Comments on: All Life Is Conflict http://blog.jonolan.net/philosophy/sayings/all-life-is-conflict/ The eclectic ramblings of jonolan Sun, 21 Mar 2010 17:26:16 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.2 hourly 1 By: Christy http://blog.jonolan.net/philosophy/sayings/all-life-is-conflict/comment-page-1/#comment-4700 Christy Tue, 06 May 2008 20:38:28 +0000 http://blog.jonolan.net/?p=236#comment-4700 Thought-provoking, Jonolan, as always, and…an acute observation of the world. Something I’ve been wrestling with the past few days…the internal struggle…that passage hits too close to home. But also thinking lately about the struggle against fear. Thinking of the inherent fear that rises when I’m first taking off or landing within a plane…Jesus says there is a peace that passes all understanding and it comes from God. I know this peace; I’ve experienced this peace time and time again; I believe this promise to be true, but the fleshly part of me still…gasps with fear when faced with danger or perceived danger. There is still that internal question that rises. What I believe theologically and spiritually, what I believe intellectually comes in conflict with my emotional heart. The struggle. Perhaps evidence that all is not right in the world; all is not what it was meant to be. Just a response from the lens of my worldview. =) Much to ponder. Thanks. Thought-provoking, Jonolan, as always, and…an acute observation of the world. Something I’ve been wrestling with the past few days…the internal struggle…that passage hits too close to home. But also thinking lately about the struggle against fear. Thinking of the inherent fear that rises when I’m first taking off or landing within a plane…Jesus says there is a peace that passes all understanding and it comes from God. I know this peace; I’ve experienced this peace time and time again; I believe this promise to be true, but the fleshly part of me still…gasps with fear when faced with danger or perceived danger. There is still that internal question that rises. What I believe theologically and spiritually, what I believe intellectually comes in conflict with my emotional heart. The struggle. Perhaps evidence that all is not right in the world; all is not what it was meant to be.

Just a response from the lens of my worldview. =) Much to ponder. Thanks.

]]> By: jonolan http://blog.jonolan.net/philosophy/sayings/all-life-is-conflict/comment-page-1/#comment-4474 jonolan Wed, 30 Apr 2008 16:56:50 +0000 http://blog.jonolan.net/?p=236#comment-4474 Ah yes, Romans 7:14-20 <blockquote> We know that the law is spiritual; but I am unspiritual, sold as a slave to sin. I do not understand what I do. For what I want to do I do not do, but what I hate I do. And if I do what I do not want to do, I agree that the law is good. As it is, it is no longer I myself who do it, but it is sin living in me. I know that nothing good lives in me, that is, in my sinful nature. For I have the desire to do what is good, but I cannot carry it out. For what I do is not the good I want to do; no, the evil I do not want to do—this I keep on doing. Now if I do what I do not want to do, it is no longer I who do it, but it is sin living in me that does it. </blockquote> An apt example of the constant conflict that exists within the hearts and minds of people. Ah yes, Romans 7:14-20

We know that the law is spiritual; but I am unspiritual, sold as a slave to sin. I do not understand what I do. For what I want to do I do not do, but what I hate I do. And if I do what I do not want to do, I agree that the law is good. As it is, it is no longer I myself who do it, but it is sin living in me. I know that nothing good lives in me, that is, in my sinful nature. For I have the desire to do what is good, but I cannot carry it out. For what I do is not the good I want to do; no, the evil I do not want to do—this I keep on doing. Now if I do what I do not want to do, it is no longer I who do it, but it is sin living in me that does it.

An apt example of the constant conflict that exists within the hearts and minds of people.

]]> By: The Razzler http://blog.jonolan.net/philosophy/sayings/all-life-is-conflict/comment-page-1/#comment-4472 The Razzler Wed, 30 Apr 2008 15:47:31 +0000 http://blog.jonolan.net/?p=236#comment-4472 I'm reminded of a verse in Romans - For what I do is not the good I want to do; no, the evil I do not want to do—this I keep on doing. (Ch7 v19), do I do what I know is right or do I do what is easier? This is a very thought-provoking post, thanks ;) I’m reminded of a verse in Romans – For what I do is not the good I want to do; no, the evil I do not want to do—this I keep on doing. (Ch7 v19), do I do what I know is right or do I do what is easier?

This is a very thought-provoking post, thanks ;)

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