Perspectives

I acknowledge that I am 
at times 

double minded, 

even unstable. 

I watch my self 

being "blown and tossed 
by every wind of doctrine, 

by the slight and cunningness 
of men 

who lie in wait to deceive."  

Of this I am quite weary, 

and long to escape
into an eternity of rest. 

I don't believe any of us have to die 

to experience this rest. 

Eternal life is accessible now, 

it is with us always, 

in the here and now,

it is only as far away 

as we allow our person to push it, 

and that this is what 

"the gospel of the Kingdom of Heaven"

is really all about.

My person is deluded,
fearing death more than life.
It is the prison in which I am trapped.
It is what is entangled
in the world I created,
and have used to entwine myself
into the worlds of others.


It is also the means by which
the worlds of others,
both individually and collectively
control me.


It is from this entanglement
I need to be liberated.

This is the essence of salvation.