I was listening to the new 30 Seconds To Mars record today, when i heard a line in the song titled "100 Suns" the line was "i believe in nothing, not in satin or in God, i believe in nothing not in peace and not in war. i believe in nothing but the truth in who we are". Here we have some humanist sprinkled nihilism. nihilism being literally the belief in nothing and humanism the belief that man is god. this lyric made me think. If all i believed in was myself, i think i wouldve killed myself long ago. Ive let myself and others down so many times, i wouldve found no reason to live. The deeper i go into myself, the more darkness and wretchedness i find. Thank God however, that i do not believe only in myself. The only hope for myself that i find is in my Savior. When im filthy with sin and darkness, he cleanses me and makes me new. I do not believe in myself, but i instead believe that God can make me new again. i fail to understand how people can go through their lives solely believing in themselves. I know i could not. Do not look to yourselves for meaning and purpose in life, do not look to yourselves to find goodness and joy. Instead look to the one who created you, the only one that can save you FROM yourself.
God Bless everyone and Merry CHRISTmas
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Great post, Tyler...and thanks for sharing that. There are so many people that complicate and dramatize their lives unnecessarily. There are so many times that I could lean on my own understanding about life, but instead turned to God for answers. As a result, I've been able to overcome some heavy trials. When I was diagnosed with MS I turned to Him and it quickly became very clear to me that if I kept close to Him I would be taken care of. In Feb it will be 2 years since I was diagnosed. During this whole time I have trusted and kept close to God and because of that I've been made strong through the whole thing. I don't even want to guess where I'd be right now if I hadn't turned to Him first.
Thanks again for the post! Keep em comin!
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