Arts & Media – My Beloved is Mine https://mybelovedismine.org Conquering Love Mon, 31 Mar 2025 01:14:00 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=7.0 https://i0.wp.com/mybelovedismine.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/09/cropped-Lamb-icon.png?fit=32%2C32&ssl=1 Arts & Media – My Beloved is Mine https://mybelovedismine.org 32 32 197569710 Unicorns and fairies https://mybelovedismine.org/unicorns-and-fairies/ https://mybelovedismine.org/unicorns-and-fairies/#respond Sun, 14 Nov 2021 22:58:50 +0000 https://mybelovedismine.org/?p=1623 If we were suddenly in a world where unicorns and fairies were common, they would in short order lose their novelty as we went about our every day life. We often miss the magic in our mundane and the wonder of the world that is already here.

O LORD, how manifold are your works!
In wisdom have you made them all;
the earth is full of your creatures.
(Psalm 104:24,ESV)

“For his invisible attributes, namely, his eternal power and divine nature, have been clearly perceived, ever since the creation of the world, in the things that have been made. So they are without excuse”. (Romans 1:20, ESV)

]]> https://mybelovedismine.org/unicorns-and-fairies/feed/ 0 1623 Cultural Norms https://mybelovedismine.org/cultural-norms/ https://mybelovedismine.org/cultural-norms/#respond Tue, 09 Nov 2021 23:06:00 +0000 https://mybelovedismine.org/?p=1602 A theme of the scripture is that “everyman did what was right in his own eyes” and this was the promise of the serpent in the garden of Eden – they would be like God, determining good and evil for themselves. All history, every culture is plagued by this encumbrance. We may become too strict or not hold anything back, but all on this continuum is doing what we see is right. There is a reason some defy their culture and some feel secure holding on to cultural norms. We find comfort in remaining in the continuum. It is our security. Jesus called us out of the continuum to something grander and more beautiful, a life that doesn’t fit on the continuum of cultural norms or cultural freedom. He has called us to something that is holy. In his life, death, and resurection Jesus disrupted the continuum, and will return to destroy it. Whether you are religious, licentious, free-spirited, reserved – all of this falls away when we come face to face with Jesus. Will we hold onto “our own way” and reap the consequences or will we be held in the tender embrace of Jesus?

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