listen part two

the other part of lectio divina that you do when in a large group is sharing. josh and julie both shareda lot about the part of the psalm where it says "i have banked your word in the vaults of my heart so that i will not sin myself bankrupt."

in my new testament class a year ago we learned about the new testament concept of the human being. it was a five layer onion basically. each layer was seperate but learned from the layers around it. the layers went (from the middle to the outside) Heart, Mind, Body, Social life, Soul. the heart is what you feel. the mind what you think, and the body what you do. the soul is not part of the human being in philosophical terms but part of the human "becoming" meaning who you will be in the essential spiritual aspect. the heart mind and social character are all part of the becoming also, but the body gets replaced in the becoming. ( this is probably going right over all of your heads (all two people who are reading this)) but its okay, i barely get it and i took the class. anyways, banking something in your heart means it is locked behind the mind and body and social aspects of who we are. for an outsied force to get our body to sin us bankrupt it would need to corrupt our bodies which would corrupt our minds which would corrupt our hearts.

the thing is the new testament thinkers thought of the layers as having equal influence over the ones out side them and inside them. so the mind was effected by the body and the heart equally. the body by the social aspect and by the mind. and the heart was affected by the mind, but was also in contact with itself, being the inside circle. so if you place the word of God in your heart, your heart can only be affected by the mind and the word of God. it does not matter how your body is corrupted, there is always a desire to be redeemed if you have the word of God in your heart. the heart can also be called the spirit.

basically you can't screw someone up when they have the word of God in their hearts.


the other thing i thought about was the song " from the inside out" by hillsong. the main part i thought of was my heart and my soul, i give you control. consume me fromthe inside out" and "the cry of my heart is to bring you praise from the inside out lord my soul cries out "

the heart is the inside, the soul the outside. this is easy to figure out. the cool part is the cry of my heart would be something that influences the mind. and the mind cries it to the body, which cries it to the world around you. which declares it to your soul. for it to go from your heart to your soul, you must be a witness to the world. i really like that song, but now i like it more. to sing that song and not be a hypocrite means you are showing Jesus to the world around you in a tangible way.


thats really all i have to say for now. this blog was not eloquently written, and i did not explain half of what i eluded to, but whatever, dinner is ready. at least i kept this shorter than the last two so people can actually read it...