Upward Thought

I wrote this on a YouTube video , and I figured someone might find value in it: As you said, little girls are much inclined to beauty and good, in the deepest sense of the words. I don't think it's just social imprinting alone that turns them away from it as they age. You said in another video that every man a woman is with splits her soul. Generalizing a bit, I think young ladies--consciously or not--realize the weight of the importance of who they choose to invest their heart into. It's a horrifically important decision, and when it is made poorly or cheaply (as it most often is), the heart waxes cold on every successive attempt. Less to give and less willing to give with each successive one. It's easy to tell someone facing that situation that there is some easy alternative. It's an easy lie to tell. Much harder: telling young ladies that they ought to have extremely high standards in men and prefer being alone to being with a man who is not worth loving with all...

Andrew Tiner is a disciple of Christ, so far as I can tell. You will find his messages edifying, and you may find his messages more suitable to your palate or easier to share with others than mine. You may find his calls to repentance to be blunt and brusque, or you may appreciate his calm directness.  This is his channel.  Like, share, and subscribe if you find it valuable. [Later edit: On further investigation, I withdraw the following recommendation, but leave it here for completeness.] K atie (I don't know her last name) is a disciple of Christ, so far as I can tell. You will find her messages full of hints of ideas that are massive and important, and you may find her messages more suitable to your palate or easier to share with others than mine. You may find the pace or the lack of distinction of value or accuracy among the flood of thoughts streaming through her to be difficult for you, as it may overwhelm your ability to process or correctly filter, or you may find it c...

No one needs to continue to struggle in temptation. The Lord is mighty to save. Seek him and he will teach you how to overcome what presently overcomes you; he has overcome all things, he knows the way to do so, and he desires for you to follow him. Jesus never sinned [1], yet he learned obedience by the things he suffered [2]. How is it that he had any obedience to learn if he never sinned? Jesus was tempted by the devil in the wilderness, but he overcame him. Nothing the devil did to tempt Jesus during that time would have tempted him after that time. All sin is a misappropriation of desire based on either a lack of information or a lack of honesty. If you find yourself tempted in anything, humble yourself before God and apply the honesty you lack, or seek God to provide you with the information you lack. In either case, he will lead you to overcome what presently overcomes you. And if men come unto me I will show unto them their weakness. I give unto men weakness that they may be hu...

When you lie about something, you present something that you believe will be better regarded than the truth. Many ideas, things, organizations, and so on have lies built into their very names, because if their name told the truth, far fewer people would entertain, support, or defend them. Here are some examples. Progressive politics Progressive politics are the last place you will see any data sought or presented about how exactly the proposed change improves things. Often, you will find ideas embraced whose abject failure has been thoroughly demonstrated every time they've been tried.  A more honest name for progressive politics would be something like "the party where you believe whatever we tell you is good, without the burden of proof, and even contrary to it." Conservative politics Conservative politics styles itself as keeping things just as they were before. The same does not necessarily mean better, but this is less of an obvious flaw than assuming all change to b...

Recently, a dam was blown up in Ukraine. The official story is that Russia blew it up, but it is much more likely for a variety of reasons that Ukraine did it. It's an odd thing for normal people to consider a government blowing up its own stuff, but not so surprising to those who have been paying attention. Many people are now fleeing for their lives as everything they know is swept away by water they were not expecting. Even though they live in a warzone, even though they know their government is likely the most corrupt on earth, and even though they already had a growing list of false flag operations conducted by their government that enrich the rulers at the expense of the people. I have previously mentioned that the ideas and experiences God has led me to and through are like a dam of water. There is an outlet where I have been constantly pumping water out from, and water spills over the full edge every time a gust of wind blows, but almost all of it remains behind the dam. On...

God's light is so much more prevalent, bright, and good than anyone seems to realize. As God opens the eyes of a person, they become able to receive more of his light. As they see the world in this new increment of God's light, they see more of the potential of all things, experiencing a tremendous increase in the desire they have to see all things become more like God knows they could be. They will do much more than they previously would in order to help bring it to pass. A person filled with God's light does not just more clearly see the potential in all things, but also the actuality. Part of that actuality is how many things are worse than they seem. In following their desire to help all things become more like God knows they could be, they will diligently attempt to help others see more of how things are worse than they seem. This is generally experienced as unpleasant by others. Another part of the actuality that a person filled with God's light sees more clearly ...

Marc M. recently recorded a sermon where he teaches about the importance of desire in our actions to seek God. I highly recommend watching it a few times, as I did.