Wakefield

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  “In some old magazine or newspaper I recollect a story, told as truth, of a man—let us call him Wakefield—who absented himself for a long time from his wife. The fact, thus abstractedly stated, is not very uncommon, nor, without a proper distinction of circumstances, to be condemned either as naughty or nonsensical. Howbeit, this, though far from the most aggravated, is perhaps the strangest instance on record of marital delinquency, and, moreover, as remarkable a freak as may be found in the whole list of human oddities. The wedded couple lived in London. The man, under pretense of going a journey, took lodgings in the next street to his own house, and there, unheard of by his wife or friends and without the shadow of a reason for such self-banishment, dwelt upward of twenty years. During that period he beheld his home every day, and frequently the forlorn Mrs. Wakefield. And after so great a gap in his matrimonial felicity—when his death was reckoned certain, his estate settled...

Supernova

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Thinking about: Galatians 5:16, "Walk by the Spirit and you will not carry out the desire of the flesh."

Think for a moment of the vastness of space and all that exists in it. Consider for a moment that light travels 186,000 miles per second through the vastness. Our closest star is approximately 4 light-years away. If I've done my math right that means that light our sun is roughly 2,479,127,040,000,000 miles from our closest star. And there are objects far above and beyond that.

God our great creator is outside of all that we call "Universe;" yet, when He indwells those in whom put their faith and trust in Him--where can He go? Can we contain God? He has no choice but to overflow.

One is reminded us of the seed that has fallen between the slabs of paving and has grown and grown until the great concrete blocks are lifted, even broken by the power of the life contained within that seed. This is the triumph of God's Spirit over our flesh.

When we overflow of ourselves (we who live on this pale blue dot called "earth", or "iortt" for our SETI friends out there), we overflow all that is in our heart: adultery, fornication, uncleanness, lustfulness, idolatry, sorcery, hatreds, fightings, jealousies, angers, rivalries, divisions, heresies, envyings, murders, drunkennesses, revelings, and things like these. This is what we are really like at heart.

Now someone may say this is not true. Perhaps one may make their claim for good and their upholding the Golden Rule or some Rede or similar rule. I challenge you: if you have ever lied to anyone for any reason, you have broken your own code of good. You have demonstrated the evident deeds of living out of yourself. It only takes one lie to make one a liar, and a liar demonstrates love for himself first.

On the other hand, if the Almighty God indwells our hearts after we have repented (turned our back on) our sin and on our own feeble attempts at our own righteousness, and fills us with His Holy Spirit, we have no choice but to supernova things like love, joy, peace, long-suffering, kindness, goodness, faith, meekness, self-control; against such things there is no law.

If we are walking in the Spirit, we must be always walking in the Spirit. We should not be returning to the things from which we are set free. It was for freedom Christ set us free, so we must stand firm and not be subject again to the yoke of slavery.

Those belonging to Christ have crucified the flesh with its passions and lusts. If we live in the Spirit, let us also walk in the Spirit. This is the very thing Augustine spoke of in the first chapter of his "Confessions". This applies to how the Spirit shows His fruits.

Unlike the "falling in on self" that theoretically fuels a supernova, we need to be filled in order to explode. We must first be filled with the Holy Spirit. Second, we must pray and concern ourselves with God's glory. Third, we must study the Bible and saturate our minds and direct our actions in obedience to it. Cut out the frustration that comes from caving in. The chaos on the event horizon is not part of God's work.

Walking in the Spirit protects us from ourselves.

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