Holding on to two things

 

Holding on to two things

Both hands full

How can we obtain one thing when we are looking and pursuing two things?

That is doublemindedness

This is an instability that has to be resolved if we are ever to see the truth

We want devotion but we refuse to be fully devoted

We want love but we refuse to be single minded and we have our hands in all sorts of pots

Wishing something will manifest

But nothing will until we are fully committed to one

We think we can swing between light and darkness and see clearly

We fool ourselves

If we love vice, vice is what we will get

If we love righteousness, righteousness is what we will get

The path is clear

We know what needs done

There is no secret

It is us that falls between deception and fantasy

If we desire love

We must love

 If we desire commitment

We must be committed

If we want our hearts content

We must forsake the lies and look to the truth

Behold the light

Stop fooling ourselves

Pure water cannot come from a corrupt well

Clean water only comes from a pure well

To believe otherwise is a fool’s game

We hide what we know to be wrong and foolishly think we are clever

But it is visible, and nothing can stay hidden

We expose our own darkness to see the light

There is no shame in growth and an admission to the truth and our own errors

No one is without error

No one can see clearly, perfectly

No one has the height of thought equal to God

We are finite

He is infinite

We are arrogant

He is omnipotent

But in the heart of man lies a reality of God

Above the noise this world produces

Above the voices and traditions, we are taught

God does not create tradition that rests on the shoulders of man

The seedling springs forth at the command of God

He needs no help from man

But man believes himself to have power, yet he cannot even control his own heart, he has no power over the blood that flows through his veins or the breath that undulates through his lungs

All power belongs to God

And to submit to that power our lives find meaning

Our lives will experience love, peace, and joy

There is no other way

If both hands be full let it be to the praise of God, heart undivided

but let not the mind travail with man for too long least you find yourself being led by a fool

it is what is within the heart of man that corrupts not without