" Our Devilish EGO"

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OUR DEVILISH EGO

Most of the major bad decisions that we have made in the past or are being made today involve EGO.  Here I need you to use your imagination again.  Try and see EGO as the snake, the serpent, in the bible story found in Genesis.  Ego only cares about itself and self- preservation.  In order to survive it needs to feed on something, therefore it doesn't care about the circumstances it creates during its feeding or how it will affect the host person nor is it concerned about any innocent bystanders {neighbour} nor the future.  Feed it must and here is the ironic part, it will feed on good deeds as well as bad, it also feeds on the truth as well on lies.  It doesn't care it is only programmed to survive no matter what.      

Let me try and explain the force of Ego this way. 

One of the great mysteries of Creation is the mystery of God's judgement.  How is it that the wicked prosper while the righteous suffer?  Why do bad things happen to good people or an innocent bystander dies?  How does God balance judgement with grace?  And how can God use violence to bring to an end to the ways of violence, when we know full well that violence only begets more violence?  I find it had to believe in a God of punishment and judgment.  A God who will’s suffering or death on the innocent unborn, innocent children or innocent bystanders.  What would you say if I suggested this to you?  Suffering, judgement and punishment come as a result of bad human choices, they don’t come from a God whose nature is unconditional love and forgiveness.   I believe the bad choices I and my wife made before our children were born, have had an effect on the innocent unborn, my own children, as well as an innocent bystander now and again.   You have probably noticed some of the fallout from your own situation.  Choose poorly my friend and evil calls down judgment upon itself.  Our bad choices can and often do take innocent lives in the process.  Read the news, recall the wars, past and present.  I believe they have a new name for the innocent, they call it called collateral damage.  Whatever we invent, be it guns, gas, cars, drink, toys there is always collateral damage.   I do not want to convict anyone here, we all participate by inventing or using inventions, money and power for our own convenience now and again.  The driving force here is EGO.  I do not want you to think that some good doesn’t come from bad choices either.  Some of God’s greatest allies and workers {the tyrant Paul comes to mind} have and continue to come from damaged lives.  God and the created order have a way of bring new life out of ashes but, there are always casualties and many are innocent bystanders and Ego is always at play here.  Choose poorly and the fruit of your choice will show up somewhere now or in coming generations.   Darkness comes in many forms.  Think about it for a moment reader, those who hate, end up swallowing themselves in hatred?  Let us never forget that hatred can be contagious.  Go to any gathering where this contagious disease of hate or anger is being displayed by someone, and watch it jump from one to another until chaos has its way.  You have probably experienced this manifestation in your own family, in a neighbour, or maybe at a public function just before violence erupts.   Those who are greedy – end up being consumed themselves in the end, as they seek more than their fair share leaving the innocent impoverished.  Those who are violent - perish by the very violence they unleash, and there will always be some innocent casualties.  How then can we blame God when God commands us to be responsible and to care for our neighbour as we would care for ourselves?  How can we blame God when we are responsible for the condition of our planet?  Our world ecology and environment are presently suffering because of some very poor choices made in the past and are continuing to be made today.  I believe we are blinded by our insane search for elusive economic stability which greed will never allow. 

The Creator, God if you will, used infinite wisdom in finding a way for us to punish and judge ourselves.  ADAM and EVE opened the door to our curious and sometimes evil human nature.   Choose a path not of God, and you become your own judge and jury.   Choose poorly and you can bring havoc, not only upon yourself, but also the innocent.   Sorry for the rant but I just have to get it out at times.

                                             Greed, EGO And The Innocent 
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