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he was trying on a pair of tennis shoes. he had barely tied the laces when he saw me, a bible salesman of 22. i had experience in selling the Good Word but i hadnā€™t opened up the book. he leaned over to my bag and smiled as he looked. ā€œi said some crazy things, you knowā€¦ even though itā€™s still all true. i wanted conversation, just to talk, just to see, just to be. i wanted conversation cause i really wanted you.ā€ taken back, i stumbled. i had never met this man. but his eyes were deep and kind like heā€™d known me beforehand. ā€œcould you spot me for a dollar?ā€ he said, wiggling his toes. i pulled out my leather wallet, flipped it open under my nose. the green was crisp and fresh but i hid it from his view ā€œi havenā€™t got one, my dear manā€ he looked at it, then me, then YOU. ā€œi know you arenā€™t lying, but what you say just isnā€™t true. you havenā€™t got a care, a soul, or a good attitude. i have need and you have plenty. but you just wonā€™t spare a few? but itā€™s no big problem anyway, i know your point of view. i lived it and iā€™ve loved it and iā€™ve lead it straight to you. but i hope that i can leave it without leaving you.ā€ he skipped away with his new find to an aisle out of view. i set my bible down because it became too heavy.
Feb 14, 2025

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I'm an old testament guy but this is one of my favorite translations. mega-woke boomer presbyterian vibes which if you open your heart is actually a kind of dope thing to be. great almost Twain'y American'y pop-song sentences. Here's Psalm 26 in The Message and the KJV for comparison: The Message Clear my name,Ā God; Ā Ā Ā Ā Iā€™ve kept an honest shop. Iā€™ve thrown in my lot with you,Ā God, and Ā Ā Ā Ā Iā€™m not budging. 2Ā Examine me,Ā God, from head to foot, Ā Ā Ā Ā order your battery of tests. Make sure Iā€™m fit Ā Ā Ā Ā inside and out 3Ā So I never lose Ā Ā Ā Ā sight of your love, But keep in step with you, Ā Ā Ā Ā never missing a beat. 4-5Ā I donā€™t hang out with tricksters, Ā Ā Ā Ā I donā€™t pal around with thugs; I hate that pack of gangsters, Ā Ā Ā Ā I donā€™t deal with double-dealers. 6-7Ā I scrub my hands with purest soap, Ā Ā Ā Ā then join hands with the others in the great circle, Ā Ā Ā Ā dancing around your altar,Ā God, Singing God-songs at the top of my lungs, Ā Ā Ā Ā telling God-stories. 8-10Ā God, I love living with you; Ā Ā Ā Ā your house glows with your glory. When itā€™s time for spring cleaning, Ā Ā Ā Ā donā€™t sweep me out with the quacks and crooks, Men with bags of dirty tricks, Ā Ā Ā Ā women with purses stuffed with bribe-money. 11-12Ā You know Iā€™ve been aboveboard with you; Ā Ā Ā Ā now be aboveboard with me. Iā€™m on the level with you,Ā God; Ā Ā Ā Ā I bless you every chance I get. KJV Judge me, OĀ Lord; for I have walked in mine integrity: I have trusted also in theĀ Lord; therefore I shall not slide. 2Ā Examine me, OĀ Lord, and prove me; try my reins and my heart. 3Ā For thy lovingkindness is before mine eyes: and I have walked in thy truth. 4Ā I have not sat with vain persons, neither will I go in with dissemblers. 5Ā I have hated the congregation of evil doers; and will not sit with the wicked. 6Ā I will wash mine hands in innocency: so will I compass thine altar, OĀ Lord: 7Ā That I may publish with the voice of thanksgiving, and tell of all thy wondrous works. 8Ā Lord, I have loved the habitation of thy house, and the place where thine honour dwelleth. 9Ā Gather not my soul with sinners, nor my life with bloody men: 10Ā In whose hands is mischief, and their right hand is full of bribes. 11Ā But as for me, I will walk in mine integrity: redeem me, and be merciful unto me. 12Ā My foot standeth in an even place: in the congregations will I bless theĀ Lord.
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Iā€™ve found myself thinking about God a lot as of late. I didnā€™t grow up in the Church, and right now Iā€™m not on a distinctive quest for answers experiencing feelings of desperation. EDIT: I am actually so lost but not looking for answers from God necessarily? ā€” I simply am just noticing God everywhere. And when I start explaining these thoughts and feelings to my mother or friends about how much Iā€™ve been thinking about Godliness, I always start by saying: ā€œWell Iā€™ve just been thinking about how God is everywhere; like in the taste of this chocolate cake orā€¦.ā€ Once I spent a year or more where I didnā€™t cry at all. I canā€™t remember if I even laughed from an authentic place at this time period? Because for several of those months I have no memories. But nowadaysā€“ I look up at the moon in cold January and shed a tear because how lovely is the moon? And when watching a beautiful movie because how lovely is that? And hearing that song the 400th time but still tearing up because suddenly itā€˜s like youā€™re hearing it for the first time? And crying four times in one yoga class because i just cant help it, everything; even things unknown, are releasing. I donā€™t know God personally. But I know where God lives; like in the taste of this chocolate cake. or a cold refreshing breeze on my face when Iā€™m feeling too hot, in the laughter of my loved ones, in the juicy green grass, in how I feel when Iā€™m bathing in endless ocean waves or dancing with my baby cousin. Humble and mindful and indulgent in it all. I dont have to search very hard.
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