I was listening to the song by, 'Belief' by John Mayer. These lines made me think about my own belief:
"We're never gonna win the world
We're never gonna stop the war
We're never gonna beat this
If belief is what we're fighting for"
Is it only belief we should be doing? Should we fully rely on just 'believing'?
I feel that being able to act upon our beliefs and put them into practise is fundamental to any belief. It's okay to believe in something but to act upon it is completely different. For example:
Jimmy believes he should always take the dog for a walk every day. He tells you this. You observe him closely for a week. He does it every other day. He is therefore, not practising what he believes. Not fully, anyway.
So, do we question what we believe in very often? Do we act upon them? I'm not saying for one minute that I do. No-one, I feel, is perfect.
We can fall into the trap of believing in something and hoping that will be all right by just this one sense of believing. Acting upon this belief is the next step! Does this make it more 'believable' for others?
These are just a few thoughts I had on 'Belief' which I am sure you can probably see what area I'm 'directing' this towards. As I said, no one is perfect!
Take a listen to John Mayer's amazing song - Belief
Any thoughts or comments would be appreciated!
Thanks and God Bless
Ollie~
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As a Christian, I find it hard to come to terms with the justification and with the death/murder of anyone, whether they are a Hindu, a terrorist, a morally good Atheist, a clergyman etc..; any death of any kind, from my point of view, is a sad and dreadful occurrence. I'm sure I'm not alone in this view but I know some people will see this death as justification for the murder of nearly 3,000 US Citizens in the 9/11 attacks and the attacks in London which killed 56 British Citizens (Source: Wikipedia) and many more in countless other attacks. But is death of another going to solve anything, let alone be justification?
'Bearing with one another and, if one has a complaint against another, forgiving each other; as the Lord has forgiven you, so you also must forgive.' (Colossians 3:13)
^This is the morality and teaching I am faced with and grown up to know and made a conscious decision to follow. I know that I can't just rely on scripture, I must use prayer and interaction with God to come to my decision. As you can probably tell, it is hard to come to a final decision on my thoughts as to whether this is a good thing or a bad thing. So from this I would say we need to forgive someone for such a terrible act such as 9/11.
I have to take into account the fact I thankfully didn't lose anyone in the attacks, and I pray for any families who did. This means for me I don't feel any personal justification for this killing. I feel for the people who lost and can see perfectly why many people will be rejoicing in this news.
I could look at it from a different angle, however, and say that God works in ways that I don't understand and know that I don't understand fully! This means that God could have been working through Obama to kill this man and bring him to 'justice'. God is 'the only judge' and he is 'all powerful'.
This is a hard one for many Christians and over the past day I've talked to some Christians and I don't think there is a final conclusive answer for this act. Only God knows what has happened and why it has happened this way. I pray and hope that no retributive acts to follow in the weeks and months to come!
Any comments would be appreciated, thank you!
Thank you for reading,
OG~
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