am in a strangely enough happy state atm, considering tomorrow is monday... with another busy week ahead, i wonder whether i should be this happy... ;p but i'm not going to complain... i have far too much to be thankful for... as chapter one of ephesians (which sal & i are studying lately) doesn't tire of reminding us, we have a life of spiritual blessing granted us by God's grace for the praise of His glory, so this is the real reason why we should be rejoicing!!!
despite this, i've been spending far too much time on utopia - such a horrible timesink!!! it's exciting to see our province grow quickly!!! our military attack random enemies, and then hoping and doing all we can to stop enemies getting back at us... keep fingers tight ;p haha... scheming, plotting... warring... hmmm... why is it so addictive, i wonder?!? is it the thrill of entering the imaginary world of fantasy characters, even more so that we have control over some of them?!? is it the inner competitive spirit being fanned into flame?!? or just an escape from reality?!?
hmmm... anywayz, for those who don't know much abt utopia, it's an online game where u control a province, u're part of a kingdom, and in the world there are many, many kingdoms that partake in wars and tussle and compete through exploration and conquest to become the biggest, best, most honourable in the known utopian world... it's actually immensely complex and one can get lost in and among the intricacies, with thieves, mages, military, infrastructure and politics among the many domains of operation you have under your control... ;p hmmm... argh, we just had lots of spells cast on us!!! hmmmz... ;p war as we speak!!!
;p errrm, enough of utopia for a while... hmmm... shall go now... anywayz, the world we should fix our minds on is this one depicted in revelation 22, the true utopia (from today's odb):
"Then the angel showed me the river of the water of life, as clear as crystal, flowing from the throne of God and of the Lamb down the middle of the great street of the city. On each side of the river stood the tree of life, bearing twelve crops of fruit, yielding its fruit every month. And the leaves of the tree are for the healing of the nations. No longer will there be any curse. The throne of God and of the Lamb will be in the city, and his servants will serve him. They will see his face, and his name will be on their foreheads. There will be no more night. They will not need the light of a lamp or the light of the sun, for the Lord God will give them light. And they will reign for ever and ever." - Revelation 22:1-5
what an amazing thing we have to look forward to!!! Heaven ;p the place where God calls us to... no longer any curse, no more night, just our God who will have the created community He called from the beginning to serve Him!!! one day ;p it seems so different, so remote... yet we are called to fix our eyes on that future prepared in Jesus... and do what we can to bring God's purposes to earth... perspective, that's what we need more of...
God bless!!!
crazy dave
1 comment:
Re utopia being addictive: it's all of the above. ;-p
Ephesians is cool - how cool it is that all the people who believe in Christ are part of God's family!! That concept just encompasses so much... it blows me away! ;-p
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