Stuffing

What controls you?

I'm still enjoying the music of KHNH (post below) thanks to You Tube. I hope I can watch it(the movie KHNH) with my parents, but I might not due to the probability that I would bawl my eyes out again. It's a pretty powerful movie, even with crazy subtitles. And if I cry the first time, I still cry the second time. It just doesn't wear off for me.

Last night I was reading Romans 8

5Those who live according to the sinful nature have their minds set on what that nature desires; but those who live in accordance with the Spirit have their minds set on what the Spirit desires. 6The mind of sinful man is death, but the mind controlled by the Spirit is life and peace; 7the sinful mind is hostile to God. It does not submit to God's law, nor can it do so. 8Those controlled by the sinful nature cannot please God.

9You, however, are controlled not by the sinful nature but by the Spirit, if the Spirit of God lives in you. And if anyone does not have the Spirit of Christ, he does not belong to Christ. 10But if Christ is in you, your body is dead because of sin, yet your spirit is alive because of righteousness. 11And if the Spirit of him who raised Jesus from the dead is living in you, he who raised Christ from the dead will also give life to your mortal bodies through his Spirit, who lives in you.

Sounds like the mind is a real battlefield. vs. 9 is whereI landed for a while. If I am not controlled by the sinful nature anymore, why does it feel like I still am? Where I desire to 100% think prayerful, peaceful thoughts and I do think and pray a lot, I also still think selfish thoughts a lot. But if the Spirit of God lives in me, why do I not think 100% like the spirit of God? I guess it's a process of maturity. But the selfishness glares at me and I'm not proud of it.

posted by Aphra @ 3/08/2007 08:04:00 PM