes "for Jesus' sake" so special? Why is this any different than the natural?
Is it a matter-of-fact statement associated with allowing him to teach us?
"If being blinded by the lights has come upon your plate, and if the sound of a million voices taunt your fate, remember the value in a name, then consider how you lose it, because it is in that losing that you win what you gain.
If it is the gain you seek, remember how and what you'll be gaining.
Calculate the cost before you choose, and measure from the balance scale. Dipping your toes won't do it, you see, you get in and then get lost.
Bright lights blind and voices carry, and the balance scales determine the fate.
We know the name, and we know our flame."
Ono'Ma - LaChi
Name: Mal, brother (My messenger)
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