Perceptions and Translations
It’s getting more challenging these days to decipher truth from fiction. More recently, artificial intelligence has really changed how we perceive the world views. Sometimes it’s exhausting. I’m a reader now, I haven’t always been. I’ll stumble across an article and as I’m reading it the author has drawn me in. Sometimes I’m apt to share it, mostly to my children and because they are well read, they will inform me that I might want to fact check what I’ve read. Snopes is a go to for me and after checking, sometimes I’m disappointed that I’ve been mislead by fiction.
I’m the first to admit that I live in a bubble. I’m not always on top of the current events of the world. A lot has to do with how sometimes media can be downright depressing and I have a spirit who is drawn to light and not darkness. For a long time, our news has been strewn with unrest. This past week alone has been extremely sad. People should be able to express their opinions freely without the threat of being harmed because of their belief system and opinions. I believe that we can agree to disagree. I believe that people should be able to be who they are without the risk of someone who doesn’t conform to them inflicting harm on them. I believe if the perpetrators step across those rights, the offender who harms them should suffer severe consequences for those actions.
As a Christian who studies the Bible, this sometimes is very challenging as there are so many perceptions and translations as to how scripture is perceived. Think about the process of biblical translations throughout the centuries. From the beginning when the authors who were inspired wrote and what they meant in the context, to when they were found and studied and translated by someone else and so on and so forth. As a child, I played that game where a person starts with a phrase and then whispers it to the next person and down the line it goes. When you get to the last person they announce what was originally said and it is most likely not even near to what was originally said. I believe God calls ministers and through the help of Holy Spirit their teachings for a lot of core beliefs are consistent. However, there comes a time when views and perceptions can be skewed by the individuals own ideas and thoughts. Throughout Jesus’s ministry, He was constantly approaching the biblical leaders and correcting what belief systems they were displaying and teaching to others. This is an area where I have to be careful, because sometimes the message they give seems like they are spot on, until I study what was provided and sometimes things have been taken out of context. I may not agree with all those who profess to be carriers of truth, but I believe they are amazing in their dedication to what they believe. I take from them what I believe works with my belief system and bless them in their journeys.
The same goes for individuals in their political views. Why do we get so offended by someone who doesn’t think like us? Sometimes it can be from a person who we love and highly respect. Sometimes it comes from someone who we disagree with entirely. Here is what I do, I look beyond their opinions and focus or learn about them as a person living life. What commonality do they have with me? Are they a parent, do they love music, do they have a sense of humor or have they done any good in the world outside their political views that we can agree to disagree with?
Life is fluid and forever changing along with belief systems. We’ve seen changes in our environment. We’ve seen changes such as young girls at thirteen who once looked like little girls when I was growing up, who now look like twenty year olds. Call it sin, call it environmental morphing, call it evolution, but I can assure you the DNA structure of the pure godly creation of Adam and Eve — the early beginnings of man, is truly not structured the same. Let’s quit calling those people who are somewhat different than what humanity considers the norm as flawed. We are all flawed in one way another. For Christians, why do you think Jesus paid the price for our sins? We became flawed and destined to death!! Instead, let God be our judge. I believe in the Bible and it states that the greatest commandment of all is to LOVE!! Love God with all your heart, love your enemies, love your neighbor, love your families, love those who are different and love those who you agree to disagree with. Remember, you nor I are in control of anything or anyone. God controls and owns everything. Our responsibility is to be good stewards to what we have been given or are a part of and that includes each other. I have read that by our actions, we can become stumbling blocks for others who are watching our example. I want to exude positivity, kindness and love.
Even in my trauma of my past, I may have removed the toxic individuals who caused me harm out of my inner circle, but I still love them.
1 John 4:7 - " Beloved, let us love one another, for love is of God; and everyone who loves is born of God and knows God."
Divine Author and Spiritual Understanding (AI Generated)
Revelation 22:18-19 - "For I testify to everyone who hears the words of the prophecy of this book: If anyone adds to these things, God will add to him the plagues that are written in this book; and if anyone takes away from the words of the book of this prophecy, God shall take away his part from the Book of Life, from the holy city, and from the things which are written in this book."
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