Why Be Christlike
The commands of Jesus are the Mark, the target for the perfect life. To aim for and to hit the Mark is to conform to the image and likeness of God. To ignore, neglect, or miss the Mark is to sin. The commands provide stepping stones through earthly life, upon which the child of God survives tempests and deflects the boomeranging darts of pride. Adhering to the Mark aspiring immortals gain victory.
Learn from me for I am gentle and humble in heart, and you will find rest for your soul. [read: be meek, kind, mild, passive, modest] Matthew 5:5, Matthew 11:29
Imagine that. The maker of genes commands even the fiery among us to defy our own nature, even as he defied the wind and waves, and illness. How is this possible? Learn kindness, gentleness and modesty to gain peace of soul. The following commands tell us how. Ask for help and you shall receive. Peace
This blog is for those who take the line in the Nicene Creed seriously that says, “I await the resurrection of the dead and the life of the ages to come.”
That is the life immortal into which Jesus Christ will someday usher renewed humans. These people are called Christians, but since Christianity has become such a broad term and Christ said that the gate into immortal life is narrow and difficult to squeeze through, then perhaps those few serious people would be better identified as “Aspiring Immortals”.
This blog is a journal of just such an Aspiring Immortal. Through stories, poems, and journal entries I teach orthodox Christianity. As a writer I aspire to be like GK Chesterton, CS Lewis, and favorite Saints whose vision have guided aspiring immortals through this earthly life.
We try to improve life on this planet for ourselves and for each other, yet, there is so much more that immortal life has to offer. Aspiring immortals are the salt of this earth and the substance of the next.
I welcome your sincere thoughts and critique of my literature.
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