The Journey

And do not be conformed to this world, but be transformed by the renewing of your mind, that you may prove what is that good and acceptable and perfect will of God. Romans 12:2 nkjv   I have always felt like a square peg in a round hole. In school I was too book-smart to be any good for anything else. In sports I didn't have the self confidence to succeed. In life I am too blunt, and I tend to offend people. Whatever the reason, I just don't fit. I used to seek my place in this world. It finally hit me (the renewing of my mind). After too many years of seeking, I now know why I fit into nature more than anything else. I am not a square peg in a round hole. I am a round peg in a square world.  Life is round. It's cylindrical, cyclical, it never ends. Nature is round; a round planet in a solar system that is revolutionary. Plants sprout, grow, produce, die, and then the seed carries on. To really get anywhere in the world you need something round....wheels come to m...

The fear of the LORD is the beginning of wisdom: and the knowledge of the holy is understanding. Proverbs 9:10 kjv I saw this verse posted along the road today, and, though I have read it many times and lately it's been speaking to me, it suddenly hit me what the key word is within this passage. People miss this simple concept, thinking fearing God is the whole shebang. The secret to understanding this verse is the word "beginning". Fearing God is only the beginning. It's the wake-up call we all receive. It's the basis of taking the journey to freedom. Fear can be crippling or it can be motivating, depending how we see it. To understand how it can be the beginning of anything great we have to understand what "fear" means.  This simple transitive verb means "in great reverence or awe", at least at the time of the writing. Modern terms have moved it to mean worry, dread, stress and other silly, crippling notions, but when this verse was t...