Magnification Mondays 4-15-19

Posted on April 15, 2019 by joseph elon lillie under Pastor Wrinkles, Uncategorized

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A Question A Day From Rory #8

Posted on April 13, 2019 by joseph elon lillie under The Stories, Uncategorized

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Today I am answering question #8 out of 9 from A LIST OF THOUGHT PROVOKERS FROM A GUY CALLED A BLOKE.

You can click the link above to learn more about the asker of the questions, Rory, A guy called a bloke.

This question was actually the one that grabbed my attention and I have been dying to take a crack at it.

What is the difference between innocence and ignorance?

Ok I am going to take this from the standpoint of Christian thought.

First innocence is a condition of the heart while ignorance is a condition of the mind.

Innocence is a type of purity which involves the absence of evil or wickedness. We would say a truly innocent person has no wickedness in them while a reprobate person has no goodness in them. Innocence exists only in the person of God currently and is unknown in our current existence except in our experience with the Divine. It is unknown in humankind as all of us are born with a mixture of both good and evil inside of us. That mixture renders us by definition- not innocent.

Now ignorance is a simply the quality of not knowing something. You can be ignorant of anything. Being ignorant is not necessarily a commentary on your personhood. Although being ignorant puts a person at a disadvantage and sometimes casts the person holding the quality in a bad light.

In Christ’s second coming, Christ will restore innocence and do away with all ignorance.

A Question a Day From Rory #7

Posted on April 12, 2019 by joseph elon lillie under The Stories, Uncategorized

Well I am almost to the end of answering these 9 very thought provoking questions FROM A GUY CALLED A BLOKE!

These have been such great questions and fun to answer and they have certainly spawned some great conversations across the blogosphere. So thank you Rory!

Here is question number 7. When you have finished reading my response take a jaunt over to A GUY CALLED A BLOKE and see what else is there. Click the underlined link above to be teleported there in a jiffy!

What is your greatest fear and has it ever come true?

I suppose at the heart of things I have a lot of fears, mostly of not being enough in various ways for the people around me. Yes this particular fear has been made real on more than one occasion.

Cee’s Fun Foto Challenge: Walk A Mile

Posted on April 12, 2019 by joseph elon lillie under Photography, Uncategorized

This week’s FUN FOTO CHALLENGE FROM CEE HAS US WALKING ALONG OUR FAVORITE TRAILS AND PATHWAYS.

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Here are some of mine. When you have finished here please click the link above and travel over to Cee’s place to see other pathways chosen and traveled.

The pathway at our local walk to fight cancer. It is the second largest fight against cancer walk in the country.

The watery path through Killarney

The Toy Town Bike Path

Faithful Fridays 4-12-19

Posted on April 12, 2019 by joseph elon lillie under Pastor Wrinkles, Uncategorized

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Thursday Thoughts 4-11-19

Posted on April 11, 2019 by joseph elon lillie under The Stories, Uncategorized

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“Everyone thinks of changing the world, but no one thinks of changing himself.”
― Leo Tolstoy

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A Question a Day From Rory #6

Posted on April 11, 2019 by joseph elon lillie under Pastor Wrinkles, Uncategorized

So I have proven entirely incapable of answering a question a day in light of my scheduled activities and my unscheduled sickness. Nevertheless, I am determined to finish all 9 questions no matter how long it takes me.

Here is QUESTION #6 FROM A GUY CALLED A BLOKE.

Have you ever regretted something you did not say or do?

Who hasn’t? Life is full of regrets or full of amnesia. I am not sure which of those two conditions is worse. I am grateful for my regrets because I like to think I have learned something from them and have become a better human being and child of God because of them. While I believe that all my failures are forgiven by Jesus (and hopefully by the people I have wronged). I also try to remember from whence I have come because I firmly believe that those who forget the past are doomed to repeat it. Regrets, I guess, serve a purpose.