Modern Terms of Christianity

[Thruve]

Very often I hear terms in Christianity that are used to symbolize different ideas and events in the life of a Christian, if not for every soul on this earth. The terms include the following: Fire, Ashes, storm, tides, waves, rain, seed(s), etc. from pastors, to Christian songs, to individual interpretations, I find that many have different understandings of the terms, especially by how they each have affected their lives. It's quite easy to understand their purpose in comparison to our lives because of their purpose in the natural world, atleast for me, but I've found many Christians perceive the terms differently. Therefore I'm curious as how some of you perceive these terms, more specifically how they've affected your life.

For example fire. I find my desires often burn, or in other words, I'll acquire something I've desired for quite some time, often something I've suffered for, then out of no where " the devil like a thief in the night", takes it away, seemingly becoming lost to me. I then burn for it, then after the desire becomes ash, or in other words Ive been left no choice but to force myself to slowly let go, I find seeds, or in other words- healthier desires, had been planted within me. Some other Christians I've known interpret fire in a different way, but rather as a symbol of life within ones soul, but at the same time don't perceive it as something that burns anything, such as desires that leave you eternal things.

Your interpretations of the terms?

 

[Thruve]

Aww booooooo. Giggity

 

[savagewind]

You seem to have a poet's mind. I don't. I don't think about those things.

 

[Thruve]

You seem to have a poet's mind. I don't. I don't think about those things.

You don't find coincidence interesting to ponder over? Such terms are directly associated to the coincidences I find in my life. Too coincidental to not point up.
Alright then. Guess this topics null lol

/shoots topic

 

[savagewind]

You don't find coincidence interesting to ponder over? Such terms are directly associated to the coincidences I find in my life. Too coincidental to not point up.
Alright then. Guess this topics null lol

/shoots topic

LOL there are other people here but don't expect much. It might be that you have presented too many options to talk about.

I know about storms.

 

[Thruve]

LOL there are other people here but don't expect much. It might be that you have presented too many options to talk about.

I know about storms.

May you elaborate on storms then?
Mine is in my sig lol

 

[savagewind]

May you elaborate on storms then?
Mine is in my sig lol

Storms cause people to use all their brain power to brave the storm. There is no playing. There is no listening to anything except news of the storm. (Some) Bible believers are preoccupied with storm preparation. But not all Bible believers. I am one but I think some storms that they are waiting for have already come and gone.

 

[Thruve]

Storms cause people to use all their brain power to brave the storm. There is no playing. There is no listening to anything except news of the storm. (Some) Bible believers are preoccupied with storm preparation. But not all Bible believers. I am one but I think some storms that they are waiting for have already come and gone.

Signs of the coming storm are the days filled with utter peace, light, and sunshine that's so bright it speaks out from the soul. One could describe such days as being the happiest that they have ever been, however any individual who's been through the storm before- knows these are the days to embrace because soon a storm will roll in, and those days of light are the only days they will have to adhere too, to find strength from, and to find hope from, among'st the coming waves that lie ahead.
First, a breeze rolls in, or rather a whisper that something is going to be taken from you, and often tells you whats to come, as merely just a thought out of nowhere, but a thought to which you always remember. It whispers to be strong. Then Amidst the night where the clouds begin rolling in, you begin to hear the crackles of thunder via far, or rather the fury of the heavens over the sins and choices you've committed through the breeze as whispers inside your head, all to which were not covered by heavens grace. When the next day arrives, you find something thats been stolen from you (Desire,Person, material, etc).
At first, the fear begins to settle in that you may never again have or find the very thing that's been stolen from you. The thought in its'self is the first wave the storm brought in, yet little did you know that it would soon begin to rain. Little did you know there'd be thousands of more waves to overcome.
As the rain begins to pour, or rather, "Karma", "You reap what you sow", etc, you begin to realize the winds of the storm are constantly blowing against you. They fight you. You want to psychologically push to search for what it is you so desired or want to find, where the wind on the other hand pushes you from taking just a few steps in the direction your heading.
All the while waves keep pouring in, along with the tide. Your exhausted from fighting the waves, and your exhausted from fighting the current brought in with the tide that so desires to drag you out to sea from off the ground to which you once stood ( or rather the ground you stood on with what it was you had before it was stolen from you ).
Days pass, even years for some, and one finally meets the eye. The eye is where the winds have stopped, and the mind is finally subtle and quiet. The rain has stopped pouring, and therefore one can see clearly. The eye is a place of rest, but little do you know that the winds are about to change direction, and once the edges of inner storm begin to roll in, your bent entirely backwards (psychologically).
The changing winds push you in the direction you psychologically first desired to go in order to find what was stolen from you. For some reason, on the other hand, like a tree bent in one direction, you psychologically have unknowingly been conditioned from pain and suffering, from exhaustion, etc, to not go with the wind. Your halfway there, you tell yourself, why embrace the direction of the wind when I spent so long fighting it. Therefore, you fight again'st it once again. Often, you lose your firm grip, and you get pushed forwards, but instinctively, know to fight back.
The rest I cannot describe for personal reasons, and those who know exactly what Im talking about, would also agree I go no further. =)