I was thinking of something earlier today too that may be kind of profound. I was thinking, we live in ideas. I truly believe this. At least, let me explain. In essence I feel that what we think and believe map out our lives. I believe in God's sovereignty, but, well, I guess if you look at it knowing God created every person including all their thoughts, emotions, personality, etc. it does correspond. It just seems that everything I do or don't do is based off of some idea, thought, or belief I have about something (known or unknown to myself). Also, I see how ideas influence our culture tremendously.
One example of this is the thinking about homosexuality in the U.S. and how it has changed from being seen as a psychological disorder to seeming, to a great majority of Americans, just another lifestyle choice, and "normal".
Perhaps, as it were, we are in the "age or information" and this causes ideas to be a constant driving influence on each one of us. However, even apart from that there are people living in a tiny, remote village in Papua New Guinea who probably live their lives completely based off of a set of ideas or beliefs. It touches every part of their lives and each decision they make. They are probably much more honest with themselves about this than our hurried individualized American culture allows us to be.
So, in all this, I acknowledge God as Creator who seems to guide us in these floods of ideas and beliefs. This intuition is why I bend toward the philosophical and theological. God, I pray you would lead me in my thoughts, in my feelings, in my beliefs and ideas. I want them to match with reality (as you formed it) as much as possible so I can live my life most fully. Thank you, God, for creating everything amazingly. Thank you that ideas to you aren't just ideas but deepest truth.
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